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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1959
Page
1
Ontario report says a volun teer babysitter abducted nine week old Eric Leon Flores from his crib. The mother Ruth Flores, widowed since her husband died in a welding accident, says the motive was desire for a baby not money and appeals for the safe return of both twins, Aaron and Eric.
The distraught mother and FBI joined police in a search for the kidnapped baby. The kidnapper was described as a woman known as Ann Williams who befriended Mrs Flores to take the child. The mother, sleepless since Friday, noted the kidnapper claimed church activity and babysitting to help her out. Frank Keltner, 34, was mentioned as the fiancé of Mrs Flores.
A Superior Court judge faces a plea of not guilty after a speeding citation on Sunday night. Judge Roger A Pfaff said his speedometer showed 30 to 35 mph and he accused officers of falsifying the ticket. He noted shock that police could misreport.
North Carolina Governor Hodges announced plans to send more patrols to Henderson as a strike crisis worsens. He cautioned the force would be ample, possibly over 100, after officials described escalating violence since two cotton mills reopened.
A motto on the side of a car tied to a fatal hit and run that killed Frederick Evans, 35, near Avalon Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue, helped tip police to Kenneth Holley, 22, of Los Angeles. He confessed to the collision but said he did not stop because he believed no one was hurt. Holley was booked at Lennox station on felony hit and run and manslaughter charges.
NASA Deputy Director Dr. Hugh L. Dryden announced to reporters that conditions look favorable for Pioneer IV. The 76 foot rocket launched at 12 10:20 a.m. EST from Cape Canaveral aimed to reach the moon in about 34 hours and then enter solar orbit. The probe carries instrumentation to study radiation fields that threaten manned spaceflight.
Moscow signs off on a ministerial level talks plan amid Berlin crisis hopes and Western pressure. Khrushchev warns any force to force a path to East Germany could trigger a far greater war, with notes read to ambassadors in London and Moscow as tensions rise.
The Air Force said new signals from Discoverer I suggest it is in orbit after earlier doubt. Signals detected by the Annette Alaska tracking station were sporadic bursts lasting about six minutes, attributed to an unprogrammed oscillation by the satellite, indicating it was tumbling in space.
Disgruntled Detroit police are staging a slowdown on traffic tickets drawing attention on Page A-7. A Long Beach woman marks her 100th birthday with a bold message to keep noses out of others business in an ad on Page B-1.
GOLDSBORO North Carolina Wayne County Board of Education approved admitting a Negro pupil to an all white public school near Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. The move would mark the first break in school segregation in this part of the state. The school, built with federal funds for base families, is under county control.
A 5.5 magnitude quake struck Northern California 65 miles south of Berkeley near Hollister on Monday at 2 28 p m lasting 12 minutes. No serious damage occurred though some plaster fell in Gilroy and Santa Cruz while telephones jammed with calls. No injuries were reported.
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