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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1958
Page
8
Weather and tide notice lists sunrise at 6 52 am sunset at 4 46 pm moonrise 11 14 pm moonset midnight with high tides at 2 38 pm 4 1 ft 43 ft and 38 ft values noted. Coast and Geodetic Survey style entry presents timing and tide figures for navigation.
Police recovered a stolen car in Newton and arrested three occupants, led by a 15 year old believed to have been teaching two younger companions to drive, authorities said. The incident prompted an investigation into the teens' driving lessons.
Allentown Pa photographer Kraft Wraft Jr, a recent newspaper photographer for the Allentown Call Chronicle, died after a gas main blast and a hotel collapse. He had photographed the blaze from the Mountainville Hotel porch before the second explosion. Twenty-three others were injured, one died later, and Kraft’s battered camera was recovered and circulated.
Los Angeles detectives investigate the disappearance of Mrs. Kleeman amid an extortion scare. Records show a $5040 bank withdrawal and multiple threatening calls alleging she is held prisoner in San Diego. Her husband, tied to a car rental business, says she left for the bank after a pattern of mysterious calls.
The midcontinent warms slightly breaking a week of zero cold and heavy snow. Yet temperatures remain below seasonal norms across the Midwest, East and South with continued frosts in the Carolinas and northern Florida. Readings improve from the Dakotas to Kansas and parts of Oklahoma and Texas, while Great Lakes and Northeast see ongoing snow and cold fronts.
Rose Parade officials named E. L. (Bob) Harlltt of Alaska as the new marshal for the New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses parade after Alaska’s governor-elect declined the invitation due to illness.
Many California old age pensioners are entitled to free hearing help. Bring identification to receive aid, with prescription hearing glasses dispensed through optical sources. Dr J M Boss Optmatriat offers to fit aids and manage care in one office at 37 Pine Avenue Long Beach and nearby Wilmington and Tarare locations.
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