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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1959
Page
8
Governor Brown backs compromise to liberalize unemployment benefits with a $55 maximum, 39 week duration, $12 weekly earnings cap, and higher employer contributions. Proposals extend coverage to 600,000 state and local workers, funding from the state general fund, amid debate on sufficiency and incentives.
The piece argues partisan gerrymandering is likely under reapportionment after the 1960 census and cites a proposed constitutional amendment by Sen. Richard Richards to limit district disparity to 15 percent and require compact contiguous districts. It also suggests increasing the Assembly to 111 members would worsen state government efficiency and cost, asserting 80 lawmakers could handle the workload if they act responsibly.
Los Angeles County faces a fiscal setback from a State Supreme Court ruling on taxing federal inventories in defense plants. The bill’s passage could allow after June 1 taxation of all property held on that date, with counties repaying $16 million already collected. The measure, passed by the Assembly, awaits Senate action and urges local officials to track it and adjust ordinances if enacted.
A 16 year old account notes Captain William H. Dovey was acting chief after City Manager C B Wirsching blocked Lt. E M Pond nomination. Alvin F Shright became captain. Blanche E Crown, the Board of Education’s only woman member, was elected president, succeeding Burton W Chace. she had served 1x years. 80 years ago the Chamber of Commerce Young Men’s Division pushed a $75,000 clubhouse plan for Recreation Park on the old reservoir site between 10th and Anaheim Streets.
Sacramento analysis finds Gov Brown's SB 209 flawed. It excludes interstate unions, forces lengthy admin remedies before court review, and lacks enforcement against unions. Report notes unions can dodge reporting. director can exempt unions, undermining effect.
Washington hots up over Mrs Clare Booth Luce as Ambassadress to Brazil with sharp personal exchanges and no credit to any party. Fulbright delays Ogden Reid’s ambassadorial bid to Israel amid Middle East tensions as Eisenhower defends terse press conference remarks about Herter’s nomination and medical checks.
A New York audience hears Defense Secretary McElroy defend U S defense readiness while Sen Symington, a leading Pentagon critic, charges a deliberate cover up of weaknesses and questions Twining's claim on missiles in England. The piece also notes Kennedy’s push on labor reform, Eisenhower on foreign aid, and calls for reappraisal of aid policy with 70 countries aided and more seeking help.
At the Western Foreign Ministers Conference in Paris a new era of quiet US diplomacy under Secretary Herter showed unity among allies. The meeting avoided a hard line and produced a joint stance that surprised Russians, though it stops short of a Soviet agreement. Warsaw Pact split on Germany aided Western bargaining leverage in Geneva talks.
TV director Bud Yorkin argues public taste sustains western heavy TV while acknowledging unhealthy balance. Erwin D. Canham notes content matters more than mere transmission by radio and cautions against overemphasis on material progress.
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