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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1960
Page
5
A Long Beach police officer and a fellow officer face danger during a routine shift on W Seaside Blvd. Owings is killed by a bullet while Brizendine is injured. The piece argues police heroism, public gratitude, and flaws in justice system handling suspects linked to murder and assault cases.
A regional fight over Proposition 14 and 15 on the November ballot targets California Senate reapportionment to balance representation. North vs south is framed around taxation and urban versus rural needs, with critics arguing current maps undervalue southern voters while northern areas like San Francisco seek fairer tax and funding shares.
Capt. Bue die Rickenbacker, board chairman of Eastern Air Lines, said he will vigorously oppose the recommendation that his dream of a lifetime route between Florida and California be awarded to National Airlines.
The readable text shows a newspaper masthead with editors and staff names, office addresses in Minneapolis and Los Angeles, and mentions of publishing operations. OCR artifacts mix names like Herman H. Adder Daniel Ridder Harold Hines and others with garbled words and stray punctuation.
Drew Pearson argues strong slogans fail to mask U S diplomatic failures under President Eisenhower. He cites Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe as venues of setbacks from the U2 incident to disarmament limits, blaming both administration missteps and bipartisan shielding.
The national conference on rural health debunks the myth that farm boys are physically stronger. Records show farm youths faced higher disability rejection than national rates. Dr Clendening calls the "fable of the magnificent brute" a fiction and notes ancient humans suffered many ailments.
A sweep of historical notes recalls 19 years ago City Treasurer Herbert C. Morse planned retirement after 29 years of municipal service since 1906. Twenty years prior, Daugherty Field airport gained a 12 inch water main approval. Thirty years back Cities Service Company eyed $7 million Long Beach petroleum properties during Henry L. Doherty’s visit.
President Eisenhower returns from a six day Hawaii trip with a light remark about the visit. Defense Secretary Gates predicts continued Soviet Cold War pressure and possible minor actions. Gallup notes a near balance between Republican and Democratic forces, with independent voters pivotal to the outcome.
The Kennedy invasion into Western states challenges Johnson for the Democratic nomination. Kennedy aims to consolidate delegates in California Oregon and other Western regions while courting Northern support. A Western bloc could shift convention dynamics and threaten Johnson's conservative backing and southern veto power.
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