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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1957
Page
2
The Nottingham Waifry Festival featured cows attached to milking machines that activated in a chaotic display when a start button was pressed. A short circuit sent cows bucking and leaping. officials rebooted the system as the crowd watched in astonishment.
Wladyslaw Gomulka of Poland warned East Germany's Stalinist leaders to slow their crackdown on students and intellectuals. Premier Josef Cyrankiewicz arrived in East Berlin to mend frayed relations as informants reported efforts to ease tensions between the two communist allies.
The broadcast of Mao Zedong’s secret speech to Red China’s Supreme State Conference admits Hungary’s revolt dampened hopes of similar upheaval in China. He stresses rule by persuasion and education, while acknowledging tensions between government and the masses.
LOS ANGELES county supervisors voted to reopen debate on additional pay hikes for several thousand employees despite objections from County Manager Arthur J. Will. The panel approved adding about 358000 annually to salaries already funded by 9675466 per year, with hearings to include nurses hospital attendants and other workers. Union representatives said many classifications earn below private industry levels and urged consideration of higher starting pay for probation officers and other staff.
Mrs Mona Lee Crones 23 was shot in the head by her son Creg 24 who handled a gun left by her husband Robert during his reserve duty at Ft Lewis Washington Doctors found a bullet entered the skull and carved a three inch path but her condition was reported as good The boy said Mommy better get a band-aid as he calmly recalled the incident
Weather from the U S Weather Bureau lists high and low temperatures for major cities including New York Los Angeles Chicago San Francisco Seattle and more The piece also covers California politics with Lt Gov Powers weighing a Senate bid and Gov Knight planning talks with national leaders in Washington with Nixon and senators Knowland Kuchel and Sisk amid party shifts
Fragmentary OCR notes reference court and public notices in Los Angeles County including Long Beach and Pit awe areas. Mentions delivery and daily events with unclear names and dates. Readers should seek full text for precise actions and deadlines.
Hundreds of travelers take free inoculations from Health De dept rather than visiting regular doctors. Many would pay from 2000 to 20000 for tours yet rely on free health services, a practice few cities offer. World Travelers is a group that could operate with subsidies or without.
An 8 year old boy was struck by a car while playing in the street on 56th Street near Chestnut Avenue. John Eugene Mehler 142 E SS 8th Street treated at Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital for abrasions to arm and head and possible concussion. Driver Ernest John Hedg 22 of 5602 Long Beach Blvd was not cited as the boy ran in front of the car and the driver could not stop in time.
Cold winds reaching sixty mph scourged northern Natal and the Cape Peninsula uprooting trees and unroofing houses. Seven people died in the storm and bush fires fanned across the region as authorities warned of continuing danger.
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