20 Nov 1957
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1957
Page
1
Police report a dramatic early evening incident in Long Beach where a fugitive woman forcibly robs her mother at gunpoint, triggering a manhunt and pleas for witnesses to come forward. The page notes the 1957 edition, 12 pages, price 10 cents.
Gerard Swope former GE president died at his home aged 84. He led GE for 18 years and later served as honorary president and chaired the New York City Housing Authority from 1939 to 1942. He was brother to journalist Herbert Swope and began with GE in Chicago in 1890s as a helper.
An infant boy Stephen Nance aged months died from gas heater fumes in a Myrtle Avenue apartment. His mother Evelyn Nance 26 and sisters Sheila 7 and Sandy 5 were hospitalized in serious condition as police described the scene with a stove oven set at 350 degrees and closed windows. Walter Nance husband was aboard a ship. owner Elbert Thompson reported the family slept on a collapsible bed while authorities investigated the accident.
The Assembly backed a Western plan to expand the disarmament commission to 25 members with four Communist nations and three neutrals. A Soviet boycott threatened to derail talks while Moscow rejected enlarging the body to 32 and criticized a broad open-assembly plan. A Russian deputy said the bloc would not participate if its members were not included.
Washington and Paris reportedly reach a plan to supply Tunisia with Western arms while ensuring arms do not reach Algerian rebels. Secretary Dulles and French Foreign Minister Pineau led three hour discussions, with Stevenson present on NATO matters. They emphasize foolproof controls and close Britain Tunis consultation to ease Franco American friction.
UKIAH Calif A confessed counterfeiter Waldo Saxon Newton slashed his throat in Mendocino County jail after writing a will that left $100 to famed death row inmate Caryl Chessman. The document named Calpella attorney Robin as heir to remaining funds and included quirky bequests such as a home for his big black cat. Newton had pleaded guilty to counterfeiting and faced sentencing in superior court.
Weather outlook shows generally clear skies with patchy early morning fog along the coast. Temperatures rise slightly as rain probability remains zero tonight and rises to about 20 percent by Thursday.
Police seek Mary M. Andrews a dangerous mental case and three time escapee from Patton and Mendocino facilities after she forced her mother Martha Andrews and Mrs. Nida Bell Priester into a car on Tuesday. They withdrew 900 dollars from two banks using an armed threat. The escapee fled in a 1949 light blue Chevrolet four door sedan license IV 140 with a 15 foot 7 inch, 100 pound frame. Andrews is an aviatrix and motorcycle enthusiast last seen in a brown tweed coat.
Downey police report 23 high school students arrested in a five day roundup of a major auto theft ring. Detectives expect five more arrests soon as two groups of teenagers allegedly stripped and robbed cars in the area over six months. A break came when four youths were nabbed siphoning gas, leading to the wholesale fencing of auto parts at Downey High School.
John D. Wallace of the U S Naval Air Development Center reports a U S developed miniature microphone implanted in Laika's heart was used to broadcast its heartbeat from orbit. He and colleagues Brown and Lewis note Russians may have adopted the technique, first publicized in 1956, as he records how the signal faded when Laika presumably died.
A second-story flat housing a black family of 18 was engulfed by flames early Tuesday, killing five children. Neighbors aided Mrs Lucille Sanders 33, mother of five, who cried out upon seeing her house in flames and collapsed from shock after being unable to reenter.
A dated newspaper snippet lists where to find various sections and features. It directs readers to Page C-10 for the Rediscovering Science chapter and cites multiple internal pages and columns such as Hal Boyle on B-5, Bridge on B-5, and various sections from D-6 to J.J. across topics including classifieds, crosswords, theater, sports, and more.
Dr. Carl A L Binger addressed the Massachusetts League for Nursing warning nurses that male patients may feel attracted to them during illness and that nurses must not respond. He said fear drives many reactions, sometimes realistic, arising from anxiety ready to surge at the moment.
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