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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1957
Page
3
Mayor James Tierney of Garden City, 52, was shot six times at city hall as a feud with a wealthy contractor flared during a meeting attended by about 50 officials and onlookers. City Attorney Russell Swarthout was injured while grappling with the gunman.
Acting FTC Chairman Robert Seerest told a House investigation the commission will adopt tougher tone and new standards for cigarette advertising. He cited possible links between smoking and health issues and lung cancer and called for a fresh approach to policing tobacco advertising.
Los Angeles detectives searched for a second man linked to the 1954 killing of wealthy grocer David L. Nagin during a failed holdup. Ambrose Roche Lucero, 30, allegedly with James L. Feldkamp, 24, at the scene. Feldkamp later admitted involvement and was jailed on suspicion of murder. Nagin’s daughter screamed as the assailants fled. Nagin was blind and his wife Maurine wounded. Feldkamp’s wife Lucy, 17, is in juvenile hall. The case also notes a related market holdup in Van Nuys and a Mexicali trip.
In Solon, 22 caliber gunfire erupted in city council chambers during a recess as Terrence Tierney and Leslie Ellerhorst faced resignations. Chief Nagle labeled Ellerhorst as the gunman, who was seized by police and kept without charge amid fears of retaliation. Union probes followed, detailing misused funds for theater tickets and luxury items.
An explosives expert, his estranged wife, and an eight year old girl were killed when a parked car exploded in the Pittsburgh North Side, injuring seven others. Arthur Be Pew, 29, Elaine De Pew, 18, and Linda Kraus, 8, died. Joan Kraus, 10, was injured. Frank Parza, 55, suffered a hip cut. Police called it murder and self-destruction. the couple had planned a reconciliation meeting minutes before the blast.
Dr. George Cross, returning from a four week tour of the Addle East, warns that crowded Arab refugee camps pose the Middle East’s greatest single problem. He spoke Thursday in Norman Oklahoma.
Danish businessmen Carenhagg in and another Dane were charged with exporting about 21000 dollars worth of strategic strap aluminum and brass to Communist Romania via Sweden. Police said the materials reached Romania through Sweden which has lighter export restrictions. Police urged fair sentences for the pair.
Sheriff Pete Wildman served warrants on two men jailed at Scott County Jail accused of assault with intent to rob a fellow inmate. The suspects were incarcerated on robbery-related charges stemming from the alleged crime inside the jail.
A fragmentary excerpt promoting Natalie Winslow's humorous account in Reader's Digest about an unusual domestic life with an English colonel and his batman. It mentions August Reader's Digest issues, article selections, and Arthur Godfrey's CBS radio appearance.
The Tunisian cabinet resigns as Bourguiba is proclaimed president and Bey Sidi Mohammed al Amin is ousted. Bourguiba moves from reformer to head of state, signaling a republic and aiming to unite North African states in a federation while Mideast allies respond to the change.
Moscow report says Nikita Khrushchev told visiting American tourists that youth ideology favors communism or capitalism. He discussed a student exchange plan with limited numbers while noting U S reluctance to admit Communists and Russians.
Navy Cmdr Edmund McCawley of suburban Lthan Ps hires an orchid sitter to regulate temperature for delicate floral beauties when he is away from home.
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