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Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1961

Page

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Polar bear Ivan wins brutal zoo fight at Griffin Zoo

Los Angeles reports detail a polar bear named Ivan defeating Baureven in a grim main event at Griffin Zoo. Dr. W A Young calls Twalarctes maritimus tough, mentions Lena the spectator bear, and notes the zoo closed after the fight. Ivan reportedly killed his mate Miss Dewline prior to the bout, with tranquilizers used to stop the match.

Los Angeles Gps W. A. Young Twalarctes Ivan Thubday Griffin Zoo Sania Baureven Young Ivan the Terrible Miss Dewline Kim Firotto Lena Scuhtiu

Burma River Floods Burya Sittang Embankments Burst

Dense floods hit Burma’s Centrall region as the Sittang River burst its embankments inundating over ten thousand acres of rice paddies and affecting forty villages. Authorities assess damage and coordinate relief as residents brace for continued high waters.

Rangoon Burma Sittang

Mrs Roosevelt Leaves Hospital After Checkup

Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt leaves Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after a routine three day checkup in very satisfactory condition. Dr A David Gurewitsch says she will return to her Hyde Park home.

New York Franklin D. Roosevelt Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center A. David Gurewitsch

Press-Gelearam Entered as Second Claws Matter at Long Beach

Fragmentary OCR text notes a Long Beach post office matter with figures 87.38 and 324.00, daily publication and Sunday editions, and an audit or circulation reference. Names and specifics are unclear, but the fragment implies a notice related to postal or delivery charges and audit results.

Long Beach Sarrlee Baresi Tong Beach

Brown Vows Probe of Payoffs to CHP

Gov. Edmund Brown pledged an early thorough inquiry into California Highway Patrol complaints. He said he would ask Commissioner Bradford Critten to probe reports that petrolmen took money for accident information to insurers, and alleged misconduct by certain Los Angeles area patrolmen on duty. He cautioned departments can err but insisted the probe be nonpolitical.

Sacramento UPT Edmund G. Brown California Highway Patrol Brown Bradford Critwenden Los Angeles

CHP Critic Arrested on 2 Warrants

A Los Angeles man, Charles DeVaney, 25, was jailed in San Leandro on two traffic warrants issued in San Leandro and Richmond. He faced bail set at 3635 and was due in San Leandro and Richmond courts on Sept 20 and Sept 21. His 19-month-old son died after CHP officers reportedly refused to help reach a hospital.

San Leandro UPIW Los Angeles California Whitney Rosanen Charles DeVaney Richmond Devaney Southern Thad Highway Patrol

October Draft Set at 20000 in California and Nation

Sacramento reports 1,464 men to be drafted in California next month as part of a 20,000 national call. The Defense Department announced the October draft, the second largest since the Korean War, with the Air Force Navy and Marines exempt.

Defense Air Force Navy Marine Corps Kennedy Sacramento California Kenneth Leitch Selective Service

High Court to Get Cuba Ship Appeal

NORFOLK VA A U S Fourth Circuit decision freeing the hijacked Bahia de Nipe motor ship will be carried to the U S Supreme Court. In Richmond the appeals court upheld Judge Hoffman's ruling recognizing sovereign immunity for the freighter seized by Cuba. Norfolk attorney Sidney A Kelsey, who filed the first writ of attachment, said all claimants would appeal.

Norfolk U. S. 4Th Circuit U.S. Supreme Court Richmond U. S. Dist Walter £. Hoffman Sidney A. Il Kelsey

Police Hunt Man Linked to Girl Disappearance in Santa Barbara

Police seek a man about 60 in the Ramona Irene Price case. A witness saw a girl matching Ramona’s description near a tan brown car on Friday and again Saturday. Dr J M Soss, an optometrist at 37 Pine Avenue, was listed with a contact phone.

Ramona Irene Price Ramona Irda J. M. Soss Pine Avenue iniNea Ping Frea

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