27 Sep 1958
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1958
Page
1
A fragment shows a preacher lamenting low pay and an assistant noting Daylight Saving Time ends. It explains clocks set back one hour, affecting schedules for buses trains and airlines as Pacific Standard Time resumes.
Alberta province covered the cost of a state dinner for Princess Margaret during her August Banff Springs visit, totaling 4,405 dollars. The event underscored provincial funding for royal engagements and highlighted the cost borne by local government.
Long Beach officer subdues robbery suspect Ronald Skeels after a back yard confrontation. Skeels alias James Clark, 24, faces assault with deadly weapon and resisting arrest charges. wounded officer treated at Memorial Hospital. Skeels linked to Lakewood bar robbery and prior California Youth Authority conviction.
Hurricane Helene with 125 mile per hour winds shifts northward threatening the Eastern Seaboard. Civil defense orders evacuations in the Carolinas as warnings extend to Cape Hatteras and a large number of disaster workers mobilize in anticipation of a coast hitting cyclone. A companion storm Ilsa remains active off the Virgin Islands. President Prasad departs Calcutta for a nine day state visit to Japan.
A Missouri figure caused surprise as residents faced an unexpected doorbell greeting on a Friday. The accompanying note on the Vanguard rocket probes remains unresolved as of early today.
U S Senator John L McClellan of Arkansas criticizes recent Supreme Court rulings calling for courageous justices to follow the Constitution and warning of dangerous decisions with wide implications. The remarks came at a civic meeting as he described blunders by the high court over the last four years.
John Calvin Tipton, 23, died in the gas chamber for the Costa Mesa rape slaying of Mrs. Qleta Hatcher Johnson, mother of a boy. He refused mental pleas, was executed after his last appeal failed, officials said. The crime occurred March 28, 1956, while her husband served at Mize base. Tipton died calmly as cyanide took effect.
Tokyo area bears the brunt as typhoon Ida, the season's 22nd storm, drives 160 mph gusts. National police report over 220 dead, 575 missing, 225 injured, with 400000 homeless. Ports, ships, and power disrupted across Honshu and Izu Peninsula. no American casualties reported.
Forecasters warn another scorching day with highs near 94 in Long Beach as heat waves grip the Southland. Friday hit about 7 on the masked scale, but humidity fell to 15 percent, while sea breezes weakened. Smog alerts cover West LA, Burbank, Pasadena as Woodland Hills and North Hollywood also report extreme heat.
President Eisenhower learned the Nations Symphony Orchestra will tour Central and South America next spring. The group plans to perform in about 20 cities across the two regions.
California Evangelistic Berean Chapel faced a Long Beach restraining order after neighbors sued for damages over loud services. Judge Joe Raycraft heard a tape of noisy worship and noted sounds likened to a baseball game. Parishioner McKee defended evangelism as dynamic and vowed to resist shutdown.
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