Building Boom Amid Planned Projects Across Harbor Area
Large scale construction begins or advances across multiple sites including County courthouse, Community Hospital, Osteopathic Hospital, Harbor administration building, and Pier A ventures. Notable sums cited: 3.75 million, 5.504 million, 2.682 million, 2.25 million, 750 thousand, plus dozens more. Navy Shipyards adds 245 workers as projects expand, with payroll growth anticipated through classified efforts.
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Community Hospital
Osteopathic Hospital
Harbor Administration
Liury
Pier A
Harbor
Dave Tallichet
Ford Motor Co
Sea Wall
Pork Shops
12Th Market
Woodruff
del Amo
Iitchfield Oil Co
Pier B
Cerritos Square
Long Beach Blvd
San Antonio Dr
Ximena
Pacific Coast Hwy
No Upturn Yet Labor Tells Ike
Labor signals no early economic rebound with March unemployment needing a drastic drop to stay at February levels. Industrial production and orders hold steady. jet plane orders sustain Douglas Aircraft job growth this summer as shipyards revive with Navy work and harbor contracts.
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Ike
Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Co
Easter Sales Hike Spurs New York Retail Trade
New York retail trade improved this week as early Easter buying and warmer weather boosted demand. Consumer purchases were slightly higher than a year ago with small electrical appliance sales remaining strong. Total retail sales for the week ended Wednesday ran about 1 to 5 percent above the 1957 level per Dun and Bradstreet estimates.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Inc
Economic Downturn Deepens as Auto and Steel Fall
Memo warns that waiting another month will worsen the downturn with auto production slipping from mid-February to mid-March by 17,900 units a week and steel output dropping sharply. Government reports show business investment down 13 percent and consumer outlays for homes cars and appliances shrinking. Some hope comes from department store sales rising 7 percent year over year and a 70 percent jump in FHA home loan applications. Eisenhower to review anti recession steps.
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Meany
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Housing Administration
Eisenhower
Senate Defeats Excise Tax Cut Plan Amid Battle Over Taxes
Senate debate centered on trimming excise taxes with Douglas proposing an amendment to tax on insurance company income. Anderson warned revenue loss could reach 400 to 500 million, while Byrd pressed for fiscal restraint. The House originated the tax bill as required by the constitution, and a voice vote rejected Anderson’s amendment to halve the 10 percent auto manufacturers tax and the 8 percent freight tax.
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Douglas
House
Senate
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Lone Flier Sets Sights On England to New York Flight
Senator Byrd and others debate tax cuts as Peter Gluckman plans a solo Atlantic crossing from England to New York. Douglas warns against bypassing committees while Williams cautions inflation risks. In the House, Simpson proposes a broad tax cut package totaling about 6.4 billion dollars covering personal, corporate income and excise taxes on cars, TVs, and transport.
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Dan Francisco Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Peter Gluckman
Atlantic
Anderson
West
Treasury
New York
Sen. Williams
F- del
Douglas
Potter
Michigan
Lawger
North Dakota
House
Rep. Simpson
R-Pa
Taxwriting Ways and Means
Simpson
Secret Death Pact Tells Brutal Beauty Queen Killing
BEAVER Pa UPI An accused millworker Theodore Pallow admitted a secret pact with his beauty queen girlfriend Rosalie Less ended in murder. He said they would kill when their romance broke and that he shot Less after she begged for mercy. Pallow later killed himself nearby, and police found Rosalie Less dead in Vanport. The case unfolds as Pallow faces murder charges and a preliminary hearing proceeds.
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UPI
Rosalie
Pallow
Lels
Ras
Passon
Pale
Theodore Pallow
Nlow
Midland
Pennsylvania
Vanport
Torney
Lefs
Fay
Andrew
Paliow
Spor
Jadst
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