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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1960
Page
1
LAC. SAYS The Nation’s capital records the largest Negro population share in the U S at 35 percent with dramatic shifts over a decade. White exodus, school enrollments, and service needs rise as segregation fades in DC schools and private schooling persists.
The U S Department of Labor said on Thursday missile employment in the Southland rose about 60 percent in two years, with nearly 400,000 missile workers in the Long Beach Los Angeles area. One quarter of U S missile workers live in the Southland. Total metropolitan area employment reached 2 646 500 in March, up 2600 from February.
Long Beach oil field operators who joined in unitizing fault blocks to curb subsidence near the Naval Shipyard were honored at a dinner hosted by the Long Beach Harbor Department and Chamber of Commerce. Sam M. Roberts credited their cooperation with securing Navy assurances and preventing further shipyard risk, with a trophy awarded for collective efforts. Attendees included representatives from city, federal and state governments and industry firms such as Southern California Edison, Ford, Mobil, and Union Pacific.
A Stevenson for president committee led by David Garth seeks over a million signatures in the metro area urging Adlai E. Stevenson’s Democratic nomination. The push follows his Charlottesville speech attacking the Eisenhower era and comes as he tailors a Washington appearance for April 22 before the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
Mostly clear today and Saturday with gusty northerly winds. Highs near 70s and 80s in low valleys, cooler nights. Winds 20 to 49 mph in interior regions, west to northwest along the coast, strongest this afternoon and tonight, easing by Saturday. Outer Channel and San Pedro areas expect mainly clear skies and warmer conditions.
Hagerty and a four member party arrived in Tokyo on Thursday to begin arrangements for President Eisenhower's state visit in June. Hagerty told Japanese newsmen there are no plans to extend the press trip beyond Japan and Korea.
A brief notice describes a seaside event titled Live on the Beach held at the Huntington Hotel located at 1290 Ocean Boulevard. It notes venue by the ocean and invites attendance, with details on date and schedule left unread in the fragment.
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