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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1960
Page
1
The second 1960 quarter shows profits down 12 percent from 1959, yet sales hold or rise across industries. Management warns profit erosion could endanger dividends and plant modernization. To restore margins, widespread cost cuts are urged, including eliminating outdated wartime perks and boosting electronics to trim office processing. Government costs rise slower than industry, making tax hikes the only escape.
Thirty residents near Naples Plaza petition the Naples Improvement Association and the City Council, arguing lights would not help areas cluttered with weeds and trash. They cite an abandoned station used as a dump, dirty bus benches, bad sidewalks, a curtain shielding a beer parlor, and an old building still unsightly.
The House approved a bill to clear the way for a unprecedented fall TV debate series between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Major networks pledged readiness but no final schedules. Kennedy aide Pierre Salinger said dates should be set soon while Nixon aides cited candidate schedules as the deciding factor.
Barbara Powers, wife of imprisoned U2 pilot Francis Powers, delivered a handwritten note to a gatekeeper in Moscow seeking a personal meeting with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. The letter was handed to a woman gatekeeper, with assurances of forwarding to Khrushchev's office, while Khrushchev was believed to be in Yalta. Powers' lawyers expect a prompt reply and plan a petition to Soviet President Brezhnev for clemency.
Sidney W. Sack Haislip, 42, of Tulsa, was sentenced by U S District Judge Kenneth P. Grubb to ten months in federal prison after pleading guilty to making a bomb hoax call to American Airlines in Milwaukee on July 23.
AML you need is a love of cod flavors to be delighted with Girard's Wine Vinegar French Dressing Premium California Burgundy. wine vinegar is carefully blended in a sugar free recipe with 11 freshly ees to create an unusual distinctive dressing. Try it. And have a big salad ready. You'll get some pleasing compliments.
Fragmentary OCR shows a notice from Los Angeles County Superior Court dated October with reference Dacren No 6-10280 and terms per month year delivery charges. Readable fragments indicate a public legal or docket item but details are incomplete. Entities include Los Angeles County, Long Beach likely, and a court citation.
Speaker Sam Rayburn said on Monday that an attempt would be made to bypass the conservative House Rules Committee to start negotiations on a compromise minimum wage bill. He indicated the House may be asked to grant unanimous consent to send the House and Senate bills to a joint conference, with fate uncertain if an objection arises. Rayburn expressed optimism about reaching a compromise if a conference can be convened.
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