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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1958
Page
1
Detroit UPI report says United Auto Workers and Chrysler Corp ended a six day strike by 8,000 white collar workers with a new three year contract aligned to an earlier pact for production workers. Pickets were ordered removed from plants.
Maywood Strikers meet at Local 280 UAW Union Hall to discuss contract ratification as 10 engineers hold 16 percent of strike. Spokesmen say production will resume with delays due to awaiting shipments for 1959 cars and office staff may return after ratification vote.
Dr C Germann a state college political science professor defended the transfer of the juvenile bureau to the Long Beach Police Department as proper sound and wise asserting police officers should perform police activities not social work and urging limiting police actions when prosecutions are not indicated to diagnoses and referrals.
Across the Nation reports foreign aid at 4.6 billion dollars with non-military grants down 185 million from the previous year to about 7.5 billion. Military supply grants rose 200 million to 2.519 billion, slightly over half of the 1958 total, while overall aid remains below prior years despite postwar figures.
Doctors at UCLA Medical Center reported significant improvement in the condition of Elizabeth Taylor's 15 month old daughter Elizabeth during a Sunday update. The infant, born to Miss Taylor during the marriage to the late showman Mike Todd, had been listed as ill with pneumonia and is receiving ongoing medical care.
Weather forecast predicts wind gusts around strong and mild warming after a windy period. Coast and inland areas face small craft warnings, with snow flurries in the mountains and scattered showers elsewhere. The storm damaged trees and power lines while snow and ice impacted roads, prompting highway orders.
A weary survivor narrates his calm escape after his sailing vessel sank near Terminal Island. He sought refuge in a nearby harbor before seeking safety and reporting the incident. The report notes his ordeal and the successful break to shore.
Sylvester Carbajal 26 of 630 Ogg St was booked on suspicion of kidnaping after police found a crying girl in his car near Pacific Ave. The girl said she had not been molested. Carbajal claimed he was taking her home. He previously irritated the girl's father by visiting his bar and being refused service.
Phone lines flooded West Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police stations Sunday as residents reported trembling ground. Caltech seismological lab said no quake was recorded in the early afternoon.
Hollywood reports Yul Brynner agreed to star in the six million dollar film Solomon and Sheba after Tyrone Power’s death halted production in Spain. Brynner plans to leave for Spain next week to finish scenes from The Sound and The Fury, with King Vidor directing. Edward Small, head of the production company, said most Power scenes would need re filming.
Dorothy R Barlow and brothers Bill Smith Fullerton and others vanish when the fishing boat capsizes in the Catalina channel. Coast Guard members report three rescued, while the father of Bill Smith, a former Navy officer, believes the boat went down quickly with crew trapped in the pilothouse. The tale remains unresolved as authorities continue search efforts.
A cryptic lyric hints at enduring through rough skies as a speaker notes resilience amid a storm. The fragment references a character named Sunny Boy and a calm line about climbing a knee for comfort during wind and rain.
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