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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1958
Page
1
A fragment notes a writer of the line It laid egg and its author as part of a broader crowd. The text hints at a boisterous ego and a gambler’s reputation among peers. No further names or dates are provided to confirm identities or context.
President Eisenhower addressed a bickering California Republican coalition in Los Angeles urging unity against Democrats. He blasted Democratic plans as harmful to wages and warned Republicans must mobilize to defend America, citing the Knight Knowland rift and urging support for Republican candidates in the upcoming election.
Detective Gene T. Nash, 32, of the robbery division, was fatally shot when gunfire erupted during a raid on a gang suspected of multiple robberies. Two suspects Bennie Mays, 31, and Willima Douglas, 29, were wounded. Mays in fair condition and Douglas in critical condition. Police said four to five more suspects were arrested and held.
Hollywood police report a maintenance man George Balthus Blanck died after leaping from a fourth floor window while attempting to rescue retired San Francisco banker Charles Bowman 58 from his burning Country Club Manor apartment. Bowmen was found on the floor by Blanck and a night clerk.
Today's editorial on the editorial page A-10 presents the second article in the series examining propositions for the November 4 ballot. This installment focuses on Prop 18 percent the right to work proposal and the ensuing fight among supporters and opponents.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles lands in Taipei for defense talks with Chiang Kai-shek following a renewed Communist assault on Quemoy. General Maxwell Taylor and Army officials accompany him as talks prepare under tense cease-fire conditions.
Across the nation several incidents disrupt schools and public places. In El Paso six high schools were evacuated for about 20 minutes while police and fire crews searched for bombs, no devices found, authorities called it a drill for some students who believed it was routine. In Peoria a fake bomb halted 1,150 students. A Jewish temple had been bombed there last week. A Penn State student telephoned President Eisenhower on a White House line to invite him to join a fraternity, the Secret Service said.
In New York's Central Park a bronze plaque installed Monday sits beside a bench frequently used by Bernard Baruch. The inscription reads Elder Statesman’s Bench Reserved for Bernard M. Baruch as onlookers including Bobby Hervick observe the scene.
A Soviet woman spy proved tricky for British counter espionage efforts while a Virginia family of eight welcomed quadruplets. Details on pages C-4 and Ad.
A senior American naval expert urges bringing one or more battleships from reserve for emergencies near Quemoy. Admiral Charles Cooke, former commander of the Seventh Fleet, says that the red ceasefire motive is misguided. He notes his Formosa advisory years and international reporting context.
Hollywood AP report says Gary Crosby, 24, wrestled with Kraft Foods executive John Geiger at a post party for poet Carl Sandburg hosted by Milton Berle for Sandburg. The altercation interrupted celebrities including James Mason Tina Louise and Sammy Davis Jr as Berle and Sandburg left.
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