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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1959
Page
2
Fidel Castro's regime faces serious trouble as economic collapse deepens. About 300,000 sugar workers face unemployment by month’s end, pushing total jobless toward one million. Reforms have crippled construction, agriculture, imports, and retail trade, fueling resentment even among Castro loyalists.
Palm Springs lodging listing shows new La Fonda rates from 1253 for two travelers. Amenities include Med Amer Pls Refrigerated TY Reem service. Note: readable text fragment mentions Bahl included in package.
Dr. J.M. Soss, optometrist at 37 Pine Ave, advertises lightweight, break resistant artificial eyes with matched color and 32 years of experience. Terms are easy with free parking and no obligation.
U S Air Force Major George A Williams recounted that a Dominican Republic F51 fighter forced his C47 transport to land at Ciudad Trujillo after signaling and then firing a brief shot from a .50 caliber machine gun. The transport was en route from San Juan to Guantanamo Bay when the incident occurred. The State Department filed a complaint. the Dominican officers offered no explanation.
San Francisco report states Albert Oppenheimer left Hilda Oppenheimer a $15,000 life insurance policy in 1924. Her October death at 83 prompted a Superior Court inventory valuing her estate at $441,246, all from stock investments tied to that policy.
A thief who stole two Ukrainian alphabet typewriters from a Chicago northwest side gift shop Wednesday may need to brush up on languages to make crime pay. The incident highlights a rare theft of specialized equipment used for Ukrainian scripts.
ALGIERS The French army says it has complete control around Bone after crushing the largest rebel assault on the eastern Algerian port city. The clash lasted over 12 hours with 6 French soldiers killed and rebels reportedly about 100, though French figures claim 46 killed or captured. Prisoners said the attack came from Kabylie areas via Tunisia as a reinforcement and the attackers wore uniforms with automatic weapons aiming at the fortified 150,000 population city. The report notes rebels appeared more psychological than military and French claims of split bands.
Civil Air Patrol will relocate its Lay National headquarters from Washington to Houston Ellington Air Force Base in early August. A CAP spokesman cited congested Washington air space and Ellington's central location as reasons for the move.
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