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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1957

Page

5

Public Works Chief Durkee Demotion Discussion Stirs

Sacramento reports show Pi Gov knight weighing a lower pay post for Durkee as plans surface to move Frank Durkee from public works. Knight, traveling in Los Angeles, did not comment despite press efforts. Durkee, 65, has 30 years in state service and was deputy director before rising to department head.

Sacramento Knight Frank B. Dur C. M. Max Gillis Kree Stant Los Angele Ios Conaoe Durkee Butte Country Mountains Public Works Department Durkey Durker State Adult Authority California Youth Authority Watch Youth Authority Ralph B. Wright Sacra Menta CYA J Durkee Moly Public Works

Magazine Trial Back on Today

The final round in the Confidential Magazine trial resumes today in Los Angeles as prosecutors prepare to summarize 2000 pages of testimony. Deputy District Attorney William A S Ritti will present closing arguments defending conspiracies by Confidential and Whisper, Hollywood agents, and Meade to libel celebrities and publish obscene material.

Willian Ritti Dave Weir Hollywood Fredwich Marjorie Meade Arthur J. Crowley Air Meade Hollywood Research, Inc Crowley Can

Pushes Fight for Corona Navy Hospital Closure

Los Angeles attorney Dalip S. Calit vows to press Secretary of the Navy Gates to reopen the Corona naval hospital after a closure ordered as an economy move, despite protests from California congressmen and Senator Kuchel. He seeks an explanation for the closure and notes high reopening costs.

Conract Angeles Tressman Dalip Gates California Herain Thomas Kuchel

Russ Warships Headed Home Through Bosporus

TSTANBUL Turkey I A Russian cruiser and two torpedo boats steamed through the Bosporus from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea on Thursday coastal authorities said they believed they were returning to their Soviet base on the Black Sea in Communist Albania

Tstanbul Turkey Mediterranean Black Sea Thursda Albania

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