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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1959
Page
3
W E Melhuish for the first time fishing caught a ten foot long shark weighing 372 pounds. The catch set a new British shark fishing record surpassing the previous mark by five feet five inches.
The Federal Maritime Commission awarded a 33 million dollar shipbuilding contract to Todd Shipyard in San Pedro for three new Masi ner class cargo passenger vessels. The award, backed by West Coast industry, will create about six million man hours of work and may sustain a four year program of employment, doubling Todd’s payroll within a year.
Moscow officials said on Friday they would place four million tickets on sale for the American exhibition in Sokola Park. They warned demand would be so great that many Russians would not be able to obtain tickets.
The Wisconsin State Senate unanimously approves creating two new counties in Shawano and Oconto to cover Menominee land. If the Assembly passes the bill, the counties would take effect December 1, 1960, aligning with the end of federal jurisdiction over the tribe.
Receding flood waters have left 10 percent dead in the Vale of Kashmir, a government spokesman said Friday. Indian Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Meron called for immediate relief after an aerial survey of the flood areas. The floods are described as the worst in living memory.
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