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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
14
A column argues that retirement to the suburbs often fails to deliver comfort or ease. It critiques rising suburban costs, city-house equity, and neighborly culture, urging careful study before moving. A call for the Golden Years booklet offers guidance to readers considering suburbia.
The Defense Department announced plans to create a radio radar network to detect and track any space object crossing the continental United States. ARPA assigns Navy to enhance two satellite stations in San Diego and Blossom Point, Army to build a new complex in Texas and New Mexico with Fort Worth as a transmitter hub and White Sands, N.M. as receiving sites. Work starts immediately and the network should be operational by year end.
Six officers and a sheriff's deputy were injured during a remodeled hotel celebration at 5217 Hollywood Blvd. Leroy W. Swick, 25, resisted arrest, knocked Detective Bennett down stairs, and kicked an officer in the eye. Warren and others aided Swick, leading to further clashes as officers arrested Swick and another man. Swick and Warren were booked on suspicion of assault.
A four day marine engineer strike against Atlantic and Gulf Coast shipowners spreads to the West Coast, with at least 20 West Coast firms and over ren ships reportedly affected. Contracts on all coasts expired at midnight Sunday and leaders warned crews to sign in or walk away. Union and shipowner sources say more than 100 ships along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are tied up, including 46 in New York.
A Paradise Valley ranch worker, Joe McErquiaga, 44, and his horse were struck dead by lightning on a ranch near Winnemucca on Wednesday. Nearby horsemen were uninjured. The report also notes tensions in a separate maritime labor dispute over pensions and benefits as a final settlement offer was rejected by a union demanding higher pay.
RENO Washoe Medical Center dedicated its new diagnostic and treatment facility to a surgical orderly, Chris Kakaris, 67, a Greece native who completed 27 years of service and became the hospital’s longest employee. Administrator Clyde Fox noted Kakaris wheeled more than 25,000 patients to surgery.
John Joseph Brkljacich asked Shawnee County District Court to change his name on Wednesday to Berklacy to ease pronunciation and spelling difficulties. The move aims to simplify legal documents and everyday use for the individual known by the prior, harder-to-spell surname.
A Kyoto University professor announced the Atom Clock SYOTO, claiming an accuracy so precise that over 300 years its time variation would stay within a single second. The project highlights advances in precision timekeeping and atomic clock development.
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