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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1957
Page
2
Dr. Frances Fay and Carroll transport three newborn belugas weighing about 459 pounds each to a New York aquarium. They seek an appropriate milk formula for the young whales as they are moved far from their mothers in Arctic wastelands.
A Washington report in a purchasing magazine says Pentagon officials study jet engine costs and push for a reduced atomic bomber program. It notes current jet engine spending around 14% of a budget with a forecast rise by 1959, plus trials of titanium use and concerns over spare parts and overall engine expense for major aircraft.
Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield said Congress must provide 140 million dollars for the Postal Service to avoid widespread curtailments. He warned of potential Saturday mall service cuts and the closure of hundreds or thousands of small post offices, with reductions in mail handling capacity.
A Sonoma County taxpayers group urged California to reject turning William Randolph Hearst’s San Simeon castle into a state historic monument citing high maintenance costs and loss of local tax revenue. The Sonoma County Taxpayers Association cited annual expenses of about 5 million dollars as excessive for public benefit.
Los Angeles City Attorney Roger Arnebergh, 47, slipped while running to answer a phone and crashed his foot through a picture window. He needed 20 stitches to mend two cut tendons and will be in a cast for about a month. He plans to conduct office business from his hospital bed as he recovers.
A 4160 ton PC 1616 class subchaser arrived at Massafa to join the Ethiopian navy under a mutual security program. The vessel, manned by American sailors and Ethiopian cadets, transited the Suez Canal becoming the first U S naval craft to use the canal since it reopened last winter.
A fragmented four year old item notes that secret meetings by local and state bodies violate law. It describes how a push by newspapers and citizens seeks stronger open meeting requirements and legislative action to ensure transparency.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions PETRONIUG sR i and a tire enforcement context. Limited readable details reference lian docat roverbiients without clear action or location.
Discussion of executive traits on the University Explorer program titled Who's the Boss. The show airs at 9 45 pm and invites debate over public access to business matters and the need for open meetings.
Hollywood report says film starlet Yvonne Lime denies plans to marry Elvis Presley after a published rumor. She confirms dating Presley since February but says there is nothing definite and keeps future prospects a secret.
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