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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1958

Page

2

Valentines and annullment tales in varied courts

The report covers two annulments in Hawaii and a landmark Valentine’s Day wedding in Texas. It notes Judge Nevels annulled the Franda marriage after learning of a Philippines wife, while a Hawaii case deemed the Franda children legitimate. In Austin, Gov. Daniel's office witnessed Mildred Wellborn and Leroy Lovegrove wed despite a missing license, officiated by a state chaplain.

Texas Hilo Hawaii L. N. Nevels Jr Nevels Frances Kila Franda Keopu North Kona Austin Price Daniel State Capitol Mildred N. Wellborn San Antonio American Airlines Leroy F. Lovegrove Woodston N.J State Senate W. H. Townsend Townsend Lovegrove Governor's Office

Weathers of Heuss to Visit U S in June

Weather report lists high and low temperatures across multiple U S cities for June visit by German President Theodor Heuss, invited by President Hisen Boston to Long Beach Los Angeles Seattle and other locales. Tides and shipping rates noted. publication shows rates and legal notices.

Bonn Germany Unites

Drunken Orgies Allegation at Moscow Espionage Court

UPI reports at a Moscow espionage court martial trial Roy A. Rhodes, 40, married, described drunken orgies and vodka laden nights. The statements read aloud by FBI agents recount Rhodes’s time as chief mechanic at the U S embassy garage in Moscow and were described by prosecutors as confessions.

Washington UPI Moscow M. Set Roy A. Rhodes Rhodes Marjried FBI Sj U. S Bassy Garage Fence al Anna

Iraq Jordan merger highlights Arab rivalry and unity push

In Amman, King Faisal of Iraq and King Hussein of Jordan announce a federal union described as an Arab federation. The move shows tensions between rival Arab camps and raises doubts about Iraq's role in the Baghdad Pact, amid regional calls for unity after the Egyptian-Syrian union.

Amman Jordan Faisal Iraq Hussein

Analysts See Nasser Chief of All Arabs

An AP foreign desk analysis argues that Iraqi and Jordanian leaders favor a federation of Iraq and Jordan but view it as superior to the Egypt Syria union. It discusses Nasser’s hold over Syria and Iraq, Baghdad Pact dynamics, and the risk of nationalist pressures in Jordan and the wider Arab east.

United Arab Republic Baghdad-Amman Iraq Jor J Rhodes Gamal Abdel Nasser Egypt Isjian-Srian Union Gamal Abdel Nasser Iment Arab East Middle East Nasser Syria Jordan Omen

United States Welcomes Jordan Iraq Union

The United States on Friday cautiously endorsed the unification of Jordan and Iraq. In general terms Washington welcomed moves toward closer association between Arab peoples, with State Department experts and some non Arab diplomats privately signaling that the union could ease Middle East turbulence.

Washington

Mother Held For Jon Murder In Baby Killing

A murder complaint against Gloria Marie Chamas of Bellflower was issued on Friday. Chamas allegedly fatally shot her two month old daughter Loretha Kay on February ML. She reportedly told deputies she was crazy and then turned a .22 caliber revolver on herself before dying.

Gloria Marie Chamas Center St Bellflower

Live the Life of Alley at the Huntington Hotel

A faded hotel ad advertises the Huntington Hotel on Ocean Boulevard Long Beach offering private baths carpeted rooms and daily mail service. It touts dining with meals around 24.50 per person and a breakfast special with tenular era pricing.

Alley Huntington Hotel Ocean Blvd Long Beach Wina Cou Dreikfast

New York Teacher Shot At Receives Death Threat

A Queens junior high math teacher, Robert Barbarash, 27, says an air rifle pellet struck his car while he was teaching about delinquency in a newspaper interview. He also received a letter warning him not to return to school on February 14, with a clipping of the article enclosed.

NEW York UP Robert Barbarash Queens

Nightgowns Seen as Fire Hazard

London Health Minister Derrick Walker-Smith urged British women to switch from nightgowns to pajamas to reduce burns deaths. He cited that 50 percent of the 228 fatal burn accidents in 1956 were caused by clothing catching fire, naming nightgowns as one of the worst offenders.

London Derrick Walker-Smith Walker-Smith

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