SAN FRANCISCO Heft>Le--Mle story of- ~ o earthq11alfe., . -•••r - =n • tne eet:ent!ste 1:eek •• tt y • 1allior11 are 111ea1t1P1d according to what is called - the Richter scale. The great San Francisco ••-.quake of Nineteen Six had a magnitude or eight-point - five. Today, the Richter scale showed - f1ve - po1nt · five. Meaning - quite a severe shock. The seismograph at the University or Calltom1a - so near the center of the quake, the needle was thrown ott its base. Indicating, that the disturbance was along the San Andreas fault - that same geological dislocation, tar underground, which caused the quake or lilneteen Six. thirty - ten-torty-eight, and eleven-forty-tlve A.M. The aeries - buildlng up 1n intensity. 'nle first - having a magnitude of thr9e. The second - three-Point--eeventy-tive. Then, the big one - tive-point-five. Such are the cold figures - behind an experience F SAN PRANCISCO - 2 of tense excitement for myriads of people 111 the San Francisco sector. Tall buildings shook and swayed - tens of thousands of frightened human beings pouring out into the streets. In the Sheraton Palace Hotel, the shudder ot the earthquake ran through the building - and tour large plate glass windows were shattered. A shower or glass - falling onto the sidewalk and into the lobby. Nobody hurt - although the lobby was crowded. The San Francisco Hews building, where the United Press is located - rocked as if hit by a violent explosion. Light fixtures ll8llt swinging back and forth - loose obJecta hurled trom shelves. Newapapennen had to grab tor support - or they would have been thrown down. But the melodramatic n thrill was at the Golden - - Gate Bridge - with towers that stand sixty-t'ive teet high. Painters on the Job hung on desperately - as the towers and SAR PRAMCISCO (insert) In Daly City, south or San Francisco, the earthquake damaged a huge reservoir, holding back a million , " . gallons _ of water. Crac'j appeartag, Ill • • wewusttr H ~ .tt. People evacuating from an area 1n danger - while the authorities began draining out the water. SAi PRAICISCO - 3 the steel span• swung to and fro. " I thought the bridge was coming down, " says John King, a painter who was working on the South tower. And he added: "'lbe tower shook like a tree in a gale. The deck or the bridge galloped up and down, and the cables swept back and forth. I ran as fast as I could to get off the bridge." Along Lake lerced, 1D aoutnem San ftiWG.ta:co, tour hundred feet of the highway broke . off, and slid into the lake. Further on, a stretch of the scenic highway along the coast - fell into the Pacific. The damage - widespread. Little or it serious, however. No lives lost - only seven persons injured, and only in a minor way. _..-- J - ) . The quake was felt along a line ot two hundred miles north and south of San Francisco. Minor after-shocks } continuing for several hours - but they d1dn I t amount to , lu.ul~ • SAi PRANCISCO - 4 San Francisco lives> more or less 1n the meaory or that earthquake disaster - r1rty one years ago when the city was virtually destroyed by t:M- quake and tilll-tire. Today's shock - the severest 1n the long t1me that haa elapsed. - ~ l,{; ? C~ t 1 l< );d:;;_ j/ fc h~ y But ~ ~ • • \ ' - i t o d a 1 ' 'i £\um a lot ot excitement. A RACICETEBRDG Senate investigators accuse top officials or the Te.-ters Union of dubious activities - involving union funds of more than seven hundred thousand dollars. That much money to be accounted tor - according to co•ittee chairman Senator McClellan or Arkansas. Who added - that parts or the seven hundred thousand dollars have · been 111aappropriated, or cannot be located, or have been spent 1n a "questionable" aanner. The sum includes two-hundred-and-seventy thousand dollars - allegedly used by Dave Beck, the Union President, "tor hls personal benefit." A comrn1.ttee investigator stating that Beck paid the money back to the Union Treasury, atter the income tax people became interested in his t1nanc1al affairs. The