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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1959
Page
1
Washington notes living costs held steady in March at a record stable level of 123.7 percent of the 1947-49 average. Food prices fell while other costs rise, offsetting most changes. Used cars jumped 1.6 percent as demand stayed strong, with gasoline prices unchanged and spring price shifts expected.
Senate showdown on labor hill centers on Sen Mc Clellan tackling Sen Kennedy with sharp exchanges and political pressure. Page C-5.
A father explains a weather forecast to his child amid rain talk and playful questions about chances of rain this weekend. The dialogue touches on interpretation of showers and odds, with the boy asking what if it rains on the first chance.
Lakewood deputies failed to impress Merriam at the new jail after arresting Essex T. Merriam, 19, of 3952 Centralia St for being drunk at Bellflower and Del Amo Blvd at 1:05 a.m. He protested the treatment as the cell door closed.
CAPE CANAVERAL AP The Air Force Thor intermediate range ballistic missile lifted at 12 30 a m for a 1500 mile test over the Atlantic range The mission aims to recover a data capsule after the nose cone reenters the atmosphere The test follows a previous successful Thor flight on March 26. Bay City Mich UP1 The destroyer USS Henry B Wilson was launched amid a water spray It is first of 13 missile firing destroyers built for the Navy and will carry Tartar missiles when completed In Boston in November 1960
President Eisenhower names Gen George H Decker commander of US forces in Korea to become Army vice chief of staff He will be succeeded by Lt Gen Carter B Magruder deputy chief of staff for logistics in a move marking high level reshuffles in the Korean theater in Washington and beyond.
Lt Col Charles Platt Jr of Brooklyn was fined 340 pay dollars relieved of command at Tachikawa and reassigned after seven enlisted men on emergency leave were taken off a U.S. bound plane for a Platt family Hawaii vacation. An Air Force board cited administrative error and said his actions contributed to the confusion.
A riot at Concord Reformatory collapsed after tear gas swept the prison yard. Prisoners seized hostages but were overwhelmed within hours as guards and state troopers restored order. The chaotic night followed mutinous actions tied to a broader struggle over prison conditions and management.
City Manager Sam E. Vickers awarded a 142,357.96 dollar contract to Ansco Construction Co of Long Beach for the long-delayed approaches to the J. H. Davies Bridge. Council approval will come next Tuesday and work will begin days after. Completion is planned by midsummer to open the unused span for traffic over May tine Stadium between E 2nd St and Pacific Coast Hwy.
ANSCO won the main bid for a $185,000 project to widen and repave a bridge area and complete superstructure work. US State Department condemns Soviet note demanding halting NATO rearmament as hypocritical propaganda. Soviets protest Western weapons to West Germany and NATO allies. Separate Chile floods devastate Concepcion and Llanquihue, killing at least six and causing damages around two million.
Weather forecast notes a 50 50 chance of spotty showers late Friday or Saturday across the region. The report mentions moist conditions lingering, with no expectation of widespread rainfall despite scattered activity.
The State Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed Long Beach’s right to spend 900000 dollars from tidelands oil funds to build a new Armed Services YMCA. The ruling supports city authority to finance the project using tidelands revenues.
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