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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1958

Page

3

Tim Getty 12 dies after brain tumor and friendly prayers

Timothy Getty, 12, son of J Paul Getty, died after a long illness from a brain tumor. He befriended Roy Campanella during recovery, prayed for the Dodgers star, and spoke of building churches with money. His mother Louise Dudley Lynch Getty sang at his bedside as arrangements were made for burial in Los Angeles Forest Lawn.

New York Timothy Getty J. Paul Getty Fortune America Timothy Louise Dudley Lynch Getty Roy Campanella Los Angeles Dodgers Campanella Getty Paris Louise Getty Louise Getty Was, his fifth wife. They were divorced a year ago. = Loy California Los Angeles Forest Lawn Cemetery

Congress Passes 2 Major Bills With Tax Increases

Congress approved two major measures including raising wages to 4 800 and boosting the payroll tax to 9 percent by 1969 with a three year increase cycle. The plan also expands retired worker benefits and increases federal aid to states for aged, blind, disabled, and dependent children while barring unemployment tax levies. A second bill would require disclosure of pension and welfare plan finances and annual reports to the Labor Department. A House panel also advanced a State Department passport denial measure for those who knowingly further certain actions.

Virginia Internal Revenue Service Congress Hisenhhower House Secretary of Labor Labor Department House Foreign Affairs Committee State Department

Truck Kills Pacifist During Atlas Site Sit-Down

In Cheyenne Wyoming Kenneth Calkins 23 and fellow pacifists attempted to halt an Atlas missile site. Calkins was struck by a 12 ton gravel truck while sitting in the road his wife Ellanor 22 witnessing. Calkins remains hospitalized in good condition with no charges yet filed against the driver. Two companions were arrested on trespassing and communist agitation charges. The group had entered the site Monday with plans to impede construction and circulate leaflets before being escorted off by air police. The incident occurred on government property near the missile installation 20 miles northwest of Cheyenne.

Cheyenne Wyo Kenneth Calkins Ellanor Ken Ted Olsom Tuck Calkins B. D. Ward Doolittle Construction Co Wichita Kans Here

Long Beach and vicinity Weather Update

Long Beach and nearby coastal areas expect low morning clouds clearing by midday with highs near 82. Inland areas show little temp change, while mountains face mostly sunny skies with possible afternoon thundershowers. Interior deserts stay mostly sunny with slight cloudiness and isolated storms. Coastal trough from Mexico to Oregon brings fair weather and light morning winds turning west to southwest. Tide highs around 4.0 and 5.4 feet, lows near 1.5 feet, water at 70 degrees.

Long Beach Southland Santa Monica Newport Mexico Colorado River California Oregon Needles Calif

Cultists Andrus Denied New Hearing in Orange County Court

George and Mildred Andrus, leaders of the International Christian Revival Assn in Buena Park, were denied a new hearing and probation. Judge Franklin G West ordered them to serve out prison terms for child molesting after their July 1956 conviction on two counts. The case followed a 1956 grand jury indictment for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and molestation linked to the sect's sex education.

George Mildred Andrus Orange County Franklin’ G. “West Andrus Mildred International Christian Revival Assn Buena Park Grand Jury Mildred Elizabeth Florence

Ex-Wife of Teamster Official’s Testimony Tangles Links

A Senate inquiry into Teamsters affairs hears from Mrs Baker who claims she gained no money from the Greenlease funds while linking ex husbands and figures like Averell Harriman and James Hoffa. Costello dodges questions on ransom money while FBI and police pressure witnesses amid perjury cases and grand jury probes.

Greenlease James R. Hoffa The Teamsters Barney Baker Senate Costello

Building Industry Near Record Half-Year Totals

Sharp gains in heavy engineering and residential building in the second quarter nearly carried the construction industry to a record in the first half of 1958. F W Dodge Corp reports contracts for future construction totaling 16 788 625 000, one percent under the 16 998 005 000 record for the same period.

New York U F Wy Dodge Corp

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