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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1957
Page
2
Marie Hagen, 24, testified that a cat started rolling the car and she pressed the gas pedal. An officer said she drove a tank and hit three parked autos, a sign, and a tree. Municipal Judge Aggeler found her guilty and fined her 158, despite her claim she cannot drive.
Fletcher Jennings, a farmer and teacher from Van Meter Iowa, stands in the doorway of his geodesic globe shaped house nearing completion. The plywood panels form a patchwork quilt like pattern as bolts hold the spherical structure together in the rural setting.
In Prospect Park Zoo, two baby bears squeezed through cage bars for a glimpse outside. Police restrained the cubs, but the 300-pound mother bear died of a heart attack from the exertion. A separate incident in Oklahoma City involved a police chase over a wolf whistle, ending with a man pointing to a talking mynah bird in a cage.
A bizarre nationwide blip reports a thief using stolen letters to pay a tax assessment and a Texas style note. In Tucson, Sgt. Rich ard M. Clerkin and T Sgt Lou Shearer amused by birdie on the 18th hole at Randolph Municipal Golf Course. Clerkin killed a woodpecker in a tree beside the fairway while keeping it secret for fear of the game warden. Both airmen are stationed at Davis Monthan AFB. In Dayton Ohio a woman paid a parking ticket in safety building and asked about the pass button on the elevator. The officer explains it allows passing floors without stopping.
The United States and Australia released Japanese war prisoners in Tokyo today. One convict was paroled by the US authorities while Australia pardoned three others, all serving life terms at Tokyo's Annel Prison.
A local notice states Press Gelesram publishes daily except Sunday from Sth Bireath and Pine Avenue in Lone Mountat. The item mentions circulation details for a 63 ounce and a March publication date amid unclear lines and street names.
Fragmented OCR notice describes a seaside hotel with rooms and dining offers. Mentions a private bath, maid service, and weekly rates around 28 dollars. References Parson and Barnett as owners and a phone number HE 40255.
Chicago Tribune quotes William A. Lee an international union official saying the AFL CIO action to reprovo Dave Beck seals his doom as Teamsters president. Lee expects a council meeting to decide Beck's resignation. John T. Sandy O'Brien Chicago fourth vice president is named as a potential successor, Hoffa under federal indictment is unlikely. In San Francisco locals demand Beck step down, Local 85 officials call for resignation for violating trust.
Russian television viewers were shown the horrors of nuclear war in a 45 minute government film. Prepared by the civil defense organization it explains how the Soviet population should act during an atomic attack and includes footage of a nuclear explosion and Hiroshima after bombing in World War II.
Legislative roundup reports a right to work measure praised by employer groups and opposed by labor, moving from the Labor Committee to the Senate floor with governor Knight signaling a veto if punitive labor legislation passes. Additional items include salary delay for lawmakers, yardage on water talks, and other bills advancing or defeated across committees.
Sacramento governor rejected clemency for two death row inmates and attacked a two year moratorium as a cruel experiment. He said the outcome in the Senate would not affect the men scheduled for execution in San Quentin's gas chamber Friday. The two measures would spare Bart Cantante and Oscar Brust, both on Death Row for separate murders, regardless of passage.
At Forton Air Force Base a T29 training plane crashed about five miles southeast of Ellingfered. Base officials report 15 aboard. one man believed dead and another with a wrist fracture.
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