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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1958

Page

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Old and Tiresome Rescue at Belmont Pier

A 70-year-old woman, despondent and exhausted, leaped from Belmont Pier into icy waters Monday night but swam to a float and was rescued by an Air Force sergeant. She, shaken but alive, told police she lived alone and had a sister in Topeka, Kansas. The sergeant and officers pulled her to safety, then she was taken to Community Hospital for treatment.

Belmont Pier Air Force Topeka Alice Voltag Munity Hospital Robert L. Jettray Long Jumped Beach Air Force Base William Leslie James J. Johnson Sam Parone

U S Rejects Bid and Presses Nuclear Talks

The United States rejected a Kremlin bid and vowed to press ahead with an olive branch approach while signaling readiness to resume talks within weeks. Washington disclosed plans for high altitude tests and discussed a theoretical antiballistic shield using spaceborne neutron beams to disrupt incoming warheads.

Kremlin Trasker

Conservatives win sweeping victory in Canada election

John Diefenbaker’s Conservatives storm to a landslide in Canada’s federal election, securing 209 seats of 263 with 53 percent of the popular vote. Liberals collapse to 46 seats, four-year control assured as ministers are returned. Diefenbaker vows prompt session to tackle unemployment.

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Seven Blind Students Hurt In New Jersey Bus Crash

A school bus carrying seven Seeing Eye students and a trainer crashed near Morristown New Jersey, sliding into a ditch and hitting a tree. The eight students and driver were freed after about 20 minutes. the dogs survived unseen and remained calm during rescue.

Morristown N.J Seeing Eye, Inc Whippany

Woman 74 Dies After Eating Toadstools Stirred From Field

In Ventura United Kingdom, Mrs. Althe Hill, 74, of Ojai, died at Ventura General Hospital after attempting to eat toadstools she picked in a field. Her nephew said he warned her against eating them, but she insisted she knew what she was doing.

Ventura Althe Hill Ojai Ventura General Hospital

Tornadoes Blizzards and Hurricanes Rattle WM

Fragmented OCR relays a cryptic exchange where a WM narrator voices alarm about severe weather events hitting Southern California. A boy asks about his mind, while a father promises to explain as the pair references April Foal's Day and a cryptic command to climb aboard.

California Kreg Sunny Iboy

Large mudslide blocks Pacific Coast Highway in Palisades

A night rain loosened 600000 tons of earth and rock as a massive slide buried an area near Pacific Palisades. One man was feared buried beneath debris while deputies, engineers, and workers labored under floodlights to clear the highway still closed to traffic.

Pacific Coast Hwy Pacific Palisades Victor O. Shelf Engirfriend Don" Tatum Aeer Zor Bob Bionvas Sroy Alide Weber

Anaconda Co Chairman Dies After Heart Attack

Roy H. Glover, chairman of the Anaconda Co, died Monday night after suffering a heart attack in Washington. The loss leaves the company without its top executive and triggers company and industry notes on leadership succession.

Anaconda Washington lPi Roy H. Glover the ‘Anaconda Co Ae Wes Te

Fresh Fish Story Lad Beats Odds On First Trip

Dean Blackburn, 13, of 235 E 67th Way, brought back three whoppers from his first fishing trip on Monday. He caught a 22-pound sea bass and nearly kept a 45-pounder as bait. Neighbor J L Foote, whose Spitfire fishing trip hosted Dean, said the outing was a reward for his good fish behavior. Dean plans to stuff and eat his catch.

Dean Blackburn Rocky Poirit Dean J. L Lee Foote

Patricia Owens Sues for Divorce

Patricia Owens files for divorce in Santa Monica court. The brief notice cites irreconcilable differences and seeks legal custody arrangements and division of assets. No further details available in the fragments.

Patricia Owens

Dramatic Rescue After Ocean Freight Fire Near Africa

Reports say the Norwegian freighter I M Skaugen Eine from Oslo burned 300 miles southeast of Sooty Islands off the African coast. One crew member is dead after the ill fated voyage. Rescue involved high power radio stations and coast watchers.

Amsterdam Netherlands Pases Althes Bronday India I. M. Skaugen Eine Oslo Atch Marine Ihe

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