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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1957
Page
8
A vintage ad touts MASTEETH as a pleasant powder that prevents slipping, dropping, or warbling of plates during meals. It claims added comfort and security by keeping plates firmly in place with no gum taste or pasty texture, recommending purchase at drug counters.
MERIDIAN Miss Two 2000 pound bombs dumped from an Air Force C119 crashed and both may be buried in soft ground near Meehan Miss after an engine failure The napalm and many rockets were recovered while guards protected the area A bomb disposal team from Robins Air Force Base Ga was flown in to deactivate the rocket heads.
Nearly 1,500 American Boy Scouts left Paris hotels to board the Fairsea for New York after a monthlong Europe trip that began with the World Scouting jamboree in Sutton Coldfield on Aug 12. The group toured the continent two weeks and spent a weekend in Paris before heading to Le Havre for the Castle Felice. Life Scout John Owens, 15, of Newport Beach California, was among those departing.
The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World opened its 18th nationwide convention in Philadelphia on Sunday night. Featured speaker was Dr. W Herbert Brewster Sr of Memphis Tennessee, a poet playwright composer and civic leader. The IBPOEW claims to be the largest Negro fraternal group with about one million members.
CBS discloses a major network programming project funded by Ford Motor Co division. The plan allocates 933 station hours weekly across CBS facilities for a series to feature stars such as Bing Crosby Rosemary Clooney Edward R. Murrow and Arthur Godfrey in a daily news roundup segment.
A classified ad summary urges readers to place ads by dialing HE 2 5959. The notice emphasizes taking initiative to reach out for services or listings.
The Army sealed a secrecy lid on the investigation of alleged brutal treatment of 10 trainees at nearby Ft Carson. Maj Gen Harry B P Storke, commander, said potential martial proceedings could begin this week pending evidence. The balloonist death in Cholet, France, was not connected to the inquiry.
Massachusetts Governor Foster and representatives of mailers and publishers moved toward settlement of a 300 mailer strike in Boston. The talks, ongoing since Aug 10, aimed to end the daily disruption and resume newspaper publication.
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