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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1957
Page
2
Hollywood reports Zsa Zsa Gabor will portray Benjamin Franklin's French companion Mme Brillon on NBC TV's Matinee Theater. She says Franklin, in his 70s and a widower, enjoyed chess and baths with her, though the bathtub scene was cut.
Former McAlester physician Ben T. Galbraith was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder of his son Jere and returned to prison. He already serves a life term for his wife Kitty's slaying and faces pending charges in the deaths of two other children. Galbraith admitted killing his family two years ago, claiming fear of another breakdown and noting suspected mental illness in his sons. He described bludgeoning his wife, poisoning the children, and setting the house on fire to destroy evidence.
Tehran reports hunger, thirst, and sickness as a massive quake devastates areas along the Caspian Sea. Wolves attack fleeing villagers in Klneh Assack and Bljestan, with official deaths at 750 and over 3,000 missing. Destruction spans more than 200 villages and 1.24 billion dollars in losses amid downed telegraphs and blocked roads.
Joseph Breslaw longtime vice president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union died Wednesday in New York at about age 70.
A Senate government operations subcommittee approved a bill to raise pay for 730000 federal classified employees and 500000 postal workers by a set percentage, with many postal workers also getting temporary cost of living increases ranging from $80 to $240 annually.
Harry Bridges, president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, was recovering from bronchial pneumonia at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco. He entered the hospital Saturday and expects to leave today or Friday.
Washington dispatch reports Southern opponents warn civil rights legislation could spark a federal court injunctions fight. Senate leaders plan to move to take up the bill after the holiday, with Knowland pressing a filibuster but seeking a debate on constitutional questions and legal issues surrounding federal authority to enforce desegregation.
Lake Wales Florida game warden reports at least two hunters attempted to shoot an eleven foot alligator with a .22 caliber rifle. The reptile bit a chunk from the hull after the two shots, prompting a vow to use bigger guns next time. The incident highlights the danger of using inadequate firepower on tough-skinned reptiles.
A federal grand jury indicts John Mulvey age 38 his wife Rita 27 and Mary Ann Willis 41 all of Culver City charging them with aiding two escaped federal prisoners Patrick L Muldrew Jr and Donald W Gates by supplying clothing and money after their escape from the Federal Correction Institution at Terminal Island on June 5. Muldrew was captured in Culver City the same night and Gates was later arrested in El Centro.
In Peiping a broadcast accused two Chinese ministers of organizing opposition to the Communist regime. Li Po-chan and Lo Lamg-chi, both ministers, were named by Wuhan University and Shanghai Wen Wei Pao as leaders of campaigns to incite dissatisfaction among intellectuals. The ministers faced a torrent of criticism and were said to face two paths: support socialism or resist the people.
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