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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1953
Page
14
Senator Byrd reports that the federal civilian payroll cost rose by about 322 million dollars in the past year while the headcount fell by 127,124. He cites lump sum retirements and blue collar pay scales as main causes, noting payroll totaled 2,469,640 on June 30 against 2,596,764 a year prior.
At the National Aircraft Show in Dayton two Sabre jets and a helicopter pursuit speed and altitude records. Holtoner in a North American F-86 T Sabre targets 100 km world speed, with a 62 mile course over three Ohio counties. Capt. Russell Dobyns pilots a Piasecki YH-21 helicopter aiming at 129.552 mph and 21,220 feet altitude records, while Capt. Harold Collins tackles a 15 25 km F 84 speed. The Allison Trophy race features Wilson in an F 84 G Thunderjet. An aerial collision marred Sundays show.
Rep. Rees of Kansas says support grows for letting a Presidential commission fix postal rates instead of Congress. Eisenhower's proposal to raise first class stamps to four cents faces an election year hurdle. A similar plan by Rep. St George would auto-implement rates unless vetoed by Congress.
Air Force Secretary Talbott and Mrs Talbott arrived at the viewing stand more than an hour earlier in a Sikorsky H-19 helicopter of the same type used by the Air Force.
Firemen and police rescued 40 occupants from a smoke filled Westmoreland Arms building at Eighth Street and Westmoreland Avenue. The basement fire sent heavy smoke through ventilator shafts, but the blaze caused little damage and most evacuees were revived after reaching the open air. About 100 people were in the 39 unit complex at the time.
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