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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1959
Page
6
A weekly Washington report by Willian Broom summarizes last week’s voting and actions of area congressmen and senators. The feature appears Mondays during session and urges readers to seek fuller context beyond skeleton summaries, noting absences may reflect official duties.
Prominent analyst Caspar Weinberger revisits what to do if a governor becomes incapacitated. He notes California’s vacancy rule and absence of a disability definition, suggests legislature could set up a mechanism for courts to decide temporary disability using medical testimony, and cites Eisenhower Nixon dynamics as context.
In Chicago the National Safety Council notes the holiday had no fireworks deaths and says it proves what the public can do when decisive action ends senseless destruction. In Washington Senator Stuart Symington accuses the administration of failing to end interservice rivalries and wastes tens of millions weekly. In Detroit Walker Cisler moves forward with Kozlov visit despite Mayor Miro’s opposition, while Moscow convict Yuri Smirnov thanks Khrushchev for kindness and confesses guilt as a pickpocket in a contrite letter.
County Supervisor chairmen and officials disclosed that Los Angeles County has finalized negotiations with the federal government to acquire the Army Air Force hospital for a new General Hospital branch. The Open session of the Lutheran League of America drew about 1,000 youths at Municipal Auditorium with Dr. Brensa as speaker. City Auditorium reported a $300,000 oil fund for the Union Pacific railway cut off right of way project seven miles long across Bixby lands north of Sead Street and Cherry Avenue.
The readable portion lists names and titles such as Harold M. Hires and Ed.tor Natural Aevert among scattered job titles, but the text is fragmentary and lacks coherent reporting or a clear event.
Drew Pearson reports Ike Adams warned Kozlov in Washington and in New York that Berlin status and Allied rights must stand. Khrushchev’s bellicose stance spurred terse exchanges as the president recalled wartime facts and pressed for a firm line on Berlin occupancy.
Washington area report details the National Institutes of Health NIH in Bethesda facing a Senate White House clash over a health education welfare bill. It notes past NIH achievements and how Congress proposed a funding increase far surpassing the Budget Bureau, prompting a presidential veto threat.
A columnist argues that true friendship rests on spiritual needs, not material success. He cites Bud Abbott's downfall after fame and excess, warning celebrities risk losing real friends when wealth and booze fade and urging readers to seek self-improvement over flashy status.
Love Beach area representatives and California senators cast weekly votes in Congress through July 3. Actions include HR 732 reversing a 4 percent stock tax credit, HR 7523 increasing highway funding, and amendments on oil depletion and gasoline taxes. Also approved $12 billion for military construction and rule changes on federal employee holidays and reserve requirements.
Police patrolled a Hudson River pier as swindlers sold bogus $1 tickets for public tours of Navy ships tied up in Manhattan for the Fourth of July weekend. Visitors learned they had been fleeced after boarding the carrier Randolph submarine Cobbler and six destroyer escorts.
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