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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1959
Page
5
Woods-Wiltie L, 38, of 935 Olive Ave, died Thursday. Surviving include wife Sadie, mother Mrs. Hattie Walker, father Willie Sr, and a brother. Service Friday in Jacksonville, Texas, Harris Mortuary in charge.
Akron Ohio locals of the United Rubber Workers Union overwhelmingly approved the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and BF Goodrich Co. contract ending the rubber industry’s longest strike. Local 7 members endorsed the settlement signed in Cleveland Saturday. Production resumes as midnight approaches.
Myron Spear, 56, owner of a San Francisco market, was pistol whipped and robbed of 6090 in cash and checks by two armed men who forced entry Sunday after opening time. They bound Spear, escaped in a car, and he phoned police after knocking over a telephone.
A fragment urges readers to browse for rentals with the line For Rent ads in the classified section. It mentions a contact dial phone number HE 25359 and encourages starting your apartment search. The readable text is short and primarily promotional.
Mexico City reports that 3,963 more tourists entered Mexico in the first quarter of 1959 than in the same period of 1938. The three month total for 1959 reached 153,790.
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