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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1957
Page
2
Texas House passed a bill by 117 to 21 to allow use of state funds to advertise the state's educational, recreational, industrial and natural advantages to out of state audiences. A similar Senate bill could go to voters in November 1958 if reconciled.
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck a line of eight empty mail cars in Seacaucus New Jersey late Wednesday night killing the engineer Clair E Cochran 58 of Iselin and injuring more than 25 passengers Two crewmen were among the injured The electric train bound from New York to New Brunswick with about 156 passengers struck the dead head eight car set and two cars derailed The engineer was taken to a Hoboken morgue Officials said they would continue investigation today Other passengers were treated and released with some detained for hospital care The crash followed by a second mishap as the Evening Keystone from Washington to New York brushed a derailed car near the scene The accident left many passengers shocked and recounting a sudden terrific crash
Chicago investigators traced a gangland style slaying of former banker Leon Marcus to an underworld circle. Marcus probate filing allocates estate in equal shares to his widow and two married daughters. A bank box at Southmoor Bank and Trust Co. will be opened today. Police seek a crime syndicate leader and a blonde woman linked to Marcus.
A chartered airliner brought two doctors and an iron lung to British Vice Consul Peter Noble, stricken with polio in Hanoi. Weather and red tape delayed the flight from Hong Kong, with overnight stand in Tourane and hours tied up again in Hanoi. The report also references a broader criminal inquiry involving Marcus, Giancana, and the Hodge scandal, detailing a murder linked to a motel loan and public money theft.
Albany police report a 11 day old baby left in a hospital nursery by a mother named Mary Mello who said she needed heat for the infant. She has not been heard from in five days and locals say no one by that name exists at the address she provided. The case raises concerns about the baby's welfare.
GPi Kenneth Campo, 44, was fined $10 on Wednesday after he shouted fire in an apartment at 3 am in an attempt to rouse a lazy friend. The alarm woke everyone else in the building, but the friend was nowhere to be found in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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