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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1958
Page
6
Four Communist planes flew over the Quemoy outpost islands triggering alarm among Chinese Nationalist officials who feared invasion. Air raid sirens sounded as Red planes appeared and then an all clear was given after 17 minutes.
A beer truck disappeared on a scorcher in Miami as the Weather Bureau reported heavy rain in Philadelphia and Everglades. The truck was later found five blocks away after an hourlong detour, with authorities citing perplexing movements and unclear explanations from witnesses.
The Lebanese airliner, a DC3 of Middle East Airlines, was fired upon by a Syrian military plane while flying from Amman to Beirut. The craft landed safely at Damascus with no injuries. Syrian authorities cited orders to land as due to security activity along the frontier.
Ex engineer Col Earl Gesier five retired Army Engineer Corps officer died Monday in Washington. Gesler born in Chicago retired in 1953 after best of service.
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Berlin Soviet commander rejects U S protest over an East German police raid on Steinstuecken in the American sector. He says the incident is an East German affair not the Soviet Union’s concern. Red border police cordoned the village as a party took a fugitive.
Rioters in Bombay’s Gujarati speaking areas attacked 12 police stations and seven post offices in Ahmedabad, tore lamp posts, looted stores, and beat bus drivers halting services. Police fired 64 tear gas shells to disperse crowds with no immediate reported casualties. The movement seeks a separate state with Ahmedabad as capital, backed by leftist parties, while Prime Minister Nehru opposes state borders drawn by language lines.
A three youth search ended as Raymond West and Gary Elliott, both 20, left their floats east of Auburn, while Donald Douglas, 21, paddled to shore. Deputies had intensified the hunt after spotting riderless inner tubes. the trio were located walking along a road Monday afternoon after a 6 pm rescue.
Judge John T. Duff granted a divorce to Nevin R. Perkey age 61 after he testified his brother-in-law was the head man in their home and lived with them since their marriage. Perkey said he felt like “second fiddle” and that even the telephone was in the brother-in-law’s name.
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