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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1958

Page

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Copters Dash to Save Life

A Marine helicopter flew from Catalina Island to save a 34 year old Avalon woman after childbirth complications. She and her newborn died. hospital officials reported her in critical shock awaiting treatment. Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Air Force coordinated the air lift to Centinela Valley Community Hospital in Inglewood.

Catelina Island Robert Meadows Avalon Centinela Valley Community Hospital Inglewood Coast Guard John ©. Hancock Avalon Hospital Hancvek Marine Corps Air Force el Toro Marine Base Oxnard Air Force Base Avalon Golf Course Belange

Casino Games Near Border See Sidelights of Shutdown

In Rosarito Beach Mexico a plush casino near the Rosarito Beach Hotel briefly closed after a late Sunday opening. Tourists reported locked gates and no activity, but gates were soon opened and gambling resumed as usual.

Rosarito Beach Mexico UPI Reso

Doomed Girl 11 Sees Disneyland After Flight to California

Eleven year old Peggy Tefft of Belleville Illinois, battling a malignant disease that cost her a limb and arms, flies to Long Beach with her parents via MATS. She receives the key to the city, a roses bouquet, and a warm greeting before a stay at Disneyland Hotel. She will visit Marineland and Disneyland, cherishing time she has left.

Peggy Tefft Disneyland Peggy Belleville Long Beach Military Air Transport Service Long Beach Air Force Base Howard J. Jones Disneyland Hotel Marineland of the Pacific Mrs. Tefft

Texas Floods Close 24 Roads and a Death

Across the lower Texas coast heavy rains surpass seven inches, closing 24 roads and causing one death when Barbara Airhart 6 fell from a bridge into a flooded ditch near Houston. Karnes City reports 7.3 inches marking the 18th consecutive day of rain with Victoria Palacios Galveston and Beaumont among other locations recording substantial totals.

Orange Tex Texas Sabine River Karnes City San Antonio Corpus Christi Victoria Palacios Galveston Kingsville Beaumont Houston Barbara Airhart Pasa- Gena

WM WANTS Equal Time Scramble and Exit Plan

The fragment shows WM seeking equal time at a TV station, with a new secretary from New England asking where he goes. He replies he will go to the TV station and mentions quitting Drizales for a job, aiming for equal time.

New England

Adams Quits Amid Denial of Wrongdoing

Washington AP Adams resigns as Eisenhower aide amid pressure over accepting costly favors from Boston magnate Bernard Goldfine. He denies using influence and says he acted with no wrongdoing while noting the impact on his public role and GOP standing after a Maine election setback.

Washington Sherman Adams Eisenhower Bernard Goldfine Goldfine Maine GOP Esteam Adams White House Newport R. 1 Jtime

Matsonia delayed by engine trouble off Honolulu

United Press International reports the liner Matsonia sails toward San Francisco with only one engine operating. The port engine failure pushes expected arrival from Sept 26 to Sept 29 or 30, delaying docking and port calls.

Honolulu UPI Matsonia San Francisco Jomly Matson Lines Matson

Mary Roberts Rinehart Dies Age 82 Veteran Novelist Playwright

New York AP reports Mary Roberts Rinehart, famed mystery writer and playwright, died Monday night at 82. Over 50 years she produced 60 novels, hundreds of stories and many plays, with sales and stage runs counting in the millions.

New York Mary Roberts Rinehart Mes Rinehart

Lodge Attacks Gromyko in U.N. China Clash

United Nations session sees Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge sharply rebuke Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko over China policy. Lodge urges Moscow to press Chinese Communists to halt attacks on Quemoy as Gromyko defends Soviet stance. Assembly debates whether to defer China representation debate for another year amid Western and Indian opposition.

United Nations UPI Henry Cabot Lodge Andrei Gromyko China United Nations General Assembly Lodge Gromyko Far East Soviet Union Quemoy Assembly V. K. Krishna Metton World Parliament

War over 72000 Envelopes Triggers Party Battle

A dispute erupts between Democratic and Republican women over 72000 campaign envelopes printed for Governor Knight's senatorial run. Democrats claim ownership of the letters bearing 18th District Democrats Wilton Hotel Long Beach 2 as the envelopes were seized and moved to an Engle truck, with investigators and printers involved.

Bob Houser Sparks Gov. Knight 18Th Congressional District Democratic Wilton Hotel Adrienne Becker Democratic State Central Committee Wilson Hotel Long Beach 2 Long Beach Lee 18Th District Becker Bob Voight Semigh Los Angeles Wilton Lource

Vea Independent Swap Prompts Fresh Beanie

A retired Air Force general, aged 0 years, swaps his ace for a new beanie in a quirky public moment. The scene unfolds on Page.

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