This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1959
Page
15
Elizabeth Duncan, 54, sits accused of hiring two men to kill Olga, wife of her son Frank. Witness Emma Short testified Duncan proposed an acid attack and drowning after planning with her, while Duncan's most accused motive cited jealousy.
A union organizer Harvey Fitzwater of Crawfordsville Ind was jailed for $1000 bail on a murderous assault charge after an itinerant printer alleged he tried to set him afire in Lebanon Reporter offices Lutz a hotel guest escaped unharmed and the paper notes the strike and ongoing publication in Lebanon Ind CAPE CANAVERAL Fla a Jupiter rocket test launches toward the moon amid dramatic flame and heavy technical detail describing trajectory timing and gravitational effects as observers watch the probe head toward solar orbit
Inglewood officials and Air Force observers remained unsure about Discoverer I fate after a California launched space vehicle failed to achieve polar orbit. Hopes rose earlier from Alaska radio signals, but a 40 minute beam targeted the predicted orbit path from Stanford Research Institute yielded no reflected signal at Cleveland receivers.
Mrs Iris Meaker tells police she is not the dismembered woman whose remains were found in Mexico. Earlier a sister in Monte Bello identified the remains as Meaker.
A garbled description advertises rooms at the Huntington Hotel with private baths wall-to-wall carpeting and daily meals. It lists a weekly rate around 422 50 per person and mentions amenities such as pets and possible maintenance items in a distorted vintage lodging notice.
In Henderson North Carolina a special patrol detachment surrounded the Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills as 40 troopers and riot gear moved in to protect reopened facilities. Strikers faced a subdued scene with jeers and brick-throwing largely absent while 40 patrol cars arrived to guard the South Henderson plant.
Thieves who sparked violence by burning a safe during a November fire at a land-dime store sought to pressure the Textile Workers Union in Chicago. They carried away $13,000 in bills but the currency was destroyed by heat and ashes, as workers and mills failed to reach a new contract. The episode followed Gov. Luther Hodges’ pledge to end the dispute.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.