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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1959
Page
1
A Edina Minnesota babysitter remained in a painted bathroom chair while a party took place. The couple’s doctor and the sitter were hurt in a bathroom accident as an ambulance arrived. Lawsuits were planned but settled out of court.
Across the nation hope dims for 12 coal miners trapped in a Susquehanna River flood in Port Griffith. Rescue costs exceed two million dollars as officials close nearby mines to prevent further danger. 33 escaped to safety. In Richmond, courts strike down Arlington County and Norfolk school integration efforts, with plans to close secondary schools to avoid integration.
The Nebraska Supreme Court overruled Charles Starkweather's motion for a rehearing of his first degree murder conviction and kept the March 27 execution date. Starkweather was convicted for the January killings of Robert Jensen Tayenrod Bennet Nel High School student and a robbery murder in Hirst.
Rep George E Christopher a Missouri Democrat and longtime soil conservation advocate died Friday night at his Washington home at age 70 after complaining of chest pain while watching television. A farmer on a 75 acre Butler Missouri farm, he left behind a wife who died in 1952 seven sons and two daughters and a son in law. He served in the 83rd Congress and was later an assistant to the director of the agricultural conservation program before returning to Congress for the 84th and 85th Congresses.
Eisenhower sped federal aid to Ohio and Pennsylvania as more than 25,000 residents fled floodpounded homes. Chillicothe suffered the worst flood since 1818 with 18 to 30 deaths reported. Meadville, Montpelier, and other towns faced extensive damage and refugee pressures.
Sosa Risaco appealed his sentence, automatically staying execution five to six days. Four alleged henchmen were executed Thursday in Oriente Province for burning Levisa village and killing its inhabitants. Trials were postponed to Saturday due to defense delays led by Maj. Pedro Morejon Valdes and Lt. Col. Ricardo L. Gran. Castro flew to Caracas for revolution anniversary celebrations.
The column notes calls for a probe into Governor Faubus and his perceived pinko influence. It cites Danny Thomas planning a Western film, though not involving riding saddles, as part of unrelated page highlights across sections A-2 and 5-7.
FBI agents and Los Angeles detectives search for Thomas Setka a 22 year old San Pedro bank teller who disappeared 12 hours after handing over more than forty nine thousand dollars to an armed robber. The case stumps investigators as no violence signs appear the getaway car was abandoned near Domingues and the missing man was last seen borrowing a flashlight from his mother to check his pet pigeons.
In Municipal Court here Friday Joseph E. Armstrong and Charles A. Averill waived preliminary hearing on triple counts of robbery, assault, and kidnapping tied to a getaway with Lois Havey. Prosecutor Dave Bach said they may plead in Superior Court while held on 35000 bonds. case stems from a Jan 16 gunfight in Gillen Grove and a prolonged kidnapping that led to a police roadblock.
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