Pentagon pay raise bill clears House action in Senate conferees
A 10 percent pay increase for 1,021,000 civil service and other federal employees, plus differential boosts for scientists, engineers, and various agency workers, was approved by Senate House conferees and sent toward the White House. The measure covers military and civilian staffs, with more broad effects across government pay scales.
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WM PLEADS FOR HELP INFLUENZA AND FEVER
A Washington man, struck by hay fever and a summer cold, collapses and begs a doctor for aid. He envisions a brief respite only after receiving two shots, one from a doctor and another from a bartender, as he lies bedridden awaiting relief. In a separate item, a BdT Stratojet crash near the Canadian border leaves four crewmen dead.
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Battered Body Of Boy Found In Los Angeles
The battered body of 3 year old Edward Van Der Mass was found by his mother Bertha Leonard when she returned from work. Police say the child suffered welts and bruises and his stepfather Charles W. Leonard, 24, is sought on an all points bulletin after disappearing from the home on Thursday.
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8Th Ave
Art Hanley
Wilshire
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Charles W. Leonard
Leonard
Icebox tragedy claims two children in Venice
Two children, a seven year old boy Bobby Lee Loving and five year old Sandra Waggoner, were found suffocated in an abandoned icebox. Playmates blamed each other for locking them inside. Police Chief Robert Trower noted girls Ruby Loving and Yvonne Waggoner witnessed and could be connected. The icebox owner was Mrs. Foggy Bell. A local Illinois law requires doors be removed from abandoned iceboxes. potential charges to be reviewed.
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UPI
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Sandra Waggoner
Robert Trower
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Ruby
Loving
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Yvonne Waggoner
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Trower
Extension OKd Washington Senate Finance OKs tax extension
The Senate Finance Committee endorsed extending present rates on corporations, excise taxes on autos and liquor, warning the government would lose about 2.6 billion dollars annually without renewal. Secretary of the Air Force James Douglas criticized the trend of portraying Air Force planes as aggressors amid rising near collision complaints with civilian aircraft.
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Aide Adams admits Boston industrialist paid hotel bills
Sherman Adams, the Presidents chief aide, confirms a Boston industrialist paid his hotel bills. Edward S. Shattuck no longer serves as state campaign manager for Senator Knowland, per updates on pages A-3 and A-2.
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Knowland Page
Pedestrian Killed in Long Beach Traffic Fatality
A 51-year-old man, Jonn ae Gundry Ave, was fatally struck by a car while walking along Victoria in Long Beach. Orville McPherson, 47, stated he pulled to the curb to let traffic pass and did not see the pedestrian. Police reported this as the 13th traffic death of the year. McPherson was not cited.
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Gundry
Victoria
Orville McPherson
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Long Beach Blvd
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Lloyd
McPherson
Cahayla
Dock Paet's End Won't Halt Work
West Coast longshoremen and ship clerks with contracts due to expire Sunday will continue to work under existing terms until final settlements are reached. An 8 a.m. June 16, 1958 effective date was announced. Negotiations in San Francisco since May show optimism for early settlements without shipping interruptions. Demands include a 15-cent hourly raise for longshoremen, a 28-cent raise for clerks, an 8 hour maximum shift, and better vacation provisions.
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Pacific Maritime Assn
Willontinue
San Francisco
Internationalongshoremen's ‘and
Douglas C133 Work to Extend Into 1961
The Air Force orders 15 new C133B transports from Douglas Aircraft Long Beach, extending production into 1961. The C183 Cargo Master will gain 22 percent more power and 54 percent less fuel use, with 26 tons payload and 4,000 mile range. The overhaul enlarges cargo bays for Atlas, Thor, Jupiter, and Titan missiles, boosting gross weight to 286,000 pounds.
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Douglas Aircraft &Co
Long Beach
K. G. Farrar
Donald W. Douglas Jr
Farrar
Noted Chemist Dies Developed Atabrine
Dr Alfred Einar Sherndal, chemist credited with developing Atabrine, died in Columbia Memorial Hospital Thursday night after a long illness. Atabrine is a synthetic substitute for quinine used to treat malaria.
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Hudson
Alfred Einar Sherndal
Columbia Memorial Hospital
Tornado Damages La Center Homes in Kentucky
A small tornado touched down in Wickliffe Kentucky near La Center Thursday night damaging several homes and injuring three members of a single family.
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