co111111ttee also mentions expenditures by Union Vice President Frank Brewster. Who was a witness again, today. Brewster waR asked about checks for one-hundred--and - fifty - thousand dollars paid to a a Seattle contractor at the RACICl'l'EmDll - 2 time Beck was building his BU'lll)tuoua home. He replied - that, although he signed the checks, he couldn't recall the transaction. He added that he had borrowed about ninety thousand dollars from the Union - but had paid this back with interest. Meanwhile, there are loud reverberat1ona inalde the TeUISters Union. A local at LaSalle, Illinoia, d...and1ng the rea1gnat1ona ot Union President Beck, and other top .a. ott1c1als. S11l1lar 1nd1cat1ona •ln other c1t1ee. TIANSTBRS In San Francisco, today, it 1a revealed - that Tom Leonard, official of the Teamsters Union, had been under a doctor's care for a heart malady. In no condition to appear before a union meeting - considering the way things have been going in Teamsters Union affairs. Disclosures of racketeering have incited a revolt among union members 1n San Francisco. . Local Bighty-P!ve - holding an angry meeting. Teamsters demanding - an accounting tor the money they've paid into the union. Two thouaand union 1. it lli • u.tf · fi: members j811111ng in - · hundreds on:)da' t get 1n. I(. A . Three hours - or angry shouting. An •ployee ot the Labor Temple calling it - the "wildest ••ting" he ever saw. "They were shouting and arguing so loud, I thought there was going to be a riot," he says. so that was the meeting addressed by Tom Leonard, a trustee and organizer of Local Bighty-Plve. Leonard, tirty-tour years old, with his heart condition. He got up - to defend the union leadership. '!be uproar so great - he had to shout tor a ru11 . m1nute into the microphone to get attention. Then he •de a brier, excited speech - and walked out, leaving the building. on the sidewalk outside - tililf collapsed from a tatal heart attack. A casualty - or the scandals 1n the Te.-tera Union. COST OP LIVIHG Another hike - in the cost of living. Which increased rou~tenths of - one percent last month - hitting a new high for the sixth straight month. Increased prices for rood, household items, and gasoline - chiefly re1pon1lble for this increase ot inflation. NIDDLB EAST The Foreign Ministry of Israel denies an Egyptian charge - that Israeli forces massacred thirt1-six Arab civilians~~ the Gaza Strip. Bodies - discovered 1n a mass grave. The Egyptians declaring - that the Arabs were ro1mded up by the Israelis, and shot. To which a spokesman fvr the Foreign orttce ot Israel retorts: ~This ls one more or those false Bgptian stories - going around 1n a smear .... campaign, to prove that Israel mismanaged the Gaza Strip." He argue1;- 11 It thirty six Arabs were killed 1n Gaza three aontha ago, where were t ' the u N officials 1n Gaza? And Idly did they not utter one word about this alleged Israeli massacre?" . :i-r1ng wl],11 'hem1er ~ r . .1r ,. . 1r na - kept a secret ~ JISllffl()Wm{ MACMILLAN A number one decision• announced at the Bemuda conference. President Eisenhower telling British Prime Minister MacMillan· that the United States 11 willing to become a member of the Baghdad Pact. He sa1d : ~ thl1 11 a logical development " or the Eisenhower doctrine. The program for checking Corrmun1at aggreasalon • 1n the Middle East. However, 1n Joining the Baghdad Pact, we would participate only 1n measures against Communist aggreea1on. We'd have no part 1n disputes that have no relation to C01111Uilla Other Baghdad members have been 1nfol'llld siaultaneously - 'l'llrkey, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan. PLAIIE In Tokyo, little hope 1a expressed - for the s1.Xty-seven Americans aboard a military transport plane - forced down on the Pacific. One of the greatest of sea and air d searches - seventy planes and a fleet of ships 1n a hunt over the ocean. The search - handicapped by bad weather at first, but v1s1bll1ty was good, today. la lo sign of the