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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1958
Page
3
Two Belmont Shore bankers faced U S District Attorney charges after a management row at the bank founded in 1933. Bank officials insisted the bank remains solvent and insured while the defendants denied embezzlement claims and prepared to respond to the complaint.
UAW Local 3 serves formal strike notice on Chrysler Dodge main plant in Detroit after failed talks on production standards. A Monday meeting is set with Chrysler officials to avert disruption. Norman Matthews warns a strike could halt all southeast Michigan operations and affect parts manufacturers nationwide.
The council unanimously approved a resolution urging Gov Bright to include subsidence legislation in a call for a special session of the Legislature to run concurrently with the budget session in February and March. City Manager Sam E Vickers said other entities are being asked to adopt similar resolutions. The subsidence advisory committee has called a meeting to consider a revised draft of proposed legislation for utilization and repressuring of the Wilmington Oil Field under a state administered act. The City Council will act on the proposed bill after review by its legislative committee.
Jehan Niam Hewith, an artist known for work on Saluiity Evening Post and Colours, died Friday in Port Jervis. He was 22.
In Gadsden, Alabama, over 100 high school students stage a walkout seeking a new school. A 45-member parent committee forms after a mass meeting of parents and trustees at Gaston High School. Pupils skip classes Thursday and Friday, citing a coal heated Syenold frame building with outside toilets. Superintendent Samuel H. Dabby says needed improvements would cost 50,000 dollars.
Washington reported a near agreement on a cultural exchange with Russia. Thompson pressed for an exchange of visits between U S congressional delegations and the Supreme Soviet while Zaroubin urged preparatory talks for a heads of state meeting. Officials noted split on a broader summmit approach as Gromyko held to a slower track.
The Tradewind seaplane, flying from Alameda Naval Air Station to Honolulu, set a Honolulu Alameda speed record for seaplanes before crashing in San Francisco Bay. The 17 crew on board were unharmed. One engine failed as the craft landed in choppy harbor water, bursting through the breakwater, though the aircraft’s 5,500 horsepower turbine caused a hole in the hull. Lt. Homer winds led the 6 hour 54 minute flight, beating the previous record by 54 minutes.
Lawrence Cadle a 49 year old mechanic driven by ill health ended his life Friday near the Sonoma rock quarry he once operated. He used 300 pounds of dynamite and blasting powder arranged in three boxes and stood near them as he activated the detonator. The blast sent a four mile dust column, shattered ranch windows, and carved a 12 foot crater, according to County Coroner Ver non Silvershield.
Havana Cuba President Fulgencio Batista announced that full civil liberties suspended for over a year are restored. Freedom of press and speech return after a pre-dawn cabinet session approving the move. Liberties had been extended during the rebel landing in Oriente Province in December 1956.
The 229 ton No. 11 Hango Maru ran aground off Mindanao shortly after midnight. Coast Guard in Tokyo asked the Philippines for aid from 25 Japanese fishermen aboard the stricken vessel as crew prepared to abandon ship.
A local audit panel in Ros al Stadia considers remarks from members of the Ereninton community. The proceedings focus on fiscal oversight and procedural transparency with potential recommendations for reform.
Nevada court records reveal financier Whitney, 38, taking his fourth wife after a separation suit. Eleanor Searle Whitney, 32, obtained a New York restraining order to halt out of state divorce actions. In Reno, Judge Mervyn Brown granted Whitney $3500 monthly support and $500 for their son. Whitney’s prior marriages include Marie Norton and Gladys Crosby Hawkins with two and one child respectively.
Burlington North Carolina dispatch reports the Ku Klux Klan intends to hold a rally on U S 70 A four miles west of town despite official cancellation. Rev James W Cole of Marion South Carolina grand wizard says the rally will proceed as scheduled and be the greatest show of strength in Klan history.
A blustery storm swept across the eastern third of the United States with rain from the Carolinas to the Virginias and heavy snow inland in the Great Lakes area. Reports described up to five inches of snow in places near Jamestown New York and two to four inches in Indiana Michigan and Ohio as the system moved northeast.
A 12 year old girl, Leslie Benedict, was found killed after a man, Sherbert Huber, confessed to abducting and murdering her near Winner. Huber, a Korea veteran, led crews to a rural Norfolk farm well after initial searches failed. He admitted dragging the girl to a 30 foot well and burying her under debris following an assault. More than 200 searchers, aided by planes and a bloodhound, had been seeking Leslie when the confession was made. The Missouri River area case involves Huber’s statement to police and a pending murder charge with no court date set.
In Portsmouth Ohio John Shortridge 27 acting as his own attorney on a receiving stolen property charge punched witness Donald Stiltner 30 in court. Judge Loivell Thompson sentenced Shortridge to one year in jail for contempt of court and bound him over on the theft charge.
Venezuela faces turmoil over foreign residents as junta reshuffles with Casanova and Romero Vilace resigning. Curacao exile follows, while 40,000 Americans remain unaffected. Peron seeks safe conduct from the Dominican Republic embassy as refugees discuss his possible escape. Americo Barrios and John W. Cooke are said to plan a visit, with Barrios declining to comment.
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