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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1959
Page
4
Fragmentary AP reports say a quake struck Cangallo province about 400 miles southeast of Lima causing building destruction and unknown casualties. Unconfirmed counts range from eight dead to scores, with communications between Lima and Cangallo hampered and timing and epicenter unclear.
Multiple clashes and crimes reported: American flier Allan Pope captured in East Indonesia amid bombing allegations. Cologne synagogue desecrated with swastikas and a rewards offer. Philippines News Service details a brutal Patal Island raid killing 19, with 22 family members targeted. UN forces in Middle East exchange command in Gaza ceremony.
Washington reports the Internal Revenue Service plans a tougher policy on deductions for ordinary and necessary business expenses in corporate returns. Officials anticipate new questions on corporate forms next year, with individual filers unaffected. The move follows congressional pressure over lavish business outlays and seeks to close loopholes without turning the IRS into snoopers.
Poitiers reports Berthe Grimaud, 19, known as the Pig Girl, faced a lonely Christmas as her publisher and fiancé deserted her. Her novels Beaux Clown and To Kil One's Child sold modestly, she returned to pig farming, and she struggles to publish Berthe in Paradise while an Australian admirer pursues her. Bunuel reportedly plans to film Beau Clown in Mexico.
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