12 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1959
Page
1
Damascus reports President Nasser accusing Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem of isolating Iraq from Arab nationalism and aiming for a Communist reign of terror. He urged restraint, said Egypt would not strike Arab states, and referenced a reported Iraqi air attack on a Syrian village.
A brief notice lists where to read legislative and other news in the newspaper. It notes Labor supporting Gov Brown’s proposals to stop intra union strife and directs readers to pages A-2 and A-3 for these and other legislative items, plus various sections across the paper.
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan will hold initial talks on the Berlin crisis March 20 at a secluded lodge in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont Maryland. The sessions may extend through March 22 with options to continue in Washington. Dulles' participation was uncertain due to hospitalization.
Washington reports the House approved Hawaii statehood sending the bill to President Eisenhower for signature. Final passage followed Senate approval 76 to 15, with a delay for procedural steps and a Hawaii election likely by late July to October. Governor Quinn signaled celebration as Hawaii becomes the 50th state, first from islands.
The mercury rose to 88 degrees downtown Long Beach today, the hottest day of the year, with 87 at Municipal Airport and 83 by the oceanfront. Forecasters expect more warm weather Friday as clear skies prevail.
Flames after a series of explosions ripped through the Du All Die Casting Co. plant in Los Angeles Wednesday night. Assistant Fire Chief Forrest W. Moore estimated the loss at about 100000 dollars.
A flood of events marks statehood day in Hawaii with a mass bonfire in Honolulu and national logs from Lions Clubs. Gov Quinn proclaims a one day holiday. churches observe statehood Sunday. youth exchange, culture festival, and trade fair plans are announced. In California, a parolee’s wife dies in a chair fire and a roadside Olga Duns Jean murder case is shown to a jury in Ventura.
London pianist and songwriter Haydn Wood, famous for Roses of Picardy, died in a London nursing home at age 76. A prolific 50 year career spanned ragtime to symphonic works and notable ballads about birds and flowers.
Rome court provisionally awarded Ingrid Bergman custody of Robertino and the twins Isotta and Isabella, with visiting rights for Roberto Rossellini. The ruling keeps the children with Bergman in France, where a Paris court already granted her custody, and frames schedules for schooling, holidays, and summer travel.
Patchy clear skies today with a high near 33 by noon. Friday turns sunny but slightly cooler with calmer winds and continued dry conditions.
Walter Mosley 55, motel and restaurant owner, died last week leaving his entire $175,000 estate to his sister Ann Mosley. The will filed Wednesday in Humboldt County Superior Court states simply I will to Ann Mosley the works.
Jerome A. Deel, charged by federal grand jury in U S District Court, allegedly used the mails to defraud major tobacco firms of nearly a million dollars. He ran Consolidated Tobacco Co of Chicago until 1954 bankruptcy, with false statements about company value and high living expenses cited by Assistant U S D A Paul D Keller.
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