Baldwin Park Father Held After Beating Daughter
A 4 year old Baldwin Park girl lies in serious condition at General Hospital as authorities hold her father John B Howerton 25 of 3460 Ardilla Ave on suspicion of a series of brutal beatings beginning soon after her birth. Neighbors reported weeks without contact. Howerton admitted the abuse after police entered the home and the child was found with extensive injuries.
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Baldwin Park
CNS
General Hospital
Cathy Howerton
John B. Howerton
Ardilla Ave
Temple City
Miley
Howerton
California
Cathy
Nine Negroes to Enter Central High Delicate Desegregation
Little Rock faces crowds and potential trouble as nine black students prepare to enter Central High School under a gradual desegregation plan. Gov Faubus withdraws National Guard after a federal court injunction. police brace for disruption while the Air Force reports final sentencing in a captain's life-for-atomic-secrets case.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Orval E. Faubus
National Guard
Central High
Shreveport
U.S
2Nd Air Force Police
Russia
George H. Frenen
Mount Vernon
Virgil
Dier
Blossom
Air Force
Lington
D.C
New York
French
United States
Soviet Union
Worta
Little Rock High
Unese
Jordan Seizes Czech Arms Near Ramtha Border
Jordanian officials say security forces confiscated large consignments of Czech made arms and ammunition Friday near Ramtha on the Syrian border. The seizure highlights ongoing concerns over weapons entering the country.
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Jordan
Amman
Ramtha
Mine Blasts Dredge in Marseille Harbor
A noon underwater mine blast in Marseille wrecked a Dutch dredge and left four crew members missing, believed dead. Four others were hospitalized as flames roared skyward and debris shattered windows across downtown Marseille.
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Marseille
France
Five in Family Killed on Penna Turnpike
Five members of the Kelly family died in a head on crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Unity four miles west of Pittsburgh. The auto struck a tractor trailer in rain slick conditions. Victims were John M. Kelly 28 Hazel 26 their 1 month old daughter Susan and Kellys sister in law Doral Young 22 and her 14 year old daughter Patty.
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Pittsburgh
Unity
John M. Kelly
Gladstone
Ore
Hazel
Susan
Kelly
Donail M. Young
Patty
Ex Envoy Pote Sarasin Named Thai Prime Minister
Pote Sarasin a former Thai ambassador to Washington was elected provisional prime minister of Thailand and confirmed by King Paumiphon Aduldet. The SEATO secretary general Pete will resign. observers link the move to the military junta and a foreign policy stance aligned with ousted premier P. Pibulsonggram.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Pote Sarasin
Washington
Paumiphon Aduldet
U.S
Max Waldo
Seato Council of Representatives
Pete
SEATO
United States
Sarit Thanarat
P. Pibulsonggram
Night and morning clouds with fog then sunny afternoons
A weather note describes night and morning low clouds and fog with most afternoons turning sunny. Temperatures show a rise as the day progresses.
Woman Waits Call From Doomed Son In Germany
An Artesia mother, Mrs Dorothy Schuchting, waits by the phone as her son Pvt Ralph T Mec Farlane faces a military court. The case involves murder charges and a possible death sentence with a re hearing awaiting in Germany.
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Artesia
Dorothy Schlichting
Norwalk Blvd
Ralph T. Mec.Farlane
Schuchting
Miliitary
Prowler Shot Wounded in Compton Shooting
A prowler was wounded in the back as he fled from a Compton home. Floyd Klinger heard a noise at 3 am and saw a hand reach through a torn screen. The suspect, later identified as McFarlane, was jailed on burglary suspicion and was in satisfactory condition. McFarlane, a former Artesia High student, had prior murder conviction and awaited execution at Leavenworth. his mother sought a chance to hear his voice before potential repatriation to Germany.
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Compton
Floyd Klinger
Thorson Ave
Wright
Klinger
Robert
McFarlane
Artesia High
Leavenworth
Court of Military Appeals
Fisher Body Walkout Spurs Buick Layoff In Ohio
Flint Michigan to Detroit news reports that Fisher Body workers walkout tied to United Auto Workers strike at the Mansfield Ohio plant. Buick says 6100 hourly staff will be laid off Monday due to cut in cart bodies and 1958 production is postponed until the strike settles.
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Flint
Midh
Southland’s Finest Evening Newspaper Classified Contact
Classified section of The Southland's Finest Evening Newspaper from Long Beach California dated Saturday September 21, 1957 lists phone line HE 72-5059 for inquiries.
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The
Southland
Long Beach
Calif
Sibelius Dies at 91 Amid Silent Echoes of Finlandia
Helsinki reports composer Jean Sibelius died Friday night at age 91 after a brain hemorrhage in his home near Helsinki. The Finnish master, famed for 13 symphonic sagas and the tone poem Finlandia, had last published major works in the 1920s and may have been working on an eighth symphony. His death leaves questions about his late music and enduring influence on classical landscape.
