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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1959

Page

3

Trains Crash Leaves 136 Hospitalized in Chicago

A packed elevated train crashed into a standing train on Chicago’s northwest side at 8 10 pm. about 136 people were treated in hospitals including 87 at St Elizabeths and 29 at St Mary of Nazareth. Motorman Dominic Parise trapped for 30 minutes. Passenger Nancy Alberger severely injured. quick action by insurance agent Donald Webling reportedly saved her life.

Chicago UPI St.lizabeth’s Hospital St Mary of Nazareth Lutheran Deaconness Dominic Parise Parise Nancy Alberger Donald Webling Webling Miss Alberger Wetting

Arthritis Pain Relief Advertisement From Long Beach

An ad from Long Beach promotes a treatment claiming to ease arthritis pains by applying a paste to joints and muscles. It emphasizes temporary relief, with contact and price details including a listed doctor and address. The copy uses uncertain wording and fragmented phrases typical of old ads.

Long Beach Duna

Milan Station Riot Forces Kim Novakia to Seek Refuge

In Milan Italy on Monday night a crowd surged at a railway station to glimpse Kim Novakia the blonde American actress. Police used a football style wedge to protect her as photographers and fans clashed. The event capped a busy Cannes week with Novakia previously dining with Cary Grant. Meanwhile Lockheed Aircraft and Stavid Engineering announced a merger to create a major aerospace and defense company. The deal proposes two and a half Lockheed shares for each Stavid share pending approvals.

Melan Italy Kim Novakia Milan Oe Mer KLM Cary Grant Kim Enrico Grechi Burbank CNS Lockheed Aircraft, Corp Stavid Engineering Inc Stavid Plainfield Lockheed Robert E Gross Lockheed Board David F. Sanders Sanders Western Electric Navy Laurances Rockefeller and Associates al New Yorke

Theft of Author Per Ed hile's Dinghy During Play

In Stockholm Sweden a dinghy was stolen from author Per Ed hile while he watched a stage performance of his play thieves on Board. Police investigators seek witnesses and surveillance footage from the theater district.

Stockholm Sweden EPH Per Edhile

New State Taxes Hit Roadblock in Senate Finance Panel

Governor Edmund G Brown’s plan for 236 million dollars in new taxes stalled in the Senate Finance Committee as Sen. James J. McBride ordered a five member subcommittee to study all tax bills. Assemblyman Thomas J. MacBride urged quicker action while the Assembly Ways and Means Committee approved Brown’s beer tax, which would cost beer drinkers 3.2 million dollars annually. Committee chair Jesse M. Unruh announced approval after a voice vote despite a protest for a roll call.

Sacramento SPQ Edmund G. Brown Senate Finance Committee James J. McBride Mentura Brown Thomas J. MacBride Assembly Ways and Means John L. Collier Los Angeles

Congress to consider peacetime GI death benefits plan

A subcommittee led by Rep. Kases and Rep. Cahill will draft legislation to improve peacetime death benefits for servicemen. They will study equalizing benefits with other government employees and private workers, explore a peacetime insurance program, and possibly allow survivors to sue the government.

Bill Broom Washington Oklahoma California North Carolina National Service Life Insurance Congress U. S George Kases West Covina Calif William Cahill New Jerey Kastemn Kasem-Cahill Kasem

It Is Later Than You Think It Is Later Than You Think

A reprinted feature from Jura Readers Digest notes a doctor seeks wider circulation for timeless wisdom quoted on a brass plate in a Chinese wall. The June Readers Digest is on sale at newsstands today for happiness and insight.

Jura

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