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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1956

Page

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Winds Rise Hurl Blaze Toward Resort Village

Forest fire near Running Springs spreads northeast through San Bernardino Mountains threatening up to 300 homes as winds of 16 to 50 mph drive flames toward Lake Arrowhead communities. Evacuations reported for Arrowhead area, with more than a thousand residents displaced. Firefighters and forestry officials race to contain the blaze, aiming for Tuesday evening control.

Running Springs San Bernardino Mountains Lake Arrowhead Forest Service Cedar Creek Canyon Run Ning Springs Run- Ning Springs San Bernardino Lan Air Force City Creek Hwy Frest Crest Nanta Wiich Laket Blue Jay Skyforest Richard F. Johnson Forest Sorive Weather Bureau Pensacola St. Marks Alabama Florida Louisiana New Orleans

Indians and Volunteers Battle Inferno in Bor gittim Fire

In a Dante like scene the Bor gittim blaze scorched 9500 acres near Arrowhead Ranger Station as fire engines and prisoners from Chino and Etiwanda prisons joined hundreds of firefighters. A rescue role saw EDWARD MENDONCA recount how prisoners saved a forest ranger who fell 60 feet into a fire ravaged canyon at City Creek. Many prisoners suffered burns and wounds but returned to duty.

Arrowhead Hwy Borgitim Edward Mendonca Etiwanda City Creek

Eisenhower to hold news briefing Thursday at 10:30 AM

President Eisenhower will hold a news conference Thursday at 10 30 a m the White House said delaying from Wednesday due to his early morning return from Peoria Illinois where he delivers a major farm speech. He will also speak briefly before the World Bank IMF annual meeting Friday at 11 30 AM.

Washington Eisenhower White House Peoria World Bank and International Monetary Fund

Brown Opinion Sows Doubt On Prop 4 Oil Measure

San Francisco Atty. Gen. Edmund G. Brown issued a 35 page opinion on Prop. 4 leaning against the oil and gas conservation measure while signaling merit in conservation aims. He suggested the issue might be better handled by the state legislature, noting substantial doubt that an initiative could settle it quickly. The proposal would allow unit operation of California air pools if 75 percent of surface landowners consent, with specific conservation rules.

San Francisco Edmund G. Brown Brown California

Eisenhower to Present Farm Facts in Peoria Address

The White House said President Eisenhower will present the facts on the farm situation in his Peoria speech, but officials declined to discuss any policy changes. He will depart at 2 50 p m Tuesday and speak from 8 30 to 9 p m over CBS.

Washington White House Eisenhower Peoria CBS James C. Hagerty Hagerty

Weather Outlook Mostly Clear Through Tuesday

Weather forecast shows mostly clear skies through Tuesday with only patchy low clouds late at night and in the early morning. Temperatures unchanged with little overall variation expected.

Stevenson Attacks Foreign Policy During Tulsa Rally

Adlai Stevenson denounced a dangerous drift in foreign affairs in a courthouse rally address in Tulsa Oklahoma. He warned of Communist influence abroad and rising tensions from North Africa to the Middle East as he campaigns across the West, Midwest and South. He also accused Vice President Nixon of using partisan campaign tactics and referenced Nixon’s alleged 1954 Colorado campaign misconduct.

Stevenson Tulsa Oklo North Africa Formosa Strait Middle East Suez Nixon Unn Colorado John Carrol U. S.senate

UN Security Council to address Suez Canal crisis

United Nations Security Council scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss the ten ton crisis at Britain and France request. Mentions related pages with summaries of mergers between AFL and CIO, and various other items across the edition.

United Nations Security Council Great Britain France AFL CIO

Ex Pasadenan Killed by Idaho Sex Fiend

Boise police blamed a sex fiend for the brutal slaying of Cora Tucille Dean 48 who came from Pasadena California and was found stabbed 27 times on a Garden City gravel driveway near a paint factory. She had been sexually assaulted.

Idaho Boise Cora Tucille Dean Pasadena Calif Garden City

Somoza Worsens as 200 Foes Questioned in Panama

President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua deteriorated after Friday night shooting with paralysis in his right side and an emergency tracheotomy. A four hour operation at Gorges Hospital followed by removal of a bullet from the spine. In Nicaragua, about 200 opponents including editors and a former president were being questioned as arrests spread.

Panama Anastasio Somoza Nicaragua Jett Someoza Gorges Hospital Canal Zone Charles Bruce Somoza Java

Mercury Here 86 Smog Alert in L A

The article reports a smog alert in Los Angeles as temperatures rose toward 88 degrees before noon. The Air Pollution Control District issued the alert at 11:58 a.m. due to rising ozone levels while Long Beach remained smog free. winds were expected to pick up, heightening fire risks.

Fig Los Angeles Air Pollusion Control District Long Beach Weather Bureau

Horse sits on trainer injuring worker in Tulsa

In Tulsa Oklahoma a 4 year old aircraft plant worker Arnold Hall attempted to teach his horse to sit. The horse sat down on him causing serious injuries including a broken pelvis and he was hospitalized.

Tulsa Okla Arnold Hall

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