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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1958

Page

2

Nudity and Elvis stir British and American tabloids

A London Sunday Pictorial report describes Wendy Smith, 19, posing nude near Buckingham Palace and other gossip about public nudity in England. The piece also covers Janet Burt's bubble bath debut at Lambeth Baths and Elvis Presley’s draft controversy stirring U.S. reaction and a crank call to the draft board.

Buckingham Palace London Sunday Pictorial Wendy Smith Royal Residence Wendy England Old England Janet Burt Lambeth Janet John Cotter Waldstone John

Four Held in Beating Robbery Near Santa Ana Freeway

Four youths Salvador Anaya Daniel Marjanes II Manuel Perez and Richard Summerrill were booked at Norwalk station after allegedly robbing Miguel Yannelli of nearly $100. They woke him in his car at the Paramount Boulevard off ramp, dragged him out, beat him, and left him semi conscious with facial injuries.

Miguel R. Yannelli Pioneer Blvd Yannelli Paramount Blvd

A V Roe British aviation pioneer dies at 80

Sir Alliot Verdon Roe, 80, famed as Britain’s first heavier than air flyer on British soil, died in Portsmouth after an operation. He founded the A V Roe Co. in 1910 and built planes that attacked the German Zeppelin Works at Friedrichshafen soon after World War I began. Roe's first glider flew 75 to 150 feet in 1908.

Portsmouth England Sir Alliot Verdon Roe Roe A. V. Roe Co Friedrich Shen

Weather highs and lows across major cities

Reported temperatures show a wide spread with Long Beach at 78 and 45, Oklahoma City 47, Los Angeles 77 and 50, Omaha 38, Las Vegas 4 30, Phoenix 65, Softon 30, Pittsburgh 27, Chicago 33, Portland 4S 21, Cleveland 20, St Louis 41 2, Denver 86, Saint Paul 44 10, Salt Lake 115? San Francisco 58 38, Seattle 49 35, Miami 87 64, Thermal 73 62, New Orleans 50 43, Washington 32 19, New York 36 16.

United States Werther Bupeai Long Beach Okla City Angeles Omaha Las Vegas Phoenix Softon Pittsburgh Chicago Portland Cleveland Denver Paul Des Moines Salt Lake San Fran Fairbanke Seattle Miami Thermal New Oring Washington New York

Policeman dies after neighbor dispute in Los Angeles area

Logper, a Los Angeles policeman assigned to Clyde Woodrow Looper since 1946, collapsed in his driveway after a dispute with a neighbor. He died at a private clinic after rescue attempts. autopsy to determine cause. Independent Long Beach edition notes tides and misc details.

Torrance Los Angeles Looper Clyde Woodrow Looper Venice Tne Laurette State Medical Clinic Fire Department

Largest Non-Atom Blast Clears 300-Foot Cliff at Utah Causeway

Five seismologists from the University of Utah and others monitored a historic non-atomic blast at Little Valley Utah to free rock for a $49 million causeway across Great Salt Lake. Atlas Powder Co. detonated 2 138 000 pounds of dynamite into tunnels 3600 feet into a cliff, removing over three million cubic yards of rock. Morrison Knudsen Construction leads the project for Southern Pacific Railway with giant barges to dump material into the lake as foundation.

Utah Great Salt Lake Little Valley Great Salt Atlas Rock Sunday Powder Co Tom “Hewitt Southern Pacific University of Utah Elko Nev Primacord

Plane wreck in canyon claims seven in Nevada City area

Sunday a plane missing since Dec 15 en route Reno to San Francisco was found wrecked in a rugged canyon 24 miles northeast of Nevada City. Seven Californians were dead. Ed Rast Castro Valley, Arthur Glesler Hayward, Donald Conway Alameda identified among first three. Four others in wreckage near Middle Fork Yuba River. Plane number N87266 confirmed by Civil Aeronautics. bodies brought to Berzeman Funeral Home. Other items blend with unrelated public notices about oil legislation and politics in Moscow and Grass Valley.

Nevada City Reno San Francisco Yuba Erno Ed .A. Rast Castro’ Valley Arthur Glesler Hayward Donald ‘Conway Alameda Grass Valley Charles Litton Civil Aeronautics Administration Oakland Berzeman Edward Bergin J. Sam Newport Bob Bance Tim Timberlane Bergin Eke San Francisco 49Ers Moscow Communist Party Pravda Cll Union

Assembly Officials Face Subside Bill Hurdles

City officials and assembly members Grant and Klockstein join the subsidence advisory committee against a tough problem. The Assembly Interim Committee may not hold another hearing on the subsidence bill before the legislature meets next month.

Grant Klockstein Assembly

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