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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1958

Page

6

Christmas Candle Fire Fatal to Two in Walnut Creek

A house fire in Walnut Creek claimed the lives of Lindsey Flum, 2, and Kimber-Lee Flum, 7, while their mother Margaret Flum, 34, suffered severe burns shielding them. The father rescued his 10 year old son but was burned reentering to save the girls. Fire reportedly started by child’s decorations.

Walnut Creek Lindsey Flum Kimber-Lee Margaret Flum Teylag Aso Lee

Dinner Honors Defeated Hays of Arkansas

About 650 friends and admirers honored Hays at a Willard Hotel dinner in Washington. The event praised his federal service and support for law, with speakers noting northern southern unity and school integration amid Arkansas political shifts. A separate Moscow satellite note and a fire incident in Oslo are mentioned in scattered excerpts.

Hays Arkansas Washington UPE Brooks Flays Ark Rawam Los Angeles Mays United States Canada Moscow Sputnik Willie Willards America Norway Dale Alford Billy Graham Graham Robert 1. Plum Jossen Kegin Little Rock Wil’ Hays Lee Brilliant

Absent-minded reader marks shelf with pound notes at library

In Whitstable England a man used a bundle of one pound notes to mark his place in a book and left the library. Police appealed for the owner of the notes or the book. The incident drew UPI reporting from Whitstable.

Whitstable England UPI Palice

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