missing plane - reported. cmARfflES A new medical report - that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer. Made by seven scientists - named last year to make a survey of the evidence. They tell of sixteen independent studies carried on in five countries. Which show - an Association between smoking and cancer of the lungs. ;;'¢9nce, apparently. Merely repeating- a atat1st1c~•v~ ,;" / / that...a&a been questioned by ~her, cie'nt1 DOCTOR At a medical conference in Chicago, Dr. Therom Randolph told of a series or some fifty cases - which certainly had a puzzling sound. Patients - suffering from depression, morbid melancholy. In some instances, the symptoms went on to signs of insanity. However, when these patients were taken any trca their homes, they promptly recovered. Symptoma diaappearlng, cheerful, normal. But, then, when they retumed h0118 - they fell into depression again, with signs ot mental di1turbance. So what's the answer? Don't say - home ■Wfft hGll8. Dr. Randolph named the cause - escaping gas. In tho1e homes - detect ve gas ranges, refr1' F -..tors, and other appliances. !'he gas leaks removed, the patients got well. But there's another c · ur1oua tum. Often, other members ot the families, living 1n the same place, showed no symptoms at all, quite normal. The doctor explaining - allergy. Some people - not att•cted by traces of escaping gaa. DOCTOR -2 Others - over-sensitive. MARIJUAllA Ti .1uana, Mexico - is a major center for the traffic in marijuana. So stated by the chief of police of that Mexican city, today. He told how, recently, his narcotics squad examined a shipment billed as Mexican~andals - on the way to Los Angeles. Hollywood going m for Mexican sandals - 111aybe. ~ But the footgear tumed out to be the dopey weed, five hundred pounds of marijuana. Which would have sold in the United States for - one - hundred-and-twenty - thousand dollars. Police Chief Ernesto Reyes, blames the traffic in Tijuana - on drug addicts 1n the United States. 11 'l'he principal demand, 11 he says ' comes from north of the border." Adding - that, 1n Tijuana, itself, the records show only fifteen local users or the narcotic wNd. OOL Here's a kind of horror story - almost unbelievable. In a Chicago schoolroom, seventh grade, a fifteen year old girl fell asleep at her desk. The teacher looked, and spotted scars on the girl's arm. An inquiry - and the scars turned out to be cigarette burns. Strange - but the answer turned out to be the real shocker. The cigarette burns - used to disguise marks of the hyperdermic needle for dope taking. 'ftle fifteen year old girl - a drug addict, heroin. Which led to an investigation, and a fourteen year old girl, was also found to be a drug addict. And - seven boys. 'lbe two girls told the police - they had participated 1n four or five burglaries, led by a twenty-two year old waitress. Burglaries - to get money for narcotics. Yes, a school h~rror story - as added reason tor a L r · alentless fight againSt infamies of the drug traffic. Here's a question - that sounds indelicate. What does a Diplomat wear under the striped trousers? Indelicate? Well, it was asked on a television program - in Australia. The question addressed to a Diplomat of the highest rank. 'ff'le Foreign Minister of West Germany - Herr Heinrich von Brentano. So what did he say? Well, he didn't reply 1n mere words - he showed 'em right there on the T.V. program, Foreign Minister von Brentano - showed what • he was wearing under h1s striped pants. 'lbe matter came up, when the television interviewer made reference - to a West German h'lndbook or Diplomatic etiquette. A sort of Teutonic Emily P.ost - tor statesmen. In which it says - a Diplomat should not - wear long underwear. An "Lo J hna" Ambassador or Foreign Minister should . not wear ng o Wlder tlla striped trousers. (u-m) so that was when Foreign Minister Brentano - showed , l ~U n them. saying, "As you see, I do not teel ~ by such advice. LTP.1957.03.22i.pdf LTP.1957.03.22ii.pdf