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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1958

Page

3

Blizzard Buries 4 and Halts Traffic Across Several States

A severe winter storm lashed Missouri, Kansas, and surrounding states, shutting buses and roads and halting trains. One- and two-vehicle accidents, stranded motorists, and icy highways left travel perilous. Snow and wind brought delays, while air traffic faced disruption and several fatalities were linked to snowbound conditions.

Jess Butler Missouri Ines Weather Bureau Kansas City Aeronautics Administration Kansas CAA Jims Inman Kaw

PG&E Faces Engle in Trinity Project Battle

Washington hearing erupts as Rep Clair Engle accuses PG&E of integrity misuse in Trinity River project debate. Gerdes defends таrgeted private development while witnesses from electrical workers and farm bureaus weigh job impacts and ownership.

Washington Pacific Gas Lxisting Central Valley Project Northern California Power Co Cluded Electrical Workers Ronald T. Weakley Arthur L. Anderson Louis A Rozzoni

Goats Headed to San Antonio After Local Ad

Stockman Sam ONeil reported an order for 500 goats from H B Birdwell of San Antonio. He ran a simple newspaper want ad and received goats of varied shapes and colors, delivering a three deck trailer load to depart Chattanooga for Texas.

Chattanooga Sam O'Neil H. B. Birdwell San Antonio Texas Texan O'Neil

Reds attack clerk service in Soviet stores

Pravda criticizes salesmen for failing to show available merchandise and aid customers. The Communist Party newspaper notes cases of impolite and inattentive service, urging better customer assistance and guidance in purchase choices.

Moscow Pravda Communist Party

Navy Plans to Close Air Facilities in 4 Bases

The Navy will shut Naval Air Station Atlantic City New Jersey and Marine Corps Air Base Miami Florida by fall. It will close two auxiliary stations Edenton North Carolina and Corpus Christi Texas within 14 months. Savings total about eight million dollars annually and 7 000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel will be reassigned.

Washington Navy Naval Air Station Atlantic City N. J Marine Corps Air Base Miami Edenton N.C Corpus Christi Texas

Admiral gets five days for drunk driving

Retired Navy Rear Admiral William H. Standley, 53, began a five day jail term in Coronado municipal court after pleading guilty to drunk driving. He received a $300 fine and a one year license suspension in what police called his second drunken driving offense.

Coronado William H. Standley Standley

Arson Suspected in Boat Fire at Lakewoodird

The sheriff s arson squad probes a Tuesday blaze that destroyed a $7 000 boat stored at 5107 Lakewood Blvd The craft belonged to Elmer Hampton mother Mrs Eva Anderson said son born Tuesday insurance won t fully cover the loss The couple told detectives someone set the fire deliberately near Hollywood Rochester and Jack Benny program notes.

Bellflower Lakewood Blvd Elmer Hampton Green- Hollywood Radio Briar Ray Anderson Eva Anderson Rochester Jack Benny Television Pro Gram

Suspects Shot in Downey Robbery Case Update

Deputy shot suspects identified in Downey Savings and Loan holdup. Massa named by witnesses as gunman. two suspects and two women arrested at North Long Beach apartment. Third man Duare Patillo, 24, wounded during arrests. Women Carol Sexton and Pat Armstrong booked on robbery charges. Five tied to Downey robbery, a Los Alamitos liquor store holdup, and a Walnut Park bar robbery.

Massa Downey Savings E. Florences jAve Long Beach Cordell Duare Patillo Burton St Lynwood Carol Sexton Pat Armstrong Apt Los Alamitos

YMCA Groundbreaking Underway for East Side Branch

Work starts on the Losling to Carl Brooks project as Altos YMCA breaks ground on Atherton Street. Trustees, led by chair Thomas Fisher, turn the first spadeful of dirt for a $7,000 construction, part of a new branch on Bellflower Boulevard south of Atherton Street.

Losling Carl Brooks General Con Altos Ymca Bellfower Atherton St Thomas Fisher Board of Managers

Boy or Girl? Couple Has Twin Surprise in Menasha

MENASHA Wis UP prospective parents who could not decide between a boy or a girl welcomed their third set of twins Tuesday. The Schoenings, a Menasha schoolteacher and his wife, again had a boy and a girl, continuing their pattern.

Menasha Wis Dalton ‘Schoening

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