29 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1957
Page
1
Ten Italian climbers from the Italian Alpine Club were killed on Piz Palu in the Swiss Alps near Pontresina when a ridge of wind blown snow collapsed and sent them plunging about 600 yards. Rescue teams from Diavolezza struggled to reach the wrecked site amid ongoing avalanches and dangerous conditions.
New York reports two strong tremors logged at Fordham University seismographs with undetermined direction about 4,200 miles distant. In Algeria Orleansville shook through the night with light damage and panic crowds, while Santiago Chile felt tremors with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
A pickup truck driven by an unnamed driver collided with a small foreign car on U S Route 95 south of Bakersfield this morning, plunging down a 30 foot embankment and killing Mr and Mrs Alpert C Snow aged 1068 1 16th St. Their two young children were critically injured. The other car’s driver, Jack G Veach 43 of Shafter, was unhurt and not cited.
In Sinela New York Mrs Jeannette Dempsey charged her husband Charles with assault after he allegedly struck her with a bottle during a dispute over her hours long kissing and hugging of his best friend. The couple gave conflicting timelines with Mrs Dempsey asserting a longer affair while Charles admitted striking her to prove his point.
U S President Eisenhower ordered federal aid and mobilized resources as hurricane Audrey devastates Cameron Parish Louisiana and parts of Texas. Officials estimate deaths range from 150 to 267 with hundreds more missing. Red Cross relief channels and heavy equipment moves are underway as disaster areas receive federal facilities and support.
Sixty two foreign students in Long Beach as part of an American Field Service program faced a minor scare when Meton Torto Gaddola, 18, vanished then returned to South San Francisco. Diplomats arranged his return to rejoin the tour. Danish students Peter Bech Larsen and Ingelese Frandsen were reunited, then spoke Danish briefly before switching to English.
Army Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris told a court martial in Huntsville that Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. had no future in the Army. Nickerson has pleaded guilty to 15 charges for leaking defense information to gain a larger role in the military missile program. Medaris testified Nickerson violated orders and sought entry into the services fight after a memo limited roles and missions.
Seven people die when a front tire blows on a passenger car, swerving it into an oncoming pickup on U S Highway 550 ten miles east of Farmington New Mexico. Victims include two children and residents from Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico.
The clipping lists where to find church items pages A4 and A5, classified ads from B4 to B11, death notices on B44, financial news on B2, sports on A8 and 7, theater listings at Widex, temperatures on B3, and TV radio listings on I13.
Two men, Joseph H. Fostery and Fred E. Tiffany, held up the Century Service Station at 1200 E Artesia St to obtain money for a $2,550 boat named the TM Rock And Roll. Fostery 25 of 6650 Indiana Ave and Tiffany 24 of Bellflower were jailed for armed robbery inquiry.
A missing girl, Mellie A Kitheffer of Artesia, was found safe around 9:45 am in Yosemite Valley. Detectives learned she had been taken during a robbery plan connected to Foster and Mrs Glenn Miller of Reseda. Authorities report the girl is in satisfactory condition and the investigation continues with suspects linked to the theft of 2198.21 dollars tied to a local station.
A source close to Dina’s family says King Hussein and Queen Dina are in a first degree divorce, with Hussein writing Dina three weeks ago declaring the split. Hussein, 22, and Dina, 25, were remarried in April 1955, the report notes.
A cloudy night gives way to improving conditions by morning with a sunny afternoon. The forecast calls for slightly warmer temperatures on Sunday.
Martinez, AP A Madera County deputy, Harry Haring, outwitted his kidnapper James F. Goldman in a dawn abduction. Haring hit Goldman in the jaw after the gunman held the deputy at gunpoint, then shot Goldman in the stomach. Goldman, 38, of Sacramento, was wounded and taken to a hospital as the chase spanned several counties ending in Martinez before authorities recaptured Goldman and booked him at Madera County Jail.
Brewster 60 head of Western Conference of Teamsters Union sustained very minor injuries after his car collided with a pickup at Pacific Coast Hwy and Neptune Ave. Passengers Ann Kotin 51 and John De Lury 52 also hurt. Maurice Loaden Jr. 21 suffered possible knee and rib fractures and was hospitalized. Witnesses offered conflicting accounts of fault as Brewster party returned from a Teamsters convention in San Diego.
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