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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1959

Page

2

Louis Armstrong Gravely Ill But In Good Spirits

Spoleto hospital reports Louis Armstrong gravely ill with pneumonia and possible heart concerns. Doctors in Rome note circulatory strain while Armstrong’s private physician in New York says he is responding to treatment and may recover, though not certain.

Satchino Spoleto Italy Armstrong Hir Alexander Schiff New York Schiff Cataldo Cassano Medical Pathological Institute of Rome University Cassano Rome

Water bid opening set for Adenauer era project stages

West German and American officials set July 25 as the bid opening for a $64 055 water supply contract. Layne and Bowler earns part of the prize for installing a major new main system in the northeast city area. The project includes over 112 000 feet of 24 to 36 inch mains in Clark Avenue and Conant Street corridors.

Adenauer Bonn Germany Board of Water Com- St Los Coyotes Diag. P Konrad Adenauer Pomas Layne & Bowler Spring St. Pump Co Los Angeles Redondo Ave Sina Clark Ave Conant

Brown pledges support to American Legion at 41st convention

Governor Edmund G Brown addressed the 41st Annual State Convention of the American Legion in Los Angeles and pledged support for worthy Legion projects. He warned he could not promise signing the budget as drafted by the Legislature and offered to study it with experts. Brown apologized for a prior mixup in invitations and defended public service to the Legion. In Glendale, Adventist leader McElhany, 79, dies. he led the church as general conference president from 1936 to 1950 and later served as general field secretary.

Los Angeles UPI Edmund G. Brown American Legion 41St Legion Legis The Pmemot Brown General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Retail Sales Gains Reported Across Nation

The Federal Reserve Board reported department store sales last week were 22 percent higher than the same week in 1958, with gains in all 17 districts. The four weeks ending June 20 showed intermediate range Thor sales up 10 percent year over year, supporting a 9 percent annual dollar-volume rise in rocket and satellite booster activity.

Washington W Federal Reserve Board Thor Cape Canaveral

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