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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1959
Page
4
Philadelphia crews labor through Sunday to shore up a massive street cave-in that swallowed Patrolman Joseph Reiss as he surveyed Saturday night. The crater menaced nearby church and homes while efforts to save him continued, with authorities saying recovery could take days.
King Hussein of Jordan announced plans to establish diplomatic relations with the United Arab Republic amid earlier threats. He said Jordan would pursue closer regional ties as workers and officials sought to recover from tensions, with more steps likely in the near future.
An article promotes Athlex foot pads as a new at home solution to wipe out athlete's foot without a prescription. It claims quick relief from itching cracking and peeling and suggests wearing pads between toes for cooling comfort after use.
Mary T. Norton 84, the first woman Democrat in Congress from New Jersey, died of a heart attack at Greenwich Hospital. A longtime trailblazer, she chaired the Education and Labor Committee 1937–1947 and later served as Labor Department special consultant on womanpower. She retired in 1950 after a 26-year House career and had recently lived in Greenwich.
Washington reports Sen. Karl Mundt accuses Congressional Democrats of causing the highway program financing crisis. He says the Democratic majority must find a way to fund the 41,000 mile super highway system, noting Eisenhower backs raising the gasoline tax from 3 to 4 34 cents per gallon.
Venice Calif beatniks and property owners clash over presence in Venice West to beards and rents. Lipton’s poetry used at beatnik meeting after police barred reading. About 200 beatniks and artists attended, urging arts support while owners push them out.
In Wilmington Delaware an explosion Sunday wrecked the brick two story home of Mr and Mrs George Rayfield the second time since they moved into Collins Park a previously all white suburb. The Rayfields were not home staying in Paisley Virginia. The blast buckled the front and caused near collapse with neighbors evacuated. Police investigate cause and no injuries reported to Bourger family nearby.
Madrid reports the famed bullring rivalry paused as Antonio Ordonez and Luis Miguel Dominguin were hospitalized with leg and groin wounds after separate bullfights in Palma and Valencia. Doctors described Ordonez’s thigh wound as not grave, while Dominguin’s groin injury required care after his return to Madrid.
Chicago welcomed the first scheduled nonstop commercial flight from London to O Hare Airport. The Trans World Airlines Constellation carried 72 passengers and landed after a 16 hour and 5 minute journey from London. The Chicago London route began on June 5 under TWA.
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