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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1958
Page
4
Washington lawmakers push proposals to bolster farm income and reduce small farm unemployment amid recession fears. House Appropriations Committee debates a plan totaling 3.216 billion dollars to fund employment and support for farm families.
In a today action the committee approved 750000 for the new Civil Rights Commission in the 1959 fiscal year amid southern opposition. The move portends a House battle next week. The panel also moves funds to run two majors in Los Angeles and Orange counties as thousands of students prepare for a weeklong Easter break and school systems close. The committee criticizes the Agriculture Department for prioritizing its goals and notes five million unemployed in major cities.
The Newport Beach police plan earlier closing hours at 9 or 9 30 p.m. Increased patrols include more cars and vehicles, overtime shifts for regulars and reserves, and availability of military and emergency police from Costa Mesa and the Orange County sheriff. Curfew and loitering laws will be strictly enforced.
A late February blaze at a three story frame building near downtown Rochester, New York, killed seven people including 19 year old California pianist Miss J Brack from Modesto. Three others were injured, one critically. Brack was alone in a music practice room when the fire trapped occupants.
Yosemite National Park reports record snow at Gin Flat 7000 feet with 168 inches of snow and 54 inches of water, a threefold increase from last year. Rangers required three trips and stalled snowcats to reach the measurement site, noting the snowpack and water content far exceed recent records.
A drug maker touts a product named diquel that tranquilizes dogs similarly to human sedatives. The claim is the calmer dogs reduce city tensions and make life easier for postmen, though it sparked debate about safety and impact on urban dogs.
In San Diego two blood bank workers Iris Baker and Anita Calac were charged by grand jury with conspiracy to defraud the hospital of blood money. They allegedly filed 473 false claims totaling 2185 dollars for blood donations between September and January 1957.
Paris UPI Jacques Chaban Delmas charged France’s forces in Algeria were fired on three times from inside the Tunisian frontier in the past five days. The defense minister called for caution amid the cross border incidents.
Washington reports Dr Price said France could join the ranks of nations with atomic weapons within a week during a hearing on extending U S and allied exchanges of nuclear information. He warned that broader spread could raise war risks and hinder disarmament talks. He noted a French air raid attributed to a junior officer and suggested a Soviet test could be near. Berlin coverage mentions Erwin Kaiser, a German actor, testifying amid political briefings.
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