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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1957

Page

4

McElroy Named Defense Chief Amid Commerce Ties

McElroy, a Cincinnati business executive, is appointed to a defense leadership post while maintaining ties to the Commerce Department and General Electric stock holdings. He notes the nomination will be debated by the Armed Services Committee.

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Senate Passes Veto-Periled Civil Rights Bill With Southern Opposition

Senate vote on the civil rights measure drew sharp opposition from Southern senators who branded it an attempt to sway Northern black voters. Morse urged caution, calling the act odorous and political. Five Southern Democrats—Johnson, Yarborough, Gore, Kefauver, and Smathers—supported passage, while Eisenhower signaled a wait and see stance. The House had already approved the bill 286 to 126, keeping administration recommendations in place as debate stretched into the Reconstruction-era struggle against filibusters.

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Texas Family Moseys to Disneyland on Private Train

Texan magnate Arch Underwood, 63, arrives in Anaheim with his wife and 12 grandchildren for a week at Disneyland. He chartered a private railroad car from Lubbock to Fullerton and reserved six family rooms in the Disneyland Hotel for his two sons and two daughters and their husbands.

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Four Long Beach Residents Named Notaries

New notarization roster lists Lester E. Cooper 4064 Logust Ave L. D. Frazier 4712 Lomina Ave Thelma Smith 3203 Orange Ave and Lester Huddleston 3726 California Ave among Long Beach residents receiving notary commissions in Sacramento.

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