23 Apr 1956
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1956
Page
1
In Birmingham Khrushchev boasted the Soviet Union will soon deploy guided missiles carrying H-bomb warheads that could hit every point in the world. He warned the West not to threaten Moscow, speaking extemporaneously at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
A packed Angelus Temple audience watched Robert Inglis 24 and June Wilson 19 prepare to wed. The bride did not show, her mother saying she was scared and the ceremony was canceled. The groom waited an hour as the reverend prepared to marry them.
The Supreme Court refused to review a Virginia circuit ruling, letting stand a decision that intrastate bus segregation violates the Constitution. The unanimous action ends state level separate but equal practices in bus transportation after ICC orders and prior rulings targeted cross state service.
Mrs Grace E Vaughn 40 and her 4 year old son died when a 12 foot plywood boat capsized in the fast moving Merced River about 15 miles north of town during a frog hunting trip. Joseph Gordon Vaughn 37 of nearby Winton plus his wife and their child were swept under. Vaughn saved the youngster but the mother did not surface and the child was later torn from his arms by a tree.
In Denver a jury of seven men and five women plus one female alternates was sworn at 11:21 a.m. to try John Gilbert Graham for murder in the alleged airliner bomb plot that killed 44 people.
National League Brooklyn at Philadelphia Drysdale versus Dickson New York at Pittsburgh Worthington against Littlefield. American League Detroit at Kansas City and Chicago at Cleveland postponed due to weather Boston at Baltimore Porterfield versus Palica in night game.
Gen Omar Bradley told the House Veterans Committee that servicemen returning whole and resettled in civilian life should be treated like any other citizen. He supported the White House Commission on Veterans Benefits recommendation to curtail and eventually eliminate benefits for veterans whose ailments have no connection to military service.
President Eisenhower will travel to Gettysburg Pennsylvania to cast his ballot in the Pennsylvania Republican primary following a morning meeting with Republican legislative leaders. He plans to fly or drive to the former battlefield town after the meeting.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai Bulganin during a 16 day Britain visit faced booing crowds while Tass translated his warning of a guided missile with an H bomb warhead able to strike every point on the globe. He claimed the U.S. would make the first H bomb explosion from a ground installation.
President Eisenhower signed legislation raising six month trainees pay from fifty to seventy eight dollars a month. The increase aligns their pay with National Guardsmen on active duty and improves incentives for service trainees.
A 2 year old fell onto his mother’s gas pedal, causing a car to lunge into a brick wall where 9 year old James Buchanan played behind it. The driver Mrs Winifred Breakey 36 was charged with reckless homicide.
Dr Jesus de Galindez a 42 year old Latin American affairs lecturer vanished on March 12 after leaving a class and taking a subway home. Police consider him possibly dead amid a Caribbean intrigue backdrop tied to the Dominican dictator Trujillo and Galindez's decade long opposition.
A brief item notes a Columbia University person nodding and then disappearing into a crowd before 10 o'clock, with readership urged to check Page 3 for fuller details.
In Huntsville Alabama four white men were held today in connection with the death of L. C. Baldwin about 60 who was struck by a large stone while walking along U S Highway 431 near Huntsville yesterday.
Dr Maury Massler of the University of Illinois told the Oklahoma State Dental Assn convention that thumb sucking nail biting and cigar smoking are adult expressions of tension relief. He argued these habits are normal coping mechanisms and tied gum chewing to the advent of the typewriter.
More than 30 French planes machinegunned two large rebel bands for two hours in the Tlemcen area of western Algeria near the Moroccan frontier. The bands were described as completely disorganized. No casualty figures were released. The Khalif of Boubhaut was killed by about 30 men in the Arab quarter of Rabat.
Alaskans head to the polls tomorrow to cast a popularity vote for President, weigh ratification of the proposed Alaska constitution, and name a slate for the October 9 territorial general election. Delegates to the political convention go uninstructed, so the vote carries no binding result.
The California Hospital launches a new souvenir service recording a newborn’s first cries with doctor commentary as each baby is delivered. It builds on a prior closed circuit broadcast that provided a play by play update to anxious fathers.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles says the United States is ready to explore turning NATO into a closer union of free nations with greater economic and political cooperation while preserving each nation’s independence. He notes no full federation, references Marshall Plan parallels, and cites Western Europe’s interest in enhanced collaboration beyond military duty. Page 3, Col. 1.
In Nicosia two Turkish Cypriots were killed amid clashes between Greek and Turkish factions. A Turkish policeman died while pursuing three gunmen and another Turkish worker was fatally shot in a tobacco factory two hours later after British troops had sealed off central areas.
Sixty four of sixty nine USC School of Medicine freshmen pledged sixty nine thousand dollars to the building fund. The payment is to be made within three years after graduation and entry into private practice.
One of L. Ewing Scott's attorneys predicted investigators would find little of value when the vault at Security First National Bank is opened in Los Angeles. Scott, 59, faces the disappearance of his wife Evelyn Throsby Scott, 63, who vanished May 16 from Bel Air. Scott rented the safety box under the name Robert McDonald. He has had access to the box since August 5 with the last visit February 22, eight days after his 24 hour questioning about his wife.
Sir Winston Churchill 81, famed former prime minister, officiated at Cassell Publishing Co. cornerstone ceremony in London wearing his honorary bricklayers union badge. He proudly cited his ties to the trade while supervising the laying of the foundation.
About a dozen Dutch Canadians facing a mass wedding in Blenheim Ontario anxiously prepare after returning from New York where they won $60 and small prizes on a TV show. Leo Dorssers, a Dutch immigrant farmer with 15 children, notes many brides and grooms come from his family. He jokes about paying for the wedding with $64,000 Question winnings. The story notes the six couples are near the end of bachelorhood.
Nine members of the House Public Works Committee led by Chairman Buckley attacked a provision paying utilities for relocation costs, arguing it would cost taxpayers 1 billion dollars. Five members including Dondero criticized a section allowing the federal government to set wage floors, calling it a dangerous invasion of states rights and projecting costs from two to four billion dollars.
Night and morning low clouds and fog along the coast spread inland in the early hours today and tomorrow. Expect hazy sunshine and slightly cooler afternoons.
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