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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1958
Page
7
John Libi a 61 year old Californian leads a three man party toward Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey to search for Noahs Ark. The expedition backed by a Milliyet reporter and guide Chahap Atalay aims to spend about two weeks on the snow cap hunt.
ALGIERS UPI reports French paratroop Capt. Andernes Mosconi bailed out from a French Air Force plane at 26,460 feet on Thursday. He claims a world record for jump without a breathing apparatus, surpassing the earlier 23,700 foot mark by French Army Adjutant P. Valentin.
Riots flared in Gujarat on Thursday with clashes in Gujarati speaking areas. Police fired on a crowd in Nadiad killing one. Three died and eight were wounded in Ahmedabad and Dabhoi. Left wing groups support the demand for a separate Gujarati speaking state with Ahmedabad as capital. Troops were placed on alert in the southern command.
In Los Angeles a preliminary hearing started for Sanjhis associate Rexford Eagan and millionaire John C. J., with Deputy City Public Defender Floyd W. Davis leading the defense. Co-defendants Cecil G. Mahaffey, 22, Thomas H. Pebble Jordan, 25, and Ross Wilson, 22, are charged after a trip with two brothers to resort cities in California and Las Vegas last month. Breckinridge, 55, connected to the case, announced plans for surgery to become a woman, as the case drew broader attention.
Britain plans more atomic tests at the Maalinga site in South Australia to improve nuclear warheads and guided missiles, according to government sources. Adlai Stevenson arrived in Bern to attend a World Brotherhood meeting after a trip behind the Iron Curtain, including Moscow.
Mrs. Laverne Wheeler Bell, a Miami Beach divorcee and mother of three, vanished after leaving Brentwood for Dallas on a flight. Police reports say she was last seen July 23, described as 5 feet 3 inches, 140 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, wearing a black crownless hat, a pink floral dress, a black purse, and an overnight bag. Her father, an American Aviation executive, and her parents reported the disappearance and said she planned to meet an attorney regarding selling a property. A check of airline records showed an appointment in Dallas, but the meeting was never kept.
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