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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1962
Page
5
George Fryett Jr recounts his captivity with Viet Cong guerrillas beginning Christmas Day 1961. He describes rope marches through village paths, harsh interrogations at gunpoint, sparse medical care, and meals of cold rice and odd foods while enduring uncertain time and shifting guards before a new phase of captivity.
Multiple obituaries from a midcentury newspaper list survivors, service times and funeral homes for Lillian A. Aweeber Flora M Anthony Naomi M Stroud Sylvia Reed Lena Olson and others. Surviving relatives and locations such as Westminster Memorial Park Mottell Peek Mortuary and Dilday Funeral Directors are noted with service details.
On his 16th birthday Alan Memley of Inglewood flies a $30,000 Navion Rangemaster at Long Beach Municipal Airport. He completes three smooth landings after 14 hours of instruction in the high tech plane, following 38 hours in other aircraft. His father Vahan Memley records the moment with a movie camera and expresses strong confidence.
Long Beach physicians split on Enovid safety after FDA says investigation follows six deaths. Spokesmen urge caution or propose restricting use while others dismiss links to thrombophlebitis. Doctors report hysteria and widespread inquiries amid public worry.
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