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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1957
Page
4
London dispatch reports a giant mammoth skeleton found in Southern Ukraine as per Radio Moscow. The broadcast cites dating the skeleton at about 500,000 to 800,000 years old.
New York April 9 Esquire Magazine highlights Garrett Underhill, a leading military authority, arguing the Army is outmoded and poorly led. He claims Secretary Wilson sidelined a report that could call for abolishing the Army or merging with the Marine Corps. He questions morale and urges action to preserve national security.
A three hour Monday meeting produced a compromise property tax draft for California. The plan proposes delaying a 1949 law and separating utility assessments from county local assessments while keeping county valuations on an even keel during a three year sampling cycle. The advisory panel includes state and local officials utilities and industry and will have two bills prepared for the Legislature.
TWENTYNINE PALMS November 11 A Marine Corps training center accident left Corporal Arthur P. Strunk 21 of St Louis Missouri dead after a tank backing to tow a disabled vehicle lurched. Investigating officers confirmed the fatal incident occurred Monday at the base.
Sacramento reports show Assembly Judiciary Committee approved McMillan's six year trial plan to suspend the death penalty with parole restrictions and a commute option for San Quentin inmates. Debate emphasized deterrence, with Marin County officials warning lives could be lost if wrong. Committee also tabled a constitutional abolition move, while other measures advanced on unemployment, disability benefits, water rights hearings, and tideland funding.
The Lord's Day Observance Society protested as Chancellor Peter Thorneycroft presented budget proposals to Queen Elizabeth on Sunday. The group argued he should have met her Saturday at Buckingham Palace to catch her before she left for Paris Monday.
Lawrence Russo, a 35 year old Las Angeles physician and motel operator, was convicted by a jury after deliberation for attempting to extort $10,000 by threatening to falsely accuse him of illegal operations. Sentencing set for April 29 by Superior Judge Maurice Spar.
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