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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1958
Page
3
U.S. officials say Soviet Premier Bulganin will likely ignore Eisenhower's counsel and continue firing public letters at the White House. The barrage could force a presidential response and risk a high level propaganda war, officials said after a strong note from Eisenhower.
An Oroville, California, woman Eva Brown, 50, died after being fatally shot by her husband George R.B. Brown, 57, who then killed himself as police surrounded their tear gas shrouded home. The shooting followed a domestic dispute and the couple’s neighbors reported Brown beat Eva before retreating inside. officers later found both dead after tear gas raids and a prolonged standoff. Hospital officials said Eva’s fatal injuries were from the beating rather than the shotgun blast.
The State Department reports education costs reached 950,214,459 for the last fiscal year. Twenty four Stamford families were evacuated from two tenement houses amid cold weather as police say heat was unavailable since Saturday. Oil burners could not be repaired promptly, increasing risk to children already exposed to frigid conditions.
Representatives of seven coffee growing countries meet in Mexico City to set export quotas through September 30. The talks aim to stabilize prices and supply as harvests vary.
Airman Donald G. Farrell, 28, tested under the Air Force School of Aviation Medicine as the world’s first space man. During a seven day chamber trial in San Antonio he ate steaks and roast beef, lost four pounds, and longed for cigarettes while doctors monitor heart, pulse, and metabolism. Farrel aims for a real moon flight, but engineers must perfect the spacecraft first.
In Rome Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Firuhin arrived on a private visit amid speculation that the Soviet Communist Party is directing the Italian Communist Party ahead of May or June elections. A high ranking Soviet delegation has been in Italy since last week, aligning with Rome's political scene.
Jorge Antonio an Argentine industrialist and close associate of former dictator Juan Peron arrived in Miami after being refused landing in Ecuador or Peru and having been expelled from Chile. Antonio built wealth during Peron era and was jailed 18 months after the dictatorship fell.
San Francisco report says prisoner Har old Swann Jr, 31, hanged himself in his segregation cell at Alcatraz with a bed sheet on Monday night. Swann was serving 18 years for murder and assault, home in Andover Massachusetts. Convicted by court martial for killing a Korean girl, he drew eight years and ten more for inmate attack at Terre Haute. Transferred to The Rock last July.
U N debate on Tunisia French Algerian clashes. Tunisia seeks Security Council action after Sakiet Sidi Youssef raid that killed 79 civilians. France counters that Tunisia shelters rebels. 15,000 French troops in Tunisia cited as risk. Diplomatic effort shifts to coordinated drive in Paris and Tunis.
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