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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1959

Page

14

Balloon Small World Vanished After 20 Day Drift

Officials said the time limit expired as the Small World balloon carrying four Britons vanished after 20 days aloft over the Atlantic. Takeoff was Dec. 12 from Tenerife with Arnold Euloart and family aboard. ships near the West Indies on alert.

London UPI Atlantic Tenerife Canary Islands West Indies Arnold Euloart Timothy Colin Maudie Rosemary Venezuela

Labor Secretary Denounces Union Blackmail of Police

Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell denounces the Teamsters for pressuring New York City police to join the union. He says President Eisenhower will seek a law to ban coercive union activity as Congress prepares labor reform legislation. He cites past proposals and notes such tactics would be outlawed by law if enacted.

Paris Finance Ministry U. S Chase Manhattan Bank First National City Bank of New York Washington L James P. Mitchell Teamster Union New York City Mitchell Fisenhower Congress Jimmy Hoffa Police Administration Teamsters Union Eisenhower Taw

Columnist San Nicol Smith Dies In San Francisco

UPI reports Susan Nicol Smith a longtime columnist for the San Francisco Examiner and member of a pioneer family died Friday at Mills Memorial Hospital after a stint with the Teamsters Union. She was 40 years a resident here.

Burlingame UPI Susan Nicol Smith Sant Francisco Examiner Mills Memorial Hospital Maten Teamsters Union

Lawyers Will Ask Move to New Court

Ventura up a change of venue in the murder trial of Elizabeth Ann Duncan will be requested next Tuesday. Defense attorney Ward Sullivan will petition, claiming District Attorney Roy Gustafson has publicly influenced opinion, jeopardizing a fair trial in Ventura County.

Ventura Elizabeth Ann Duncan Duncan Ward Sullivan Roy Gustafson Ventura County Sullivan

Two Boys Admit Starting Major Los Angeles Fires

Two 6 and 8 year old boys admitted lighting brush fires that destroyed or damaged dozens of homes across Beverly Glen Benedict Canyon and Topanga areas. The blazes burned hundreds of acres, forced thousands to flee, and drew in local and national attention amid arson investigations and weather-driven fire danger. Authorities reported thousands in property losses and ongoing containment efforts with no clear culprit.

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Nasser net traps Reds in early year crackdown

In Syria and Egypt during the first two days of the new year authorities arrested an estimated 200 Communists as part of President Nasser’s anti Communist drive begun with a December 23 speech. Reports from Beirut note unconfirmed fatal outcomes across the border as police target Damascus Aleppo and other cities.

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