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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1958
Page
2
Police thwarted a robbery plot when four gunmen, one dressed as a priest, tried to force entry at Marcheglani home. Detected by two patrolmen, a firefight ensued. three hoodlums were killed, one escaped. Injured were Gene C. Smanley and Charlies L. Cross, both white. Cross wore priestlike garb. No officers hurt.
New York editors face a weekend with no local papers as a delivery workers strike enters its fourth day. Fed mediators join talks between the Publishers Association of New York City and the delivery workers union, with no breakthrough and wage offers under dispute.
In Los Angeles the 14th arrest in a bank looting case has surrendered. George Patterson, 42, an airline operator, cashed 188 checks totaling over 200000 from Sun Valley National Bank while holding only 594. He was arraigned on a single count and released under 15000 bond. Federal investigation and grand jury probe continue.
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Dozens witnessed as Special Officer Andrew Nicholson shot and killed gunman Donald Joseph Stanley 23 after he robbed a cashier, Florence Dean 52, at a crowded Los Angeles market. An accomplice stood at the door. Nicholson fired five times as the suspect lunged, and the robber fled.
Bernard Duffel, a millionaire painter known for stark modern works, married Annabelle May Schwob de Luv, a singer model actress, in a village hall at Ramatueil le Fri night. The wedding party included Miss Henriette Arnaud the mayor's secretary as bridesmaid and Suzanne Velet from Nice as chauffeur and best man.
Pendergast returns home to find his wife and four children fatally wounded after a 6 foot 4 inch youth armed with a .22 caliber weapon attacked them near San Diego. The assailant, Harrison, fled into an alley after a confrontation at a service station rest room. Police described him as a hitchhiker previously picked up in Rochester.
In Los Angeles the fate of Caryl Chessman looms as his death row case advances. Judge Walter Evans ordered the 1948 trial transcript returned to San Quentin next Tuesday and certified it as accurate. Chessman has challenged the transcript in appeals and seeks delays through federal courts.
The Navy recovering team failed to locate the booster and nose-cone parts after the Cape Canaveral to target area flight. The monkey nicknamed Little Reliable remained in the nose cone 13.3 minutes of the 15 minute flight while data on heart rate blood pressure respiration and temperature were recorded. Defense Department officials said the results will aid manned space flight by confirming the monkey endured the stresses of ascent with little physical harm.
A Peiping congress opened with officials in each province, signaling purges and potential re election plans as the government faced public criticism. Mao was reportedly in Wuhan with top leaders, while central inspection groups prepared to tighten controls and coordinate actions from Hankao.
Honolulu dispatch reports Fred Seaton returning to Washington to deny plans to resign as interior secretary amid questions over Quemoy campaign failures and commune system dissatisfaction. Seaton says he intends to resume publishing business after 1960 and has not pursued a political career. He cites time with four adopted children and ownership of newspapers and radio stations.
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