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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1958
Page
3
Alamitos District Boy Scouts plan to plant 2000 trees with 300 scouts and leaders at the Firestone Scout Reservation in Brea Canyon on Saturday as a major conservation project.
The Senate approved a 1 billion emergency bill to fund local public works. The measure passed 60 to 26 after GOP protests. Eisenhower cited defects but supported job creation. The plan provides 1 billion to housing and home finance for 52 year loans at 3 percent for schools, disposal plants, parks, hospitals, and airports. Sen Scott Bush led the fight to cap at 500 million with a 52 to 33 defeat.
A fragmentary report notes Lyndon B. Johnson leading in the Senate while a quiet trip to Lima Peru and Polynesian voyage reservations are mentioned. It references Scouting events, camp activities, and a potential anti-recession political move, with details about a Court of Honor and Sunday church services at a coastal site.
In San Francisco federal court, Judge Louis EB sentenced Leslie Davis Jr., 24, to five years in prison after the merchant seaman pleaded guilty to possessing 47 grains of heroin he swallowed on arrest day in March.
An Argentine milk horse named Pingo, discovered by Larry Lansburgh in Buenos Aires, has joined the film project Cinderella. The intelligent gentle horse traveled aboard Moore-McCormack Lines to Lansburgh's La Cañada ranch to star with an ostrich in a Disney television film.
The 27 year old Baudouin inaugurates the Brussels Fair with a flagrant display of pageantry. Leonard W. Hall carries Eisenhower's banner as the U S and Soviet pavilions stand side by side in a tense yet hopeful balance sheet for a more humane world. The event runs until October 19 drawing 41 nations to showcase their best amid Cold War rhetoric.
Zema advertised as a remedy for itchy surface rashes eczema prickly heat and athlete's foot. Claims include faster relief and clearer skin with Extra Strength version for stubborn cases though details are unclear in the fragment.
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