26 Nov 1958
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1958
Page
1
Flames fueled by exploding insecticide drums roared through the Dooley's Hardware Mart garden shop on Long Beach Boulevard. A two alarm fire of undetermined origin caused about 100000 dollars in damage to the building and merchandise as flames reached about 100 feet before firefighters arrived.
City officials plan a new push to use tideland oil funds to build a sea wall protecting Long Beach Harbor shipyard and adjacent property from rising tides. Councilman Reese and Harbor Commissioners' president Bishop urge investigation while noting legal and funding hurdles. Navy expectations for federal aid persist as a temporary support.
A two alarm fire at Dooley's Hardware Mart Long Beach Tuesday night destroyed the garden shop annex and injured a firefighter when roof debris fell. Exploding insecticide drums sparked the blaze, with damage estimated at $100,000 and flames reaching 100 feet. Over 1,000 spectators watched as five electric wires hindered efforts and crews from four engines plus a truck contained the fire by 10:56 p.m. No major injuries beyond the fallen roof incident. prior Dooley's fires included a 1956 warehouse blaze.
Five airmen were killed in a fiery KC135 Stratotanker crash at Loring Air Force Base Maine on Tuesday. Two crew survived. one with a minor cut. The mishap follows a Florida-based BAT jet bomber crash last Saturday in roughly the same area. Separately, Virgil Red Smith was found guilty on two bribery counts in the Indiana road scandal, with recommended sentences and fines. US demand for four Amababa dissidents’ release was voiced in Warsaw by Ambassador Beam. An expert predicted an oral vaccine for global use could pass safety trials soon for mass immunization in underdeveloped regions. Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, after 51 years, retires in Los Angeles as Pete Pitchess takes over. Carole Keppler, California Maid of Cotton, visits San Francisco ahead of the Memphis contest.
Scattered but mounting returns from Alaska's first state election today project Democrat B. L. Bartlet to lead in the U S Senate race. In the other Senate contest former governors Ernest Gruening and Mike Stepovich were neck and neck, with early returns favoring Gruening.
Apologists claim American delay in rocketry due to Soviet lead. Secret Pentagon papers reveal 1945 plans for satellites and an intercontinental missile, Atlas, that could have beaten Sputniks. Budget fights and forethought delays left the program stalled for a decade as Russia gained ahead. Continued on Page A-2.
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