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Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1957

Page

4

Duke Wally May Be Buried in Baltimore

The Duke of Windsor and his American wife plan to be buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore. The Duchess, Wallis Warfield Simpson, grew up in Baltimore and the couple want a joint burial near or beside the starfield gravesite. Negotiations started months ago with the cemetery, and a Baltimore visit is anticipated in April.

Duke Wally Baltimore Windsor Edward VII England Evening Sun Walls Warfield Simpson Francis Rackemann Green Mount Cemetery Green Mount Oliver Sts Lst Sidney Lanier John Wilkes Booth Lincoln London Starfield Paris

Bones of Man Bechel Found Near Rawlins Wyoming

RAWLINS WYO a sheepherder found the skeleton Monday of a Fresno California man identified as Fred J Bechel 35 who disappeared during a blizzard more than six years ago near the Gene McCarthy ranch about 25 miles south of Rawlins The man had been treated at a Rawlins hospital and released March 25 1951 but never boarded another train nor claimed his bag A six day search by foot horseback and planes under blizzard conditions failed to locate him

Rawlins Wyo California Fred J. Bechel Fresno Calif George Cabraias Gene McCarthy McCarthy John Terrill Carbon County Bechel

Traveler Pleads Guilty to Forgery in National Scam

Charles Speedie, known as the traveler, pleaded guilty to five counts of forgery in Los Angeles. Municipal Judge C Newell Carns ordered sentencing in Superior Court on October 8. Speedie, arrested in a Cleveland suburb, is wanted in seven states and 150 California municipalities for passing bogus checks totaling about 560000 over 14 years.

Los Angeles C. Newell Carns Charles JR. Speedie Superior Court Speedie Cleveland California

Causeway for Island Proposed

Port Manager FE J Amar outlined a plan to connect Terminal Island to the mainland with a quarter mile causeway across Cerritos Channel. Engineering studies pending, Amar called the idea feasible and noted moving the bascule and Commodore Heim bridges by barge to span the harbor entrance, eliminating the bascule bridge.

Terminal Island FE. J. Amar Lafayette Hotel Amar Cerritos Channel Commodore Heim Navy Long Beach Harbor Hein Harbor Board

Woman Survives Cliff Edge Crash After Ramming Fence

Gladys N. Daniel, 42, walked away from a wreck that ripped 125 feet of fence and stopped at the brink of a 100 foot cliff overlooking the ocean near Paseo Del Mar. Police said the car was entangled in fence timbers piercing windows. she refused medical aid.

San Pedro Gladys N. Daniel 3716 Averill Ave Paseo del Mar Western Ave

U S Plans Meetings on Poultry Inspection Program

The Agriculture Department announced nationwide public meetings starting October 7 to explain a new poultry inspection program under an act passed last summer. Most of the U S poultry supply will be subject to compulsory inspection by January 1, 1959. The schedule includes a meeting in the State Building in Los Angeles on October 17.

Washington Agriculture Department Congress State Building Los Angeles

Population surge to 9.4 million by 1970 in L A and Orange

The Southern California Research Council predicts Los Angeles and Orange Counties will reach 9.4 million by 1970, driven by rapid growth since 1940. The study warns the future labor problem will be skills rather than numbers, with 4.9 million in the labor force by 1970 and rising inexperience. It urges industry to upgrade skills, inform workers of expansion plans, encourage selective migration of higher skill types, and implement regular productivity reviews.

Los Angeles Orange Southern California] Research Council SCRC Los An Ifgeles Pomona and Occidental Colleges Wan Walladk Research Council

Untitled seaside dining and lodging listing misspelled

A damaged OCR fragment advertises rooms with private baths and wall-to-wall carpeting near the boulevard and ocean. It mentions meals at four dollars fifty cents per person per week, prime rib and turkey ham options, and a phone contact HE 6-6253 for dining and catering to the outside public.

Frome Herta Uglophone Perylee Lansoem Reridar Ainners

Ex-Treasurer Dies in Iowa at 76

Michael E. Slindee, 76, former deputy treasurer of the United States, died Monday in New Hampton Iowa. He retired in 1950 after 45 years with the Treasury Department. He was born in Lawler Iowa.

New Hampton Iowa UPI Michael E. Slindee United States Treasury Department Lawler

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