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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1962
Page
1
In Stevenage England two year old Cathy Burien climbed to a nursery window ledge and jumped after watching birds. She fell eighteen feet onto a concrete path but broke her fall with a Homesite member or witness aiding her. she sustained minor internal injuries but is reported to be fine.
In McAlester Oklahoma parole director W J Bynum said parole officers guard prison gates to stop parolees from attending the annual prison rodeo, seen as a homecoming by ex cons. Rodeo runs Thursday through Sunday with potential parole revocation for offenders at the event.
A storm system drenched the Midwest with record rains causing floods in Iowa towns and widespread disruption. Meanwhile near Los Angeles twin wildfires burned 17 260 acres threatening watershed land as crews fought through rough terrain and heat. Firefighters worked to contain the Carstic Hassey Canyon blaze and Newhall Placerita Canyon fire as patient evacuations occurred.
A months long bomb plot terrorizes Flavon 18 miles north of Trent. Anonymous letters insulted village officials. poisoned cigarettes felled 60 year old May or Emanuele Zanin. A bomb exploded at the village hall wounding Natalina Stablum. five more bombs were wired at mayor deputy mayor and three others. Authorities say 16 of 26 families targeted.
The Justice Department in Los Angeles renews its civil suit against General Motors over price policy practices. The case parallels a criminal indictment filed December against GM and three Chevrolet sales officials. The civil suit accuses GM of pressuring dealers to limit discounts and aid discount houses.
The Defense Department announced that the Navy recruited 192000 new sailors in the fiscal year ending July 1, the highest total since 1936 and about 14000 more than the previous year.
Fragmentary OCR text references a post office in Loos Beak California with unclear delivery details. Included are garbled names and dates, making a definitive location or event uncertain. The readable bits suggest a daily carat or Sunday delivery note for Yen and Pone Ave, Lanp Besos, but specifics are not established.
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