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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1959
Page
7
Obituary notices for multiple individuals including Robert H. Pockrandt Olga J BERLEY Olga J Molnar Maria C De Charneux Rebecca Elizabeth Wummell James Earl Morris John Lorraine, John Sturge, and John Mollnar list survivors, service times, and mortuary names Patterson Snively Peek. Services held at various chapels and churches with Rosary and Requiem Mass details.
Edward W. Chapman age 54 of 4467 Linden Ave a Pan Pacific Fisheries sales manager died Friday in Terminal Island after 30 years in fishing. He leaves wife Helene son Edward Jr daughter Mari on Hall sisters Helen Barnes and Eleanor Veale Funeral Tuesday 11 at Disday chapel. Forkos David 66 of 1882 2 St died Thursday survived by wife Annie sons Joseph Elbert daughters Sally Taylor Edna Omens Rose service Friday Mottell's Peek Mortuary. George Meldo Harrison 74 of 314 Ward St died Thursday survived by wife Vida son George Jr service today 2 pm Mottell's & Peek Mortuary. Miss Mary Theresa Bong erz 102 Park Ave died Thursday survived by sisters Annie Oberndorf Lucille Kewin and Joanna s Rice brothers Robert George Fred Rosary was Friday.
Japan's Adm. Mitsugu Ihara visits Long Beach Naval Station with Adm. W. H. Price as host. The four day tour includes stops at Lockheed in Burbank and sightseeing at Marineland and Disneyland. Ihara, chief of the Marinland Defense Agency, has been in the U.S. for two weeks and spoke of World War II battles.
A unidentified man dropped a briefcase at the Russian Embassy in Washington triggering a police rush. Demolition experts found the case contained books and three diplomas. Embassy aides reported the man fled, and a search for a well dressed suspect continued as crowds gathered near the University Club and National Geographic Society.
Five US senators co sponsor a bill to allow song writers and publishers to collect royalties on recordings played in jukeboxes. The measure, introduced by Sen Joseph O Mahoney and joined by Sens Estes Kefauver Hubert Humphrey William Langer and Wayne Morse, aims to ensure payment for creators.
Czechoslovakia reports eight individuals jailed for two to six years for Mega's possession of gold. The cases involve a Vienna crackdown on alleged gold hoarding and related illicit activity, with sentences handed down in mid spring according to press dispatches.
Postal inspectors suspect a cigarette started a blaze aboard a Long Beach bound mail truck at Alameda Street and Rosecrans Avenue Compton. Fifty mail bags damaged many Navy dependent checks believed saved as crews fought the fire and bag rekindling occurred during transit.
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