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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1957
Page
2
A Minnesota rural school sits empty as a district consolidates, while a contract teacher awaits students. Reports of Poison attempts, a red sidewalk misread in Illinois, a grenade incident, gray flannel robbery, a noisy parrot dispute, and a novelty skunk MOTs program wrap a mosaic of quirky local items and brief crime notes.
Fragmented OCR shows a collage of city names including Long Beach Los Angeles Las Vegas Boston Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Miami New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Omaha Parsland St. Louis St. Paul Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle and Washington with scattered numbers resembling temperatures or scores. The text is garbled but indicates a regional tally or forecast summary rather than a cohesive story.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, after winning the largest mandate for a German leader in a free election, pledged that Germany’s foreign policy would support NATO under U.S. leadership. He said Germany would project its political and moral weight toward that alliance. The East German press denounced the result, labeling Adenauer as linked to Hitler-era tactics, while the United States welcomed the outcome and expressed readiness to work with the new government.
The Rev. Ulysses B. Blakeley, 46, associate pastor of Berean Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, is appointed co pastor of Chicago's First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Charles T. Leber of Detroit, starting October 20. The Chicago church has an almost all white membership.
Kuniko Miyake a 49 year old Tokyo area resident died aboard the 40,000 ton carrier USS Tiron during a six month Far East cruise. Doctors call the death related to atomic disease. The病 hospital in Havana reported acute spinal leukemia as the cause.
An explosion at the Albers Mill on Oakland’s waterfront injured 18 workers, damaged two thirds of the roof, and forced a two to three week shutdown with losses estimated at least 100000. About 175 of 160 employees were at work, some critically burned or blown from the building, as fires were quickly contained.
Eighteen months ago Assemblyman Bruce Allen opposed Long Beach over oil money and tides. Now he is a strong backer of efforts to sanitize and repressure the field to stop subsidence, with Interim Committee Chairman Allen Miller also backing solution. Bill Grant and Herb Klockstein are praised for potential aid as the two assemblymen remain in office.
A Petronius Jr article notes confidence in new, capable men who can assist fully as a structured program aims to guide actions and achieve optimal results through practical collaboration.
Ford Motor Co Edsel Division reported 4095 retail deliveries in the first week on sale. Edsel sales averaged 682 a day over six selling days from Sept A through Sept 10, per general sales manager J B Doyle.
Chinese artist Chi Pei-Chin, renowned as a leading painter, died in Peiping on Monday at age 97, according to Red China Radio.
In a startling Saturday Evening Post exposé Raft recounts his past with Al Capone Lucky Luciano Owney Madden and Dutch Schultz explaining how gangland ties propelled his Hollywood rise while haunting him. He discusses guarding Owney Madden’s limo aiding Bogart and Sheridan and the price of fame with mob links and a $10 million tag.
In two contrasting articles in this week's Post the modern public school system is challenged. Herbert Brown defends public schools saying critiques are hogwash while author John Keats argues many schools subscribe to a flawed educational philosophy. The reader is urged to consider both pieces before replying.
A promotional wrap featuring Stavros Niarchos and a Greek industrial rise from flour mill to vast shipping fleet. Nine articles span stories, serials, cartoons, and bold claims of modern achievement.
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