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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1959

Page

6

Beauty's Aim: Fight to Save George the Lion Miss Oklahoma

Sondra Osborne, 15, of Oklahoma City claims her pet lion George is a playful, growing 31 percent teen, cared for at the Lafayette Hotel. She fears needing to find George a home or face plans to put the animal to sleep as she pursues a career in musical comedy.

Miss Oklahoma George Sondra Osborne Oxlahoma City Sondra Lafayette Hotel

USS Navarro Open House This Weekend

The attack transport USS Navarro will be open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. today and Sunday at Berth 201 Municipal Pier A. Women are advised to wear slacks and low-heeled shoes. Cameras are prohibited.

Navarro US Navarro Municipal Pier A

Kern Canyon Fire 6,000 Acres Burned in Grass and Brush

Porterville reports the Kern Canyon blaze held at eighty percent containment but flareups feared as Sequoia National Forest thunderstorms threatened crews. Officials warned the remaining danger lay along the north fire line near To bias area. About 6,000 acres of watershed were scorched, some commercial timber lost, with helicopters patrolling for new outbreaks amid late Thursday lightning.

Porterville Kern Canyon Sequoia National Forest Tobias

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