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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1958

Page

1

Violence and Court Ruling Loom in Little Rock Grounding

Intense violence in Little Rock leads to a juvenile arrest as a federal judge nears a ruling on private schools funded by public money amid renewed school integration fights. Norfolk students stage a peaceful rally demanding schools stay open while awaiting higher court action.

Little Rock Norfolk Norview High School Norview U.S John E. Miley Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Arsion

Fragmented dialogue on birthplaces and places heard

A garbled exchange questions where each speaker was born, naming Kang City and Steam Boat Springs Colorado, Long Beach, and a playful remark about people coming together, reflecting a scrambled geography moment in a local scene.

Aibni Para Kang City Steamboat Springs Colorado Long Beach

Earthquake-like work halts as city orders Continental Oil cease

City officials served Continental Oil Co. with orders to stop early morning earth sounding operations after two weeks of disturbances. Complaints from Frank Hawkins about plaster damage and shaking at 2 and 5 a.m. led to an investigation involving city manager Sam E. Vickers and Lt. Orval James. Workers, some identifying as Continental personnel, were seen with recording devices and electric lines along sidewalks. Police will question crews if they return, as residents report more interior damage.

Continental Oil Co Sam E. Vickers Vickers Frank A. Hawkins Cedar Ave Continental O11 Co William H. Davey Orval James Charles Arnold Garden Grove Jioe Continental Loren McCannon Arnold Dovey Hawkins Pacific Electric Park and Ximena Aves Junipero Ave Santa Fe Ave Carson

Six U.S. Airmen Bodies Returned After Crash in Soviet Armenia

ISTANBUL UPI Six U.S. airmen killed when an unarmed C136 transport crashed in Soviet Armenia were handed over at a Soviet border town. Eleven other crewmen remain missing as U.S. officials accuse Soviet interceptors of forcing the plane into Soviet airspace. The transfer occurred at Leninakan near Turkey and only six bodies were received by U.S. authorities.

Istanbul Turkey U.S Armenia United States U.S. State Department Armenis John ‘S. Cahisant Hilmi Dagecioglu Kremlin State Department

Hurricane Helene Aims at Atlantic Florida Coast

Hurricane Helene intensified near the Atlantic, moving at 100 mph with 80 mph winds and threatening the Carolinas to northeast Florida. The center was 425 miles east of Melbourne after 11 pm EST. A balloon radio beacon was dropped into Helene’s eye to aid weather monitoring.

Miami UPI Helene Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Carolinas Florida Melbourne Fila Lisa

World leaders meet over Formosa crisis at UN talks

Informal high level discussions on Formosa take place as officials predict the issue will be referred to the United Nations General Assembly within two weeks. Attending are U S Ambassador Lodge British Minister Allan Noble French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyka and UN Secretary General Hammarskjold. Lloyd to confer with Dulles before London trip. In Detroit polio toll reaches 451 cases and 13 deaths amid ongoing outbreak and incomplete vaccine coverage.

United Nations, N.Y Formosa U. N. General Assembly Andrian Waraion Oeerravercistan Iets Sa Ewest Straycore Leopold Figl U. S Henry Cabot Lodge Allan Noble Maurice Couve de Murville Andrei Gromyka Dag Hammarskjold Gromyko Selwyn Lloyd Far East Lloyd Dulles London Detroit

Grunewald gravely ill in Washington after stroke

Henry Grunewald known as the wire puller in Washington lies in critical condition at Georgetown Hospital following a Monday stroke. The 65 year old, who has had five heart attacks in five years, faces a retrial on October 6 on tax fixing charges with two others related to a 1949 pay-off scheme and alleged efforts to kill federal prosecutions of two firms.

Washington Henry Grunewald Georgetown New York

Warm return looms as Southern California nears 90

Southern California enjoyment of a brief cool spell ends as temperatures rise to a predicted high of 90 today. Two days of light showers swept the region, lowering eye irritation and signaling summer’s retreat. Rain totals reach 18 inches for the season with an unseasonal shower noted on August 45. Newport Beach reports the heaviest rainfall in the area at .58 inches.

California Arizona Long Beach Newport Beach Beach

Record low chills Reno to 21 degrees early fall

Reno stations logged a record low of 21 degrees early Wednesday as thermometers plunged, signaling an unusually cold start to the fall season. Strong winds and clear skies contributed to the chilling conditions across the Reno area.

Reno

Teen girl shoots brother to death in Houston home

Diana Day Humphries, 16, told police she fired twice at her brother Robert D. Humphries Jr., 14, as he entered the den, then considered killing her mother but derailed when the mother arrived. She is held without charge awaiting psychiatric evaluation. authorities describe a disturbed motive and a plan to kill others.

Robert. Humphries Diana Robert Houston Tex Robert F Diana Day Humphries Robert D.’ Humphries Jr R. D. Humphries

Nationalist pilots tally ten MIG kills in Formosa air battle

News dispatch reports Nationalist Chinese air force claims ten downed MiGs with no losses in the Formosan Strait fight. Two more Reds listed as destroyed and three damaged, amid reports of US involvement and Reds warning against American provocation. A separate note recalls a pedestrian accident on California Avenue involving a boy nicknamed Superman.

Taipei Formosa UPI Sabirejets Air Force Formosan Strait Republic of China Air Intelligence and Defense Ministry United States Amoy U.S

President Eisen howe rs next chief of staff unlikely to inherit Adams power

The article on Page A-3 suggests President Eisenhower or his successor may appoint a new chief of staff who is unlikely to wield the same broad influence Sherman Adams held. It notes uncertainty about how the administration will balance authority within the White House.

Eisen Hower Asalste Ant Sherman Adams

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