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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1959
Page
3
Rescuers battled to reach 12 trapped miners after a tunnel rupture flooded a Knox coal shaft area. Workers tethered by rope and improvised dams of hay, excelsior, and gondola bars battled rising water 400 feet deep, while a locomotive pushed debris to plug the 20 foot diameter gap.
Sen Thomas H Kuchel of California said he will offer an amendment to an early appropriation bill to Fund planning for the Trinity Dam power facilities. The move seeks about 100000 dollars for federal planning as Trinity, part of the Central Valley Project, nears work on its power plant with possible private backing and a 5 million dollar annual water-right fee.
In Louisville, machinists at the International Harvester Co. plant ratified a contract Thursday, ending a shutdown of about two and a half months. About 3,500 workers were expected to return to work as the settlement mirrored a similar pact at other Harvester plants and aimed to avert further production stoppages.
Defense Secretary Neil McElroy told reporters Russia does not have an ICBM capable of striking the United States at present and there is no positive intelligence that Moscow leads the United States in the ICBM race. He warned about published estimates, noted Russian engine thrust but said the U.S. has motors to send a very large warhead to Russia. He also discussed potential NATO missile moves and U.S. plans for STRAC reductions amid Army reorganization.
S2nd and list Airborne Divisions based at FS Bragg North Carolina and Ft Campbell Kentucky respectively, the 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Lewis Washington and the 1st Division at Ft. Riley Kansas.
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