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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1958
Page
3
A 6 months old girl was abducted from her Forter Washington home after her mother Darlene Palmer was beaten. Sheriff Simmons and FBI agents said no motive is apparent and a volunteer search party will look today for any trace. Authorities consider multiple unlikely suspects as the search continues.
Washington reports the economy shows signs of recovery with officials predicting stronger growth than expected. Officials caution a full rebound by mid-1959, while noting risks of relapse and ongoing high unemployment.
Widespread Missouri and eastern Kansas floods loom after torrential rains. The Kansas River and Missouri River crest predictions include 29 feet on rivers, with Boonville and Jefferson City forecast rises. Blue River bursts flood east Kansas City and drive dozens from homes as guards monitor crests near Easton and Leavenworth. Weather bureau warns record lowland flooding along the Arkansas River from Great Bend to Wichita over the next three days.
Los Angeles jurors convict Bar l tender David J. Moke, 27, of kidnapping a 14 year old girl from Canoga Park High School on June 10. The case, charged as a capital crime, yields life imprisonment as the verdict after three hours of deliberation in Superior Court.
Senate pressure mounts for quick action on a plan to boost Social Security pensions by 7 percent with higher payments for retirees and new minimums. The bill, pushed after House approval, would tax workers more next year and again the following year to fund the increases, with payroll taxes rising to 4 percent base by 1969 and self employed rates up to 6.5 percent.
In a Senate Rackets Committee session, Nancy Dawson testified she received a threatening telephone message urging her to keep silent. The warning, attributed to Hoffa of the Teamsters by a Detroit laundry firm secretary, prompted police protection for the witness and renewed focus on labor rackets investigations.
House group approves a states rights measure aimed at limiting federal supremacy in sedition and anti sedition laws. The bill would let state and federal laws coexist unless Congress explicitly says otherwise or a direct conflict exists. Eastland notes plans to seek Senate action as lawmakers face Supreme Court rulings such as the 1856 Nelson decision.
Major Gér Bernard A. Schriever announced a major breakthrough by the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division. The all-inertial guidance system would free missiles from ground control, resist jamming, allow hidden dispersion, reduce ground facilities costs, and enable space ships to self-guide beyond radio range. The system uses gyros and an onboard computer to maintain course, with flight tests expected next year.
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