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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1958
Page
1
Two Panorama City youths aged 13 ran away Tuesday and sparked a three day spree. They stole a new 7000 dollar cabin cruiser, damaged it, took a Jeepster, stalled a highway, and burglarized a motel to steal a radio and cigarettes before being jailed in Avalon. Police said Don Ramsay reported the incident.
The report outlines Soviet bloc efforts to negotiate an international inspection system to prevent surprise attacks while Western delegates balked, calling the plan political. Meanwhile, a Newport Beach voyage by Robert Fulton Junior High ninth graders ended with a beaching near Avalon and a theft incident at the Pavilion Lodge Motel. Separately, Coast Guardsmen searched Lake Superior for missing fishermen Velmar Aakvik and Carl Hammer as a storm raged. The youths faced charges for theft and burglary stemming from a Jeepster and sleeping tags stolen from a Girl Scout building.
Mostly clear conditions give way to fog tonight and early Saturday. Warmer Saturday with maximum near 70 degrees by noon today.
A traffic collision in Malibu injures Rock Hudson as his taxi turns into a driveway near his Pacific Coast home. The report notes his minor injuries and the incident occurring Thursday night.
The United States and allies began shaping a strategy for a long diplomatic battle against the Soviet plan to turn West Berlin into a free city. West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt urged resolve, while officials signaled a delayed response and continued consultations with NATO partners ahead of a Paris meeting on May 15.
A major winter storm sent swirling snow and sleet eastward, halting motor travel from the Rockies to the Atlantic. Devils Lake North Dakota reported 13 inches, Missouri and Kansas towns measured up to 6 inches, Oklahoma and Kentucky saw 4 inches, and western New York and Pennsylvania faced heavy warnings as freezing rain and record cold spread from Texas to the Ohio Valley.
Augusta AP Elroy said after confere at Augusta airport that military spending may raise by up to two billion dollars beyond this year's 140.8 billion outlay. He ruled out a hike above 759.2 billion for the next year and warned of a tough budget fight with Eisenhower as defense officials return to Washington.
WALPOLE MA USA 23 year old Jacki Chester convicted slayer of an 18 year old girl killed himself in his Walpole state prison cell by hanging with a sweater Officials said Gov Foster Furcolo had urged commuting his death sentence noting Mental Health Department found him mentally ill The council postponed action Chester previously fired shots through the door of Miss Bea Tige Fishman Brookline department in 1947 after she refused him entry His trial he asked to be sent to electric chair His execution had been scheduled for Dec 17 He is a Junior California aircraft worker.
News notes Thanksgiving traffic fatalities tally 149 across the nation. California leads with nine deaths. Police report the court session runs 6 pm Wednesday to midnight Sunday, totaling 102 hours, while fires claim nine lives and miscellaneous accidents account for 29.
In Fresno a youth practicing fast draw mishap led to a revolver firing from its holster. Jerry K. Page, attempting a quick draw, released a .38 caliber gun that wounded him in the thigh.
A six year old Oklahoma boy, Marion Joe Forrest of Okemah, was killed when he was hurled from the back window of a car on Highway 148 during a Thursday accident near Reeds Spring Missouri. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Billy Marlon Forrest.
Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco joined the Kelly family of Philadelphia for a two year reunion on Thanksgiving Day. The event drew several hundred locals as a black limousine delivered the royal guests to the East Falls home. The 83 pound turkey fed the large gathering in the recreation room while Grace presented gifts to the Kelly clan, mostly saved for Christmas. The couple planned to attend Army-Navy festivities before departing Tuesday.
A New York federal judge extended until Monday an order restraining the Air Line Pilots Association from striking American Airlines. Judge Frederick van Pelt Bryan criticized both sides for failing to meet, calling their actions “pretty silly” and morally wrong. Meantime, Eastern and Trans World strikes affect about 35,000 engineers and mechanics. Judge Emmet C. Choate said he would issue a partial order preventing Eastern flight engineers from striking over jet training as a condition of flying. A Flight Engineers Union spokesman said such an order would not halt the broader five day strike against Eastern.
Robert T. Walker, 40, a public affairs officer for the U.S. consulate in Lahore, died Thursday in a hunting accident. An AC spokesman said Walker appeared to have shot himself while cleaning his gun. The report also notes a Louisiana court ruling striking down a portion of the 1956 law on mixed athletic events and a pending appeal.
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