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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1962
Page
2
Dallas city council approved a medical bill for an employee injured on the job. The decision covers official payments related to the on the job injury and benefits.
California and national briefs cover a looming MTA bus strike set for Thursday over non pay and pension funding. Other items note public assistance pay compared to dog catcher wages in California, a BBC misdirection water spinning demo in London, and the transit authority’s 3.4 million settlement offer rejected by the union.
A three man Maritime Board of Inquiry told President Kennedy in a 12 page report that the Pacific Maritime Association and the three striking unions are guilty of self serving logic and archaic bargaining practices. The strike idled about 50 American flagships on the Pacific coast from March 16 until an April Taft Hartley Act injunction halted it. The panel said economic demands, not working rules, drive the dispute and offered general conclusions without settlement recommendations.
Fragmentary item notes a routine postal matter and certification processes in Long Beach. Mentions Pine Avenue and Lona Breck with references to daily publication except Mondays. Delivery and mail copy details are partially shown, including a series of numbers.
President Kennedy fixed July 3 as the start date for tariff concessions reached March 7 with the European Common Market and allies. The agreement covers Austria Canada Denmark Finland Israel New Zealand Norway Pakistan Portugal Sweden Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Severe storms ripped across the Midwest andSouth uprooting power lines and roofs. Eight people died and about one hundred were injured as the tornadoes hit Illinois Indiana Ohio Kentucky and nearby areas. In Rantoul Illinois a roof collapse at a supermarket killed two and injured three. Damage at Rantoul exceeded one million dollars. The storms moved into Chicago area and other communities causing widespread destruction and utility outages.
An article notes remarks at a ceremony celebrating pioneer virtues, including comments about art and national resilience. It quotes figures referring to Lyndon Johnson, Eisenhower, and artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, with a focus on optimism and strength amid challenges.
In Dayton Ohio amid crowd scenes at the dedication of the Eisenhower library Chief Joe Tucker and police recovered a kidnapped girl and detained a 32 year old man Eyter who appeared drugged. President Kennedy sent a message praising the library as Vice President Johnson attended. The event drew public attention to national character and unity.
Three crewmen aboard a balloon launched from Brawley on a wartime flight to the sub chaser were reported overdue. The craft drifted off course and landed near Mexico’s coast after a search. all three, Kurt Stehling Cmdr Ben Leavitt and Capt Gordon Benson, were rescued by a Marine helicopter near Yuma and reported in good condition.
The craft owner Jeff L. Hodges and his daughter Sandra aged 13 were aboard. A Coast Guard spokesman stated the wooden-hulled vessel, recently purchased by Hodges, had not left port for seven years until its current savage incident.
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