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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1959
Page
16
Edwards Air Force Base test pilot Scott Crossfield flew the X-15 solo from 35,000 feet, landing after five minutes ten seconds at Rogers Dry Lake. He said he felt no personal emotion, noting he had work to do and had been at it most of his life.
A Negro fugitive who shot a deputy sheriff to death and fled a 2,000 man posse for three hours was cornered in a wheat field near Sanford North Carolina Monday and riddled with bullets. The wounded man was rushed to a hospital minutes before the posse arrived. Deputy J L Powers died on the scene. Vernon Dilllans a farmer had earlier been wounded by a shot while operating a tractor as searchers scoured the area since last Wednesday. The incident follows other regional crime reports and a political convention in New York City.
Lake City police report the 53 year old coal operator Jess Fester was shot in the back beside a bulldozer at an open pit mine west of Lake City. A sniper named Morday allegedly warned him of death if he moved his equipment, which he did two weeks ago for a federal food control project.
President Eisenhower praised GOP turnout at a $100-a-plate dinner for Republican members of Congress, noting the need for sound, stable government and recruiting independents and disaffected Democrats to win back control in 1960. Nixon told the crowd the turnout showed spirit to help the party gain in next year’s elections.
Reported gunpoint kidnapping at Pierpoint Landing ties to a Huntington Beach man linked to the murder of his father in law in Los Angeles. Richard Pritchard, a 26-year-old truck driver, is sought by LA and Nevada authorities after he allegedly abducted Pierpoint Landing victim Charles Stotts and later kidnapped Dr Kenseth Conoley in Las Vegas. Las Vegas police and LA sheriffs identify Pritchard as the suspect, with a 38 revolver used and attempts to flee through desert routes.
Woodlands sheriff reports a sighting of Linda Millar, missing 19 year old daughter of mystery writer Kenneth Millar. A market checker identified a UC Berkeley student from photographs. Millar and wife Margaret, living in Santa Barbara, are hopeful. The search followed her last seen at a Lake Tahoe club in Stateline Nevada.
The Internal Revenue Service holds a $200,000 pot as 3,545 Long Beach area residents or ex residents may claim refunds. A Monday through eight week sequence will publish names of last known Long Beach addresses. Some entries show only house numbers and city, with no street.
Incomplete OCR shows a dialogue snippet with quotes about learning, a character named WM. Brow 25, and a reference to a psychopath being someone who is nervous. The readable text is experimental and largely incoherent, offering no clear event or context.
California Gov Brown signed a bill extending Los Alamitos racing season by 13 days, raising days from 42 to 55 plus five charity days. The measure reshapes a state cap by removing a single-bounty limit, allowing use of days already permitted, not increasing overall state racing totals.
The Senate, on a party line vote, approved an Interior Department measure tied to a $5.695 million funding item. The plan, linked to Eisenhower’s request, faces further debates as supporters in California push for the proposal amid mounting racing and funding discussions.
A fragmentary report notes a B24 bomber crash in the Libyan Desert sixteen years ago. It mentions a group named Merciless beat and references Luisa and Tor with fragmented language about language barriers and a Spanish page.
The Supreme Court held that the House Committee on American Activities may investigate Communist activity including education matters. It upheld questioning of a former educator Lloyd Barenblatt from Vassar and Michigan. The ruling supports state prosecutions alongside federal actions in related cases.
Firefighters rushed a ladder truck to Locust Ave to rescue 15 year old Frazier Seidel who climbed a 40 foot Edison pole to win a $100 bet. He perched on a cross bar among live wires until Fire Captain Robert Romero and Fireman Bill Chicot retrieved him. Seidel, son of Walter Seidel, was taken to Juvenile Bureau and released with plans to return with his mother.
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