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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1958
Page
1
President Habib Bourguiba said he would personally lead Tunisians in a guerrilla war to remove French troops from Tunisian soil. He warned armed efforts to break air blockades would be met by force, while hoping for negotiated French withdrawal of about 15,000 troops.
Spencer Hathaway, 11, signed a year lease for a sand dune in Imperial County for two cents, plans to build a cabin with two friends and take along two helpers. He originally sought a cave after reading Robinson Crusoe and arranged the deal through the county clerk. The expedition is slated to start April 18.
Exiled former Cuban president Carlos Prío Socarrás and eight others were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to organize military expeditions from the United States against Cuba. The nine, all in the United States, allegedly recruited for camps in the Dominican Republic and Mexico and arranged ships to sail with arms and troops. They face up to five years and a $10,000 fine per count under neutrality laws.
Senate Democrats are drafting a ten point plan to combat recession and aim to push it through Congress. The proposal details targeted economic measures and expected timelines, signaling a coordinated effort across committees.
A slate roof slab about 560 tons collapsed at Lundale coal mine wounding six men. Five miners—Arthur Pennington, Elmer Broady, Earl Johnson, James Rogers, and William Collins—died. One rescued after 153 hours, a seventh escaped with bruises. W. Ya. GP. Estes Woods survived.
Rochester report details Suzanne Archibald and Edward Stanton wedding with the bridal party injured in accidents. Archibald wears a foot splint from a crash. maid of honor Mary Ehystein has a black eye and sprained ankle. Elizabeth Reger remains in hospital with neck traction. Bridesmaids Martha Lewis and Sally Scheuer suffer a broken arm and a dislocated shoulder. Groom knocked unconscious but expected to be fit for the ceremony. ushers intact.
Telegraph style brief noting the press outlet Gelesram Sonhlared's Finest Evening News Press. Mentions telephone contact HE 5-116L as a byline line or listing detail. No further substantive context available from the fragment.
Navy divers search the Georgia coast for a fragment from a nuclear device jettisoned after a February collision between a B47 bomber and an F86 Sabre over Savannah. Air Force says the object cannot cause an explosion and posed no radioactivity danger. The Sabre pilot parachuted to safety in South Carolina. the bomber crew was rescued at Hunter AFB.
President Eisenhower signals readiness to use a tax cut to spur the economy if a downturn continues. Congress weighs potential relief while economists debate timing and scale. An administration plan suggests tax reduction after April 1 to inject rapid spending power into consumers’ pockets.
Some members of Congress propose a $50 reduction this year promising less, but the plan would leave every person with less than a dollar per week spendable increase.
President Eisenhower arrived at Spencer Air Base in Moultrie Georgia at 2 10 p m aboard the presidential plane. The temperature was 34 and a light snow had melted. He proceeded to Thomasville for a ten day vacation at the George M Humphrey plantation. Colonel Ernest F John and Beverly Howard met the president and first lady at the base.
Mostly clear tonight and Friday with increasing cloudiness Friday night. Cooler tonight with a light rain chance of 10 percent overnight and about 20 percent Friday.
Britain unveils a Defense Ministry white paper declaring development of a more capable ballistic rocket than the United States, to be launched from underground sites. It notes a high priority cooperation with the US and states the US missile relocation deal will be completed soon.
The Coast Guard and Civil Air Patrol launched eight planes and a helicopter early today to locate a light plane missing between San Diego and El Centro. The pilot, John W. Van Wagner of San Diego, about 35, and his wife Jerrie, 32, from an East Coast trip, are unaccounted for.
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