25 Nov 1958
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1958
Page
1
Warren Walters reports at Salvation Army HQ on SF Locust Ave where 200 families fear Thanksgiving without turkeys, meals, or money. A mother with five children explains past hardship from a fishing outage. donors urged to help before the holiday season begins.
A magazine article reports Debbie and Eddie swapping winches amid a dramatic market shakeout. An estimated 6.7 trillion dollars was trimmed from quoted stack values as the market endured a severe downturn. The piece references Monday and pages GE alongside market volatility.
Los Angeles dispatch reports Rear Adm. Jack P. Monroe outlines a Pacific missile range at Point Arguella north of Hawaii to host hydrogen armed satellites in polar orbits as potential world police platforms. He praises a deterrent but silent policy shift on missile testing and notes Vandenberg AFB’s role should conflict arise.
A major blizzard spread from Montana into the Dakotas and reached parts of upstate New York and Pennsylvania. Two cold fronts from Canada disrupted mild weekend weather, with Montana seeing 6 to 8 inches of snow and temperatures plunging up to 40 degrees. The storm halted traffic, closed schools, and stranded 250 air base workers near Cut Bank.
A six month old German shepherd fatally mauls a one year old boy in a barn near Harbor Creek Pennsylvania. Erie County Coroner WW Wood says the child died from loss of blood. the dog was destroyed by state police.
Harbor area in Long Beach faces ongoing earth sinkage as advisers press city and harbor officials to set a rapid timetable for stopping subsidence. The Subsidence Advisory Committee seeks action from the Harbor Commission to direct the city administrator and engineering consultants to establish schedules, equity formulas, and plan curtailment of production while speeding repressuring on city properties. Roberts and Smith back partial timetables but doubt legal aspects can be rushed. key factor remains signing unit agreements to start repressuring. The motion, led by Mayor Keeler and supported by City Manager Vickers and others, aims to implement an antisubsidence program with Navy consultant Branson guiding the effort. Continued on Page A-3.
SACRAMENTO UPI Gov Luke Goodwin J Knight said the late Benjamin Landis born December 4 1847 in Berlin County Alabama was a former slave who witnessed Civil War era events. A Northern general led a march through the courthouse area as the judge Clarence B. Runkleside passed.
In La Jolla police officers Willian F. Quidle Jr. and Vane W. Fi lergren investigated a bar when a thief drew attention away from the patrol car, stealing the spotlight during the incident.
Four million dollars in federal aid for West Basin port improvements is backed by Representative Michael Kirwan after ducks stuck in mud near the Harbor Department site. Kirwan, on a public works tour, argues the area must be dredged and cleared to avoid harbor hazards as engineers from the Army and district office accompany him.
Western officials consider armoured convoys and armored trains in the event of an East German blockade of West Berlin. West Germans oppose East German controls, while get tough plans gain support in Bonn. An airlift option is also discussed to break a potential siege.
Albany New York Monday the Republican State Committee reported a campaign deficit of about 284000 dollars as expenditures reached 12517.7 million while Nelson Rockefeller and aides led the drive. Democratic leaders were not yet released with Prendergast saying the deficit would be less than 400000 dollars.
WM's sister Matilda, a 1% suffragette, asserts equal rights for women as she battles rudeness in a crowded car. She pushes back a thrice-wary gallant passenger who insists on old gallantry, and on the fourth interruption he begs her to sit, claiming seven decks past his stop.
The Cape Canaveral missile test center, destined to be a crucial link against the Soviet Union, was handed to Pan American Airways on May 15, 1950. The plan faced criticism for inefficiency and high turnover, despite Pan Am claiming airline expertise. The Air Force favored contractor operation, but Pan Am’s tenure drew claims of inept management and profit motives.
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