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Newspaper

Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1959

Page

1

Jazz Musician’s Mother-in-Law Slain and Wife Shot

Boston wife of jazz musician wounded and mother killed in apparent jealous ambush. Suspect Robert Leonard Mason, 40, a sheet metal worker, fled after entering the Porrazzo home. Porrazzo’s alias is Zorro. Detectives say he had pursued Mrs Porrazzo after she rejected him. gunfire occurred as the women entered the house. Porrazzo was in Las Vegas for a nightclub engagement at the time.

Zorro Porrazzo Las Vegas David Porrazzo Johnny Zorro Page Glendale Pazarro Rona

Showers Fall More in Offing Amid Shooting Claim

The report details a rainy weekend forecast by the Weather Bureau as a 5-year-old boy named Mason is linked to a home invasion and assault case involving Mrs. Perrazzo and her in-laws. Police note ongoing showers, with parts of the account noting a break in and attack.

Long Beach Ing Hegi Weather Bureau Perrazzo Mason Jamerson U. S Ies Portweather

Dulles Begins Radiation Treatment for Cancer

State Department spokesman Lincoln White announced a unanimous plan by doctors to start external radial therapy for Dulles cancer Friday. The radiation will use the Walter Reed X ray machine daily, following a recent hernia operation and discovery of recurrence of his 1956 abdominal cancer. Details on extent of spread and further treatments were not disclosed.

Ashington Dulles State Department Lincoln White Waite Walter Reed Army Medical] Center White

108 mph speed nets jail term

Los Angeles patrolmen clocked Wallace E. Jones at 108 miles per hour in a four mile chase at 3 a.m. February 2. In Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Parker imposed a 20 day jail term and suspended Jones's license for 30 days after he serves his sentence.

Los Angeles Wallace E. Jones Harbor Kathleen Parker Jones

Vanguard II May Search for A-Clouds

NASA officials reported Vanguard IIs potential to detect nuclear explosion clouds and relay data to Earth, seen as a precursor to cameras on future satellites. Rep. Fulton argued the U S could monitor world atomic tests without international inspection, while NASA’s Hagen cautioned awaiting data before defining detection limits.

Washington America House Space Committee John Pagen National Aeronautics and Space Administration James Fulton Ro United States Russia Hagen NASA Vanguard Division Fulton Vanguard I Earth

Boy Survives 17-Story Fall From City Apartment

An 11 year old boy James Bell survived a 17 story plunge from an apartment window landing in a soggy lawn. He sustained two broken wrists elbows and a black eye and remained in critical condition after four hours of surgery. Police ruled it an accident citing his poor eyesight and the family’s punishment context.

New York James Bell Luther Bell James

Weather outlook: fairly cloudy tonight and Thursday

The forecast calls for fairly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Today's maximum by noon is 62 degrees.

Berlin Move Triggers West Berlin School War Claim

Moscow reports Khrushchev warned Western statesmen that any attempt to reach West Berlin would start a war. He spoke in Tula and warned encroachments on East German territory would not be tolerated by land water or air. Western powers seek a Big Four parley on Germany as Allied supply routes and West Berlin garrisons face possible Soviet control. Continued on Page A-5.

Moscow West Berlin Soviet Union Berlin Khrushchev Tula Tass Germany East Germany

Integrated reopening at Warren County High School

The majority of the 1,000 displaced pupils, about 100, continue in emergency private segregated classes as Warren County High School reopens on an integrated basis with 22 Negro children and six white teachers present. Officials say most white students, fewer than a dozen, returned. Negroes gathered in the library while six teachers met them for the first classes.

Fromt Royal Warren Couny High Schoo Ieichert Nese Cobalt Jers James S. Duff Lon

Land Reform in China Aims to End Famine Says Traveler

Dr Chandrasekhar reports on Peiping’s response to China’s food crisis from 1949 to 1958. He notes drastic agrarian changes, public trials of landlords, and the claim that no one now starves, though meat and fruit remain scarce. The piece is part of a five article series.

Red China Chandrasekhar Peiping International Red Cross Red Cross China

Eisenhower says Khrushchev blast would start by Soviets

President Eisenhower declared at a White House news conference that any shooting over West Berlin would be initiated by the Soviet Union, not the Western allies. He reaffirmed allies would not strike first and noted John Foster Dulles should remain secretary of state if capable, addressing resignations reports tied to his cancer.

Washington Eisenhower West Berlin Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev Gene Khrushchev Dulles John Foster Dulles

Libby Resigns from AEC to Return to Teaching

Dr Willard F Libby resigned from the Atomic Energy Commission effective June 30 saying he must return to teaching and research to remain a scientist The White House announced the move President Eisenhower called the resignation difficult to accept Libby 50 a University of Chicago member who helped shape nuclear testing policy and argued radioactive fallout need not halt tests

Washington Willard F. Libby Atomic Energy Commission Libby Fiveswan Commission White House Eisenhower University of Chicago AEC

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Rona Porrazzo Robert Mason M.p.h Speed Nets Vanguard II Red Boy Harold K. Miles Anicr Khrushchev Hal Boyle Wilson Sripati Chandrasekhar U.S
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