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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1958
Page
2
In Los Angeles a woman, about 80, hugged Jelalian on Jelalian Street and cried that he resembled her long lost son. After the embrace she said she hadn't seen her boy in 20 years and apologized before leaving. Jelalian reported his $22 billfold missing but remained philosophical and amused by the encounter.
Eleven year old Susan Kurtz of Onsted Michigan underwent a five hour heart operation at St. Luke's Hospital Cleveland to repair a defective heart. Surgeons reported she seemed to be holding her own through the night and that the critical period would determine ultimate success after 48 hours. The operation included closing a heart hole enlarging a lung artery and other repairs. Susan lived 55 minutes during the procedure aided by a heart lung machine and sixteen pints of donated blood were used.
A regional traffic safety briefing in Atlantic City sparks a plea to end Pennsylvania license plates for former residents abroad, with remarks about sending licenses to Grace Kelly’s family. Other items include a Milwaukee wedding rush misdated for August and a Cleveland man jailed for an 18,000 mile taxi joy ride.
Columnist and music critic Rudolph F. Elic, 47, died Tuesday in Los Angeles from a heart attack while on a news assignment. He joined the Boston Herald 19 years ago as an assistant drama critic and was a prominent voice in arts coverage.
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 95.6 million dollars in extra appropriations for reclamation and watershed protection as part of anti recession efforts. About 70.8 million would fund the Bureau of Reclamation including Flaming Gorge and Navajo dams in Utah and New Mexico.
The Agriculture Department would receive 14 780 000 dollars, water shed protection funding rising from 14 to 24 million, and flood protection from 13 220 000 to 18 million. Forty new watershed projects authorized by Congress would begin, as spending for state programs increases.
About 300 inmates at Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee ended a two night riot after a gunfire barrage. A spokesman said the prisoners accepted a Tuesday night agreement with Keith Hampton, corrections commissioner, though they rejected two demands. At 7 AM the men began marching to the mess hall and Hampton declared the trouble was over.
An OCR fragment advertises the HUNTINGTOK HOTEL at 34 of a block Lona 1280 E Ocean Blvd Lowg Beach. It touts private baths in rooms, wall-to-wall carpeting, and early service. A large dining room overlooks the ocean with meals listed and a phone contact.
A Marilyn Monroe devotee stabbed a bystander outside the Hotel Martinique in New York after the revival of The Crucible failed to prompt Monroe and her husband to attend. The victim suffered a two inch back cut. police noted pro fan remarks during the scuffle.
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