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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1958

Page

4

Theater Robbery Chronicles Conflicting Claims

A robber described as intoxicated and armed twice attempted thefts at stores in quick succession. Devin alerted onlookers via the public address system as the suspect fled. Marilyn Grace Taylor, 22, faced a gunpoint at Parkwood Chevrolet and $165 was taken before the thief vanished. A second suspect at Crest paid a dollar then brandished a gun demanding money before escaping on foot. Police search a nearby lot after a possible car getaway.

Devin Marilyn Grace Taylor Parkwood Chevrolet Newberry Miss Seiser William Stevenson

Hope Sees Plush Fashion Display in Moscow Visit

Bob Hope toured GUM in Moscow during a Soviet Union visit to film Russian variety shows for American TV. The crowd reportedly enjoyed his patter as observers expected missing punchlines, while Russians pledged cooperation with his visit.

Moscow Bob Hope Soviet Union GUM

The Sourdoughs' lament at Vancouver banquet

Robert W. Service, now living in Monaco, is celebrated in a Vancouver banquet poem titled The Sourdoughs lament. The piece humorously recalls Klondike days and aging, with lines about wishing to be 86 or 89 again and the toll of advancing years on sourdoughs and their toasts.

Vancouver B. C Robert W. Service Dan McGreth Klondike Service Monaco Vukcouners’ Assn Pacific Northwest

Companion of L B Crash Victim Dies

The companion of two Castle Air Force Base aviators who survived a four day desert climb after a High Sierra crash died Sunday possibly of pneumonia. Joel P Blair 18 Lewisburg Missouri autopsy scheduled. The two airmen Kenneth Riggs Merced County coroner said.

Long Beach Kenneth Riggs Merced County Joel P. Blair Lewisburg Stiles Grace R. Brown Harry M. Brown Delta Ave Castle Air Force Base Slate Mountain Porterville Tule Eeee

Wife With Man on Missing Plane in Ontario Flight

Air search officials learned Monday that Mrs Gloria Hill was with her husband Richard C Hill aboard a light plane missing since Saturday night on a flight from Palm Springs to Ontario The Hills residents of Ontario were on the last leg of a return flight from Marion Ohio where they had visited Mrs Hil’s ill father Their two children are with neighbors.

Ontario Gloria Hill Richard C. Hill Palm Springs Marion Ohio Hil

Bomber Straes Strikes Three Homes in Sheboygan Falls

In Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin roofs of three homes were struck Monday night by 20 millimeter aircraft cannon slugs. No injuries reported. Slug recovered from John Novotny home. others from Lloyd Thorne Oostburg and Francis Deeley Route 2 Sheboygan Falls. One slug exploded smoke near a police car en route to a council meeting.

Sheboygan Falls Wis Gpi Thomas Winter John Novotny Winter Chicago O'Hara Field Sheboygan County Henry Dillmann Novotny

Subsidence Hearings Postponed In Special Session

Sacramento postpones hearings on antisubsidence bill AB-5 due to busy schedule. Long Beach officials led by Mayor Raymond C. Kealer push unitization and repressurization measures before the Assembly Manufacturing, Oil and Mining Committee. hearing set for Thursday at 3 p.m.

Bob Houser Sacramento Long Beach Oil Company Assembly Committee On Manufacturing, Oil and Mining Raymond C. Kealer

Husband Still King of Car After Court Ruling

In Chester County Pa a man named Harry Lloyd sued alleging his wife Margaret E Cole was assaulted by her husband after a 12 year old girl was offered a ride home. The court dismissed the suit but ordered trial by jury after ruling the wife should have objected to her husband's driving. Justice Michael A Musman said a wife should remain silent when her husband is at the wheel.

EL Centro Pittsburgh Sheriff's Department the Pennsylvania Supreme’ Court Margaret E. Cole Herja Harry John Lloyd Chester County Cale Michael A. Musmanno Chester County Court

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