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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1957
Page
1
Officials cite lack of operating funds delaying activation of the Long Beach VA Hospital seven million dollar addition. Budget shows minimal year-to-year increase. building behind schedule due to strikes, though 70 percent complete and expected ready before next summer with funds needed to activate this year.
Government troops tanks and warplanes fought a day long battle in South Central Cuba to crush a rebel uprising led by naval and maritime police forces who turned against Batista. The clash at Cienfuegos involved sailor disguises, heavy bombardment, and a surrender of about 400 rebels, with reports of many killed and the port city threatened before victory was declared.
A young man says workers delay vacations to accumulate extra sick leave and many colleagues avoid using sick days even when ill. The Los Angeles County marshal complains employees in his office take extensive sick leave when not truly sick, illustrating how social benefits are misused and trimmed.
The United States moves quickly to provide defensive weapons to Jordan and expedite arms deliveries to Lebanon, Iraq, and Turkey amid a deteriorating Syrian crisis. Loy Henderson described the situation as extremely serious while Dulles planned rapid discussions with Eisenhower to outline possible Middle East policy actions.
Independent readers split on the question of high school fraternities and sororities with equal sympathy and skepticism. A referenced Edsel appears on a used car page hinting at a forthcoming unveiling.
President Eisenhower personally urged Gov. Faubus to stop defying federal desegregation orders and use troops only as allowed by law. The Little Rock School Board sought a temporary halt to integration, while Judge Davies set a hearing for Saturday. Eisenhower telegraphed Faubus from Newport urging compliance and prepared to use legal means to uphold the federal Constitution.
The Traveler known as a master forger, active in over 40 states for 11 years with 330 aliases and $500000 in counterfeit checks, was captured in Middleburg Heights near Cleveland following a police tip. Speedie, 51, of San Fernando Ohio, admitted his role as the elusive figure behind the forgeries. Police recovered stacks of stolen merchandise and noted Speedie’s two bogus checks cashed in 1950 and 1953, totaling about $135.60, with a sharp trade mark on the forgeries.
Harland Louis Welch Sr surrenders Harland Louis Welch Jr after the 17 year old confessed to fleeing the scene of an accident in Santa Ana that seriously injured a 5 year old girl. The car, taken from Garden Grove, left five blocks away abandoned. The boy, with an operator license, was placed in the Orange County Juvenile Home.
The State Department said it will consider issuing passports for travel to Bulgaria for legitimate reasons in the national interest, ending a seven year U S travel ban that followed the 1950 break in relations. Press officer Luther Reid offered no further explanation for the change. Passports will be validated case by case for visits of limited duration tied to professional or other legitimate reasons.
Los Angeles court granted a jail holiday for Ewing Scott to search his West Los Angeles home for clues in a case tied to the disappearance and murder of his socialite wife Evelyn Throsby Scott. The 61 year old suspect, jailed since April 15 on charges including murder, grand theft and forgery, visited the house, noting a book on Peru, inspected a 1948 car with a bullet hole, and dined at Monica restaurant during the excursion.
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