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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1960

Page

16

Auto Crash Kills Four Here on 7th Street

Four Long Beach residents die in a Sunday two car collision on 7th Street near Studebaker Road. Victims include Kelvin Sexton 24 and Arthur M. Pleshek 55, with three others injured including Elizabeth Sexton 45 and Ann Edwards 36. Police say a U turn and skid marks preceded the crash. roadblock stretched into Orange County.

Long Beach Seei J Elizabeth Hisyle Community Hospital Sexton Kelvin Ward Tolside Fly Com 7Th St.munity Hospital Snowden Ava Pleshek Auto Oration Company Canton St Mes Pleshek Helvin Orange County Los Alamitos Frank Shaw

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London columnist Terence Feely notes President Eisenhower claimed he could virtually hit a sixpence at 5,000 miles with his A-missile files within the past week. The remark underscores Cold War tensions and advances in long range armament.

London API

Rockefeller Praised by Radio Moscow

London reports from UPI Radio claim Rockefeller faced praise from Radio Moscow for his broadmindedness and readiness to negotiate with the USSR. The piece notes British scientists warned of plots of gas that could finance or weaponize world industry and mentions New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller in uncertain context.

Moscow Newcific York Nelson Rockefeller Thej World Finance and Industry Ee Esceara Niles Ussr Soviet Union Piccard

Island crew faces breakup as ice recedes near Fairbanks

Across the Nation reports 20 men remain on a floating ice island near Fairbanks Alaska as the ice breaks up daily. Maj Phillip A Peacock says 93 000 pounds of gear have been moved and twice that remains. Final flight expected Thursday temperatures minus 30. Remaining on the island are 14 of the original crew including three civilians two photographers and four Air Force evac experts.

Fairbanks Alaska UPI Charlie Tas Air Fc Phillip A. Peacock T5th Air Division Ladd Afb Air Force

Six Killed In Eastern Rail Wreck at Wellington

The New York Central Southwest Limited derailed at a double track intersection near Wellington Ohio killing six people including a fireman and injuring more than 40 of 155 aboard. Fire and wreckage saw two passengers still in a car as rescue work ended around midnight.

Wellington Ohio New York Central Southwest Limited Vernon Smith Lorain County New York Central Railroad Peter J. Lehman Cleveland Air Force Allen Memorial Hospital Oberlin St. Louis Nyc

Youths in Germany and France Show Anti Jewish Anger

Youths in Germany and France demonstrate antagonism toward the surge of anti Semitism. Page A 3 The Word for womens spring and summer styles is cuddly Page Be

Germany France

Five Women Die in Freeway Wreck

Five women were killed and an elderly man critically hurt when their car skidded on a rain slick freeway. A tire blew out causing the crash into an overpass abutment during an Harbor Route accident in downtown Los Angeles.

Los Angeles URI Los An

Air Rifle Snipers Hit Homes in Los Alamitos

A carload of youths fired air rifle pellets at six homes in a Los Alamitos neighborhood Sunday night shattering windows. No injuries were reported though residents described near-miss glass breakage as police searched for a dark sedan. Names and addresses of victims are listed by authorities.

Los Alamitos Richard Nichols Howard St Norman Collins Dorothy Adcock E. F. Woodford Howard Sts Lois Simms Green St Marjorie Scheneberger Nichols

Burns kill elderly woman in home stove fire

Mrs Minnie Morse a 91 year old blind woman died in a local hospital Sunday night from burns suffered last Monday at her home. Her clothing ignited from a kitchen stove and caused third degree burns over most of her body. Her two sons Samuel May and John May suffered painful burns while extinguishing the flames. Mrs Morse resided at 1362 Temple Ave.

Minnie Morse

Long Beach Sees .58 Inch Rain With More Ahead

An off and on storm dropped .58 inch of rain in Long Beach Sunday while a southward moving front was set to bring more rainfall this afternoon. The weekend storm pushed the season total to 2.84 inches after 17 rainy days since July. Nearby totals included Downtown Los Angeles .88 inch and LAX 0.85 inch from the weekend system. forecasts warned of showers and potentially heavier rain today and tonight.

Long Beach Long Bevel Los Angeles Los Angeles International Eureka U.S. Weather Bureau

Long Beach Firm Hit by FTC Examiner Findings

FTC examiner Abner J. Lipscomb found Mytinger Cassell Harry Inc, a large Long Beach vitamin and mineral supplement distributor, to have illegal exclusive-dealing and coercive distributor practices. The firm, led by William S. Casselberry and Lee S. Mytinger, allegedly enforced restrictive agreements across about 80 000 house to house distributors from offices at 1700 Santa Fe Ave. Findings announced in Washington may be appealed or docketed for review.

Long Beach Gammission Abner J. Lipscomb Mylinger & Cassell Harry Inc Lipscomb William 5. Casselberry Lee S. Mytinger Firn Santa Fe Ave Fearing Examiner Washington, D.C The Trade Commission

Lost heiress Gamble Benedict goes ashore in Europe

New York missing heiress Gamble Benedict eighteen, heir to the Remington typewriter fortune, reportedly left home with a man named Borimbeau and boarded a freighter headed for Naples. Police say she listed herself as a student and planned to visit Europe, with no sleep in Antwerp and a Paris address on Borimbeau’s part. The family attorney notes investigators found no clear explanation for her disappearance as reports place her in Antwerp and aboard a freighter, while she had recently attended social events and a Cotillion Ball in New York.

New York UPI Gamble Benedict Gamt Antwerp Belgium Henry European Harper Benedict Kington Typewriter Co Cosmopolitan Shipping Co Sington Typewriter Josephine Bene Romantiei Sharpe Gamble Andrei Borimbeau Naples Borimbeau Paris Robert Hoffman Miss Benedict Hiery Cotillion Mwake Pinny Sear Eivis Gamble Benedict New Came York Harwyn Europe

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