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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1958
Page
2
Two parakeets escaped their cage and fluttered through the La Salle Street station waiting room for hours on Thursday. They perched 25 feet above the floor on a pillar as workers tried to capture them, both birds colored blue and another hue.
Odessa deputies and West Texas peace officers surrounded a girl friend's home where G F Jack McMichael 36 ex convict sought in a two state manhunt confronted them with a pistol. He fled but was killed as deputies fired and McMichael collapsed. Deputy Thad West 40 was killed. Ruby Luellen Sanford 50 was charged with harboring a criminal. The manhunt stretched to Hobbs New Mexico.
In Madison Wisconsin police linked a liquor store break in to three youths after a face image was found on the floor. A photograph of one youth’s girlfriend was left behind at the scene, aiding quick identification and arrest.
Hollywood reels tremble as Harry Cohn dies at 66 and George Sidney is eyed as Columbia’s next boss. The death comes as Sidney, trusted ally and former MGM producer, rushes to the Arizona resort, with Mrs. Cohn wielding control of shares. In New York, the wood alcohol poisoning toll climbs to 14, with six more hospitalized amid a crackdown on bootleggers and autopsy findings linking recent deaths to contaminated liquor.
A fragmented report notes a delivery event involving a press dealer and a courier. The readable elements reference a Carter delivery, a 3 48 tally, and an Amit related line, with unclear context and several garbled phrases. The item appears to be a brief transit or shipment notice in a defaced clipping.
A rat named Rudolph, aboard a grounded United Air Lines twin engine, was trapped in the fuselage during maintenance at O’Hare. A special .22 pistol trap was used after multiple devices failed, the animal killed by a snap trap and the plane returned to service. Chicago Board of Health cautioned disease risk if the rat reached a different city.
Frank Mallia, 21, told Judge Frank A. Picard that he avoided draft registration due to fear of shots after childhood typhoid vaccinations in Malta. He fainted at doctors and said he never got over the fear. He promised to register on Friday and was released on a $1,000 personal bond as the case was adjourned 30 days.
President-elect Arturo Frondizi will visit the United States and major Latin American nations before his May 4 inauguration. Sources say he will travel north along the Atlantic coast and return along the Pacific coast.
An old hotel brochure promotes the Huntington Hotel on Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. It features private baths, wall-to-wall carpeting, writing desks, and daily maid service. Weekly rates are listed at 24.50 per person, with a dining room serving breakfast and dinners, plus outside catering.
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