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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1957
Page
6
Residents along Hillside Street dug a three inch trench and posted signs to curb speeding. The city council ordered the trench filled, added a four way stop, and approved five speed humps about 200 feet apart to slow drivers and protect local children.
Senate and House leaders voiced belief the post office funding dispute would not derail broad congressional support for higher postal rates. Republican leader Knowland and Rep. Martin asserted the conflict highlights Post Office issues and could foster an eventual rate increase. Eisenhower backs 41 million dollars amid looming Easter recess as House sent the bill to the Senate by voice vote.
A man wanted in Los Angeles as Leonard Ewing Scott admitted his name when arrested in Detroit. Investigators linked him to the disappearance of his wife Evelyn Throsby Scott, 63, last seen May 16, 1933, and to charges of grand theft and forgery in managing her estate. Evidence included dentures and eyeglasses found near an incinerator. The case sparked the city’s longest crime pursuit and a state-wide effort to locate him.
Testimony details 3,000 pickets halting a Wyoming County highway project near Scranton eight miles away. Bradshaw described armed goons from New Jersey, a crack game, and four or five guns. Ryan, a Pennsylvania contractor, said union pressure began in October 1953 with Bartell and other Scranton union officials threatening workers. He claimed operations were stopped, injunctions ignored, and that after the episode his firm shifted to nonunion District 30 and faced no further trouble.
On the first birthday of Darleen at the Kerschke home a cancer patient named Athieyne Kerschke died after a brief illness. Leonard Kerschke recalled their romance and shared their life in music, marrying in 1951 at Immanuel Bible Church. He spoke of faith and his acceptance of God's will as he faced six months to live.
U S District Judge Jacobs Weinberger sentenced Alejandro Lopez 25 to 12 years and Epifanio Quintero 35 to 8 years for trafficking 220 pounds of marijuana valued at about a quarter million dollars. The pair along with a third tied to the Mt Signal area were convicted by a jury of smuggling across the border into the United States from Mexico.
In Sacramento the Senate sits on a bill tied to Cary Chessman, pausing action after lawmakers feared it could aid his death row appeal. Senator James Cunningham of San Bernardino said he will withhold further moves until the U S Supreme Court hears Chessman’s appeal, delaying measures aimed at Los Angeles convict’s nine year battle to avoid execution.
In Sacramento a state committee urged the Legislature to abolish the 242 year old Alcoholic Rehabilitation Commission. The committee called the agency a failure with a record of confusion and bureaucratic bickering and said funds should be redirected to research.
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