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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1959
Page
1
The piece argues for revising mandatory retirement at 65 and the $1200 yearly earnings cap for those on social security. It notes employers may raise retirement ages, extend work for capable executives, and adjust private pension rules. It warns against harming pension reserves while addressing labor shortages and fairness.
Los Angeles Supervisor Ernest Debs said Edwin Pauley was maligned amid the dispute with National Chairman Paul Butler over 1960 Democratic Convention tickets. Pauley withdrew as convention finance chairman as Butler prevailed on ticket allocations, returning to Hawaii after a reshaped host committee and new finance head Mark Boyar.
The United Nations Command announced a meeting of the Korean Armistice Commission for Thursday at Panmunjom after Tuesday's call for the session.
Fragmentary OCR note shows a court entry with dates and monetary figures, mentioning a clerk or secretary and a county courthouse. Readable items include a March 27 date and a reference to a yearly amount of 2.00 and a total around 26.00, but the text is garbled and lacks clear names or actions.
Lawton Oklahoma City dispatch reports Russ Tamblyn, the actor serving in the Army, dismisses romance rumors with Sondra Osborne Miss Oklahoma entrant. He calls her a nice girl, says they are not serious, and plans a Las Vegas trip where Osborne performs in a nightclub after judging the Miss Oklahoma contest in Oklahoma City.
In Waltham Abbey England a magistrate fined the government 2.50 for a Ministry of Supply employee using a government bicycle with defective brakes. The defense asked for 14 days to pay, citing red tape. the rider Arthur Kilby was fined 2.80 and paid it on the spot.
The Little Rock City Board rejected segregationists claims that police brutalized peaceful demonstrators at Central High School. It called the actions legal and asked the U S Justice Department to investigate civil rights violations.
Washington United Press International reports actor Kirk Douglas and his wife are accused by the Internal Revenue Service of owing 149 519.99 on their 1955 tax, with the government claiming they deducted 203 794.54 too much. Douglas contests the appeal filed with the Tax Court, arguing 178 078.36 in interest expenses were legitimate bond trading costs and disputing a disallowed partnership loss as ordinary and necessary. His claimed 1955 taxable income stands at 356 471.09.
City Council Tuesday dis avowed a tentative beach parking lot map between Ethi Pl and Cherry Ave. City Manager Sam Vickers called the map purely tentative, drawn to aid State Lands funding. Councilmen argued circulation of the map implied official approval, pressing to record disapproval of the unspecified plan.
A garbled notice appears to describe a scene at the Huntington Hotel near Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. The readable bits mention a room, a service, and seating, but many words are indecipherable, yielding a partial, unclear record of an event or advertisement.
An early Coronet magazine feature promotes a digest rich plan titled The Amazing Meat Diet. It claims readers can eat freely and gain steady energy while reducing weight without discomfort. The article promises a highly approved regime used by leading figures and invites readers to buy the Sept issue.
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