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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1959
Page
11
Tokyo dispatch reports six climbers dead after avalanches or blizzards struck central Honshu during a weekend expedition. Police said three other climbers remained missing as rescue efforts continued Tuesday.
In Sacramento upstate, nearly 100000 eligible voters debated a proposal to add social security coverage to the state retirement system. Vote results showed 43 411 against the plan and 232 303 in favor. If adopted, survivors would receive monthly payments plus existing lump sums. old members could choose to remain without survivor benefits or pay higher contributions for them. Those joining after Nov 4 would automatically gain survivor benefits of 70 to 250 monthly.
In Los Angeles County the grand jury opened hearings on a reported insurance swindle case. It considers more than 35 witnesses and 118 exhibits as part of the probe into alleged fraud that California Casualty Indemnity Co. says cost about $73,000.
Washington report says eleven adult Whooping cranes reached the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas by Tuesday morning. Sightings began with two birds on October 12, one on October 16, and eight on October 19, with a young crane later reported in Kansas. Thirty-two birds departed Aransas last spring for Canada’s nesting grounds.
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