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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1958
Page
1
Editorial urges a yes vote to amend Long Beach city charter to permit long term anti-subsidence programs. It notes current charter bars contracts beyond 23 years and explains funds would come from Holelands, not taxes, while stressing subsidence threatens the Navy Shipyard and local economy.
The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority took over operation of Los Angeles Transit Lines and Metropolitan Coach Lines, paying 13 596 374 dollars for Metro assets and 21 604 000 dollars for LATL. Cone T Bass named general manager at 36000 dollars a year, with Robert MacNally as Bass's assistant at 27900. The purchase, made at 7 42 a m, aims to create an integrated mass rapid transit system for the Los Angeles basin. In San Diego, nine year old Joe Christopher Muller Jr crawled and walked a quarter mile to reach his trapped parents in a wreck on U S Highway 395. The father and mother, both injured, were hospitalized with chest and head injuries.
MTA received 721 motor buses 109 trolley coaches and four streetcars operated over 292 one way route miles mainly in central Los Angeles. It added Tom MCL 711 motorbuses and rail cars with 1 242 route miles reaching into Riverside Orange and San Bernardino Counties. In Long Beach Fred S Dean and 1 year old Jack Richard Rook took part in an early morning incident involving a family financial transaction when a shot fired at a rabbit hit the boy who died in hospital.
A weather brief warns of rain tonight and Tuesday morning with clouds diminishing Tuesday afternoon. The forecast expects decreasing cloud cover later Tuesday.
Journal student William Baker and his wife Carol wake to find their 24 year old son Gregory missing. Police issue APB as deputies search after Gregory and his dachshund Duke were found wandering near Lakewood and Del Amo at 2 20 am. Baker laments forgotten lock and misses class at Long Beach State College.
A DC7 of American Airlines with one engine dead in flight continued for over an hour and landed safely at Stapleton Field Denver UP!. The incident involved all four engines and a safe touchdown with the remaining power.
A fragmentary meditation by Julian C. Hyer on Jesus washing the disciples feet. It reflects on humility as central to service, noting Jesus’ act at the door and contrasting the humble life with pride. The text cites a scriptural scene from John 13 and emphasizes servanthood over status.
Washington AP reports House committee chair Harris will seek impeachment of Commissioner Mack and says certain senators tied to a Miami television case must testify. Baker, head of National Airlines TV unit, urged probes into Kefauver Holland Smathers Magnuson Payne Mon Toney and others. Harris aims to restore public confidence in the FCC as he moves to file the impeachment resolution.
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov met President Eisenhower for about thirty minutes and called the conversation very useful. He dodged questions on a summit, saying it had not ripened for publication, while Soviet sources said talks covered a Kremlin proposal for an East West foreign ministers meeting in April. Secretary Dulles attended. White House said no comment on the visit.
Irene Arze di and her fiancé Joseph Pinto plan to marry despite her eloping on February 22, nine days before the wedding. She returned to Brooklyn after a police hunt, saying she left for personal reasons and was dazed during her bus ride to Los Angeles. Crowds cheered as she and her mother arrived home, while police checked tenements for any sign of her disappearance.
Washington reports a cautious view of the U S economy with unemployment rising and production falling. Despite some dollars changing hands, signs of a summer recovery are absent and millions face personal hardship as job losses mount across states and cities. Interviewees include bankers janitors chamber boosters and small retailers.
A landslide of rain soaked earth blocked U S Highway 99 north of Grants Pass Oregon. Miss Arzedi reported leaving home with $150 then bought a suitcase and boarded a Manhattan bound subway before the slide halted traffic and the highway remained closed. Highway officials said it could take time to reopen. The report also notes regional economic observations from bankers and business leaders amid a recession.
The article notes the Russian ambassador to the United States will confer with President Eisenhower, likely on the Soviet summit proposal. It references nearby pages for related features and column topics across the newspaper.
Unstable cold air bubbles are forecast to bring rain to the area tonight and Tuesday morning with clearing by Tuesday afternoon. Occasional showers likely along the coast during the five day period. Brief showers and thunder moved through Long Beach Sunday but did not raise season totals. The Weather Bureau five day outlook predicts heat or slightly above normal temperatures with normal March highs 67 and lows 48.
Washington - White House Press Secretary James Hagerty said he may disclose details soon about President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon on presidential disability. Eisenhower told reporters last Wednesday that he and Nixon had a clear understanding of actions if a disability emergency arises, though he kept details secret. Congress members have pressed for public disclosure while Hagerty indicated he would speak later, possibly today.
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