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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1959
Page
2
L.A. Collin argues California unemployment law denies benefits to clerks who caused their own job losses by striking against food stores. He cites McKinley and McKinlay cases, notes how lockouts or strikes affect eligibility, and urges protection of unemployment funds amid rising prices and losses to workers, stores, and households.
The State Department approved a visit to the United States by Mrs. Batista, wife of former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, to see her small child. A spokesman could not confirm the child's location or age. A Batista daughter, Marta, age two, had been with Cuban refugees in Daytona Beach, Florida, on January 3.
Senator Mike Mansfield a Democratic whip from Montana was admitted to Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland on Thursday for treatment of a virus infection.
The Independent weekly details a long running Long Beach California publication with past cataloging data, carrier delivery option, and mailing rates. It notes adjudication by the Superior Court in Los Angeles County on October 6 in an unclear year and lists pricing for carrier delivery and mail copies.
At a news conference in Washington General William P Rogers urged Blacks and others blocked from voting to exercise their rights. He said the Justice Department had not received as many voting rights complaints as expected and is reviewing 12 cases of alleged racial discrimination in registration and voting.
Long Beach and vicinity sees mostly high cloudiness with patchy morning fog along the coast and slightly warmer afternoons. Coastal areas report hazy sun after mid morning with low 80s inland and upper 70s to mid 80s in the valleys, while winds remain gusty in the interior. A high pressure center in eastern Iowa extends through central California with a Gulf of Alaska low, bringing considerable cloudiness and patchy fog along the southern coast. Tides show high 2.58 pm at 2.9 feet and low 9:45 am at 1.9 feet, water temp 59. Sunrise 6:58 am, sunset 5:08 pm. Moonrise 11:21 am, moonset 12:37 am.
An early 20th century hotel notice describes the Huntington Hotel Long Beach with wall to wall carpet polished desks and daily maid service. A large dining room faces the ocean with roast turkey meals priced around 9 35 per week per person. Phone line and breakfast details appear in the fragmentary copy.
A vivid note touts a light sugar free base using Girard's Original French Dressing blended with anchovies. It advises serving over mixed greens Caesar style and promises a deliciously different flavor, urging readers to try it and find it on grocer shelves.
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