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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1958
Page
2
Assemblyman Herbert Klockstem ridiculed charges he opposed equal employment for seniors. He argued AB 464 was too broad and would restrict employers while protecting older workers, disputing a rival's timing and fate of the bill. He warned against hiring decisions based on age and pledged continued defense of seniors' rights.
A California state column praises Roy Simpson then superintendent of public instruction. It lauds his nonpartisan office, long tenure since 1945, and leadership of the state school program and Long Beach State College, asserting he deserves a statewide vote of confidence amid schooling growth and national criticism.
Robert Williams 20, a Folsom Prison lifer, stands trial June 10 for a murder allegedly committed November 20, 1953. He pleaded not guilty, declined a public defender, and seeks to represent himself after Judge Ralph K. Pierson denied dismissal of the latest charge. He is already serving a life term for the January 23, 1958 slaying of Matt Manestar, a Harbor City motel operator, and authorities say he confessed to participating in the killing of Ralph Burgess at McKinney's Furniture Co. on the Pacific Coast Highway.
John Gray, 28, of Lakerwood, sues Bank of America as executor of Marion Slo man's estate for 110000 alleging permanent back injuries from a collision of Gray's tank truck with Mrs Slo man's auto at Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street Seal Beach on October 24 1957. Mrs Slo man allegedly was negligent.
The report lists high and low temperatures for multiple cities including Long Beach Los Angeles Chicago Seattle and more. It also provides tide tables with high tides at 5.1 and 3.9 feet and low tides at 0.0 and 2.5 feet, plus sunrise and sunset times.
Adjudicated by the Superior Court Los Angeles County Decree C-10280 recorded October 6 1943 for a matter dated March 27 1943 at Long Beach California.
President Eisenhower will award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to the unknown World War II and Korean War servicemen. A Muskogee, Oklahoma defendant was found guilty of arsenic poisoning in a college health center kitchen and faces seven years. The unknowns will be buried at Arlington on Memorial Day.
War Office received bids for 470 tons of surplus salt biscuits from field rations. Officials described the sale as offering “excellent dog biscuits” in advertising materials. Washington notes House debate on Alaska statehood adjourned until six months later due to quorum issues.
The article outlines U S strategic options in the Near East including moving atomic stockpiles from France, potential withdrawal of forces to North Africa, and possible military intervention if Communists seize power. It cites figures such as Secretary Dulles and President Chamoun in a critique of American policy shifts and credibility in the region. The piece discusses events from the 1950s, tracing U S actions in Egypt, Lebanon, Suez and the broader alliance dynamics with France and Britain.
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