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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1959
Page
1
Five men leaped from windows to escape a raging apartment house fire likely started by arson. Harold E. Harris 24 of 1511 E 1st St suffered a seed tendon injury and was treated at Community Hospital. Firemen found a stack of burned newspapers and a kerosene can as investigators arrived at the scene around 2:20 A.M.
A khaki shirted youth about 18 carried a high powered rifle and exchanged shots with Deputies Edgar Christie and Ken Knoll in La Belle Canyon North Whittier Heights. He eluded a pursuing posse after the Friday night exchange no one was hurt and search efforts including roadblocks and searchlights failed. It was the second sniper incident in three days with Wednesday’s firing on a Britst and a Fire man while panning for gold in Fish Canyon.
Sen Thurston B Morton of Kentucky was chosen unopposed as national chairman of the Republican Party and Chicago was selected to host the 1960 nominating convention. The pick follows Eisenhower blessing Morton and aims to unite the party after defeats in 1838 revival and sets Morton to lead through the 1960 campaign while retaining his Senate seat.
A Santa Ana jury found Joel Ogle not guilty of willful and corrupt misconduct in tidelands negotiations and he remains county counsel at a $1,458 monthly salary. A separate bribery indictment for a $10,000 bribe from Camden-Dayton Co. is still pending with arraignment set for April 17.
Low clouds and local fog develop late tonight and Sunday morning. Sunday afternoon looks sunny and a touch cooler.
Three gunmen raided Vera Krupp’s ranch 45 miles southwest of Las Vegas, tied her and a ranch hand, and escaped with a 33.60 carat diamond valued at 300000 and $700 in cash. Mrs. Krupp freed herself and reported the robbery. no injuries reported.
In Springfield Virginia a 40 year old father killed his three children with a bat and wounded his wife before dying by knife. The victims were 13 year old twins Stephen and Sharon Matthews and 14 year old Ann Susan Matthews. Neighbors described him as a loving father. The incident occurred as the family ate breakfast, with the father then leaving the room. Authorities said the case is under investigation with details provided by Mrs. Helen Matthews.
Weary rescue teams battled to reach three coal miners buried behind hundreds of tons of coal and rock after a tunnel collapse at CWMPARC in South Wales. A mine spokesman called it a miracle if any were alive after 24 hours. Nearby, six miles away, nine miners trapped by a separate cave in reached safety through a small hole.
In New York Brooklynites collect for John Jacob Astor claiming he has five million dollars left after rumors of a larger fortune. A luncheonette plan sparked a jar appeal and a tiny fund grows with pennies as Astor sails to Europe aboard the Queen Mary.
Moscow reports at the Moscow Experimental Laboratory scientists grafted a puppy head onto the neck of a full grown German shepherd named Firat. Tass described the dog as alive and healthy fifteen days after the operation, marking a claimed breakthrough in body transplant experiments.
Peiping Radio said the Tibetan rebellion near Lhasa has been crushed with Red troops moving to quell fighting elsewhere. About 100,000 Tibetan nomads reportedly joined the revolt in the north, as anti-Communist Chinese in Sikang were alleged to aid rebels.
A Friday night head-on collision on a hill crest near Dayton left five dead including Barbara Black 18 and Mary Susan Mong 16 both of Dayton and Douglas Peake 18 and Don Tobias 18 of Eaton. A two year old Linda S Root died. her mother Billie Roott 24 and Fletcher Carter 18 were seriously injured in West Alexandria.
Rescue squads scaled an island mountain off the South Korean coast to inspect wreckage believed to be a missing U S Navy plane with 10 Americans aboard. The coast guard had spotted the wreckage earlier and the Navy verified the report as ground forces moved to Cheja Island near Iwakuni Air Base in Japan while bad weather hampered helicopter access.
Local paper reference lists where to find sections for churches ads classified pages comics and puzzles across pages A4 to B12 with cross references and page designations. No person events or places are specified in readable text.
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