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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1959
Page
4
A five year old boy died after being electrocuted while swimming in a San Gabriel backyard pool. Police and fire units worked over an hour to revive him after he cried out in distress. Investigators believe a short in the pool lighting system caused the shock.
In Havana authorities freed hundreds of detainees as they continue to declare the Dominican-backed plot against Fidel Castro quelled. About 4,000 civilians and soldiers were rounded up in a wide dragnet, with noted figures Arturo Hernandez Telheche, Armando Camas Milanes, and Luis Pozo named among those likely to face charges. Meanwhile Danube floods in Austria after rains cause further damage near Vienna.
South Viet Nam said it filed a complaint with the international truce commission over reports of MIG fighters shipped from Russia to Communist North Viet Nam via a Hong Kong report. In Norway, Steven Rockefeller and Anne Marie Rasmussen attended Lutheran services as their wedding plans shift to a newer church near her family home.
The Soviet government authorized instalment buying for radios cameras motorcycles sewing machines hunting guns watches and clothing with 20 to 25 percent down and rest paid in 6 to 12 months in the near future. London reports Billy Wallace denies marriage to Princess Margaret saying he will wed in his own time. Norway wedding plans include Annemarie Rasmussen’s bridesmaid role for Annemarie and Steven Rockefeller.
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