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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1959
Page
5
A speeding freight train derailed into a standing passenger train near Xometla, 27 miles from Mexico City, killing 11 and injuring more than 70 as passengers fled. Witnesses saw the freight hurtling toward them and heard its whistle before impact.
The Independent notes Sen. Hubert Humphrey will recruit James H. Rowe Jr. a Washington lawyer and longtime Democrat to assess national sentiment for his presidential bid Rowe a Johnson ally and New Deal veteran will speak for Humphrey though holding no official title His role aims to bolster regional appeal in the Northwest and liberal wings while courting Johnson moderates ahead of the 1960 convention.
The Very Rev Howlett Johnson known as the Red Dean of Canterbury has contracted pneumonia following influenza. Reported by UPI he is 85. The incident was disclosed Thursday.
Five men assaulted a man at Callifornia Avenue and Anaheim Street, taking $75 and injuring him. The victim, Farl G. Herod, 47, of 441 E. Seaside, was knocked unconscious and taken to hospital. Police said the robbers were connected to a narcotics ring and used couriers, including two girls aged 18 and 11 and a boy of 10.
A Tokyo factory displays a 17 inch transistor television receiver that runs on batteries. It is not yet on sale and is presented as a leading example of portable TV technology with about ten percent efficiency referenced in the demo.
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