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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1959
Page
4
City councilmen ordered an investigation into an anonymous letter urging five California mayors to sue to block the Armed Services YMCA project. A 7 to 0 vote authorized City Manager Sam E. Vickers to seek origin and possible involvement of three opposing groups, who denied links to the letter.
The American Society of Newspaper Editors has petitioned both the House and Senate to release their payrolls and official expenditures. The action was filed last Friday, as disclosed Monday by ASNE directors.
Senate Republican Leader Dirksen said at the White House that he believes there are enough votes to confirm Lewis L. Strauss as commerce secretary. He spoke after a GOP meeting with President Eisenhower and indicated optimism about muted, high level persuasion aiding the nomination.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed Reid and other nominees amid debate over Clare Booth Luce as ambassador to Israel. Opposition from Morse and others was noted, while Fulbright and Kennedy supported confirming Reid. Also approved were John M. M. as ambassador to Brazil and James G. Parsons as assistant secretary of state for eastern affairs.
Four men drifted helplessly aboard a disabled tugboat for three days before rescue. Pacific Trust Territory officials identified the crew as Frank M. Boyles and Joseph M. DeVille, Trust Territory employees, along with Filenguy and Poe. The engine failure left the vessel adrift until rescue.
Ronald Field, a 27 year old University of Pittsburgh instructor of insurance and Methodist Church minister, vanished May 12 after his car was found wrecked at the Monongahela River embankment. A relative told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette he has been located on the West Coast but current whereabouts are undisclosed.
A former mental patient named William H. Elwell, charged with kidnapping 7-year-old Wayne Murray near Venice, was ruled insane by Superior Court judge Edward R. Brand. After three psychiatrists testified, Elwell was ordered to Mendocino State Hospital, a maximum security facility, where he will be confined. Police said the abduction occurred March 1 and the boy was rescued 24 hours later in Bishop.
A New Jersey bill set for passage in the Legislature would require motorists paying for low number license plates to incur a ten dollar premium. The measure targets drivers seeking distinctive plates while state revenue policies are debated.
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