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Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1959

Page

2

New Mortality Table Sparks Population Debate

L.A.C. reports on an adopted mortality table showing infant life expectancy rising from 62 to 68 since 1941 and notes shifts in age structure. The piece warns of more non-producers supporting a growing workforce, rising birth rates, falling death rates, global population growth, and potential tax and resource pressures, urging population control or resource substitutes.

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Senate raid seizes hotel records in Spellman probe

Senate rackets investigators seized hotel telephone records from the Woodner Hotel since 1956, including those of Cardinal Spellman and several congressmen and diplomats. Hotel's attorney resisted further seizure, prompting a standoff before records were left at the hotel for morning handover. The raid targeted calls tied to guests like Spellman and O'Brien with notes on rechecked slips and potential immunity concerns.

Washington Senate America Cardinal Spellman J. W. O'Brien Dick Russell Georgia Southern Elder Statesman Carmine Bellino Arkansas John McClellan al Oiginal Bellino Woodner Teamsters Jimmy Hoffa Thelr Senate Millie Price Sally Hucks E. R. Williamson Hoffa Belling Bellina Williamson Jack Russell O' Brien

Killer's Sentence Confirmed

The California State Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the death sentences of Stephen A. Nash, 35, a double murderer tied to the Nov 26 1956 knife killing of Donald Bird and the Dec 1956 slaying of 10 year old Lawrence Rice near a Santa Monica pier. Nash, described by psychiatrists as seeking sexual gratification through torture, was also convicted of assault with a deadly weapon on Dennis Butler.

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