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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1961
Page
9
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In Los Angeles a man delivered a note to police headquarters on a Sunday night stating he cannot care for his three sons. Officers say one-year-old Otto Ledja is involved with two younger brothers in the alleged abandonment case.
Otto, age 8, and his younger brothers Joseph, 5, and Walter, 3, are handed to police by their 28-year-old Austrian-born father after a divorce. Miss Halve alerts officers as the note explains the father’s last effort to care for them. The children remain in Juvenile Hall while their mother, who gained custody, expresses heartbreak.
In Phoenixville, John Gentile sparked an uproar after telling neighbors that a deer in his yard was one of Santa's reindeer. Parents reported distressed children, and Gentile said he would visit homes to clarify the situation.
MOBILE Alabama Air Materiel Area headquarters buys 66000 pounds of pecan almond and walnut shells for 3 cents a pound to blast through jet engines. The contractor will toss in peach cherry and apricot pits. Nut shells replace sand as cheaper and gentler on engines.
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