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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1957
Page
13
Subway motormen pressed for amnesty ending four day walkout and vowed to keep pressure until strike is called off. They demanded a voice in bargaining while Transit Authority offered partial amnesty and threatened firings with referee approval.
A Boston Record excerpt notes Los Angeles planners, backed by California Republicans, propose borrowing the frigate USS Constitution to display at a West Coast park. They would fund repairs and create a trust to maintain the ship, with towing costs and a dredged mooring at Stillwater Pond considered.
The general explained that three guided missiles would supplement current Air Force capability but would be limited to nonmanned aircraft. Strike counsel Louis Waldman rejected any take-it-or-leave-it offer and vowed to accept only a fair agreement. Strikers demanded no reprisals, representation on contract talks, and right to administer their bargaining agreement. They asked postponement of a bus transit bargaining election scheduled for next Monday.
Western Building magazine notes a sharp drop in building activity from November 1956 to November this year with permits down over 10 percent and valuations falling 21.7 percent. Los Angeles city leads with 32.6 million in construction, while Los Angeles County and Orange County report lower totals and declines.
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