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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1959
Page
1
Rebels from eastern to western Cuba claim total control as government forces retreat or collapse. Fighting rages around Havana with gunfire in districts near the capital as rebel troops surge in from eastern provinces and capture key garrisons and tobacco regions.
Moscow reports the Soviet rocket has reached 108000 miles from Earth in a first claimed interplanetary flight and may carry observatory gear for a future lunar base. Moscow Radio said the craft remains on a lunar path at 112 km per second as observers note the mission’s historic pace and objectives.
Weatherman questions the game as predictions of a space mission surface. Moscow Radio reports a rocket weighing 1,472 kilograms without fuel and a 7961 8 equipment load, claiming a moon vicinity arrival around 7 am Moscow time on Sunday. In South Bend Indiana a jail inspection uncovers over fifty weapons and tools.
Reports from Washington and New York say American Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Assn near a contract settlement to end a 14 day walkout. Summit talks at the National Mediation Board were expected to yield a deal perhaps today.
A 59-year-old grandfather, Joseph Oglesby of Earle Arkansas, allegedly killed his grandson Thomas Austin in Compton after claiming a divine vision. He beat and stomped the child, then expressed a wish to be buried with the boy. Police took him for psychiatric evaluation. Reverend Wesley Austin and family were away at a church service when the assault occurred.
Alphonse M. Ross, a Titanic survivor who rode a lifeboat and was later rescued, has died in Jackson at age 71. The French-born horticulturist was aboard the ship in 1912 and endured the disaster before rebuilding his life in the United States.
A cold wave spreads nationwide as investors monitor the stock market. The 1959 debut of a medical venture draws attention on page A3 and stock activity is tracked in market summaries on page Av10.
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