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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1957
Page
3
Moscow radio Thursday night rejected President Eisenhower’s two year nuclear test suspension proposal and accused the West of stalling disarmament progress. The broadcast urged unconditional test stoppage and framed the Western plan as a partial first step within a broader bargain.
A driverless car careened 317 feet down Pacific Coast Hwy after an accident at Tih St. in Which the driver was thrown out. Seven people suffered minor injuries when a car driven by Jean A. Thomas, 30, of San Francisco collided with one driven by Robert R. Piatt, 60, of Wickenburg, Ariz. Piatt was thrown from the car as it continued down the street until passenger John J. Plave Jr., 44, Huntington Beach, stowed it. Thomas suffered knee and leg injuries, Piatt abrasions and possible fractures. They were treated and released from Community Hospital.
UAW chief Walter Reuther rebuked General Motors for an arbitrary rejection of his $100 price cut proposal for 1955 car models. GM President Harlow Curtice urged a two year contract extension as anti inflation policy and warned against bargaining over product prices. Reuther accused GM of short sightedness and of harming American consumers, while Curtice framed the extension as constructive for economic stability. Industry leaders including Chrysler and Ford were to respond in next year’s contract talks.
John F. Malone, longtime FBI special agent in charge at Los Angeles, was moved to Washington D C to join FBI Director J Edgar Hoover s personal staff The transfer aims to allay strike fears and foster stability and planned savings for the agency with Malone bringing more than 20 years of service to the federal bureau
Dr. Franklin Clary Fry, longtime architect of Protestant policy, is elected the first American president of the Lutheran World Federation at its third assembly in Minneapolis. The New Yorker, president of the United Lutheran Church in America, will lead the federation for five years as it represents about 5.6 million Lutherans in 32 nations. The assembly also backed a resolution calling for an ultimate end to atomic weapons testing, urging a world pause in nuclear arms production if powers fail to agree on disarmament. Fry and a 4204 member executive council were elected unanimously.
New York Tex and other utility executives from the Amet Gas Association met to discuss future gas refrigerator production as Servel plans liquidation. They considered options including another manufacturer taking over the line and using proceeds from asset sales to buy a stable business. Domestic gas refrigerators in use total about three million.
Fragmentary ad describes rooms with private baths and daily maid service, mentions a Beant Room, and lists weekly and daily rates. Includes breakfast and dinner pricing, with a phone contact and note of better food elsewhere.
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