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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1959
Page
1
Long Beach reports 3126 residents immunized against polio as city wide inoculation drive continues. Dr D Litwack calls response very satisfactory and notes continued coverage depends on ongoing participation. Inoculations run 6 PM to 9 PM at City Health Center 2655 Pine Ave.
The Weather Man and wife discuss PDT meaning while noting Long Beach City College and Lakewood campus plans. The wife mentions a timing explanation for kids and an event held in cafeterias at campus clinics at 1305 E Pacific Coast Hwy and 4901 F Carson St.
A 1500 foot steel cable dropped from a jet near Trailer Estates two miles south of Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. It struck a yard, sent Ed ward Kerns flying six feet, and damaged a trailer and two cars. Officials say the cable released from an F100 while towing a supersonic target.
Three Sherman Oaks women died in a rush hour crash when their car struck a tow truck at a busy Van Nuys intersection. The victims were Mildred Cartledge 52 the driver, and her mother Jennie Truxel 70 along with Verna Truxel 70. Jennie and Verna were sisters in law, police said.
The Senate confirmed Clare Boothe Luce as ambassador to Brazil, but her publisher husband Henry R. Luce quickly urged her to resign, claiming she had been the victim of a political vendetta.
In Owasso Oklahoma volunteers attempt to free Little Richard, a coon hound trapped in a limestone crevice. After three dynamite blasts widened the opening, rescuers used jack hammers and drills, aided by a Tulsa veterinarian, while the dehydrated dog lapped water and awaited a breakthrough. The rescue drags on as weather and rock impediments persist.
A Douglas Aircraft Co researcher at the Aero Medical Assn meeting in Los Angeles proposed projecting a human brain into space to operate remote vehicles. A. M. Mayo described an earthbound operator viewing telemetered images as if inside the craft, enabling remote exploration.
State Rep Abraham Lincoln Stanfield filibustered Tuesday with a long handled ax in his hand. The modern rail splitter said the ax symbolized his determination to cut up the budget.
The Independent notes Catalina Island’s pride in sea breezes as it requests to join a newly formed alliance to oppose hate. It also reports the LBSC Music faculty’s criticism of the city’s decision to snub the Municipal Band at the Miss Universe Pageant.
Coast Guard crews hunt for the 81 foot Lazy Days after Charles Mauerhan and two companions take the vessel from Glendale. The boy left Toll High School at 7:30 pm and allegedly steered south toward Avalon and Newport harbors, prompting an intensive search of Long Beach and Los Angeles areas. The owner, Paul Mauerhan, reported buying the cruiser a month ago and not knowing its whereabouts.
Cuban officers landed on Panama's Caribbean coast to seek talks with invaders and prevent escalation. President De La Guardia reported reports of more Cuban arrivals while Castro denounced the action as a violation of principles. Negotiations were held in Nombre de Dios park as Panamanian authorities warned of further ships en route.
An Air Force physiologist in Alaska cites arctic ground squirrels and bats as models for human hibernation to save food and oxygen and slow aging for space travel. He notes high hurdles like heart stoppage and prolonged hibernation, estimates 20 years to learn more, but boss says five years.
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