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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1958
Page
1
A William L. Ryan report assesses what the Soviet space program may have in store after five months without a launch. Western observers speculate on a huge payload or space platform, possible satellite maneuvers, and political aims tied to a forthcoming summit.
Thirty six Cuban rebels from New York, charged with conspiracy to violate the Neutrality Act, continue a hunger strike in a Brownsville jail. Four Ecuadorians are accused. Leader Arnoldo Barron claims the group bought arms with $20,000 saved, and asserts Fidel Castro ties. A Coast Guard cutter rammed their vessel off the Texas coast, and agents boarded to arrest them.
Dr Charles H Strub executive vice president at Santa Anita dies from stroke. The notice lists sections and page references across the paper including Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics and Sports among others. The fleeting obituary item confirms a death in the publication’s cross section.
Civil Aeronautics reports indicate both planes violated assigned altitudes as dusk fell over Bridgeport Texas. Eighteen servicemen died when the crippled aircraft plummeted, the AP reported.
Moscow delays Gromyko report on banning nuclear tests until next week as Khrushchev plans to announce a new government to the Supreme Soviet. The state press notes the Council of Nationalities met briefly and that further sessions are expected early next week. A separate dispatch describes low altitude military flights by a Globe Master and a C-119, with crews and bases listed.
A 14 year old Michigan youth reportedly rode a home built rocket launched from a friend's basement. The improvised device reached about three feet before exploding, injuring companion Bill Carlton and leaving one boy with burns. Police noted the wreckage and that the pilots fled through scrub oak country after the blast.
The California State Department of Industrial Relations reports factory production workers earned an average of 239 cents per hour in February. The figure matches January, is 0.09 higher than February 1957, and shows weekly earnings about 93.76 dollars. Average hours per week were 39.2 in February, down from 40.6 the prior year.
A clipped literary fragment titled Fits Hast Harry Bags presents a religious meditation with biblical quotes from First Peter and a dialogue on vigilance. The prose references Peter James and John, friends, hardships, and a prayer about abstaining from a bitter cup.
In Columbus Ohio three youths aged 13 and 14 were injured when their homemade rocket exploded during fueling with kitchen match heads. Phillip Let Sheridan 14 and Neil Collins Jr 13 sustained injuries to fingers and hands. Sheridan lost tips of two fingers. Both Burns Jr 13 and Collins Jr were treated and released.
California man Bill Blasingame, 29, survived a close shave when a Southern Pacific passenger train grazed his pickup, shearing off the front up to the windshield as he stepped from the vehicle.
Sled dog Bravo, long at the South Pole, is discharged from active U S Navy service and handed to Lt John Tuck for civilian life. He holds a documented honorable discharge and orders directing him to report to a site for formal mustering out. All hands in the Navy wish Bravo success in civilian life.
W C Handy, famed composer of The St Louis Blues, died at Sydenham Hospital in New York at age 84. Born in Florence Alabama, he became a professional musician against parental objections and later planned a St Louis premiere for the movie St Louis Blues. His family includes a son, grandson, daughter, and wife Irma Logan.
Partly cloudy through Saturday with windy conditions. Rain possible tonight and Saturday. Temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius, with relief expected after the front passes.
Herbert C. Legg 70 Los Angeles County Supervisor and former Long Beach City manager died in Palm Springs after a heart attack. He collapsed after dinner at his ranch and was taken to Desert Hospital by his son in law and daughter. Legg had announced plans to retire after his third term. His death leaves Gov. Knight to choose a successor or wait for June 3 primary results.
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