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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1957

Page

3

24 SCHOOLS CLOSED AS MANCHESTER TEACHERS STRIKE

Manchester city officials sought a temporary restraining order and permanent injunction to end a citywide teachers strike that closed 24 public schools. Judge Robert F. Griffith planned to rule after a daylong hearing. The walkout affects 610 teachers and 20,000 students, with wage demands up to 17 percent and pay scales cited. New York fuel crisis prompts priority fuel distribution plan as tugboat workers strike.

Manchester N. WH Wat Hag New Hampshire Manchester Teachers Guild Awtiose NTR New York (U New York City Robert F. Wayne Cact

Budget Chief Opposes GI Loan Pump Plan

Wasington WP Dantget Director Percivalfl Geundage and Congress debated reviving the sagging GI home loan program. They warned that pumping new federal funds could raise inflation while the tight money market and a 4.4 percent interest rate press the program. Eisenhower urged raising the rate to 8 percent to support insured mortgages, but Thundage resisted direct government town expansions, fearing price rises.

Wasitington Percival FL Geundage Congress Benadiage Howe Veterans Committee Eisenhower Federal Housing Administration Thundage

Guard Chiefs Pledge Defense of National Guard Post Meeting

National Guard leaders met with President Eisenhower denying threats to destroy the Guard. Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord and three other generals said the President assured no material reduction in strength of about 15,000 guardsmen. They portrayed the meeting as highly satisfactory amid ongoing criticism of Guard enlistments and potential efforts by Defense officials to weaken the Guard.

Washington Eisenhower Milton A. Theokord Guard Reckord Sal Mixenhower Wiidon Wilson Sibera Hi Capaciity London Ivan Serov Alexander Vasilevsky

Polish Seaman Mieczyslav Mista Held Aboard Korsholmina

A Polish seaman, Mieczyslav Mista, aged about 45, is confined aboard the Finnish freighter Korsholmina at Wilmington after claiming political asylum in the United States. Captain Koskines disputes the tale, calling it a fabrication, and says Mista will be deported to Hamburg, Germany, with potential penalties if he attempts to escape again.

United States Korsholman Wilmington Europe Mieczyslav Mista Otho Ij Koskines Karecholnva Koskines Terth Independent A. W Korsholma Henry Rinkley Williams-Dimond Co Wilmington Byonta Hamburg Germany Ty Qwid Binkley

37 Miners Perish in Coal Gas Blast

A gas explosion at a large Virginia West Virginia border coal mine killed 37 miners and injured many. Survivors escaped via a second entrance while state and federal inspectors prepared to investigate causes and safety steps before operations resume.

West Virginia-Virginia Derland W. A. Fullerton Pocahontas Come Fullerton Speechora Aince Therine United States West Frankfort Qriftmouth Dick Asherry Bluefield Dick Altizer Asberry

Newsprint firm raises price to 134 a ton

Montreal International Paper Sales Co. Monday raised the price for newsprint by 4 a ton. Delivered price in New York will be 134 a ton. The increase aligns International with other paper companies that announced similar boosts.

Montreal

Life at the Huntington Hotel in Long Beach

An OCR noisy snippet describes dining at the Huntington Hotel located at 1290 East Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. Mentions price 3.16 and names like Hara Raknett, with unclear foreign-text fragments and stray words about life, music, and a dining room.

Alley Huntington Hotel Ocean Blvd Long Beach

Doctor Is Only Certain Who: Russ Mystery Patient Isn't

MOSCOW The mystery patient rushed here by German specialist Dr Hana J Schulten remained largely unknown Monday. The doctor said the patient is between 5 and 60 years old, of medium height, white haired and without a mustache. Officials would not reveal the man’s name though the doctor described him generally and noted the case involves high Soviet officials amid a broader power struggle.

Russ Moscow Hana J. Schulten Schulten Cologne Hirat Lazar Kaganovich George M. Malenkov Dmitri T. Shepilow Iman Pr. Schulten Kaganovich Vyacheslav M. Molotov Nikolai A. Bulganiny

Help Sign and Flesh Clues Surface in New Girl Death Case

Police report that a December 28 murder scene showed flesh ripped from bodies and a possible rat attack theory. Pathologists say exact cause of death is unknown as hunting for clues continues after hundreds searched the area near Devil's Creek last month.

Badien Dor Patricia Dee Devil's Creek Une

Berkeley Seismograph Picks Up Near Campus Quake

Seismologists at UC Berkeley recorded a small focal quake Monday at 7:15 AM centered within three miles of the Berkeley campus, effectively beneath the seismograph itself. The event was noted as unusually close to home for the Berkeley area.

Berkeley University of California

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