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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1957

Page

1

Quick Action on Postal Fund Seen in Congress

Congressional leaders push a 41 million dollar supplemental for the Post Office to restore Saturday delivery and prevent widespread cutbacks. Postmaster General Summerfield seeks funds for the 2037 fiscal year while Senate action eyed for late Tuesday. debate centers on timely passage and budget approvals.

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Sleepless Fleetwood Vicar Takes Pep Pills After Narcolepsy

The Rev. John McClintock, vicar of Fleetwood, battles narcolepsy causing constant sleep during services. He began taking pep pills three times daily after a specialist diagnosed the condition, following repeated dozing at weddings, prayers, and meetings.

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Woman Dies After Streamliner Crash Near Los Angeles

A Santa Fe streamliner struck a stalled car on a crossing killing Mrs. Edith Pear Diggs, 53, of South Whitewater. Her husband Jess, 55, was injured as debris flew about 100 feet. The accident occurred near San Diego bound traffic and the car’s occupants were stranded.

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There Are Two Sides In Union Racketeering Debate

The column argues that crooked employers and crooked labor leaders collude, harming workers, as union racketeering is exposed. It says unions must not excuse past practices and questions if the McClellan committee will fairly spotlight employer deals.

McClellan Committee

Tragedy in California: Five Die in Twin Catons Car Fire Crash

A Long Beach youth, Roy Bolling, 14, and four other family members perished after a hunting mishap and a fiery collision on U.S. Highway 101 near Joshua Tree. The incident left three other children dead in a separate wreck, killing five in total. Officials described the crash as accidental with a .22 caliber bullet causing the fatal shot during the hunt.

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Win Hustles When Blue Chips Down

A fragmented passage describes Iden wealth fortune through poker with heavy play nightly. It references a streak of wins and losses, noting a shift to playing every night and a troubled, unreliable narrative about clouds and weather and a girl.

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Nab Swede AEC Aide as Red Spy

Swedish police announced the arrest of Dr. Robert Folke Damatedt, secretary of Sweden's atomic energy commission, on charges of spying for Russia. The official said the suspect largely performed administrative duties, not nuclear physics, amid years of peaceful nuclear research in Sweden.

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Fear Four Killed In Air Crash Near Oxnard

Four people from Inglewood are feared dead after a small private plane crashed into the ocean about 400 yards off Oxnard at 9 21 am. A second private plane carrying Mr and Mrs Paul Cutter and Mr and Mrs Ted Booker, also from Inglewood, vanished after takeoff from Hawthorne Airport en route to Santa Barbara. A witness on Oxnard beach saw the crash as searchers, including Navy and Air Force personnel, scoured fogbound waters for survivors.

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Famed Writer Near Death After Crash

In Paris the renowned novelist Françoise Sagan, 41, was gravely injured when her high powered Aston Martin Jaguar crashed. She is in a coma after the accident near Paris, with police citing severe shock, injuries, and trauma. Her car somersaulted and landed in a ditch. fans gathered at the hospital as authorities investigate.

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1968 60s politics loom over GOP says Ray Tucker

Columnist Ray Tucker warns that Sam Rayburn Lyndon Johnson and Senate leaders threaten Republicans with disaster in 1968 and 1960 elections. Briton quotes Americana as dollar happy, moral, frank and psychotic in a separate feature.

Sam Raysburn Lyndon Johnson Dema House Senate GOP Ray Tucker

Accused Kidnapper Nabbed as Burglar

Two men were arrested in a Long Beach burglary after a break in at the Wallick service station on Pacific Coast Highway. Police said one suspect, Thomas, was an ex convict and already under arrest for kidnapping and armed robbery. Officers found burglar tools and a Luger type pistol in the rear of the building. The suspects were identified after a Special Officer reported pounding inside the station.

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Prowler in underwear tossed from window after wife’s alarm

Theresa Hines woke to a figure bending over in underwear and a tablecloth tapping her cheek. John Hines helped push the intruder through a third floor window to escape. David J. Brown, a Nike base soldier from Alturas California, faces charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit battery and assault after a wedding round.

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Typhoon Shirley Lashes Pacific Near Luzon

Typhoon Shirley, with 100 million hour winds, churned through the Pacific off the east coast of Lauzon Island as Manila monitored the storm from Monday.

Luzon Manila Shirley Pacific Lauzon Island

Ex-Premier Arrested and Aide Exiled in Jordan Coup

Syria reports a military coup in Jordan as King Hussein removes pro-Egyptian elements from army and government. Gen AU Atu Nawar is said exiled to Syria, PM Suleiman Nabulsi under house arrest. Tanks guard the royal palace while clashes occur between loyalist and pro-Egypt army factions as Nabulsi aides flee.

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Britain Rejects U S Nike Missiles for Air Bases

The Daily Express reports Britain declined a U S proposal to deploy Nike and Nike Hercules ground to air missiles to guard Royal Air Force airfields and bomb dumps. Officials cite radar incompatibility and a single system under British command, warning reliance on U S missiles could curb British missile research and risk permanent American defense dependence. The article notes potential production costs around 30 million pounds to develop one missile and about 13 000 pounds per unit.

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