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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1957
Page
2
A eight-foot alligator appeared in a bayou behind Brister's home. Neighbor W. Joseph alerted Brister, who fired buckshot at the animal. The group hauled the wounded gator from the water, attempted shelling with axes, and finally hoisted it into a tree where it died. Brister plans to tan the hide for belts.
Police found Joseph Borgerding asleep atop a safe in a private garage during a routine car check. He did not wake as officers handcuffed him and escorted him to jail. Authorities held him for a burglary attempt amid a string of break-ins.
Crestview Florida reports the death of William A Lundy a Civil War veteran aged 104 at a hospital after illness and a gall bladder operation. The remaining Confederate veterans are Walter Williams 114 in Houston and John Salling 111 in Virginia. Williams is the last Union survivor Albert Woolson died last year at 109.
Afghan officials confirm about 20 Soviet officers are training Afghan military units at a base in the Oxus valley on the border with the Soviet Union. An informed source notes arms totaling about 25 million dollars, including tanks and jet fighters, have been supplied to Afghanistan to bolster defense under a neutrality policy. Prince Mohammad Naim says arms purchases are solely for defensive purposes and foreign policy remains neutral.
Harald Stassen flies back to London for a final round of disarmament talks ahead of the U N General Assembly. He arrives to attend his son's wedding and meet President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles as the five power subcommittee in London winds toward a U.N debate.
Long Beach notice claims a patient’s body systems normalize through a different treatment. It describes relief of pains in joints and muscles, improved circulation and digestion, calmer nerves, better sleep, higher energy, and renewed work desire after an initial visit and treatment costing $4.00 with Dr. Duncan. Phone listed.
West German cities set a 30 mile per hour speed limit for the first time in four years. The measure follows rising traffic deaths from 7,590 in 1953 to 13,700 last year, making Germany’s roads the deadliest in the world.
A 24 year old boy named Michael Douglas McMillan was found exhausted but safe after spending a night on a mountainside while searchers scoured the area. Hospital attendants reported fatigue and minor scratches with no serious injuries. His mother Mrs G B McMillan of Charlotte said he had wandered about three quarters of a mile from home, barefoot in red shorts.
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