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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1959
Page
3
The Beveridges helped Tanas Badra and his family pursue uprooting to the United States after a 1954 letter linked them to a worn sweater sent during World War I. Ibrahim Badra and relatives left Amman aboard an Italian liner from Genoa, joining the Beveridges in Belmont, while the cherished garment wore thin and was discarded.
Newport Rhode Island reports the death of Rose Blondell age 63 after exposure in an unheated apartment. Found semi conscious Monday she had gone without food or water for days. Hospital thermometer could not read below 94 degrees Fahrenheit, four and a half degrees below normal.
Washington AP reports Allied powers plan to invite West German advisers to consult with British French and American delegations at a proposed Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Berlin this spring. East German representatives would be present for consultation with the Russian delegation, not to sit at the conference table. The note also rejects Russia's 28 nation German peace conference idea and suggests a four power ministers meeting to discuss Germany's unity and European security.
Hundreds of families flee as upper Wabash River valley floods close roads and threatens bridges. Ice jams move toward water works after a 35 foot high ice gorge isolates areas around Peru Huntington Logansport and Delphi with water four feet deep in places. National Guardsmen and volunteers aid rescues as schools and plants close to prevent contamination and preserve safe water.
New company General Telephone & Electronics Corp will form around March 5 with over 14 billion dollars in assets. Donald C. Power of General Telephone becomes chairman and CEO, Don G. Mitchell of Sylvania becomes president. Sylvania to operate as a separate division. General Telephone holders voted in New York, Sylvania holders in Boston.
Los Angeles report states California has placed instruments along the Pacific Palisades to safeguard motorists on the Pacific Coast Highway ensuring safer travel amid potential rock slides and road hazards.
The Census Bureau reports non whites rose 22 percent since 1950, outpacing whites at about 14 percent. Non whites total 14.3 million as of July 1, 1958, part of 344 million people. whites grew 19 percent to 154.8 million. Non whites now 13 percent of the population. The Census notes 98 males per 100 females mid 1958, with young men still outnumbering women by 1.4 million in under-25 ages.
Kansas City report says Manuel F. Davis, 67, former Missouri state legislator and longtime Republican power broker, died Tuesday. He served in both houses and shaped party strategy across decades.
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