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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1959
Page
12
UPI reports Tass says the Soviet Union will build 1200 new movie houses in towns during the seven year plan. The plan aims to provide state farm and Russian audiences with local cinema as financial difficulties affect housing and loans.
A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile fired by RAF training teams at Vandenberg Base was destroyed in flight due to a mechanical malfunction. It marked the first closed shot from this West Coast site and the third Thor test by Vandenberg, with prior SAC and RAF tests in 1958 and 1959. No advance notice of the firing was given. Newsmen observed a large flame as it lifted and failed, while RAF teams prepare for defense duties with the Thor system.
Councilman E Pat Ahern proposed paying expenses for City Manager Sam E Vickers to attend the International City Managers Assn conference October 25 to 29 in St Louis. The motion included a round trip ticket, and councilmen then unanimously adopted the measure.
Senator Stuart Symington urged a White House conference to promptly resolve deadlocked steel contract negotiations. He spoke after addressing an AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department meeting in Philadelphia. He suggested the call should be made immediately to avert further delays.
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