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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1958
Page
2
L A C reports from Washington on a National Housing Center discussion about housing for seniors. discussants from builders officials and public groups warn of 14 million elderly now rising to 22 million in twenty years and stress that rental housing for the aged remains scarce and costly.
Kasper, 25, once a Greenwich Village bookseller and longtime foe of Negroes and Jews, walks out of the Atlanta federal prison and heads to Tallahassee to confer with supporters before possible move to Memphis. He calls transfer to Atlanta cowardly and vows to continue fighting segregation in the Deep South. He faces charges of inciting a riot in Nashville next month and has eight months of a one year sentence for violating a federal injunction at Clinton high school.
Kasper remains entwined in legal battles as he heads to a September court term on charges tied to a Nashville incident last fall that sparked protests and the bombing of an integrated grade school. He also battles a restraining order on Nashville integration interference and a pending appeal of a second federal sentence for violating a Clinton injunction in 1956. A Tallahassee rally for segregation featured retired Admiral Crommelin, Alan Hackett, and Bill Hendrix. Crommelin said Kasper’s supporters did not plan the demonstration.
A House labor committee clash centered on pension and welfare funds. Proponents argue employers fund these plans and should disclose investments while opponents warn against penalizing labor unions. The vote ended 15 to 13 against Ayres amendment. Republicans backed exempting business interests, while most Democrats opposed.
In Jackson South Carolina a light training schedule was ordered from noon to 4 pm after the death of Pvt Hobart L Brinsmade Jr 21 of Bronxville New York a two week Army recruit. Brig Gen Christian Clarke Ft Jackson commander cited heat prostration as the cause and noted the two other recruits Pvt Darris L Drake of Baltimore was hospitalized after Thursday night incident and flown with his wife to Walter Reed Hospital. The heat has pushed temperatures near 100 for several days.
Nancy Dawson a shapely Detroit businesswoman testified to Senate rackets investigators about union dirty work in the Detroit laundry business. She described threats and picket line coercion by Teamsters officials to steer auto agency laundry to a favored firm and named Herman Kierdorf and Hoffa associates in the alleged scheme.
In Los Angeles the 10 year old son of Johnny Stompanato won a legal round in his bid to collect 500000 damages over his father’s death. Superior Judge Walter R. Allen overruled objections to the suit by Lana Turner Cheryl Crane and Stephen Crane. They must answer charges tied to the fatal Beverly Hills stabbing on April 4 and set a trial date after filed answers.
A Superior Court jury convicted Elroy Ernest Pena 37 of first degree murder after fatally shooting his estranged wife Joan at a home on Anamato Street. The jury spared him the gas chamber by voting insanity and scheduled further hearings for Pena’s sanity plea and a possible sentence.
Weather forecast covers Long Beach and coast from Santa Monica to Newport plus mountain and desert regions. Expect night fog and clearing days, cooler highs near mid‑70s, scattered afternoon thundershowers inland, and 15 to 30 mph winds near mountains. Coastal tides show high 4.6 and 3.0 feet, low 0.1 and 1.7 feet, water 67 degrees.
MADRAS India agriculture minister Thimma Reddi reports drought driven famines in parts of G I Andhra causing people to eat proats and leaves after touring the affected districts around Hyderabad city.
A historical notice appears from Independent Daily, published in Long Beach California. It notes adjudication by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on October 6, 1941, with Decree No. C 10280. The record includes filing details and second class matter designation dated March 27, 1943.
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