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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1969

Page

7

Ike Stricken Facing Possible Surgery Continues Recovery

Continued coverage notes President Eisenhower is hospitalized at Walter Reed with acute intestinal trouble after his August attack. Doctors did not confirm details of prior surgery. A 7 a.m. bulletin was planned as he receives visitors and maintains duties. Nixon and family joined Thanksgiving at the hospital.

George Foster Walter Reed Eisenhower Nixon

Fire damages Bellflower home on Cornuta Avenue

A Saturday fire destroyed a single story house at 15704 Cornuta Ave in Bellflower causing about 5000 dollars in damage. County firefighters spent one hour battling the blaze and officials credit a burning match on a mattress as the possible cause. No residents were present at the time.

Cornuta Ave Bellflower

Storm Dampens City as Long Beach Sees Light Rain

A new storm drenched Los Angeles today while the Harbor Area escaped major damage. Long Beach Airport reported about 0.80 inch of rain by early Saturday as skies cleared after a night of heavy rain lightning and thunder. Temperatures rose to 57 after a low of 43 with a forecast low around 44 tonight. Forecasters expect rain to resume mid morning today.

Los Angeles Harbor Long Beach

Radcliffe Votes to Open Talks on Harvard Merger

Radcliffe College trustees voted to seek talks with Harvard University to merge the two institutions. The six hour meeting yielded a plan to notify Harvard and begin negotiations with potential completion of procedural matters within about a year.

Radcliffe Harvard Cambridge Radcliffe College Harvard University Women’s College Mary I. Bunting

Airliner Dives in Persian Gulf injuring four aboard

A Boeing 707 flying from Sydney to London plunged suddenly over Bahrain injuring four of 36 aboard. A Qantas spokesman said the jetliner landed safely in Bahrain and the injured were taken to hospital while the remaining passengers continued to London on later flights.

London Sydney Bahrain Qantas

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