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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1958
Page
1
A quirky local item notes a forecaster lacking a diploma from a weather and Ouija board program. The piece mentions unusual methods and an offbeat forecast predicting today will resemble Sunday. It references humming a tune and a lighthearted aside about Zsa Zsa and a daughter.
Defense Secretary Neil McElroy said he did not rebuke Admiral Arleigh Burke for opposing Eisenhower defense plans. He softened remarks about Burke’s Senate testimony, noting the secretary can be disappointed and regret parts of an officer’s testimony without a rebuke. Burke’s term extends about a year.
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor and party aboard a 350-foot luxury yacht near Arroyo, Dominican Republic, prompted a bomb scare later deemed a hoax. Police and coast guard investigated as detectives questioned witnesses, while the ship hosted Latin music and a tense pause for safety. The decoy plot involved a nurse from El Monte identified later as Mrs. Jean Elroy, 37, found slain elsewhere.
Torrential rains flood San Antonio forcing police and fire crews to rescue nine people including a girl from a drainage ditch and motorists from flooded ditches. Tornado funnels skirt Houston with no ground contact as Orange reports up to 65% inches of rain. A westbound freight train injures 10 near Clines Corners while a small plane crashes near there killing two California men. Unemployment checks used to pay back taxes sparks hearing in Washington.
Helen Jones, 16, of Kearney and David Horne, 17, of East Orange, who ran away in June 1911, were found in Petersburg with 20 cents between them. They said they loved each other and planned to marry but were prevented by their ages. Parents took them home after a tearful farewell.
Oscar Levant's local TV program was suspended Friday for on air remarks about rivals but will return tonight. KCOP general manager Calvin Flanagan and Levant announced a reconciliation and a plan to restart the show. Producer Cecil B DeMille said Levant, 77, was hospitalized for treatment of a virus and improving as the show moves to another channel.
The TV host Leo Levant defends his return to KCOP arguing sponsors may back out after a contentious program. He vows to repair relations with Philco while noting fan telegrams, including a message from architect Frank Lloyd Wright praising him as a good deed in a naughty world.
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