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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1959
Page
2
Britain heads toward a tight general election with polls hinting at a narrowing Conservative edge. Labour rallies draw large crowds as strategists focus on about 50 marginal constituencies, where 35 seats are Conservative and 15 Labour held.
Gen Randolph Pate arrived at Awajina or Awajku air base in southern Japan after a two day visit to South Korea. He is on a 25 day inspection trip of Marine installations in the Pacific and will fly to Formosa next, then Okinawa Guam and Hawaii.
German born Guenther Fritz Podola was sentenced to death by hanging after a 37 minute jury verdict of guilty for the July 13 murder of Scotland Yard Detective Sgt Raymond Purdy. Purdy and another officer tried to arrest Podola on suspicions of blackmail. The killing remains a rare fatal crime against a police officer in Britain.
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