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Helsinki
Jean Sibelius
Agoe Sibelius
Finlandia
Tuenela
Sibelius
Tapiela
Confidential Jurors Ask 13 Questions in Obscenity Case
In Los Angeles the Confidential magazine obscenity trial jury, on day five, returned with 13 questions to Superior Judge Herbert V. Walker about intent and obscenity. The judge instructed the panel to consider only six defendants: Confidential, Whisper, Publisher's Distributing Corp., Hollywood Research, Inc., Fred Meade, and Marjorie Meade.
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Los Angeles
BIOST
Walker
Robert Harrison
Confidential
Whisper
Pubisher's Distributing Corp
Hollywood Research, Inc
Fred
Marjorie Meade
First Asian Flu US Death Reported in Missouri
The first confirmed U S death from Asian flu was reported in Missouri. Public Health Service estimates 100000 cases nationwide. Puerto Rico logs about 129000 new cases in the week to Sept 14 as outbreaks rise.
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Associated Press
Missouri
U. S. Public Health Service
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
Health Department
Ft. Carson
South Carolina
Ft. Jackson
Public Health Service
Oregon
Colorado
Mississippi
Texas
California
Utah
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Flu Outbreak Strikes Ventura County Schools
Ventura County Health Officer Frank E. Gallison reports a sudden rise of student absences across Santa Paula Union High School and area schools. Beginning with 139 absences last week, totals climbed to 281 by Monday and 247 two days later, affecting elementary, junior high, and high school students alike.
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Santa Paula
Ventura County
Frank E. Gallison
Santa Paula Union High School
Haakon VII Dies and Olav Becomes King of Norway
King Haakon VII of Norway dies at 85 after a long reign marked by health decline. Crown Prince Olav becomes king and regent until parliament convenes, with Olav promising to rule in line with the constitution. The coronation is not planned. Olav will be formally sworn after the next parliament session.
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Olav
Norway
Haakon
Dangerous Carrie Far Out in Ocean
A hurricane named Carrie remained dangerous and far from land, with its center about 1,300 miles east of Bermuda and moving east at 16 mph. Core winds reached 8 mph, while gale winds extended about 250 miles, according to the Weather Bureau in its 60th advisory on Carr it.
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Washington
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Bermuda
Dog Daze at Albuquerque Club Hit With Injun Talk
Members of the New Mexico German Shepherd Club are amused as a well dressed stranger arrives and claims millions of Indians live between Dallas and the West Coast and can speak about 1200 languages. He ends by lying on the floor and slipping away.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
German Shepherd Club
Dallas
Tex
West Coast
Movie Bus Crash Injures Eleven in Northern California
A chartered film crew bus collided with a stalled truck on State Hwy 88 near Jackson, injuring eleven people including makeup artist Pat Westmore and driver Jack Inman. The group was en route to a movie location in the Sierra foothills, with fifteen aboard.
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Jack Inman
Sierra Fent Hills
Joc Sens
Heartwell Building Leased for 1.1 Million in Long Beach
The Heartwell Building at Pine Ave and West Ocean Blvd in Long Beach is leased to a syndicate led by Harry S. Coonen for 1.1 million dollars. Heartwell Associates plans a 50 thousand dollar modernization with renovations underway. The 12 1 story tower houses 65 office suites, with lawyers and doctors as primary tenants, and was built in 1925 for 800 thousand dollars. The owner is Benjamin Weinberg of Los Angeles, who bought it last January from Gulf Investment Co. The syndicate members include Max and Harry Coonen, Sidney Weinberg, and Henry Ni Bargar. Sidney Weinberg is not related to the owner.
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Heartwell
Pine Ave
Harry S. Coonen
Max Coonen
Sidney Weinberg
Long Beach
Henry Ni ‘Bargar
Los Angeles
Heart‘well Associates
E.8th St
Weinberg
Wearing Apparel’ Center
Broadway
Heartwell Bldg
Pine and Ocean
Local Newspaper Page Index Indicates Classifieds and Notices
A concise index lists where to find churches pages on A4 and A5, classifieds from B2 to B8, Comico on A8, Dreamword B1, death notices B2, shipping table B2, sports A1 and A7, Thesters on A unknown, tides and temperatures on B4, and TV radio on B10.
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Christine Standsoe
Marshalltown
Iowa
Christine
Ingwald Sandstee
Beaman
Barksdale Afb
2Nd Air Force
Patricia Ann
Allan Wayne
Marvin Potts
Arkansas
Penna. Turnpike
William E. Wright
Magnolia St
Frank Lowry
Air Force Reserve
Fisher
Buick
Cragey
H. M. Mardwicke
Missouri Health Division
Southwest Texas State College At
San Marcos
State Health Commis
Sioner
J. G. Flowers
Boulder
University of Colorado
Haakon VII
Sondon
Oslo
Haakon VII of
Prince Hareld
Dangerous Carrie
Ocean
Pat Westmore
L. B
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