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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1961
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR describes a dining experience with international alias, Lumet Masints, and Pan Am to Hawaii offering champagnes and French wines. The passage is garbled and lacks coherent events or dates.
A wave of art theft in Saint Tropez targets the Anglide Museum of Modern Ark. Burglaries used a stolen truck to breach the door, taking paintings by Matisse Ulrike and other listed impressionists valued around 32 million dollars. Five sculptures may also be missing, insured against fire but not theft. The case may link to an underground gang, with investigators naming several specific works and artists.
Four climbers perished near Europe’s highest peak Mont Blanc in a severe blizzard just 200 feet from safety. Surviving climber Walter Bonatti, famed for Himalayan ascents, arrived at Jaisersart in the Aosta Valley exhausted and exposed, saying companions hid from danger during a six day struggle. Names listed include Andre Opvision, Antoine Viville, Rovers Guillaume, and Tiere Kohima.
The telegrapher at Western Union, Cliff Barrow, reported a gunman bound and gagged him Sunday at 214 Locust Ave., Barra. Police seek details as the thief fled with an undetermined loss amount.
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