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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1957
Page
3
Water-logged midshipmen wait for clear weather to allow the 1937 color parade to be held outdoors on Worden Field, as showers threaten the seven day graduation schedule. If moved indoors, the ceremonies remain on track with rehearsals already held at Danlgren Hall.
The Roosevelt sons and two companions escaped injury when Elliott Roosevelt’s plane skidded in mud on takeoff near Fort Scott Kansas and struck a fence. The crash caused about $10,000 in damage and the pilot said he had survived several prior crashes in war service.
Senatorial hearing summons Linus Pauling a Nobel laureate and California Institute of Technology chemist to testify June 18 on efforts to curb H-bomb testing. The lecture cites Eisenhower remarks about scientists venturing beyond fields and defends Pauling’s qualifications while condemning comparisons between fallout deaths and traffic fatalities.
Princess Margaret’s foot slip seen at the Epsom Derby spurs page one coverage across London papers with playful captions. Headlines joke about the moment as crowds react, noting the queen’s sister easing a shoe and the moment widely parodied.
The Ex press and Mail quote reactions to a moment tied to women, noting a universal feeling. The News Chronicle calls it very human though not regal, asking what would have happened if she had removed both of her shoes.
Federal Judge refuses to order Army specialist William Girard sent home from Japan but schedules a hearing to show why he should not be produced here. The court delays sending Girard to Japanese trial over the death of a Japanese woman scrap collector. The government supports trial in Japan. the judge seeks further arguments. The hearing is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday to determine jurisdiction and potential habeas corpus action.
Newark California police were told by butcher James Underwo rde that a customer taking home a cash package from his shop found two pork chops instead of the $400 wrapped bills. Underwood said the bills had been stored overnight and the thief returned nothing.
A bill to add ten more Superior Court judges in Los Angeles County moved to the Senate Finance I Committee after a 1:3 approval by another Senate panel. The increase would raise Los Angeles County judges to ninety.
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