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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1959
Page
16
Marie Petit, 70, suffered severe burns when sun rays reflected from a World War II plane spotting device left in her garden by retreating Germans set her clothes ablaze. Her son placed the mirror device as a war souvenir. Rene Leplan, 29, driving near Nail Pierces Heart, was killed when a board punctured his heart after a collision.
William V. Daly arrested after a marriage chaos in Chicago ending with a taxi collision. Draper faced charges for assault and battery while the bride Mary Havens and the bridegroom William Draper contested police actions. Court reduced fines to a total of 50 dollars.
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