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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1960

Page

13

St Barnabas School Faces Daily Strep Screening

City Health Department runs a daily throat swab program at St Barnabas Catholic School at 3980 Marion Ave as 32 strep cases emerge citywide. Dr Litwack notes most in the first three grades with 57 cases this year at St Barnabas and urges immediate antibiotic treatment to prevent rheumatic fever.

Ben Zinser St. Barnabas Catholic City Health Department Marion Ave St. Barnabas LD. Litwack Litwack California Heights C. C. Campbell Long Beach Unified School District

Absenteeism Nears 15 000 in Long Beach Classes

Nearly 15,000 Long Beach students were absent Friday as the flu epidemic surged. About 269 teachers also were home ill, with 88 administrators and 181 substitute teachers covering classes, marking a new high in both student and staff absences.

Long Beach Mao 4 Los Angeles County Los Angeles

Miner Rescued After 15 Hours 1500 Feet Underground

Joseph Mishmash, 50, was trapped for 15 hours 1500 feet under ground at Pioneer Mine in Ely Minnesota. Rescue workers drilled through 16 feet of ore and reached him at 11:25 p.m. CST Friday. Officials said he would be moved from the mine after receiving coffee. A mud flow blocked access to the main tunnel around 8:30 a.m.

Ely Minn Joseph Mishmash Pioneer Mine Mishmash

Smog Agency Pushes Practical Solution to Exide Crisis

Los Angeles reports that Thompson Ramo Wooldridge chief Dean Wooldridge said a practical smog solution is achievable through joint industry-government action. He cited Chrysler and his firm developing devices to cut exhaust pollutants, with a state agency to standardize costs and efficiency.

Los Angeles API Dean E. Wooldridge Thompson Ramo- Wooldridge Joint Legislative Committee On Public Health, Safety and Transportation Wooldridge Chrysler Corp DOM & Barge Co

More Bomb Materials Found Since Spears Arrest by FBI

FBI agents in Washington and Phoenix recovered dynamite blasting caps electric tape flashlights and other bomb materials after arresting 65 year old nature doctor Robert W Spears. Spears was named as a passenger on the National Airlines plane that crashed November 16 in the Gulf of Mexico killing 42 people.

Spears FBI Washington Robert W. Spears Nationalj Airlines Gulf of Mexico Togo Phoenix Ariz Federal Bureau of Investigation

Hypnosis plot tied to airliner crash case unfolds

FBI probes dynamite found in Spears luggage after arrest in Phoenix. His wife Frances Spears says he denied sabotaging the flight, but suggested hypnosis could lure a man to board. Investigators seek wreckage in the Gulf of Mexico as divers prepare to search Monday.

Spears Phoenix FBI Frances Spears Alsol Dallas Tex William Allen Taylor Tampa Fla Civil Aeronautics Board Miami Gulf of Mexico

Red Tape Cleared as Barage of Nuclear Waste Is Dumped

After two weeks of delays the atomic waste material aboard a barge towed by Garvin Tow tug was finally authorized to be dumped at sea. About 1,140 cement-sealed drums of waste were loaded for disposal, marking an end to the lengthy and tedious regulatory process.

Boswell Coastwise Marine Disposal Co Long Beach Patter 15Th St ABC Adm Frank Higbee Los Angeles AEC Coast Guard Pat H. Jones Garvin Towboat 5Th St Robert T. Boswell

Across the Nation Crop Losses Grow As Florida Freezes

Florida crop losses run into the millions as frost and freezing afflict the citrus belt. Smudge pots smoke over affected areas while forecasts predict continued cold across the state and a warming trend elsewhere. In Texas two Army helicopter pilots died in a midair collision near Camp Wolters.

Florida Keys Weather Bureau Rockies Central Plains Southern Plains Mississippi Valley Mineral Weis Tex Ronald 8. Elwell Tulsa Okla Jerry L. Burton Inglefield Ind Camp Wolters Texas Mineral Wells

Miners Fight to Save 406 in South African Mine Disaster

Fresh rescue teams arrived in Coalbrook South Africa as 406 miners and 70 horses remained trapped 600 feet underground after a massive rock fall. Gas pockets, rising water, and repeated slides hinder efforts to reach entombed workers, with drilling and contact attempts ongoing.

Coalbrook South Africa Land Department of Mines Witwatersrand Orange Free State Louis Nagy

Sugar Ray Robinson Wins Middleweight Crown in Split Decision

Sugar Ray Robinson secures the middleweight title on a split decision. Castro attacks President Eisenhower as U.S. ambassador recalled, all noted in Page A-3 sports and foreign affairs briefs.

Sugar Ray Robinson Castro Eisenhower U, 8

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L.B Dr. Litwack Livermore Pier A City Frances Spears Sistant Weathermar Taylor Moody Fremont William V. Shyne E. A. Quaresma Shyne San Diego Fred Robinson Here Rickenbacker
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