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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1958
Page
4
A crowd of about 12,000 attended a Billy Graham revival in front of Oakland City Hall. The 45 minute program caused six people to faint and require ambulance transport. Graham enters the fourth week of a San Francisco crusade reported to have drawn 471,000 in 25 meetings.
Grainger 55 arrived in San Francisco after hitchhiking 3,200 miles from Toronto Canada in 10 days to hear Billy Graham. He timed his 25 day vacation to coincide with the crusade and says he has hitchhiked 46,000 miles since 1927. He does not drive and previously rode to New York to hear Graham last year.
Los Angeles County supervisors approved a pay increase for a portion of county workers 401 employees would see upgraded classifications and higher salaries while some classified acts were rejected the move affected about 401 workers in the county government and drew a 3-1 vote in favor. The measure to boost pay for more employees failed. Meanwhile a separate Philadelphia Orchestra concert in Moscow featured Eugene Ormandy conducting Strauss Beethoven Copland Mussorgsky with U S Ambassador Thompson and embassy staff among the audience.
SANTA MONICA UP I star Pat O'Brien became a grandfather when his daughter Mavourneen 24 gave birth to an eight pound 11 ounce son at St Johns Hospital The boy’s parents are Mr and Mrs David Garten of Los Angeles Garten is an instructor at nearby South Gate Junior High School
Provincial authorities in Tucuman, Argentina seek a clandestine radio asserting support for ex-dictator Juan D. Peron. The broadcasts alleged propaganda while Peron remains in exile in the Dominican Republic.
President Eisenhower faced a tax policy clash as House leaders Rayburn and Mills resisted a broad tax cut. Hearings opened on taxes and recession relief with a $3 billion revenue shortfall cited. A joint news conference framed the stance against general tax relief amid wartime funding and budget pressures.
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