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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1962
Page
1
Kansas couple Helen and Tom Martin laid the foundation for a two room addition to their home when a burglary involving wedding rings valued at 250 dollars interrupted progress. Mrs Martin misplaced her engagement and wedding bands the day after, the man quipped the wall cost more than the rings.
NEW YORK. A 26 year old mother of five Shirley Gerry has been charged with homicide for the fatal shooting of patrolman William McCue in a Manhattan hotel room. The couple had checked in as man and wife. Gerry admitted she shot McCue because she could not have him. Her husband William an advertising firm accountant says two children are in foster care and three in a children's institution. McCue was a printer before joining the city police.
NASA engineers study the first X15 engine ignition failure after a B52 mothership launch. Cmdr. Forrest Petersen, 39, piloted the craft to 45,000 feet before the engine sputtered and failed to fire. He improvised an emergency landing at Mud Lake Navy facility.
A strike by thousand plus union electricians began at 8 am and threatens to halt new building work worth over a billion dollars annually. Conduit piping and concrete placement slowed as crews stopped essential electrical tasks, with 300 contractors and Local 3 of the IBEW involved. Per Wagner, talks would resume during the day.
A damaged OCR fragment references the Leas Beach California Post Office, a Bureau of Circulation item, and a published notice. It mentions a tax or fee context with dates and locations, but the text is incomplete and unclear.
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