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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1958
Page
2
LA City column argues Prop 16 would raise costs by adding private school students to public school funding. It cites Commonwealth Club and Haynes Foundation estimates, notes half day sessions, and claims taxpayers already subsidize private education. The piece urges a no vote, signed by T A Collins.
A one cent rise in the state gasoline tax was proposed Sunday by a committee of the League of California Cities. The plan would be voted on Wednesday at the league’s 80th annual conference. The current state tax is 16 cents per gallon plus federal taxes. Readings suggest the measure would more than double funds for street improvements, with Los Angeles receiving about seven million dollars annually under the current rate. San Diego Mayor Charles Dail presided during the opening session.
The record notes a Long Beach newspaper with publication days excluding Sunday, entries dated March 27, 2033, adjudication by Superior Court Los Angeles County on October 6, 101. It lists delivery and mail rates, including Garder Delivery and By Mall options, with monthly charges and a price of 21 dollars.
In Springhill Nova Scotia the Cumberland No 2 mine collapse left 93 dead after 15 injured and 12 bodies recovered. Rescue teams faced gas pockets and shifting rubble as they crawled 13,000 feet into the shaft seeking survivors. Funerals began as churches held prayer and families waited at the shaft mouth.
Eleanor Roosevelt leads the Fashion Foundation of America annual ranking with the all American title. Marlene Dietrich and Mrs Meanie Eisenhower also appear in the top dressers, with other honorees including Clare Boothe Luce and Cornelia Otis Skinner across public life, entertainment, and social spheres.
A North Texas State College co ed, a redhead from Amarillo, was assaulted after a Saturday opera chorus rehearsal at State Fair Park. A Black male, about 25, grabbed her, muffled screams with a hand, and threatened to knock her out before she escaped to nearby friends who rushed her to a hospital.
EVANSTON Ill Police reported Sunday they found a 30000 cache in the room of an elderly spinster who died over the weekend Miss Rose ONeill 68 was found by her landlady in her room police call the death natural. A canvas bag yielded 20000 in US savings bonds a 10000 government bond 900 in postal savings certificates 3600 in traveler's checks and 190 in government checks. Police sought her only known relative a brother William ONeill believed to be living in Chicago.
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