17 Aug 1959
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1959
Page
1
In Norfolk a 98-year-old Fasquale Trimboli and his wife made a rare journey from New York to visit family ending years of homebound life. The couple, including their daughter, planned further travels, signaling a shift in their mobility after decades.
A long-term six million dollar oil loan offer was reported this week to Bolivia by United States officials. The loan would aid ongoing Bolivian petroleum industry operations as the government seeks similar credits to support its oil sector.
REDDING 41 The Six Rivers National Forest fire burned today along a six mile front in the Trinity Alps wilderness. Rangers aimed to control it tonight as it raged since Tuesday destroying an estimated 12 million board feet of lumber. Losses rose to 192000 in lumber 55000 in watershed protection and suppression costs to 239000 by Sunday night. The blaze had consumed 2000 acres as four helicopters ferried crews and 10 planes dropped borate solution. State forestry crews battled four additional fires controlling one in southern Humboldt County and pressing three new blazes that sprang up Sunday.
Raul Castro arrives in Santiago for a meeting amid claims of plans to invade Cuba and overthrow the regime. Dominican and Venezuelan officials, including Raul Roa, deny charges while discussing regional cohesion and anti dictatorship resolutions at the West Hemisphere foreign ministers conference.
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