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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1959
Page
5
In Lingayen Gulf fishing village a 500 pound World War II bomb exploded while being tapped by fishermen. Thirty eight people were killed and three injured, most victims children. Houses nearby were demolished and bodies blown apart.
Premier Fidel Castro accused the foreign press and international news agencies on Friday of aiding a counterrevolution. He warned Cubans to beware internal enemies awaiting a word from abroad to strike. He cited Prensa Libre editorials and a United Press International dispatch as examples of defamation.
Gov Brown's special crime investigator reports California generally free of labor racketeering with clear evidence of organized narcotics traffic and bookmaking. Alvin H. Goldstein Jr. for the Associated Press notes Friday findings.
Parade Magazine features warn of rising medical costs and health-insurance threats. Southland Magazine asks how ships safely navigate fog at Long Beach Harbor in a piece by Bob Wheatley.
City Clerk Margaret Heartwell was admitted to Seaside Hospital on Friday for acute bursitis. She had been ill for a week at her home at 3645 East Ocean Boulevard with shoulder pain and a viral infection. Her condition is not serious.
John Peter Barnes, a longtime federal judge famed for a forceful justice style, died of a heart attack at 78 after a career from 1931 to 1957. He left a memorable mark with the Orville E. Hodge embezzlement case and was known for his distinctive white beard.
Evgenij Ivanovich Gneushev, a Russian seaman, remained unconscious and partly paralyzed but showed slight improvement due to correction of dehydration. He was flown 650 miles by Coast Guard to Elmendorf Hospital after a severe head injury aboard the Pis chavaya Industria in the Bering Sea.
Paris reports Premier Michel Debre and Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville will visit Bonn on May 6 and 7 for talks with West German leaders. Official announcement Friday confirmed the planned discussions on European affairs and bilateral relations.
Nine workers were killed in an explosion at a mine in the Katowice mining district. Reports from the area issued Friday night describe the fatal incident and ongoing recovery efforts.
In San Diego and Yokohama bells rang to symbolize friendship between the sister cities. A bell forged in 1906 was exchanged, marking Kings Highway used by missionaries and early California settlers, in a reciprocal gift from Yokohama to the USS Eyes captain who presented the Japanese city with a bell.
An advertisement note urges piano sellers to call HE 2 5959 to start a sale advertisement after you place an ad. The message emphasizes attracting buyers through dialing the listed number.
VAN NUYS I Singer say Mitchell and a lumber yard operator pleaded innocent Friday to charges of battery and disturbing the peace filed against each other. Jury trials set for May 6. Abraham Berman 50 charged Mitchell 32 knocked him down and kicked him March 18 over a lumber bill. Mitchell alleged Berman started the scuffle.
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