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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1959
Page
5
Fifty people line the Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service counter seeking their share of a forgotten fortune. ARS officials report a steady arrival of names on an unclaimed list, with contributors arriving daily to claim taxes tied to the estate and related proceedings.
The American Iron and Steel Institute said U.S. steel mills produced a record 48,156,396 net tons of finished steel in the first half of the year. Auto products led with 9,951,879 tons, followed by containers 4,533,834, machinery and equipment 2,895,522, contractors’ products 2,489,433, electrical machinery 1,422,848, and agricultural equipment 73,169 tons.
Arkansas lawmakers debate using emergency powers to keep high schools closed amid a polio outbreak. Gov. Faubus cannot be reached for comment as segregationists press the polio angle against school integration. The school board plans a Wednes day opening with six black students reassigned to former white institutions despite earlier delays. Health officials downplay the polio threat and doubt it will delay the plan.
The case of Chessman faces possible resentencing as Friday proceedings may occur after a flurry of appeals. Originally sentenced to death in 1948, Chessman plans to push his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court following recent State Supreme Court actions.
Sacrament o UPI reports more than twenty five thousand Californians had licenses suspended in four months of a state crackdown on highway carelessness. Robert I. McCarthy, state MV director, cited 3995 licenses as of July amid first convict drink driving penalties.
In Los Angeles a prosecution witness, Filippo Acquaro, nephew of Tony Mirabile, testified that he could not identify four defendants as the men who murdered Mirabile and wounded Acquaro during a December burglary at a San Diego tavern. Acquaro was stabbed. Mirabile was killed. The court noted Acquaro previously claimed guilt and a 100-year sentence for the accused.
Pacific Fruit Express Co said Wednesday it plans to build an 11 026 mechanical refrigerator plant costing about 27 million dollars. Advertising copy notes daily bargains in classified sections.
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