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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1958
Page
1
In Chicago AP report Elizabeth Taylor, grieving husband Mike Todd, flung herself onto the casket at Waldheim Cemetery during a simple Jewish service. The actress sobbed aloud as pallbearers carried her from the limousine after the dramatic display in which two pilots perished in the crash that claimed the couple.
Ary Cohn long Beach sports writer and editor fled Saturday when producer Todd's plane crashed in New Mexico. Funeral held at 2 pm at Hollywood Chapel, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Survivors: wife Marta, Beverly Hills. sons Ted in U S Navy, Long Beach. Ian, 19, Leverly Mills. brother Henry Cohn of Long Beach.
Joseph Scott 90 LA attorney and civic leader dies. The piece recounts Todd Goldbogen’s funeral showing show business presence, family tensions with Carl Goldbogen opposing Hanley, preparations to avoid hoopla, and a separate AP obituary noting Scott’s long career and honors. The article mixes multiple obituaries and a Washington update.
At today’s White House conference Winston Churchill faces questions on a $5.4 billion highway bill amid health worries and a possible return to England. Senate debate pauses as GOP leaders hint Congress will back some form of highway legislation to ease business slump and help Churchill in his travels.
Riverside jurors resumed deliberations today on whether Felicitas Nicholson was sane last July when she beat her 35 year old daughter Heidi to death. The jury had failed to reach a verdict after her conviction for the murder.
Midgie the Omaha cat who inherited a home dies of uremic poisoning after an illness. The estate passes to caretaker Mrs Starold Weidman, who has tended Midgie since Francis A. Putnam's death in 1953. Trustee Gertrude Ritner died last May. The will required a death certificate showing natural causes before transfer.
Secretary of State Dulles warned the United States would "lose its shirt" if it agreed to a summit, accusing the Soviet Union of demanding a five point price. He said Moscow notes hinder heads of government talks and urged diplomacy through channels or a foreign ministers meeting.
Classified ad snippet from a historic newspaper issue lists page header details. Includes price ten cents, volume LXXI number 47, 28 pages, contact telephone, and partial classification cues.
DETROIT suburb Center Line saw a helicopter explode in midair on Monday killing Louis A. Garavaglia Jr 40 of Bloomfield Hills his brother Jule C. Garavaglia 28 of Grasse Point Woods and pilot James Kennedy 31 of East Detroit. Wreckage fell near a cement company as workmen and residents witnessed the crash. Cause remains a mystery with no other injuries reported.
Wreckage of a Braniff DC 8 bound for Panama City Cuba and Lima lay in a swamp near Miami after midnight. Nine people died and fourteen survived as fire and mud hampered rescue efforts workers used helicopters to evacuate the injured to a nearby hospital while heavy brush impeded ground ambulances.
The House approved a 668 million dollar pay raise for servicemen and sent the bill to the Senate. Most raises start on the first of the month after enactment, with no increases during the first two years for officers or enlisted personnel. The passage came after a 379 to 5 vote to take up the legislation amid Republican criticism.
A fragmented poetic fragment discusses Jesus Christ and his appearances after resurrection, including Emmaus and the upper room. It contrasts true Christians with cowardice and mentions Pontius Pilate. The text is dramatic and reflective in tone.
Two Miami youths were arrested at the Braniff air liner crash scene for stealing property from victims. James Phelps, 17, and Thomas M. San Cartier, 28, faced charges including petty larceny and vagrancy. Police recovered coats, a camera, and other items as investigators searched the area.
A woman’s frozen body was found in the trunk of a used 1940 model car in Boonsboro Washington County while a prospective buyer inspected the vehicle. The victim, Alma M. Harper 51 of Hagerstown, had been missing since March. Death attributed to exposure.
The Senate committee reports Hoffa as a labor betrayal, calling him a power hungry figure who built a hoodlum empire within the Teamsters. It also accuses Dave Beck of union funds theft and ties Brewster to a thwarted plot to control vice in Portland via deals with racketeers. The release caps a yearlong probe into racketeering in labor management.
A catalog of page references lists sections such as Beach Combing on Page B1, Hal Boyle on Page A2, Bridge on Page A9, and various other features including Classifieds Pages 0-5 to 9, Comics on Page B and 7, Death Notices on Page B2, Editorial on Page A8, Financial on Page Bea, Shipping Table on Page A6, Sports on Pages 1 2 3, Theaters on Page C4, Temperatures on Page A6, TV Radio on Pages 0-16, Vital Statistics on Page C5, Wilson on Page A9, and Women on Pages B4 and 5.
Patchy fog remains along the coast but otherwise mostly clear and warmer through Wednesday. Forecasters warn of lingering morning fog in low-lying areas, with daytime temperatures rising and skies turning bright as conditions improve.
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