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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1958
Page
4
Col Brannon recounts a Soviet air engagement where a U S transport, flying near Soviet airspace, was fired upon by Mig fighters after its wing tanks were hit. The craft landed burning on an under‑construction runway. five crewmen escaped. Brannon says interrogators spoke good English and offered medical care.
A strong Alaska earthquake near the Gulf of Alaska shook Sitka Juneau Ketchikan Skagway Yakutat and Whitehorse and caused three deaths. Postmaster John Williams and his wife saw the berry pickers killed offshore as the island sank. Oil lines water tanks and docks in Yakutat were damaged, with limited impact elsewhere. Seismologists say the quake centered in the gulf and a tidal wave alert was issued and later lifted.
The report discusses Thor-Able rocket stages to test lunar probes. A three stage version may power the first Air Force moon shot in a month. Douglas Aircraft Co. leads the team handling the mission and its telemetry ship was stationed near Ascension Island to track nose cones during descent.
Abra Teitelbaum, once lawyer for gangster Al Capone, defied questions before the Senate Rackets Committee, threatening contempt. Chairman McClellan overruled Mundt and continued questioning on alleged union graft. Teitelbaum refused to disclose birthplace or citizenship.
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