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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1957
Page
2
In Fort Davis Texas ten more sportsmen took part in a special hunt for bison on the Reynolds Co ranch in the Davis Mountains. A herd of about 200 roams the large spread. Bulls weighed 1200 to 4400 pounds. Young hunter Bill Maxwell, 13, of Odessa, struck a big bull with one shot.
In Idaho Falls a local business event drew attention as an anonymous voter backed actress Marilyn Monroe in a chamber of commerce election, with a postscript calling for more sex. Elsewhere a wildlife exhibit faced chaos as two chimpanzees escaped their cage causing injuries to staff and tourists during a cleanup.
Two groups of Fairmount Park police in outboard boats chased ten swans that escaped from a riverside pen. The birds, worth about seventy five dollars each, swam away from the feeding efforts as police cast bread and searched the river, while noting the swans had clipped wings and rely on the water to stay free.
Union rejects the five-day week demand as 20 percent of runs already meet that schedule. Metropolitan Coach Line strike halts rail and bus service from Long Beach to Southland towns with no new talks planned. One lighter note sees Eddie Barnett take strikers fishing trips from Long Beach Harbor to support families of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen members.
Ontario auto plants suspend operations amid rumors of excise tax cuts. General Motors Oshawa plant idled about 10,000 workers, Chrysler Windsor suspension affects around 4,000, Ford paying off 2,000 at Oakville and Windsor. House of Commons debates unemployment in the automobile sector.
Adlai Stevenson said he may join the Paris NATO meeting but would only advise the secretary and not participate in briefing congressional leaders. He noted he has not decided to go and that Eisenhower’s informal bid could lead to a formal invitation if he agrees.
An eight year old girl in Lima gave birth to a six pound daughter at City Hospital on Monday. Doctors say the birth was normal and both mother and baby are doing well. A first cousin of the mother, Teodoro Camilla Martel, is under arrest as the alleged father.
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