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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1958
Page
2
LA.C. argues in favor of extending present auto contracts for two years with annual wage increases and maintained fringe benefits. Walter Reuther is seen as weakened by low industry spirits, delaying strike threats to avoid boosting management costs. The piece warns a continued dispute could depress a fragile economy and slow recovery.
Berlin AP reports three U S college girls Sus an Sloman Joan Whitehead and Mary Schultz spent a semester at the University of Vienna and hitchhiked through East Germany to West Berlin receiving transit visas after a friendly border crossing. They described East German police as amused by their money and said they planned to return to Vienna for Monday classes.
The Senate approved an amendment to the foreign aid bill requiring members of Congress and congressional staff to report the full amount of counterpart funds spent on overseas trips. Previously only committees filed such reports. The vote followed a 53 to 31 defeat of an effort to trim the aid bill and a rejected Proxmire proposal to cap military aid.
On the eve of the Normandy invasion anniversary Pan American Airways supervisor Les Wollner recalls landing at Utah Beach with the 299th Combat Engineers. Fellow worker Fritz Plenge, a German officer directing artillery, overheard and reflects that fighting a war is idiotic.
John F. McCarthy, longtime Long Beach resident and former city attorney, was elected to the Superior Court bench on Tuesday without opposition. This is his first election since his appointment to the bench last August, serving in the South Bay area.
Unofficial returns from 783 precincts show district voting totals for congressional and assembly seats. Republican Hosmer led with 44 068 in the district race, while Democrat Hosmer trailed at 18 802 and Frazer at 18 778. Assembly results list Kennick leading in the 4th District with 19 405 and a Kennick vote lead of 6 803. In the 70th District Republican Grant appears with 22 633 to Griffin 0 5389, and a 5 857 read for Grant's vote. Municipal Judge race No 1 shows Devitt at 17 785 and a 25 285 total for opposing candidate.
Navy reports unsuccessful Regulus II flight from Point Mugu California to Antelope Desert Lake Nevada. The missile traveled out to sea then inland and was tracked by two FSU chase planes for examination by recovery teams.
In unofficial county returns from 10,339 precincts Richards led the Republican field in the state senate race with 170,646 votes, narrowly ahead of N Bradford Trenham by 274. Quinn dominated the other contest for Assessor with 664,948 votes, triggering a runoff for several local offices including Municipal Judge and Superior Court Office No 3.
The report provides observed high and low temperatures across regions as recorded by the United States Weather Bureau. Data include daily extremes, location names, and date stamps illustrating seasonal temperature ranges and anomalies.
High tides today reach 0.0 feet at 12:23 am and 3.9 feet at 2:37 am. Low tides are 0.2 feet at 1:30 am and 2.4 feet at 7:45 pm. Saturday high tides measure 4.3 feet at 1:17 am and 4.0 feet at 3:25 pm. Low tides are 2 feet at 8:33 am and 2.4 feet at 9:13 pm.
Lt Col Haskell R Collins was awarded the Air Force Commendation Ribbon at Air Materiel Force Pacific Area in Hawaii for developing manufacturing capabilities in Japan to support the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. The citation notes enhanced Japan self sufficiency, boosted its economy, and reduced U S Air Force personnel. Col Collins and his wife Gwendolyn will report to Hill Air Force Base Utah this summer.
Garrier Dalivery ut 200 and 24.00 M indicates a delivery charge or fee in a partially legible notice. The fragment references an independent status except Sunday, with unclear dates and amounts.
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