Barbs by Hal Cochran
A light humorous column notes readers plan for spring with implied plans and reflections on ambition and financial caution. The brief segment hints at seasonal mindset and personal priorities as the season approaches.
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1958
Page
14
A light humorous column notes readers plan for spring with implied plans and reflections on ambition and financial caution. The brief segment hints at seasonal mindset and personal priorities as the season approaches.
In Seaford Nassau County, the Hermann family abandoned their six room ranch after two weeks of objects flying and popping bottles. Police and experts investigated, noting no human influence, while a Revere, Massachusetts tip suggested a chimney down draft once caused similar incidents.
Egyptians vote almost unanimously for the United Arab Republic and for Nasir as president in the plebiscite. Early returns from 24 districts show near total support with two votes against both Nasser and UAR and several voided ballots. Official results to be celebrated in Cairo and Damascus. Egypt also moves to settle a border dispute with Sudan amid protests to the U.N. Security Council.
Weather Bureau tracks another rainstorm pushing toward the California coast with rain spreading from Crescent City to Monterey and Yosemite. Warmer air lifts temperatures in the East while a new Canadian cold snap cools Minnesota and the Dakotas. Snow levels in the mountains may reach 7 000 to 8 000 feet. flood risk looms in the Northeast amid remaining snow cover.
A preview of new coiffures by western cosmetologists is featured in the Southland Magazine section of Sundays Independent Press Telegraph. A minister who sets speed records is spotlighted in Sundays Parade Magazine. Also in Parade profile of Long Beach's Erin OBrien and a new look at food habits by anthropologist Margaret Mead.
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