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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1957

Page

8

BoyLiberated by Remote Control Hold Up

Norwalk deputies report a 17 year old, Kenneth Lee McComas, was robbed of 66 dollars after a caller using a distant voice ordered him to leave the Studebaker Road market area. The youth said a second teenager, and two friends with guns, warned he would be held up and to move to a sheriff’s station.

Norwalk McComas Monto Kenneth Lee McComas Studebaker Rd Firestone Blvd Firestone Bivd MicComas Ibooth

Move Escape Plotters Out of Dartmoor

Twelve long term convicts believed to be ringleaders of an escape plot have been moved from Dartmoor Prison amid rising unrest. The grim Devonshire prison, nicknamed Britain’s Alcatraz, has seen hunger strikes after an underworld tip-off to a mass escape plan was foiled.

Dartmoor London WUP Grim Incantes Par¢moor Britain Alcatraz Devonshire Toors St Wag

Crash Kills Five Officers Near Osp AFB Fla

A head on collision twelve miles south of Osp Sunday killed five men, four of them airmen stationed at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida. The fifth victim was not identified in the report. Local authorities investigated the fatal crash and traffic conditions are under review.

Opp Ala Elgin Air, Force Base Fla

Persian Towel Ensemble Mylar Yarn Weave Bath Towel

A textile item listing a towel ensemble described as Persian style with Mylar yarn weave bath towel priced at 3.00 and a matching hand towel. The readable fragment notes two towel pieces and a single price point.

Mylar Silverleaf Calloway

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