Signal Hill Fire Chief Fires Captain Amid Gestapo Shouts
City council in Signal Hill dismissed Capt. T. F. Oltman after a heated meeting in which crowd chants of Gestapo filled the chamber. A recall effort was launched to remove all five council members as other officers faced action including Patrolman Thomas Reynolds. The day's events included firings by the chief and a dispute over a drunk driving case tied to Oltman.
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Signal Hill
Council Chamber
Clarence W. Heier
T. F
Burk) Oltman
Signal Hill Police and Fire Assn
Thomas Reynolds
Jerry Shumard
Oltman
Ja Veletan
Oloningald
Ollman
David Feldman
District Attorney's Office
Robert Buck
Oltran
Signi! Hill Police
Fire Assn
Council
Hach
Ben A. Moyle
Could Have Doubled It Says Seawolf Skipper
The Seawolf, an atomic submarine, surfaced after a submerged record of 60 days under the Atlantic. Captain Richard B. Laning said the crew could have gone about 40 more miles before returning to New London where officials and families awaited.
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Helton Fay
New London
Thelsél
Richard B. Laning
Deep Atlantic
Wwe
New
Jong Don
America
Allang
Seawolf
Hull
Doomed Doberman Maverick Faces Euthanasia After Four Years
North Hollywood reports Maverick a Doberman pinscher under the care of the Animal Regulation Department, tagged as perhaps the most intelligent dog encountered. He faces death Thursday unless adopted, having eluded traps for four years as two dog catchers named him Maverick.
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North Hollywood
Eascn
Oliman
Rey
Wolds
Sujranee
Pervidor
Roy M. McGawen
Yrats
Service Commission
Maverick
Agen
Coutnell
Associat
Debver
O. D
Ina
Bod
Turpin
Trio Saved in Wilds of Mexico and Desert Chase
In Sonora near Cabor ca a three day search ends with the rescue of three flood victims guided by Captain Oliman and a dog Maverick who outwitted traps and tranquilizing pills. A river chase, a missing Riverside doctor and a Torrance crew member are reported as part of the ordeal. The incident unfolds amid a larger scene featuring a Seawolf submarine crew and atomic sub time estimates.
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Torrance Fiers
Riverside
Mexico
Caborea
Sonora
Bob Johnson
Jacques SL
Torrance
Camery
Maratlan
Capiain
Roland Swan
Western Airlines
Justice Frankfurter Attacks Arkansas On School Integration
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter denounced Arkansas officials for thwarting court ordered school integration in Little Rock as the 1958 59 term opened. He contrasted with violence in Tennessee where explosions hit Clinton High School. The Eighth Circuit extended a nine day order restraining opening of Little Rock high schools and delaying plans to lease schools to private corporations.
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Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Arkansas
Taitimat
Ferum
Virginia
Tait
Tennessee
Sunaday
Clinton High School
Fedseral Bureau of ‘Investigation
Bankfurter
Orval E. Faubus
U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of
Appleas
St. Louis
Little Rock
U.S. Department of Justice
Pivate Corporation
Consult
Pope Pius Reported Improving Steadily
Vatican reports indicate Pope Pius XII showed gradual improvement after a stroke that left him comatose then responsive. Doctors said he spoke briefly and slept, with Attendants and family at his bedside as observers noted reduced symptoms and steady progress.
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Ars
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Lite Rock School Corp
Pius XL
Angelo Dell
Acqui
Vatican
Newshills
Highth Circuit Court of Appeals
Leon Caslett
Ak Pontife
Riccardo Galeazzi-Tisi
Monnday
Papal Summer Palace
Palace Observatory
Across the Nation Strike Ends Big liners sail again
A six day AFL CIO deck officers strike ended Monday night ending a slowdown of 50 American flagships including the liner America and United States. Meany announced the end and said pickets at Avande and Gulf Coast ports were being called off. Twelve thousand striking members would return to work today.
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New York
America
United States
AFL CR
George Meany
Meany
International Organization of Masters
Avande
Gulf Coast
Amy Deppman Wanders From Church to Nearby Building
A 24 year old Amy Deppman left Eastminster Presbyterian Church during services in Grand Rapids. She wandered to the interior of Fifth Reformed Church about a block and a half away before being found safe. Police noted no danger and returned her to her startled parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Deppman.
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Urand Rapids
Mich
Amy Deppman
Amy
Eastminster Presbyterian Church
Donald R. Deppman
Fifth Reformed Church
Adlock
Independent two couples swap mates in covert study
A newspaper brief notes two separate couples who switch partners in a discreet arrangement. The item references confidential social experiments and hints at a broader, unnamed study related to relationship dynamics. Further context appears on subsequent pages A-4 and A-2.
Catholics Urged to Pray for Pope in Los Angeles Area
In Long Beach and the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Cardinal McIntyre urged Catholics to join in Masses of prayer for Pope Pius XI. He held a private Mass at his residence and released a statement expressing distress at the Pontiff's illness and calling for rapid, full recovery through earnest prayers and parish intentions.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Janes Franely Cardinal McIntyre
Pope Fits XI
Anya
Gar
Hurricane Janice Devastates Bahamas After Tropical Storm Upgrade
Tropical storm Janice strengthened into a hurricane and battered the Bahamas with strong winds and heavy seas. One person is believed drowned as a boat sank off Nassau harbor during the storm. Eyewitnesses report the skipper, in his 50s, went missing after his vessel plunged bow first into a heavy swell.
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Miami
Upl
Janice
Bahamas
Nassau
Nassau Harbor
Zern
Weatherman Outburst Sparks Office Scene
In a chaotic office moment, a weatherman yelled at his assistant as chaos erupted. The secretary asked why the incident occurred while the assistant collected fallen peels amid a tense mood and an oboe note drifted through the room.
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Weatherman
Ross
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UPS
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