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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1958

Page

4

Reds Fail In Attempt To Invade Quemoy Islands

The report describes sustained Communist bombardment of the Quemoy group beginning at dawn and continuing for more than 12 hours, with Red air attacks and naval engagements near Tungting. Nationalist forces claim sinking two torpedo boats, capturing many Red sailors, and protection of wounded evacuated from the islands.

LST Tungting Tunating Quemoy Islands Quemoy Big Quemoy Formosa

Estranged Plane Lands in River Bed After Gas Runout

A light Aronca plane ran out of fuel and landed in the Los Angeles River bed with pilot Thorne and two occupants unharmed. Detectives arrested Reinert, linked to a separate domestic stabbing, while passenger Edward Sobota and another resident avoided injury as the craft settled near Ninth Street Bridge.

River Los Angeles Civic Centrat Robert Brown Richard H. Thorne Aes Apts Thorne

U.S. Warns Forces Alerted in Far East

Defense Department said forces in the Far East were placed on alert, including the 7th Fleet and other U S naval units, amid heightened activity and tensions around the Taiwan Strait.

U.S Far East Washington Defense Department 7Th Fleet United States Tai Jwan Formosa

Five Teens Beat Rob Man on Beach Walk

A man named William Dempwolf, 40, was assaulted by five teenagers on a Belmont Beach cement path around 2 a.m. Sunday. He said the youths struck him, took his watch and glasses, and fled after grabbing $20 from his wallet.

William “R. Dempwolf Red China Tarawa de Los Atas Dempwolf

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Refugees Arrive in Naples Waiting for Middle East Stability

Sixteen wives and eighteen children of U.S. government employees in Jordan reached Naples by ship on Sunday to await safer conditions in the region as new displacement concerns grow.

U.S Naples Italy Jordan Middle East

Afghan Independence Day Parade Marks 40th Anniversary

In Kabul a diverse multinational parade featuring United States Soviet Iranian Pakistani Turkish and United Arab Republic military units joined Afghan forces to celebrate Afghanistan’s 40th Independence Day anniversary with a colorful display.

Afghanistan Kabul APY United States United Arab Republic

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