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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1957
Page
3
A brief encounter at the Newport base followed a presidential request for calm amid Arkansas Governor Faubus using national guardsmen to block Black students from Little Rock Central High. Both leaders spoke little, offering a constructive note as reporters pressed for statements.
California Governor Goodwin Knight seeks extradition from Arkansas for a man identified as a cousin of Governor Orval Faubus. He faces charges of failure to support two children born to a Ventura woman. The man, William Faubus, claims distant kinship and says he never lived with the mother.
At Angola Louisiana Warden Marcies Sigler reports two convicts Aldrich 35 and Gros 25 were found murdered in the medium security section. The attackers used a meat cleaver, suspected planning and escape attempts tied to prior crimes. Institutional conditions noted as crowded and risky.
In Chickasha Oklahoma a soldier identified as Cross formerly of Buffalo was arrested after hitting a guard and grabbing his gun on a route toward Little Rock. He claimed a secret government mission while staying at the Meridas home for ten hours. The incident follows a tense period over integrated schooling in Arkansas.
Kasper remains jailed on a $2,500 bond on inciting to riot charges tied to recent anti-integration speeches. He faces potential punishment in Davidson County workhouse if convicted. Federal authorities consider a contempt case in Clinton Tennessee, seeking up to a year in prison, linked to violations of a federal injunction against anti-integration activities.
The CRA faces endorsement decisions amid wariness of antag onisms. Key figures like George Mhias and Milias push for cautious support while Knowland's stance looms. Fact-finders expect a recommendation by mid January with final action at the February convention.
The Atomic Energy Commission ordered evacuation of a mining town about 43 miles north of the test site to speed up upcoming summer atomic tests. Sixty residents including men women and children were moved to nearby towns, with road camp residents remaining unmoved to facilitate testing. details on who pays were not disclosed. An AEC spokesman said the move involved the Wek Chang joining Corp, the mine operators, with a plan to pay a flat evacuation fee.
El Cerrito residents Clifford and wife Woodland were trapped 25 feet above ground for four hours on a Squaw Valley ski lift on Wednesday. They dangled while rescuers waited until dark. Woodland fractured several ribs when he fell onto racks during descent, but both reached a ledge and the lift was restarted.
Unclear OCR text mentions Bit and Pina Avenue in Long Reach with references to Audit Bureau and Choulaulon. Reads as a garbled local brief lacking coherent events or identifiable entities. No distinct date, person, or organization clearly extractable for a solid summary.
Reports from TANBUL Turkey claim a romance links a young Iraqi king Faisal to Fazilet a teenage princess. Friends say engagement could occur next spring in Baghdad while Fazilet travels from Paris and Cannes with her father’s yacht awaiting a royal match backed by Crown Prince Abdul Tah of Iraq.
Turkish authorities expelled two Russians accused of spying after police caught them attempting to buy military information from a Turkish contact at the Bosphorus. Capt Alexandre Mareguine, 38, and an unnamed Soviet aide were given 48 hours to leave, having lived in Turkey since 1952, amid broader Cold War tensions reflected in regional reactions in Moscow Athens and Cairo.
Airman Robert B. Smith, 20, Menlo Park California, was sentenced by an Air Force court martial to one year at hard labor and a bad conduct discharge for unauthorized discharge and escape from confinement. He was acquitted on desertion charges and ordered to forfeit pay and allowances. Smith was returned to Shepherd AFB after agents picked him up in California on May 21.
An American embassy spokesman said a U S Air Force plane took off for Nicosia after a one day delay due to Egyptian suspicions it had photographed an Egyptian military airport. The plane circled at 2,500 feet over Al Maza Port before landing at Cairo International Airport.
The historic tarry mansion at 2323 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles burned early today. Fire crews fought the blaze for about 30 minutes before it was extinguished. The building, noted as the home of Hewin T. Earl, a publisher and inventor, was razed by the fire, with later plans announced for a Vatican City related addition.
In Farnworth Lancashire an underground cave 50 feet by 24 feet opened beneath Fylde Street, wrecking 24 houses and forcing 118 evacuations. Officials suspect a burst water main or ancient coal veins destabilizing the ground as workers pump out water and divert a brook to reduce further collapse. Police urge calm amid a densely populated industrial area.
A car swerved off Forest Lawner in Los Angeles, struck a utility pole, rolled, and burned, killing a man and injuring a woman passenger. The incident left others with unclear details as investigators questioned the circumstances.
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