04 Nov 1957
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1957
Page
1
The Long Beach Evening News advertises the November 4 1957 issue with 31 pages priced at 10 cents. Classifieds line the radio teletype network and list telephone contact numbers HE 2 5959 and HE 5 1161 for submissions.
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the preliminary injunction blocking James R Hoffa from assuming the Teamsters presidency. The court modified the injunction but kept it in force, requiring adherence to the 1952 constitution and enforcing convention changes amid a challenge by 13 rank and file Teamsters from New York who claimed the Miami election was rigged.
Burglars pried open a side door at the Iowa Pork Shop on West Rosecrans Avenue and stole a 1 1/2 ton safe containing about 12 000. Police say a four man burglary team used canned goods to prop the safe and loaded it onto a waiting truck before dawn. Store manager Bolen Hartman discovered the break in at 6 45 a m and notified authorities.
Nine persons perished Sunday night when two cars collided on a dry two-lane road east of Houston in Southeast Texas. The dead include Henry Gaines 32 his wife Gertrude 54 Emma Lee Cunningham 45 Gaines sister and four of Cunningham's children Hattie Lee Taplin 25 Catherine Gantt 22 Emma Mae Bearden 10 Vernice Ray 1 with Gantt's 6-week-old daughter, all of Houston, and Walter M Newsom 51 of Hempstead driving alone.
Two 14 year olds from Lancaster were charged with larceny after stealing a $27,000 airplane Saturday night and flying through eastern Pennsylvania for about 110 miles. They piloted the plane from Lititz to Allentown before landing it at the Animet Trap Co hangar where it was recovered.
Allan Jones said he intends to marry Mary Florsheim Pickling, heiress to a shoe fortune, as soon as he can obtain a divorce from Irene Hervey after 21 years of marriage. Hervey has filed for divorce in Santa Monica, with temporary alimony and support arranged, while Jones faces unlicensed pilot issues and a disrupted travel note from Europe.
Residents reported a 200 foot long glow red craft that caused engines to stall. Hal Boyle notes and Beach Combing sections reference the sighting with related features across pages A-2 A-7 B-1 and C-5 through C-9.
Gunder Kuhn 29, a German immigrant, pulled a vial of radium during a Toronto civil defense drill claiming it needed potency testing. The vial tested positive for radioactivity, triggering a police and medical response. Kuhn, later found with an unregistered revolver, was jailed and placed in decontamination. Investigations showed the rooming house where he stayed was contaminated. blood tests were ordered for residents and officers. Kuhn says he brought the radium from West Germany eight months ago and used it on watch dials and instruments. He plans to return to Lubeck for Christmas with his wife and infant daughter.
The Soviet Union announced that its space dog aboard Sputnik II survived launch and is healthy in an air conditioned capsule circling Earth at 17 840 miles per hour. Two radio channels relay scientific data as world monitors report beeps and hisses. a Soviet scientist hinted dogs may parachute back.
The White House stated President Eisenhower and his science and national security advisers are carefully examining the significance of Russia's satellite, considering both strategic and security implications.
Seven persons died and 29 were injured in traffic crashes in the Long Beach area over the weekend and today. Victims include Alfred Chason and Dorothy Barrand Kennedy among others. Bodies found on Terminal Island near Ferry Street. Police note a motorcycle marks in the sand. The report continues on page A-5.
Four Nicaraguans were jailed after an Army-led weekend crackdown on a plot to bomb the presidential house and overthrow the government. A government statement said the four suspects were arrested and charged with the plot on Saturday.
Harvard astronomer Dr. Fred L. Whipple said a Moscow moon rocket could already be in flight and would need about five days to reach the moon. He noted it would be visible only if perfectly timed and directed, but believed the Russians are capable of such a Lunar ascent.
Seven year old Jill Hatch of Santa Barbara died from exposure after wandering from Camp Sheidack in the Los Padres National Forest near a private resort. Her body was found in snow Sunday about a mile from the camp as rescuers battled rain and cold. a younger companion was not located. Coroner Virgil Payton noted the temperature dropped to 32 degrees Saturday night. Jill’s parents, Mr and Mrs William Hatch, had gone to fish.
New York stocks fell broadly as news of the Soviet space satellite spurred selling. Industrials like steels, motors, metals, chemicals and oils dropped, losses easing from initial $2 declines to around $1. Martin, active in the missile program, gained $1.37 by noon, while Boeing and General Dynamics rose about $1. Doug jigs and others posted smaller gains.
Partly cloudy through tonight then sunny and warmer on Tuesday. Rain probability 40 percent tonight and 25 percent Tuesday.
Pocatello Idaho radio stations aired tape recordings claiming to hear a deep barking sound linked to the Sputnik signal. Tom Thompson of the Pocatello Amateur Radio Club says the bark is a heavy hollow tone heard four times after an initial bark with a silent interval, recorded on a line directly to a high frequency receiver.
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