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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1958
Page
8
The defense ministry newspaper warned that drinking makes drunks easy prey for foreign spies who would target Soviet citizens to steal military secrets. The piece framed alcohol as a vulnerability in the national campaign against drinking.
Jolitta Schlehuber, 14, of McPherson Kansas, won the National Spelling Bee after 29 rounds spelling BteDye lineum and Syllepsis correctly. She earned 1000 dollars cash a trophy and 106 for a New York weekend. Terry Madeira 13 Elizabethtown Pa finished second and Stanley Schmidt 14 Cincinnati third. Jolitta an eighth grader at Harmony Rural School plans missionary work and giving part of her prize to church.
The jury deliberations were set to begin Monday in the burglary receiving stolen property trial of Robert Edward Prowell, 35, a former Torrance High School theology teacher. Prosecution and defense rested after arguments to a seven woman five man panel as Judge Ralph K. Pierson recessed the case.
In Mantua Italy swallows built nests in the Gonzaga Palace tower blocking the noon chime. Firemen climbed to remove nests and eggs, restoring the historic clock. The incident followed a separate case where Ramsey questioned Prowell confessions and jurors were cautioned to weigh oral admissions and an accomplice's testimony carefully.
Fragmentary note outlines changes at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco with Army plans abandoned and a move to firmanent structures. Mayor George Christopher referenced. Army actions and Presidio capital relocation mentioned as context.
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