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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1958
Page
1
An unclear passage references 82 degrees and a candidate named WM A Couch with a mental health theme. The readable segment hints at an assistant and a weather or heat context, but details are fragmented and obscured.
A Defense Department shakeup criticism surfaced as Elroy urged defense officials to resign if they opposed President Eisenhower’s plan to revamp the Defense Department. He warned civilian members to reveal beliefs and spoke against public speeches by officers in official roles. He emphasized readiness to debate the program and strengthen national defense, including the H Bomb.
The Air Force called for bids on space capsules as part of plans to launch animal occupied satellites. At Holloman Base New Mexico chimpanzees bears and mongrel dogs are housed for experimental purposes with chimps viewed as likely to travel into space due to high intelligence.
A B47 Stratojet bomber exploded and broke apart high over western New York on Thursday. It crashed near Hames, killing all four crew members aboard. The Strat Air Command reports no nuclear weapon was on board. the flight originated from a routine training mission from Columbus, Ohio.
Orange County Sheriff says a new suspect may be arrested within 24 hours in the slaying of 36 year old Alivia Hendershot. Her body was found April 2 in the San Gabriel River mouth at Seal Beach. An inquest was canceled as new evidence emerges and investigations continue.
Juarez Mexico Thursday movie star Debra Paget filed a suit for Mexican divorce from singer David Street in the First Civil Court. The action marks Paget’s second marriage split and centers on dissolution of the union under Mexican civil law with hearings expected in the coming weeks.
In a terse page B44 report the Long Beach State College Faculty voted 56 percent on Thursday to support efforts to retain instructors facing dismissal. The item notes a Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall romance reference as a cultural aside on page B1.
Two more sunny days predicted with temperatures rising to 82 in Long Beach. The morning thermometer reached 80 by about 11 a.m. and is expected to climb. light smog may irritate eyes in much of the Los Angeles basin with zero rain probability.
A 24 hour hearing over a proposed city mental health program ended without a decision as opponents denounced the plan as brainwashing and a communist plot. Council adjourned after a turbulent session with supporters urging a study board to seek state funds and delays cited by opponents.
The California Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Nathan H. Snyder in a San Diego case linked to the Bonelli re-election campaign. Opponents and supporters debated the case amid a noisy public hearing with groups including the National Democratic Club involved.
A 70 year old pensioner William Snyder died after a week of failing health in his Linden Avenue home. His loyal mongrel Butch guarded his master until death and was captured by a dogcatcher using a noose after the coroner's arrival. The scene drew neighbors and a police officer who had previously aided Snyder.
A 48 year old woman Beatrice Jessie Bishop died after a knife fight with Warren Camplin at his home. Long Beach police filed a homicide report as details emerged. Bishop intervened between her son Jack Bishop and Camplin’s daughter Mayden Houser, with both sides claiming first strike. Bishop died from abdominal wounds while Camplin sustained a forearm laceration. Both suspects were questioned by detectives as the case proceeded.
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