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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1959
Page
4
A mother mourns as her 2 to 3 year old son Samuel McCrary remains missing on Mother's Day after being allegedly taken by a teenage babysitter named by an Army colonel. FBI and military police deploy forces nationwide to locate the child and investigate the alleged abduction.
Three Cuban sailors hijacked a patrol torpedo boat in Havana Harbor and fled to the U S seeking asylum in Miami authorities parole them pending hearings. The boat was a surplus U S Navy vessel and the government seeks its return. Also noted, Shirley Jean Shaw 16 surrendered after taking a baby from an Army post to Honolulu, saying she wanted a baby and loved him.
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel urged action on the labor bill now before the House after Senate passage. He warned it would be a shocking indictment of Congress if the measure fails to become law, noting unions oppose some parts while others fear it is too weak. He predicted intense pressure from both sides in the House.
President Eisenhower returned to the White House Sunday night after a three day weekend in the Maryland mountains.
Mrs. Alice Wilson pleads for her 17 year old daughter Arlene Patricia in newspaper notices as she remains missing around Sea Bright New Jersey. The family believes the girl may have married and could be with a man in Atlanta Georgia while a childhood game of Pretend You Are at Home is cited in the letters sent to various papers.
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