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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1958

Page

1

Monoxide Kills Pair Parked in Closed Garage

A service station owner Arthur James Simpson and divorced Lucille Louise Floyd died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a car left running inside the station garage. Both pronounced dead on arrival at St Helen's Hospital Bellflower. The tragedy also involved their families and children as responders tried rescue efforts with oxygen. Authorities noted no clear motive and investigated whether the couple planned to marry despite recent divorces.

Arthur James Simpson Hardwick St Lakewood Lucille Louise Floyd Inglewood St. Helen's Hospital Bellflower Simpson Wilbur Ara Sisteson Artesia St. Bell Arthur Floyd Celeste Paula David Scott Paul Sempson Ramo-Wooltridge Corp Los Angeles

Shelling of Isles Goes On

The Chongqing-led Nationalists accuse the Communists of violating a wartime pledge as Reds bombard the Quemoy islands. Peng Tehfuual says shelling will continue on evenly spaced days and targets beaches and airfields. Ambassador George Yeh defends a policy of using force to reclaim the mainland if needed, saying the United States should support Nationalist aims and not renounce force amid the conflict.

Tripel Formosa UPI Queumoy Islands Ching Marshal Peng Teh~ Fuual Quempey Toray George Yeh China United States Yeh Washington Chiang Kai-shek John Foster Dulles Cormmaunique

Wings Over the World show draws large beach crowd

A huge Beach crowd gathered Sunday at Municipal Airport to view the Wings Over the World air show. Lady Adell Beatty reportedly returned to London to resume romance with Cromner Frank Sinatra, per Page B-1 and Page Bed notes.

Long Beach Muncipal Airport Spec Faco Adell Beatty London Cromner Frank Sinatra

Copter Saves Boy Hurt in Fall in Montrose

A 12 year old boy, Robert Waugh of Las Vegas New Mexico, was airlifted from Big Tujunga Canyon after slipping 50 feet while deer hunting with his uncle, William F. King of Sunland. Capt. Sewell Griggers piloted the helicopter, and Waugh was taken to Glendale Sanitarium for lacerations and possible internal injuries. Deputies formed a landing strip for the rescue.

Montrose CNSI Big Tujunga Canyon Sewell Griggers Sheriff's Aero Detail Robert Waugh Las Vegas New Glendale Sanitarium Young Waugh William F. King Sunland Montrose Sheriff's Station Griggers

Death of Lakewood Housewife Under Homicide Probe

Homicide detectives investigate the death of 47 year old Ivy Termine in Lakewood found Sunday with a bullet wound to the head. Her husband Thomas Termine, 57, reported finding her and claimed he returned home around 2 am after they had gone out separately. Authorities list the death as tentatively possibly self inflected pending autopsy results. The case includes past threats and a prior iodine ingestion episode.

Lakewood Suuday Thomas Termine Andyss Ivy Liooman W. E. Hallinen

Two Atomic Blasts Light Nevada Desert Sky

Detectives traced the weapon to an atomic test site near Ney. A woman and her daughter, residents nearby, had planned another blast for Friday. On Halloween night a test lit the desert as a sulfurous fireball rose 26,000 feet, startling observers seven miles away.

Nellis Air Force Base Nev Texas Reese Afb Lubbool Nellis Nellis Afb Charles M. Jacobs Ney Ter Eisenhower

Cardinals Vote 4 Times No Decision Made

Vatican City AP report says cardinals balloted four times on Sunday without electing a pope. smoke signals misled 200,000 in Saint Peter's Square and millions elsewhere into thinking Bianco had been chosen while Vatican Radio kept declaring white smoke.

Vatican City APJ Pius XI St Peter's Square Pontifé Haly Europe Vatican Sistine Chapel Bianco Smany Vatiscan Callori di Vignale Sigismondo Chigi Palatine Guard St. Peters Basilica

Airlift to Cypress Continues From Amman

British paratrooper withdrawal from Jordan persists as an airlift to Cypress operates at a steady pace with arrivals and departures every fifteen minutes, according to a British spokesman.

Amman Jordan Cypress

White If By Land Two If By Sea

Fragmentary OCR text notes a dialogue about an election and weather. Mentions a front-page line about the election growing warmer and a teammate saying where there is smoke there is fire. No clear event, dates, or identifiable organizations are provided.

WAL Endes

Weather outlook says light rain chances for Southland

Rain is expected to reach Southern California today due to a distant low pressure area 300 miles southwest of Long Beach. Scattered showers will extend to the mountains with no snow, and clearing is forecast by Tuesday as warmer weather returns for the rest of the week.

Southland Tanigat Weather Bureau California Long Beach

Deliberate ramming leads to sheriff station encounter

James Yarber of Los Angeles reported a car crash on the Santa Ana Freeway. He claimed three young men had pelted his vehicle with fruit and followed him to the Norwalk Sheriff’s station, where two were found to have traffic warrants and the driver Phillip Saucedo, 21, and Pasquel Anthony Sandello, 20, were taken into custody.

James Yarter Norwalk Yarter Yarber Los Angeles Santa Ana Firestone Blvd San Antonio Dr Phillip Saucedo Pasquel Anthony Sandello

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