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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1958

Page

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Six Youths Jailed After Norwalk Battle

Six youths were arrested after a Sunday night clash in Norwalk between rival gangs in Independent Square. Deputies reported heavy metal bars and improvised weapons used in the fight, a .22 rifle and ammunition seized, and a 12 year old boy hospitalized with head lacerations before being released after treatment.

Norwalk Jacks Sheriff's Deputies Pontlavoy Ave Independent Square Carobil Hospital

Townsend Set for New Tour

Deputies said youths from rival gangs sought revenge after dating a girl friend of a member. The two groups clashed Saturday evening and Sunday, with weapons involved. Seized were marijuana seeds and narcotics. the incident tied to Princess Margaret, with ongoing world tour plans and new legal actions.

Explorer V fails to reach orbit after Jupiter C launch

The Army launched a Jupiter C rocket from Cape Canaveral to place the Explorer V satellite in orbit but the mission failed. Ground control at Fort Monmouth tracked a brief signal for seven minutes as the craft faded, with officials later confirming no earth orbit was achieved.

Cape Canaveral Fla

Car Crash Kills Seven After Radio Distraction

EASTFORD Conn UP I reports seven partygoers died in a fiery crash when the driver James A Gibbons 20 of East Fairhaven allegedly fiddled with the radio causing the vehicle to overturn. One passenger was blinded and paralyzed. Gibbons was charged with negligent homicide and held on 500 bond. Also noted Elvis Presley flew to Dallas on emergency Army duty leave after his mother died of a heart attack. Daisy the fourth tropical storm was spotted near the Bahama Islands moving toward Florida with 55 mph winds and 100 mile gale area.

PoUr Fyar James A. Gibbons East Fairhaven Memphis, Tenn UPI Elvi Presley Dallas Tex Presley Hater Army Miami Fla.4 Daisy Bahama Islands U.S. Weather Bureau of Miami Weather Bureau

Hollywood crash ties Sinatra and Leigh in party accident

A Santa Monica motor-vehicle collision involved Frank Sinatra Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis as they left a party. Police said Donald R Seddon questioned the star and attempted to pull Sinatra from his car while witnesses restrained him. Leigh’s condition was not life-threatening.

Hollywood UPI Santa Monica Sinatra Janet Leigh Donald R. Seddon Senaera Ree Tony Curtis Singerter Dean Martin Ucla Medical Jeanne Sammy Curtis Center iCahn Wilshire Blvd Ernie Kovacs Ucla Medical Center Miss Leigh Seddon

Quemoy Island clash as Nationalists fend off Red flotillas

In Formosa the Nationalists say they repelled two Communist invasion flotillas aimed at Tungting Island near Big Quemoy. Naval forces sank two Red torpedo boats and captured several sailors after a night of bombardment and air strikes. US 7th Fleet ordered to take precautionary defensive measures across Far East units.

Taipei Formosa Quemoy Defense Ministry Tungting Island Big Quemoy Quemoys Washington Defense Department 7Th Fleet Quemoy Islands Far East

Long Beach Wife Shot by Estranged Husband

Bonnie Lou Reinert, 37, of 767 Loma Ave., was wounded three times when her husband William T. Reinert 37, fired through windows at her home in the early hours Sunday. Detectives arrested Reinert on assault with intent to commit murder charges after he went to the apartment at 2:30 am and fired through a back door then again through a drawn shade. The victim, in fair condition at Community Hospital, was struck in the right shoulder and twice more, as shots tore into the couch where she lay. Her two sons from a former marriage were present upstairs during the attack.

Long Beach Bonnie Lou Reinert Loma Ave Community Hospital William T. Reinert Reinert Eve

Infant found dead in crib in California home

A 1 month old girl Lars Denise Hughes was found dead in her crib at 7:45 a.m. by mother Carolyn Hughes of 6252 Rose Ave. The baby was rushed to Community Hospital and pronounced dead at 8:24 a.m. Her mother was treated for shock and the infant’s father, R Hughes, is a U.S. Navy sailor. The report also notes the Nautilus submarine’s record underwater trans Atlantic voyage of six and a half days and its port calls near Ambrose lightship after crossing the polar ice cap.

Carolyn Hughes Rose Ave Lars Denise Hughes City Ambulance No Spongberg Mortuary Naut Ilus Ju.s Portland England United States I Portland U. S Ambrose New York Harbor

Two Newport Beach Men Survive Shipwrecks

Two Newport Beach men survived two shipwrecks early Sunday as reported on page B-1. Chanlie Wilson remains described as suffering from a condition humorously labeled foot in mouth disease on page B-6.

Newport Beach Chanlie Wilson Stills

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