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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1957

Page

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Fiery Object Seen at A-Bomb Test Site Reported

Reports from White Sands and nearby areas describe two sightings of a bright, oval object near the A-bomb test site in southern New Mexico. Witnesses, including sheriff deputies and military police, observed a very bright light moving high above the missile range before it disappeared.

Watt N. M West Texas White Sands Seige Tomiscos Ing Public Information Office Texas New Mexico R.qakes Barlow Qakes Glenn H. Toy Fie Watntes Penney

Soviet Union Withdraws From UN Disarmament Talks

The Soviet Union announced its withdrawal from all disarmament negotiations under UN machinery, shocking delegates after three weeks of debate. British and American officials called it discouraging while urging prudent reflection and possible further comment.

United Nations Soviet Union U.N Vasily V. Kugnesov Pete

Knight to announce Senate bid after Ike Nixon talks

Gov. Knight plans to tell President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon during a morning meeting he will run for the U S Senate next year. Sources say he will withdraw from the California governor race as Knowland faces a challenge. The plan follows advisory input from Republican leaders in Washington and Sacramento.

Canada Wallace Nesbitt Washington Good H Win J, Knight California Soviet Union Kuznetsov Eisenhower Nixon Knight Capitol U. S. Senate William F. Knowland Sacramento Ad-Iob

Douglas Employes Pay Raise Granted in California

About 55,000 Douglas Aircraft Co employees in Southern California received a 12 cent per hour cost of living wage increase Monday. The rise, under the union contract with UAW and IAM locals at Long Beach Santa Monica and El Segundo Torrance facilities, is tied to the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics index and costs more than 24 million dollars annually. The adjustment will stay in effect until February 2 when it may be adjusted per the index.

Douglas Aircraft Co California Douglas United Auto Workers Tnneternational Assn Machinist Long Reach Santa Monica EL Segundo- Torrance U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Czech President Seriously Ill in Vienna

Czech President Antonin Zapotylecky, 73, is seriously ill in Vienna, Radio Prague said Monday night. The nature of his condition was not announced.

Vienna OTI Antonin Zapolecky Radio Prague

Appeals Court Refuses to Lift Hoffa Ban

The U S Court of Appeals in Washington on Monday refused to lift a two week old injunction against James F Hoffa and other Teamsters leaders over the union presidency contest. The court kept the injunction, ordered a speedy trial, and left changes voted at the contested convention pending trial. Hoffa and associates face charges of conspiring to secure Hoffa's election at the Miami Beach convention last month. The ruling tightens the injunction and delays constitutional changes until the case proceeds.

Washington U.S. Court of Appeals James F. Hoffa Teamsters Union Hoffa Teamsters Dave Secik Miami Beach Fla Wilbur Ktrict F. Dickinson Lettsi Miller Charles F. Fahyana Lettsi George T. Washington Letts Letis Supreme Court Law and New York Teamsters Beck

Straws in the Wind Signal NJ and Nation Election Hints

A newspaper brief notes today's state elections may reveal how segregation issues affect the Negro vote and hint at next year’s national races. It highlights New Jersey as a focal point with votes expected for governor and state legislature, shaping the Republican stance.

Nixon New Jersey Senate

Divorcee testifies Scott proposed before wife vanished

An attractive divorcee told a jury that L. Ewing Scott proposed twice and she accepted soon after his wife disappeared. The remarks were made Monday during the trial as reported on Page B-T.

L. Ewing Scott Page B-T

New Date on Pier A Proposed

The Harbor Commissioners considered a 90 day lease option for 1375 acres on Pier A by investor George Millett and partners for a $120000 restaurant and cocktail bar. They sent the proposal to General Manager E J Am at with a Nov 18 deadline. rent would be about $600 monthly based on space and revenue. The plan envisions a 5000 square foot building on Pier A’s east point with city views, with utilities and land fill handled by the harbor department.

Board of Harbor Commissioners Pier A E. J. Amar George Millett Long Beach Harbor Department

Strike Authorized at Missiles Base in Florida

About 600 Pan American clerks at Cape Canaveral threatened a strike after a vote by the AFL CIO Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. The move aims to gain a full union shop and higher wages, while mediation under the Railway Labor Act stalls a walkout. The dispute affects Pan American World Airways operations tied to the U S missiles range and Cape Canaveral base employees.

Brownsville Tex Florida That Airlines Aflcio Brotherhood of Railway Land Pan’American World Airways Cape Canaveral Fla Pan American U. S Hawaii New York Alaska Puerto Rico Cape Canaveral Island Alsparel

Apes and a Dog to Orbit of Soviet Space Test

MOSCOW AP The Soviet Union announced using new power sources to fire Sputnik I higher, with a dog aboard Laika the female expected to die in harness as rotation accelerates. Academician Diku Shin described a multi stage carrier rocket with precise controls to place the satellite into its computed orbit and carry instruments and an animal passenger.

Soviet Aviation Russia Moscow Laika Planetarium Offi Earth Kiril PL Stanyukovich Moscow Radio Academician Diku

Russia May Have fired Moon Rocket

Cambridge Massachusetts scientists weighed whether Russia has launched a lunar rocket. Dr. Fred Whipple doubted a launch but said if attempted it likely occurred last Saturday. Moon eclipse on November 7 offered ideal conditions for observing a nuclear or flare event from Earth, notes from UNC Chapel Hill also added.

Cambridge Mass Russia Fred Whipple Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Thay i Whipple Chapel Hil N.C F. Janzano University of North Carolina Planetarium Asia Earth

Missiles Lag Briefing Fails To Convince Johnson

Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson said a seven hour briefing by Defense Department leaders failed to prove the U.S. missiles program kept pace with Russia. Senator Styles Bridges urged a missile czar to tighten the American program while Chairman Richard Russell planned further study. The panel weighed whether to pursue a full congressional review as lawmakers pressed for fuller data on Soviet advances.

Washington Senate Lyndon B. Johnson Defense Department U.S Russia Texas Armed Services Committee Army Navy Air Force Sen Styles Bridges

Texas Weather Man's Dubious Forecast Confuses Forecasts

A Texas weatherman struggles with a misfiring forecasting method. He predicts loud weather around Long Beach while admitting uncertainty about California and Texas. He contemplates hitchhiking to escape the unreliable THING affecting his predictions.

Texas California’s Long Beach Jaeree

Plane crash lands on golf course near Sydney

An Australian East-West Aire lines plane carrying 27 passengers including a four month old baby and an 82 year old woman crash landed on a golf course near Sydney on Monday. Jane was injured.

Sydney Australia Aire Lines Here J Ane

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