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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1957

Page

5

Flu Strikes Behar State in India Officials Say

Four million people in Behar State are affected by an Asian flu outbreak officials report. The region also faces cholera dysentery and encephalitis outbreaks according to Indian authorities.

Behar Calcutta India Behar State

Millions And Error Revealed Drowning and cost miscounts in civic study

A Bakersfield man drowned diving for abalone near San Clemente Island. The Coast Guard disclosed a botched fiscal reappraisal by The Little firm, showing a $16.862 million or 32 percent shortfall in the project’s total cost. The report cites misadded and miscalculated figures, with the county facing a potential $26.75 million error across the Bunker Hill site project. The city planners criticized The Little firm’s arithmetic as the Navy announced Capt R A Newton became chief of staff to Rear Adm Hartman in the 11th Naval District.

Bakersfield San Clemente Island Coasti Olympic Crisi James Ulery Coast Guard Bill Stout KNXT Long Beach The Independent Bunker Hill 52Nd St St. Olympic Blvd Stout Will John Roberts Roberts Little Company Adm Hartman San Diego Navy R. A. Newton C. C. Hartman 11Th Naval District

Five Swimmers Drowned Off Newport Beach Coast

On July 77 1937 at about 2 p.m. local time five bathers were caught in a freakish tidal current near Newport Beach. A Coast Guard plane rescued one stricken man who was taken to Sharp's Community Hospital in Barmouth, Wales, where he died. The pilot said the diver aboard had a weak pulse. Five drowning victims, four of them believed to be 17 or under, were recovered after the incident.

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