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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1958
Page
2
Salem’s Connie Holland 11 recovers fully after swallowing an estimated 200 rocks over six months and a recent pneumonia treatment that revealed the issue. Doctors blame mineral deficiency while Connie, nicknamed Gravel Gertie, now adapts to publicity.
SAN FRANCISCO AP Patrolman Robert Morey was shot and killed during a vagrancy arrest near Jackson Park. Wilbert Morey, 22, was captured after a large manhunt that involved coast guard helicopters and 110 officers. Morey had prior burglary and theft records and left a widow and three sons.
A report from Moscow claims the major stage of the Sputnik rocket fell in Outer Mongolia rather than the Western United States. Dr. Robert Jasterow of the Naval Research Laboratory pinpointed a likely impact at latitude 46 degrees north and 106 east, about 3:46 am on December 1, eight hours after last sighting over the United States.
Pearl Harbor scene when Capt Kenneth West turned over the oiler Hassarampa to Capt Bernard Clarey. A sip from the Hassarampa River water was presented by Wickenburg Arizona residents, a ceremony dating to the vessel’s April 1855 commissioning. West recited a river verse as part of the solemn ritual.
HONOLULU reports the ketch Golden Rule skipper Albert Smith Bigelow the Cos Cob Conn pacifist aged 92 is released after a 60 day sentence for conspiracy to violate the federal injunction against sailing to Eniwetok to protest nuclear test explosions. Three crewmen were released Sunday with one more due Thursday.
ABC vice president Daly will host a new series on ABC TV beginning Monday September 8 featuring the Voice of Firestone. The program marks Daly's return to moderating television and ties to CBS TV legacy.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a Post Office in Long Beach with a delivery item possibly a mailing service and a daily newspaper schedule at a corner near Eth ity and Pine Ave. Mentions Audit Bureau of Circulation and unknown names.
Mrs June Levant estranged wife of Oscar Levant escaped serious injury when her Beverly Hills car collided at an intersection. She 42, suffered a bump on the head. Her 16 year old daughter Lorna sustained a bruise on an arm. The other driver, John L Bersch 42, of Rosewood Ave West Los Angeles, had a cut on an arm. Officers reported no further injuries.
A Cairo press report says President Nasser aims to meet with global leaders to extend influence amid calls to back his Middle East policy. The piece notes U S officials want clarity on Clarence Murphy and remarks about international ties after recent travels and statements.
A two car crash occurred Saturday night at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Overland Avenue. No injuries are mentioned and authorities responded to the scene.
In Nicosia and Kyrenia gunmen attacked during the two month spate of bloodshed between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. A Greek Cypriot was killed and another wounded at a bus stop, as five more deaths were reported across the island. The violence spreads to the north coast amid UAE mediation rumors.
Judy Lee a leading Philadelphia television personality since 1952 died Sunday from a blood clot. She was the citys first woman newscaster on WRCV and highly regarded in local TV news.
Nasser seeks to be chief Arab spokesman, likely to raise his attendance at a summit. Murphy may push U S proposals that Nasser allows Arab neighbors to shape their own futures. Murphy arrives with new prestige after talks with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad. Egyptian papers downplay the developments as the West hopes for progress. The Nasser government also pushes a second African Asian conference.
Lt Gen Robert W. Burns of the U S Air Force assumed command of U S forces in Japan today, succeeding Lt Gen Frederic H. Smith Jr in Fuchu Japan. The change marks a routine leadership transition in the U S military presence in the region.
An 8th Circuit Court of Appeals heard the NAACP appeal challenging a 24 year postponement of racial integration at Little Rock Central High. Seven judges in special session heard arguments as a tense crowd watched. NAACP counsel urged the board’s lax student discipline and inaction, while board attorney A F House argued the U S attorney general’s decision not to prosecute mobs encouraged inaction and that southern boards cannot enforce integration alone. The case centers on federal judicial power to protect constitutional rights despite threats of violence.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. announced a new 22 million dollar Navy contract to extend Neptune antisubmarine aircraft production through 1960. The order covers 26 P2V Neptune planes, the 27th order since 1944, with California division factories in Burbank to September 1960. The Neptune is a land based antisubmarine aircraft powered by two Wright turbo compounds and two J34 engines for extra takeoff power.
Classifieds urge investing in a repenable car with emphasis on safety and value. Readers are guided to the section for gutgtand ing pricing, presenting a compact sales teaser of used vehicle offers and assurances.
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