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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1957
Page
9
LA mystery writer Craig Rice age 49 was found dead in her apartment after a period of ill health. R DeWitt Miller the building owner found her four hours after she refused to call a doctor. She wrote 25 books and had two daughters and a son.
San Francisco report by Regional Forester Charles A. Connaughton notes a 37 percent rise in fires started by people in California national forests this season. He cites careless individuals and malicious firebugs, cites enforcement successes, and warns that smoking and hazardous burning raise fire risk as the season advances.
Summerfield appeared before the Senate to push House passed postal rate increases. He warned the fiscal year postwar losses would total six billion dollars over 12 years, calling it an unconscionable subsidy to large mail users. House bill awaits Senate Post Office Committee action.
Police arrested Melvin Leatherman a 26 year old unemployed father of two after he barricaded himself in a garage and threatened to blow his wife head off after a drinking party. Eight carloads responded finding Leatherman asleep with two children and a .35 caliber revolver at his side. He was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
LANSING Mich 4P reports Tames L Goudreau of Detroit files a circuit court suit over a Lansing hotel serving a toothpick inside a hamburger He says the toothpick caused illness injury medical expenses and lost earnings totaling 10565 demanding compensation from the hotel for damages.
IAL Bert J. Fitzgerald, president of the United Electrical Workers Union since 1941, was re elected. Delegates to the union's 22nd annual convention named Fitzgerald by acclamation. Julius Emspak, secretary treasurer since 1937, was also re elected by acclamation.
Program notes list selections performed by the municipal band including a march and serenade arrangements. The text mentions conductor names and venue details in a garbled way but indicates a public concert event with musical works and possibly dates.
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