Trailways Busmen on Strike amid heat wave in West
About 160 Continental Trailways drivers in the western division walked out at midnight over a contract dispute. In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh high heat stalled court activity as Judge Francis Shunk Brown postponed a trial until Sept. 9. A Los Angeles man robbed in court proceedings, and a snake fire in Garberville left dozens of snakes dead in a $10,000 blaze. Tax Collector George P. Lewis refused a silver bag until it could be converted to folding money. Detroit cabbie Haig Vartanian chased a purse thief and earned a reward. Continentals strike affects 700 workers nationwide. wage demands include 8 cents a mile plus pension.
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Los Angeles
Continental
Trailways
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Administration of Justice
Fritrack Ards
Francis Shunk Brown
San Fran
Cisco
Flagstaff
Ariz
Als
Mercury
Samuel Ross
Graterford Penitentiary
Duquerque
N. M
Garberville
Calif
Highway 101
Here
Tex Cordell
San Francisco
Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Cossed
Employes of America
American Lines
Russia claims it can launch spaceship now
Amost unreadable clipping notes Russia claiming capability to launch a spaceship at any time. It cites Izvestia reporting Sputnik III progress and Soviet scientists claiming speeds over 25,000 miles per hour could escape Earth's gravity. Context mentions a Central division strike settlement and unrelated US air force matter.
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Continental
Central
Moscow
Col J
Oklahoma
Kansas
Soviet Union
Sauri
Arkansas
A. Tlyishin
V. Lensky
Izvestia
Air Force
Laughlin
del Rio
Dias
Amarillo
Tex
Breeding a Space-Ready Man with Gills Idea Weighed
UCLA zoologist Dr Blaine Levendahl discussed space travel offspring capable of breathing water or gas. He proposed gills or temporary water-filled lungs to survive ammonia or methane atmospheres and the stresses of launch and reentry. Evolutionary history noted explains why lungs took time to evolve from gill life.
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Rennie Taylor
Aseoched
Aotence
Los Angeles
Levendahl
Boost Seen in Security Pay Scale Boost Seen in Security Pay Scale
Senator Clifford Case announces a bill to double social security benefits, a move worth about 900 million dollars in the first year. The proposal follows hearings by the House Ways and Means Committee and signals possible action before the 1958 session adjourns.
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Washington UP
Clifford P. Case
Case
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Press-Gelesram: Entered ap Second clam matter of Pom Office
An item from the Pom Office shows a notice about a second class matter with a cryptic line about charges and a price. It mentions a daily publication schedule excluding Sundays, at 610 feet and Pine Ave in Lone Beach, and notes membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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Gelesram
Ee Ats Ve
Dewery
Pine Ave
Lone Beach
Audit Bureau of
Huntington Hotel Beachside Dining and Rooms Ad
An old Long Beach hotel advertises rooms with private baths wall-to-wall carpeting and daily maid service. The Huntington Hotel with ocean views offers large dining room meals including steak prime ribs roast turkey and Virginia baked ham at 2.15 and catering for outside groups. Phone number 8-8263.
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Huntington Hotel
Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
Bubtia
Beeakigat Bae
Rentige
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Feng Beath
Cali
Wad
Allegheny County
Newport, R. I
George P. Lewis
Lewis
Detroit
Haig Vartanian
Vartenian
Vartanian
Estella Varge
M. E. Hylton
Albuquerque-El Paso
Russia
Ethel Bickoff
Atlanta
Olds Mobility
Olds
Vre
Oldsmobil Quality Dealer
C. Standlee Martin
Blaine Levengahl
University of California At Los Angeles
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Space
Earth
Petri
Lakewood
Firestone
Ali
Firestone DeLuxe Super Champion Tire
America
Zia
Led's
Tire Service
ME South ET. LI
Anaheim
Wellin Tire CO
Artesia
ONET
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