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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1962
Page
4
In San Francisco the director of Fleishhacker Zoo sought advice on caring for saiga antelopes from Dallas Zoo officials. The talks centered on horned, sheep-like Siberian steppe antelopes reported as nervous and hard to keep alive in captivity. The Dallas officials replied that the animals were all dead.
A 19-year-old woman in Albuquerque faces FBI kidnapping charges after abducting 8-year-old Shiron Elaine Henderson from Conway, Texas. The child was found unharmed with her parents in Grants, New Mexico. Carolyn Beck was arraigned and held on bail. no plea entered. The case involved a cross‑country escape with borrowed vehicles and a reported motive of wanting a child.
Bartlesville area search continues for a killer who shot Bertha Bartholomew a 39-year-old farm woman after she surprised a burglar. Her children, 3-year-old Martin and 19-month-old Leslie Ann, were found unharmed after being abducted. Martin led a motorist to the body in a barn near Ponca City, about 70 miles west of Bartlesville. Authorities questioned at least one person. the children were tired, scratched, and chilly.
A 58 year old New York building superintendent, Alfred Chandler, confessed to beating his wife Lucille, 54, during a quarrel over the amount of whisky in a drink. He struck her with his fist and slammed her head on a table, then told police she died of natural causes. A medical examiner found bruises and authorities questioned him for about ten hours.
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