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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1958
Page
5
Charles B. Van Dusen, 87, former president of the S. S. Kresge Co., died Saturday. He joined Kresge and Wilson in Detroit in 1904 and led the firm from 1925 to 1938 after its 1912 reorganization.
A long California political clash unfolds as Knowland supporters tout a side-by-side resume while Democratic Atty. Gen. Edmund G. Brown counters with a contrasting record. The piece notes Knowland's rapid career rise and Brown's switch to the Democratic Party in 1934, plus campaign staff actions and a fundraiser in Los Angeles. Also covered is a youth Democratic club drive in Tujunga aiming to spark political awareness among teens.
Britain will soon begin a third series of nuclear weapons tests at Christmas Island starting May 15, 1957. Four more tests have been reported since then, the most recent on April 28. No details on the scale or extent of the forthcoming tests were given.
A word puzzle titled Who's Who offers across and down clues with mixed difficulty. Answers include names, places, numbers, and common terms arranged in a crossword style grid. Clues reference people like Franklin and Musial, places such as a Pennsylvania city, and items like mollusks and verbs, inviting a broad solvers' challenge.
Puzzle items list includes entries for former Argentine president and Italian poet with missing letters and several adjacent clues. The fragmented clues reference Mae S Gardner, blood vessel, actual, tumult, snake, service groups, citrus fruits, entrances in fences, and metric measures, suggesting a varied crossword or cryptic puzzle from the era.
The Municipal Band presents a program Tuesday afternoon at Lincoln Park starting 2 PM. Conducted by Eales Payne, the lineup includes roles for Jeb Ont, Browdesst, and J. J. Jeb. The concert features works titled Americans Vale Caprice and Forleres with a 3 to 2:90 PM interval.
Albany report says two frontrunners emerge for New York governor with Averell Harriman seeking a second term and Nelson Rockefeller poised for GOP endorsement after Leonard Hall withdrew. Brooklyn delegation backs Rockefeller, boosting pledged votes toward first-ballot nomination.
Pope Pius XII told Catholics in Berlin to defend their faith to the last amid communist rule. His recorded message was played to 170,000 attendees at West Berlin's Olympic Stadium during a five day rally ending with the meeting.
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