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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1958
Page
1
Miss Universe contestants visited 26th Century Fox Studios in Beverly Hills and spent time watching actors in a make-believe world. The group, comprising seventy-nine contestants, turned the tables and did the looking rather than being the focus.
A U S chartered DC6B airliner carried 92 Americans out of Iraq to Rome and home under tight security. The group included 36 women 34 children two men and a dachshund. The U S Embassy said the departure aimed to facilitate non essential personnel from Iraq as authorities cooperated with Iraq.
Two men were seized after authorities halted a 13 hour piracy of the $150,000 racing yacht Quest at Long Beach Marina. Coast Guard crew captured Max Moore and Everett Spellman as the 65 foot vessel drifted near Alamitos Bay after a dramatic escape bid. The yacht, built in 1929, later known for ownership by Lewis Stone and Sterling Hayden, had been missing since midnight Saturday and was spotted by a Coast Guard helicopter near the Los Angeles harbor light.
Long Beach California edition from July 21, 1958 presents 22 pages priced at 10 cents. Classified section number HE 5259 appears, with telephone contact provided for orders or inquiries.
The United States weighs shifting burden from Marines by 1958 as Western allies back a U N plan to expand observers in Lebanon. Washington reports a national budget deficit of 822.812 billion in the last fiscal year. Secretary Anderson and Budge Director Stans released the figures in a joint statement. Japan seeks Western support at the U N Security Council to widen the U N observer role in Lebanon, enabling troop withdrawal.
Beir ut Lebanon AP United States said ground air and sea forces have atomic capability. Marines join Lebanese army anti-sniper patrols amid tensions with pro Nasser rebels. Khrushchev and Nasser weigh next moves as Soviet protests over US air flights and Austrian air space escalate. Leaflets in Arabic explain US aims and promise withdrawal once Lebanon is secure.
A dozen members of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War picketed Britain's largest hydrogen bomb facility at Aldermaston in heavy rain. They urged workers to go on strike outside the barbed-wire fences of the weapons research establishment.
Fog and low clouds linger tonight with a gradual break Monday night into Tuesday. Weather outlook shows mostly sunny skies Tuesday with slightly warmer noon temperatures across the region.
An Associated Press report from Baghdad finds most Iraqis approve the newly formed revolutionary government. The piece notes broad public support across segments of society and frames the shift within the mounting postwar political landscape. Other sections listed include Beach Combing on B-1, Hal Boyle on A-8, and various pages across the paper.
Washington said the United States, Britain and France are drafting a reply to Khrushchev. The plan would reject his call for an immediate summit outside the United Nations and push Middle East diplomacy into the UN Security Council. Britain and France back a similar line, though with debate over the timing and venue.
Detroit woman Helen T. Stedman 48-year-old court clerk rode an elevator to the 7th floor for the first time in 12 years, crying with joy. Hypnotist Anthony S. Rogers placed her in a trance and implanted a post hypnotic suggestion to cure her fear of elevators.
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