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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1957
Page
2
Allegheny County plans to reduce its 19 buffalo herd kept on 20 acres in South Park. Officials may sell a few of the animals, aiming to avoid harm while keeping them safe. Parks Director George B. McDonough expects buffalo prices around 500 dollars. He invites zoos or parks to bid.
In Galveston Texas a dogcatcher tried to shoot Blackie the mongrel during a clash at the city pound. Two 14 year old boys and their dog defended the pet with a rifle briefly holding off police and catchers. City officials met in special session as protests and calls for change grew.
Jelke a 27 year old from New York City was sentenced in 1955 after a sensational trial and will be released next month to serve a two to three year term. He was convicted in a case involving Pat Ward then 22 and linked to a life of prostitution.
Private home construction fell sharply in February as the Labor Department reported 65,000 housing starts, 17 percent below February last year. About 62,500 were privately financed, 2,500 public housing units. The total matched January, signaling spring building.
The German defense ministry confirmed American forces in West Germany are armed with atomic weapons including projectiles rockets and bombs. Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon said the Allied air force in south Germany has had atom bombs and carriers for some time, while his NATO command has the capacity to deliver them but does not yet possess any. He did not specify delivery dates for Canberra bombers.
The Democratic National Committee announced former Senator Lehman of New York was named deputy chairman of the party’s nationalities division. Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan serves as division chairman. Lehman did not seek reelection to the Senate last year.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a garbled notice mentioning Long Beach streets Stragt and Piva Avenus and a delivery amount of 32.00 for 4d 32.00 324 quarter March. Names and context are unreadable. source lacks clear event or action.
Merced Tribune notes George Trimble, who claims to have sat on Abraham Lincoln's knee and later knew Wild Bill Hickok, turning 100 on Thursday. He hopes the next century will be as full as the first and recalls meeting the Great Emancipator after a Lincoln Douglas debate.
The Philadelphia Board of Education reviewed an expense account item reading Recover two horse bodies Roosevelt Junior High School $190 finding it covered repairing two leather gym horses rather than actual animal bodies.
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