25 Dec 1957
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1957
Page
1
News page from Long Beach California dated December 25 1951 notes Christmas cover care and features a tersely titled Yuletide clow item. Data shows a city paper format with standard price and page count. The brief text emphasizes holiday coverage and local context in a 1951 issue.
Holiday scenes across the world contrasted prosperity and pausing note for many. In Bethlehem more than 5,000 pilgrims reenacted the Nativity, as carols rang across Judea hills. In Rome Pope Pius blessed 50,000 in St Peter’s Square while servicemen received Christmas Mass blessings. A six-day snow lingered in Korea, yet the southern hemisphere sweltered near 95 degrees as others marked the season on December 25.
The Eisenhowers celebrate Christmas with family in the White House, hosting a turkey dinner and exchanging presents. Grandchildren include David Barbara Ann Susan Gandy and Mary Jean. 16 Christmas trees decorate the residences and carols fill East Room. No church services planned. Ike to visit Gettysburg farm after holidays following NATO summit in Paris.
San Francisco officials hoped fair weather would help reduce highway deaths during the Christmas holiday. The weatherman predicted rain for the far northern part of the state but generally clear skies for California aside from local morning fog in some areas.
Queen Elizabeth delivers her first televised Christmas address via BBC and ITV to about 150 million viewers. She urges courage and fidelity to timeless values amid rapid scientific change, warning against cynics and careless departures from honesty and ideals. The speech, reportedly written by the Queen, uses modern teleprompter tech and was broadcast worldwide through BBC transmitters.
The Soviet Foreign Office named Menshikov, former ambassador to India, as Moscow s ambassador to the United States to replace Georgi Zarubin. Zarubin will return to Moscow and may become a deputy foreign minister. Menshikov, about 50, is seen as a tough negotiator with a long record in trade talks including leading roles in the Foreign Trade Ministry. He previously served as ambassador to India since 1933 and led Russia s delegation at the 1955 Tokyo Far Eastern Economic Conference.
Associated Press reports a white Christmas with snow confined to the Northwest mountains and parts of the Midwest and New England. Fresh snow was limited with nine feet in the High Cascades and lighter accumulations elsewhere. Mild to cool conditions dominated, with cooling along the East and Ohio Valley as skies cleared and fog lingered in eastern Ohio.
LOS ANGELES Mrs. Doris Aan Gamble 27 must face trial Feb 18 for the fatal beating of her 3 year old son Donald Martiner. Superior Judge Maurice C Sparling set the date after Gamble pleaded innocent and not guilty by reason of insanity. Three psychiatrists were ordered to examine her and she was held without bail pending trial. The boy died 12 hours after being found unconscious in an alley off North Main Street.
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Cairo after a trip to Gaza. He will meet Egyptian President Nasser and officials during a two day stay to discuss the Suez Canal and other U N matters.
A brief forecast notes slightly warmer conditions through Thursday with low chances of rain. The wording suggests a small rise in temperatures and minimal precipitation, indicating generally dry and mild days ahead.
Stanley Slotkin, founder of Abbey Rents, Inc., operates a nonprofit charity giving cosmetic surgery to individuals deemed unattractive or unable to marry. From Betty to Ernestine Ward and Wayne Eden, recipients gain confidence and opportunities. Slotkin plans a mastix surgery clinic with UCLA Medical Center.
Compiled guide lists sections by page and department across the newspaper. Indicates location for Beach Combing, Death Notices, Editorials, Shipping tables, sports, theaters, tides and temperatures, TV, women’s pages, and work pages.
Elizabeth Kempy foundation announced closure of its polio hospital due to dwindling patient numbers since the Salk vaccine era. Superior Judge George A Dockweiler, president of the foundation, noted the 1950 opening cared for about 1400 patients and many outpatient visits.
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