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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1956
Page
1
In a record turnout for a special election, Long Beach residents approved a 29 million dollar city wide improvements package including airport runway extension and hospital expansion. The vote smashed expectations with over 50 percent turnout and broad, multi precinct support.
Long Beach officials and business leaders hailed passage of the city’s six bond issues and five ballot measures by a sweeping margin. Mayor Gerald Desmond called it a pleasant surprise signaling the metropolis’s growth. Proposition 6 funds for four branch libraries were praised by Edwin Gastagna as citizens look ahead.
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Unofficial returns from 315 precincts show Propositions 1 through 6 required 6634 percent yes to pass while Propositions A B C D and M needed only a simple majority. Balloting details indicate results by proposition and indicate election totals across precincts.
Amid Europe’s worst winter, AF airlift battles storms to bring food and fuel to snowbound villages. A 216 ton coaster crew perish in Channel mishap. US transports deliver aid to southern Greece while rescue ships rescue mariners. Thunder roars over Nice and Cannes as blizzards hit coastal resorts.
British forces used tear gas and batons against rioting schoolgirls at Limassol Cyprus today. UPB troops reported the incident as authorities moved to restore order in the Cypriot port city.
Pittsburgh AP reports the Federal Mediation Service pulled out after 118 days of negotiations between Westinghouse Electric Corp and the AFL-CIO International Union of Electrical Workers. John R. Murray cited lack of progress and said parties should resume negotiations at the bargaining table. Hartnett of the IUE criticized the union leadership for shifting positions.
Senator Francis Case testified before a Senate inquiry that a Nebraska lawyer’s $2,500 campaign contribution implied an abnormal interest in his vote on the natural gas bill and led him to reconsider supporting the measure. He emphasized no bribery occurred and noted an assistant exclaimed My Lord upon learning of the gift.
FBI arrested Cyril Marshall a Bronx subway car inspector and his wife An Desmond Milich Anaheim for a three year embezzlement and gas station burglary tied to Empire Employes Credit Union funds. Authorities say Milich used Army clothing to aid the break in and that Marshall faces up to five years in prison and a $5000 fine.
A weather notice indicates mostly clear skies through Saturday with patchy fog developing early Saturday morning. Temperatures will show little change, remaining near current levels.
A dense index listing where to find specific content in the newspaper. It names sections such as Beach Combing on B-1, Boyle on A-EL, Bridge on A-11, and various pages for classifieds, comics, editorial, sports, obituaries, and vital statistics. It guides readers to Women pages B-4 and B-5, Your World on A-2, and the World sections overall.
Cincinnati AP report notes Air Force warning that Russian air development nears the danger point and US industry must push research to stay ahead. Gen Thomas D. White tells diners at GE facility unveiling about 20 million testing complex while citing J75, B58, F102 as current sonic capabilities and urging private industry to increase policy-free research efforts.
California Governor Goodwin Knight fights influenza in his Waldorf Astoria room after arriving in New York for meetings with businessmen on bringing new factories to California. An associate said Knight is much better today following the illness.
A B47 jet bomber crashed near Ellsworth Air Force Base today, killing six crew members and ten aboard. The bomber’s home base was not yet determined, and the aircraft was described as a transient ship.
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