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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1961
Page
8
ASPIRANT Darlene Higginson of Los Angeles, who plans to study for the ministry and models to pay her way through school, has been chosen Miss West Hollywood. She will compete for Miss Recreation LA County this week, with the winner advancing to Sacramento in August for Maid of California.
The Cuban Revolutionary Council asked the International Red Cross to confirm Premier Fidel Castro's offer to exchange invasion prisoners for 500 bulldozers or tractors. Exile spokesman Luis Botifoll said a cable was sent to Geneva seeking confirmation and guarantees. Castro government meanwhile claimed broad support and denounced comparisons to Eichmann's wartime exchanges.
Speculation rises that the White House will announce a Kennedy Khrushchev summit in Vienna. Austrian officials say Kennedy arrives June 2 and Khrushchev June 3 with departures June 4 and 5, allowing more than two days of talks.
West Coast shipyards urge repeal of a 6 percent preference for government subsidized ships. They testified that materials cost about 6.76 percent and labor about 7.5 percent more than the East Coast, with a GAO study supporting higher Pacific costs. Congress weighs the differential amid calls to maintain ship production competitiveness.
A Pershing missile, prepared as a Redstone replacement, malfunctioned just after launch Thursday night and was destroyed in flight at Cape Canaveral.
Fragment discusses R Calif remarks on shipbuilding contracts in 1953 and the Federal Maritime Board six percent differential, noting lack of ship replacement program and implies resumed activity or policy impact in Los Angeles, with unclear attribution to Gilbride or Todd.
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