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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1957

Page

5

Water supply study warns California needs over 100 million annually

Sacramento top water official Harvey Banks told a legislative committee that California must spend far more than 100 million dollars each year to meet rising water demand. He said current federal and agency funding around 160 million is insufficient and urged focus on financing policy before tackling benefits and costs of large projects like Feather River. Overdrafts on groundwater may reach 11.6 million acre feet annually by 1965.

Sacramento California Harvey O. Banks State Department of Water Resources BANKS TIE State Water Chief Owens Valley Los Angeles Carley V. Porter Dcompton Feather River

Adenauer scoffs at Soviet claim of new missile

Bremerhaven Germany UP Chancellor Konrad Adenauer dismissed the Soviet assertion that it built an intercontinental missile. He warned Russia will someday have a missile able to strike the United States, but he doubted current claims of a ready development. The remark came at a West German election rally amid the first official reaction.

Bremerhaven Germany Konrad Adenauer Christian Democratic United States Soviet Union

Mount Etna Erupts With 45 Explosions An Hour

CATANIA Sicily Mount Etna Europe s most active volcano erupted Tuesday at a rate of 45 explosions per hour. Volcanologists said the blasts were increasing but that lava on the slopes did not pose immediate danger.

Catamia Sicily Hina Europe

Writer Leaves for Yugoslavia to cover diving championships

Press-Telegram staff writer Bob Wells departs Los Angeles for Yugoslavia to report on the international skin diving championships. He flies to Milan then to Lussia piccolo for events starting September 8, with matches to be staged in Yugoslavia.

Independent Press-Telegram i Bob Wells Yugoslavia Wells Los Angeles Milan Italy Lussia Piccolo

Long Beach Neptunes Face Global Skindiving Field

The Long Beach Neptunes national skindiving champions will compete against teams from 235 nations including Russia. Members include Jim Christiansen 31 of Covina Avenue Lakewood Lee Jamison 35 Knoxville Avenue and Bob Weaver 26 Pimenta Avenue Lakewood.

Ide Long Beach Neptunes Russia The Neptunes Jim Christiansen Covina Ave Lee Jamison Knoxville Ave Bob Weaver Pimenta Ave Lakewood

No Progress at AIP on Phone Installer Pay

Union official reports deadlock in wage talks between Western Electric and telephone equipment installers. About 30 Michigan workers left jobs in Ann Arbor and Detroit areas with service intact for Michigan Bell. The 23,800 CWA installers in 43 states face unresolved contract amid possible strike pressure.

New York Western Electric Co Michigan Ann Arbor Detroit Michigan Bell Telephone Co Communications Workers of America Western Electric States District of Columbia Massachu CWA Turing Bell System

Anti-State Nuns Sentenced by Czechs in Moravia

A Czechoslovakian Communist court in Moravia sentenced two Catholic nuns to prison terms of two and five years for anti state activity Radio Prague said Tuesday.

Vienna Moravia Radio Prague

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