13 Apr 1956
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1956
Page
1
Prince Rainier III announced that only official photographers may cover his wedding to Grace Kelly next week. He barred news cameramen from his palace after anger over a roadblock set by photographers during a drive between Monaco and the villa of Princess Antoinette in Eze.
Ewing Scott will not appear today for police questioning in the disappearance of his wife Evelyn T. Scott. A lawyer for the 59 year old investor said Scott could be produced if needed. Police chief Parker noted Bridgetwork and glasses found near the Bel Air home are linked to the case.
A Celtic cross memorial funded by the Tyrone Men's Assn of New York was blown up before dawn in Carrickmore Northern Ireland. No injuries reported. The cross commemorated Irish independence fighters and its completion had been banned by the North Irish government.
Los Angeles city council approved drafting an ordinance to prohibit transferring elephants hippos and rhinos within city limits without permission from the Board of Animal Regulation.
The Church of England newspaper warned that publication of the Duchess of Windsors memoirs in Britain would reignite bitterness from the abdication crisis. The Sunday Express plans to serialise the memoirs starting April 22, with U.S. magazine runs already underway.
Michael E. Cavanaugh, a 31 year old convicted killer, Navy deserter, and forger, died in the prison gas chamber at 10:40 am after eight minutes. Warden Harley O. Teets confirmed the execution followed a morning communion with Rev. Father Edward Dingberg.
A naval flyer died when his F-9F Panther jet crashed and exploded about 20 miles northeast of San Diego. The pilot's name was being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Tension relaxes across Israel with pledges from Israel and Egypt to refrain from new shootings except in self-defense. Churchill warns of U S and U K intervention to prevent aggression. A Fedayeen attack kills a 13 year old and raises totals to 14 dead 32 wounded. Israel says 13 Fedayeen killed and 6 captured. Public celebrations for Independence Day prep fill major cities.
The Chinese Reds on Amoy Island fired 33 shells at Nationalist held Little Quemoy this afternoon and the Nationalists returned fire. No casualties were reported. It was the third Communist attack on the Quemoy island group in three days.
A new $38 770 three seat helicopter will join the police department's traffic division on Monday. Chief Harold W. Sullivan says the craft will observe traffic from a mobile platform during peak hours and at congestion points. It will include a three way radio linking ground units and headquarters and aid disaster and rescue work.
Hungarian border guards set fire to clear border belts and strengthen the mine plastered death zone to deter defections toward the West. Observers note measures to clear underbrush and protect the frontier area.
Reece B. Baldwin, 40, appeared in Long Beach municipal court for a drunk driving charge after asking not to hear it on Friday the 13th. The judge set the hearing for April 12, fined him $400, and suspended his license for a year. He has two weeks to pay and may dodge 90 days in jail.
San Francisco State College students donated blood for hemophiliac James K. Garner who uses a pint daily. Garner, 27, plans to receive the 1000th pint from the Irwin blood bank on April 20. He and wife Evelyn Steinbacher, a Milwaukee technician, discuss their life with their son John Edward as they live one day at a time.
Pasadena will begin using a portable radar device for traffic enforcement starting Monday. Chief Clarence H. Morris announced the first such system in Los Angeles County, with warning signs posted on entry streets. The unit will be moved to accident prone areas and will record speeds for possible court use, aiming to curb the 15 percent of drivers deemed unsafe.
Four people died and a girl about 3 was injured fatally when a passenger car struck the side of a Santa Fe streamliner on State Highway 55 near Newport Avenue crossing just outside Santa Ana. The accident occurred at 8 40 am. and engineer Willis Snider of Huntington Park stopped the northbound train as soon as possible. The wigwag signal was reported to be working.
Detectives questioned Anita Whittaker for two hours in Los Angeles about the slaying of Elmer Perry, 61. She was released after adding little to the investigation. Perry was shot in the Park La Brea district and found in an automobile. Detective Lt. E W Smith said her account was unsatisfactory.
Mrs Mary T Sidell Bush who died at 100 bequeathed 250000 to animal societies. The Philadelphia Orphans Court approved the estate accounting as judges explained the funds would be shared among leading American animal protection groups.
Considerable cloudiness with showers today and partly cloudy conditions tomorrow. The forecast for April 12 shows a maximum of 49 and a minimum of 42 for April 13. Full weather report on Page A-4.
President Eisenhower announced the retirement of Gen Alfred M Gruenther as NATO supreme commander in Western Europe due to personal reasons. Gen Lauris Norstad was named to succeed him, with Norstad currently serving as Gruenthers air deputy. Gruenther, 57, has led NATO since 1953 and earlier served as Eisenhowers deputy during his 1951 52 command.
The 22 Hiroshima maidens, ages 18 to 20, who came to New York last May for facial surgeries after the 1945 atom bombing, hosted a joyous party at Leone's Restaurant. Their wounds are nearly healed, nine plan to return home next month and the rest by mid July, while staying with suburban host families during treatment at Mount Sinai Hospital.
A bandit armed with a sawed off shotgun posed as a customer at a South Main Street tavern. He forced operator Harold Zubkoff into a walk in refrigerator and rifled a safe containing about $5800. Zubkoff described the thief as a man about 35, five five, wearing a trench coat and a baseball-type hat. Police broadcast the description.
The Defense Department issued a June draft call for 12,000 men for the Army. The total drafted since the Korean War began rises to 2,044,430. May’s draft was 12,000, April 6,000. The Navy Marine Corps and Air Force did not request draftees in June.
Frank Alexander Holden a former cavalry trooper who protected stage coaches from Indians and bandits in the Southwest celebrated his 106th birthday anniversary today in Philadelphia.
Governor Knight signed a bill allocating 120 million dollars in cash to the state and a share of future oil gas revenue from Long Beach tidelands. The measure ends a dispute over 171 million in royalties and aligns with the Mallon decision granting the state half of oil income and most gas revenue.
Los Angeles reports a wealthy soft drink executive, Kirtley Barbee, 58, suffered a possible skull fracture in a cafe altercation over a girl. Willie Walton, 26, a student, was booked on suspicion of felonious assault after claiming Barbee struck him with a chair during an 4 a.m. argument with Ella Morris, 38, a waitress. Officer Cyriacks said Barbee left the scene and used a briefcase to fend off Walton before collapsing.
The Census Bureau today estimated the total population of the United States at about 167 181 000 as of March 1 counting armed forces overseas.
Rep Chet Holifield told the House rules committee that an atom powered aircraft could circumnavigate the globe without refueling within 2 to 6 years. He urged approval of a 295 million dollar expansion of atomic facilities including 55 million for Idaho ground testing sites.
Samuel James Seymour, long deemed the last surviving eyewitness to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, has died at age 96 in Arlington Virginia. A Baltimore area resident, he recalled being five years old in Ford’s Theater when John Wilkes Booth shot the president. He had suffered illness since February after a fall at a New York hotel prior to a TV appearance honoring Lincoln’s birthday. He died at his daughter Irene Hendley’s home.
Rescue party confirms the snowbound horse Elijah is really Bugs a local pack nag of the Turner brothers They say Bugs dislikes skirts and parked cars and prefers the mountains to be left alone He will wait out the winter snows and come down on his own in spring
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