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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1959
Page
2
L.A. C says rising car operating costs will reduce miles driven and two car families. Taxed gasoline, rising highway costs, and future federal taxes threaten demand and oil company profits as potential cuts in gasoline use rise. This column argues higher taxes may curb driving and strain budgets.
A fast moving fire destroyed nearly half of Lanark Ontario, damaging over $2 million and leaving about 150 homeless. Winds up to 50 mph fanned flames along Main Street, burning more than 40 of 90 buildings and leaving only four businesses standing. Fire departments fought the blaze for over four hours in difficult conditions.
Ninety eight people in all were rescued after a fire tore through the British cable laying ship Ocean Layer 500 miles off the Irish coast. Among the saved were ten American Telephone and Telegraph engineers and supervisors leading the cable operation. The ship sent an SOS, the crew abandoned ship, and the rescue vessel Flottas later reported picking up all aboard including the crew and 12 American engineers. The Flavia headed for Hamburg and then Falmouth, England, with the ship due there Wednesday. The ten Americans were identified as Fred J. Hert Morristown Indiana Jr Ogden D. Gensemer mayor of Summit New Jersey who led the operation for AT&T Frank J. Putal laz Huntington New York Charles P. Calhoun Verona New Jersey Wayne B. Johnson Oakland California Ralph H. Kammerer Manhasset New York Henry W. Lauridson Parsippany New Jersey Polis Indiana Stanley H. Miller Sunbury Pennsylvania and M. M. Me Custin Seattman Mississippi.
In Rio de Janeiro the Island of the Sun nudist colony faced a workers dispute as staff threatened to strike unless allowed to wear clothes. They argued it is too cold to work nude during these winter days on the island where all must appear in the raw.
Eskimos Kiawak and Eegeevudluk, ages 26 and 38, will participate in Stratford Shakespearean festival's annual exhibition this summer. They will carve figures from soapstone and ivory for visitors at a Cape Dorset display in Baffin region.
Classified ad offer urging readers to earn money by selling unused items. Mentions inexpensive classifieds and a starter option with a code, suggesting a simple path to place ads. It reads as an advertisement rather than a news item, with promotional language and a call to action.
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