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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1958
Page
1
A Ventura grand jury hears Frank Duncan defend his mother Elizabeth Duncan amid murder charges connected to his sister in law Olga's killing. The case arises as authorities report a surge in holiday traffic deaths, with 284 traffic fatalities and dozens of fires across the nation during the four day Christmas period.
Denmark reports King Frederik, 59, ruptured a lung during a coughing fit at his hunting lodge in northern Jutland. He was transported by ambulance and remained bedridden for some time. queen Ingrid and the royal daughters planned to return from Trend on Saturday.
A brief forecast notes few clouds and coastal fog tonight into early Saturday, followed by sunshine on Saturday. Warmer conditions expected, with the high near midday today.
Police report two fatalities and 30 injuries in the Los Angeles area during Christmas. Six Southern California counties logged 12 traffic deaths as Highway Patrols halted more than 70,000 cars at roadblocks and issued 301 citations. Drink driving arrests totaled 10 in Long Beach and 14 countywide as patrols planned no days off through Sunday.
The Christmas week fire killed nine in a Washington family and four in a Virginia mansion, with several others injured. In Auburn, Washington, five of a 12 member family perished and a Virginia executive and his kin were wiped out when flames swept the Windsor estate in Richmond. Fire officials described rapid spread from a first floor library as crews battled below freezing temperatures.
In a San Francisco hospital on Christmas morning, Gail Marie aged four celebrated with Santa visiting via fire engine. Reporter James Schirz described her plaster casts and hopeful excitement as she met Santa, received gifts, and shared a hopeful message about love faith and truth.
U S Navy reports 134 people rescued and 3009 fed as floods from Atlantic storms flood northwestern Morocco. Helicopters and planes based near Port Lyautey evacuated families and delivered supplies while roads from Rabat to Tangier stay closed. Local officers coordinated with Moroccan army and Matoc cah leaders to move women and children to safety.
The search for Dr. IM. Earle Collins, president of Missouri Valley College, extended to Florida after his wife reported he did not return from Christmas Eve church services. A Western Union messenger and train crews in Jacksonville checked for him without success. Collins’ car was found near Springfield, Missouri, and a Birmingham, Alabama search failed to locate him. He was reportedly en route to Orlando for a Tangerine Bowl game.
Weather warnings stretched along the California north coast as a new storm threatened rain and snow from Ukiah to the north, spreading southward to Salinas and Stockton. Forecasters predicted rain, snow at higher elevations, and clearing skies by Saturday, with Kezar Stadium and Shrine East West Game in San Francisco eyed for improving conditions.
The Venezuelan Civil Aeronautics Department reported an unconfirmed balloon, Small World, off the coast near the Grindco River mouth. Britons were aboard, it launched from the Canary Islands two weeks earlier to drift toward the British West Indies. radio signals have been silent for seven days. Meteorologists suspect Christmas spent in unsettled air.
Mrs Walter Dredden gave birth to a girl Thursday night after her husband, racing to heat the stark, failed to make a curve on the Black Horse Pike and crashed over a concrete curbing. State trooper Donald Ebert freed mother and baby and tied off the umbilical cord with his boot lacing. Ambulance took them to hospital. both reported doing nicely.
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