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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1959

Page

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President Eisenhower Calls for Labor Control Legislation

Washington debates focus on banning secondary boycotts and blackmail picketing. LA C emphasizes three bills in Congress, urging Long Beach readers to write Rep. Hosmer and Sens. Kuchel and Engle to influence labor reform before adjournment. The piece frames the issue as a public test of will against union lobbying and urges direct citizen action.

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Gas Tax Hike for Highway Program Up Against House Panel

The House Ways and Means Committee rejected a three-cent gasoline tax hike intended to fund highway building and stave off a financial crisis in the interstate system. The vote 15-8 kept a deficit plan unresolved as analysts note a long-range money shortage in the highway trust fund.

Washington UPI Mittee

Crowley Dies in Mystery in Hamden Conn

Crowley Gi Jo seph P Crowley once cleared in his brother in law's death is found dead in Hamden. Coroner says autopsy hints barbiturate poisoning but final verdict awaits. The 45 year old businessman and former Yale football star was found fully clothed on a bed at his home. Jones Sr T A D Jones Sr, his wife's brother, was killed in Tokyo in May 1958 after a drunken brawl.

Yale T. A. D. Jones Sr Tokyo Crowley Jones

Attempted assassination rocks Raul Castro wedding scene

In Havana a gunman tried to kill army commander Raul Castro at a church wedding but was stopped before firing. The incident capped a weekend of violence as anti Castro forces allegedly landed mercenaries and the government arrested over 1,000 soldiers accused of conspiracy.

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Weather and Tax Report Blends Forecasts with Saroyan Tax Suit

A coastal weather summary notes variable winds and possible showers along the Pacific region with cooler afternoons and a chance of thundershowers. In a separate filing the U.S. government sues writer William Saroyan for nearly 20 000 in income taxes for 1952 and 1957. Sherman says Saroyan has been abroad since last February.

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Beachfront hotel listing on Ocean Boulevard Long Beach

A fragmentary advertisement describes a beachfront property on 232 E Ocean Blvd Long Beach. It mentions a hotel on a beach, rooms including a “room ard mess” and pricing near 527 weeks, with unclear seller and contact details.

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