Holiday toys trip up parents with new playthings
Readers note lingering holiday reminders as parents stumble over modern toys. Clues hint at coded phrases and playful letters while points per line remain limited.
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1958
Page
12
Readers note lingering holiday reminders as parents stumble over modern toys. Clues hint at coded phrases and playful letters while points per line remain limited.
Chris tina Whitten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jess H. Whitten, was bitten on the hand by a dog. The missing black Manchester Terrier is described as male with brown on the legs and eyebrows and white whiskers. If not found by Monday, she will start Pasteur treatment for rabies. The dog was last seen in the 225 South St. area after Jan 20.
The column instructs readers to read words tied to numbers of their zodiac sign for a Saturday message. It outlines a playful activity linking star signs to daily guidance and suggests following the numbered word code for personal insight.
In Cincinnati Ohio fourth grade pupils and parents backed Miss Gayle Graner 22 amid an assault and battery charge after she paddled Roscoe McGeorge 11 for disobedience. About 400 fathers offered gifts and praise while Graner prepared for court. Her attorney said the case would be pursued regardless of the boy’s mother’s actions.
Mayor George Christopher of San Francisco traveled to Washington on civic business and planned meetings with California’s congressional delegation. He said he would preside at an Americans Municipal Association gathering and noted Vice President Nixon’s endorsement of his opponent, Gov. Goodwin Knight. Christopher added his campaign is progressing well and cited his views on Engle and the race.
Air pollution officials traced a nauseating odor over Orange County to waste dumped from a Steverson Bros Disposal sump at Cannery Ave and Hamilton St in Huntington Beach. The last load came from a Los Angeles rubber plant, with four truckloads dumped before halt.
Sidlow said a citation will be issued by the control district next Monday after a complete chemical analysis of the waste material is completed.
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