12 Aug 1959
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1959
Page
1
Denver police and many people searched for Patrick Sryan Ai over two days. He claimed he stayed at a friend Marty’s porch area while they rested, left a note for his mother, and returned to find everyone upset. He asks how he can know when others will get excited.
Dennis Weller, seven, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Weiler of Truckee, won a third place in knitting at the Placer County Fair. He learned indoors during Sierra snows last winter with help from his grandmother Alis L Payne and two brothers who disliked knitting. The family and Roseville community praised his handiwork including three sweaters and caps. A photo contest winner titled Hitting the Bottle by Roy Scully of the Seattle Times was also noted.
Dr. Mary McGehee, 65, a history and archaeology professor at Vassar College, vanished during a Colorado hike near Aspen. A rescue party later found her at a ranch house two days after she disappeared, alongside college student Georgia Steiner, 18, from Lake Forest Illinois, who also reported being lost.
In central Cuba a small anti-Castro group reportedly remains at large as government raiders sweep the country. Maj Raul Castro told an American Marine that about 3,000 suspects were seized in the roundup. Unofficial reports suggest some would be released after screenings to identify ring leaders.
The official Soviet news agency reports a 14 year old Russian man who had about 200 descendants died in a Caucasian village. The notice notes unusual family breadth and cites the agency as the source of the obituary.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Press-Telegram and a second close matter at Post in Long Beach California with unclear timing and delivery details. The readable fragments suggest internal procedural notes rather than a public report or event.
New York steel negotiations enter fifth week as Joseph Finnegan director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service notes that progress is slow and money issues remain untouched. He attends talks between industry representatives and the United Steelworkers Union of America with no major breakthrough announced.
A 14-year-old boy practicing for the high school track team threw a wooden javelin that struck Marla Englert in the neck after it bounced from a tree limb. She died fifty minutes later at a hospital. Marla Englert and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Englert and brother Thomas had moved here a week ago.
Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston urged a crusade of prayer while Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev is in the United States next month.
A fragmented ad copy extols Girard's Original French Dressing to season fried chicken. The recipe hints at dipping chicken in seasoned flour, browning in hot oil, cooking about twenty minutes, uncovering to crisp, and serving with gravy. It also notes a tangy lift for salads.
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