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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1954
Page
2
In Land Springs Oklahoma two Tulsa youths, Eugene Anderson 19 and Jimmy Rose 17, admitted inventing the midnight light that drew up to 600 people nightly. Police found them half way up a cliff with hash lights and towels as crowds waited.
DETROIT Mrs. Anna Zemmel received a suspended sentence after claiming she panicked on her first solo try at the wheel and crashed into Allan F. Finnk, the driving instructor who had declared her a perfect driver after two lessons.
Dr Selman A Waksman told the 13th conference of the International Union Against Tuberculosis that new wonder drugs show promise against tuberculosis. He noted streptomycin helped cut fatalities but the disease remains a threat and no cure exists yet. Research will focus on synthetic compounds and better use of antibiotics.
Divers pulled 40 American bodies from the Toya Maru wreck in Hakodate after a typhoon capsized the ferry off northern Japan. The disaster killed about 1,508 people, with most fatalities in Japan. The 99th Field Artillery Battalion servicemen and dependents were among the Americans who perished.
Roy Antoine, 55, a laborer, opened fire outside the home of Ruth Hughes in the town of Dubuque, killing Elmer Thomas, 42, and Reuben Benson, 53, as they ran. Patsy Walton, 48, was wounded and later died. Hughes escaped unharmed. Antoine then shot himself and died.
In North Chicago Tennessee a rift splits the town of about 5600 as 3500 residents in the northern half threaten to secede from the south after a recent annexation vote. They threaten to move to Waukegan if their demands are not met following a council meeting.
Refugee officials said two political prisoners escaped from Hohen Sonnenhauser Prison in Berlin's Soviet sector and sought asylum in West Berlin. One miner claimed a 12 year sentence for spying while the other stated a 10 year term. Both reportedly climbed walls with ropes last week.
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