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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1958

Page

4

Sunday Drivers Jam Long Beach Freeway Record Traffic

A record traffic flow clogged the Long Beach Freeway as Sunday drivers used the open link between Atlantic Blvd Compton and Imperial Hwy South Gate. CHP officers called it the largest Sunday volume on the six lane route with few accidents one injury reported to a 36 year old pregnant woman and two drivers.

Long Beach Los Angeles Compton California Highway Patrol Atlantic Ave Tance Atlantic Blvd Imperial Hwy South Gate Ninth St Santa Ana Madonna Joy Krueger Joseph

Six-Death Crash Survivor Aged Five In Colorado

Five-year-old Kenneth Drummond of Feather Falls California survived a six death car truck crash near Bent County Colorado while his parents Freda and Dan Drummond, his siblings Jimmie Gary Carolyn and his grandmother Ora Lane were killed. Kenneth remains injured and unaware he is an orphan, having been moved to Bent County Hospital where he was treated for head injuries and broken limbs. The wreck occurred when a cattle truck jackknifed on rain slick U.S. Highway 30 while the Drummonds were returning from an Oklahoma vacation. the bodies were sent to Oklahoma and funerals held.

Las Animal Colo UPI Kenneth Drummond Feather Falls Calif Bent County Hospital Kenneth Colorado Bimbo Freda Drummond Dan Drummond Jimmie Gary Carolyn Ora Lane

Wreckage Traps Seattle Youth For 36 Hours In Canal

A 19 year old radio announcer from Seattle was found critically injured after more than 36 hours trapped in his car in an irrigation canal near Glendive Montana. A vacationing couple spotted a waving arm from the wreckage and alerted authorities. The victim, identified by officials as Robert Bledrzycki, was taken to a local hospital with multiple injuries.

Glendive Mont UPI Seattle Wash Robert Bledrzycki Here U.S. Highway 10 Washington

Soviet Russia Hints at Base Rocket Sites in East Germany

Soviet Defense Minister Malinovsky visits East Germany amid Khrushchev talk of short range rocket bases if war comes. Discussions with Soviet and East German leaders may have occurred while Khrushchev remained in Moscow. Archbisop Fisher stirs debate with view on human self destruction in an H-bomb war. Princess Margaret attends services in Victoria. Beirut magnate Abboud Abdul Razzak dies of wounds after ambush. Adlai Stevenson tours Leningrad with locals as 53 Japanese Communists are jailed in Maizuru.

Berlin UPS Radion Malinovsky East Germany Nikita Khrushchev Communist Party West Germany Malinovsky Khrushchev Moscow Friay Beirut Lebanon Abboud Abdul Razzak Abdul Razzak Adlai Leningrad UPI Adlai Stevenson A. N. Lebedev Petrod Vorets Peter the Stevenson Great Petar the Great

Girl Appeal Tricks Sailors on Ship in Gothenburg

About 4000 U S sailors visiting Gothenburg were rumored to be summoned back to their ships on a Sunday night. The order proved false, with observers suspecting local youths spread the tale to curb sailors’ popularity with local girls at restaurants, cinemas, and Lisbergen Park.

Gothenburg Sweden UPI U. S Lisbergen

Iran Shah Finalizes Divorce From Soraya in Cannes

The Shah of Iran, 98, ends his marriage to ex Queen Soraya at midnight signaling his freedom to wed again in pursuit of an heir. Reports say Soraya remains secluded. the monarch plans a possible third marriage while attending a royal-tinted social scene in Cannes and Mallorca.

Cannes France UPI Iran Soraya Cologne Germany Shah Istanbul Eere Plush Pain Beach Shehnaz Jin Switzerland Suniit Ree Sion

Ladies of Hunt Ride lin Scanties for Fund

In MOULSFORD England villagers buzzed after a Midnight gallop by South Berkshire Hunt Club ladies in negligees over underclothes for a fund. Four hundred spectators paid 2.80 pounds each to watch an ordinary steeplechase turned risqué spectacle. Local reaction mixed though many called it worthwhile.

Moulsford England South John Bryant Hunt

Shock Wave Proves Fatal to Inventor

In Lausanne Switzerland Charles Werly a 52 year old Swiss inventor demonstrated a new electric wave apparatus for rheumatism. He fitted the machine on himself and switched it on dying from a 220 volt charge passing through his body as doctors attributed.

Lausanne Switzerland Charles Werly Werly

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