Preliminary Boost Set at 16 Percent in County Budget
Los Angeles area report shows the Board of Supervisors approving a preliminary county budget for 1959-60 totaling 466,194,824 dollars. The plan calls for a tax rate near 2.1374 per 100 assessed value, higher than the current 1.9778, with public hearings set for June 10. The budget anticipates salaries for about 35,000 county employees and a 3.67 percent rise in assessed valuation to 10.885...
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Los Angeles
Board of Supervisors
L. S. Hollinger
Hollinger
Board’ of Supervisors
John R. Quinn
Medic Tells of Killing for Mercy
Dr Maurice Millard 58 disclosed at a Rotary Club that he gave a lethal drug to a cancer patient to end her life as she asked. He said he would do the same under similar conditions and cited compassionate grounds. The British Medical Association opposes legalizing euthanasia but says doctors may use conscience in end of life decisions.
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Burton-On-Trent
England
Maurice Millard
Mercy
Millard
British Medical Assn
BMA
L A Cancer Victim Leaps to His Death in Downtown Hotel
In Los Angeles a man identified as Isaac Hurwitz, 6, formerly of New York City, reportedly leaped from the 10th floor of a downtown hotel unable to endure the pain of cancer. Police said he died at the scene.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Isaac Hurwitz
New York City
Posice
Hewlett
John R. Hendrickson
San Rafael
San
Francisco
Hendrickson
Los ‘Angeles
New
Himalayan
India
Lhasa
Navy Plane Crash Kills Airman in San Diego
A Navy plane crashed in flames on Monday night in San Diego killing airman Robert J. Butterworth, 19, and injuring the pilot, William Butterworth of Nashville, Tennessee.
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Navy
San Diego
Robert J. Butterworth
William
Hoffa foe ousted by Teamsters local 208 leadership reshuffle
Teamsters Local 208 ousted secretary treasurer Sid Cohen amid charges of misappropriation of 950 of the local's funds. Cohen, allied with Hoffa foe, claimed the trial was a gimmick while John W. Filipoff, a Hoffa supporter, was named president. Cam Ferr ell moved to secretary treasurer after the stormy session.
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Los
Angeles
Teamsters Union
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Sid Cohen
Hoffa
Jon Executive Board
Todey Cohen
Tim
Cohen
John W. Filipoff
Holia
Envoy to Iraq Back for Consultations
New York officials report U S ambassador to Iraq John D Cohen returned home for consultations with about 60 Cohen supporters on the Teamster Building. They stated he had been ordered back to Iraq and would appeal his ouster as secretary treasurer, citing concerns over increased inflation and communism influence.
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Iraq
New York
John D
Cohen
Jernegan
U.S
Crs
Teamster
Ferrell
Joint Council 42
Teamsters
Lynch Victim Parker Body Found Near Bogalusa Louisiana
In Bogalusa Louisiana FBI identified the body of Mack Charles Parker a 23 year old lynching victim from Poplarville Mississippi. The corpse was recovered from the Pearl River with signs of a brutal mob abduction just before his trial for rape of a pregnant white woman. The coroner released limited autopsy details and the full story continues on Page A-4.
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Bogalusa
la. L
Mack Charles Parker
Poplarville
Miss
Pearl River
FBI
Washington
Mississippi
Parker
Poplarville- Sargalosa
Old Times Talk at White House Between Ike and Churchill
President Eisenhower says he and Winston Churchill talked long into the night about events and people around the world. Churchill arrived for a three day White House visit and joked about the wear of age while noting his mind remains alert. London time made the night seem very late as Churchill had a long day after crossing the Atlantic.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Churchill
White House
Lord Montgomery
Montgomery
U. S
London
Atlantic
England
Sir Winston ‘Churchill
Archibald Macleish Wins Third Pulitzer Drama Award
Archibald Macleish, twice a Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, has earned a third award for drama. The notice lists where to find related coverage across sections A through C, including features on A-3 and B-1, and mentions his recognition alongside other staff and page references.
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Archibald Macleish
Bank Loss Probe Continues at San Diego East Long Beach Branch
Shortages at the U S National Bank of San Diego East Long Beach branch ranged from 350000 to 500000 as auditors continued untangling records left by banker George A Hewlett.
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U. S. National Bank of San Diego
Long Beach
George A. Hewlett
Strangler Kills Two Small Boys In Rockford
Sheriff officials say Archie Merriam strangled Virgil Brogdon Jr aged 5 and David Brogdon aged 3 in the San Diego mountains east of Laguna Junction after taking them from a car on a supposed outing Their mother Wanda Brogdon 33 and Merriam 33 were arrested at a sister's home in Spring Valley and held for questioning The killings occurred Saturday night and the bodies were brought to the sister's home Monday night by the couple
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San Diego
Merriam
Wanda Brogdon
Margaret Schmitter
Spring Valley
Don Bryary
Hays
Here
Laguna Junction
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lamos dies in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires. Nobel Peace Prize winner Lamos who earned the prize in 1936 and served as Argentina's foreign minister died today. Former diplomat, his death marks a historic end for a figure linked to international peacemaking and Argentine politics.
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Lamos
Buenos Aires
Carlos Saavedra
Lamos, &C
Argentina
Prime Minister of Jordan Quits
Prime Minister Samir Rifail has submitted his resignation to King Hussein because of ill health. The King has not yet accepted it. Rifai headed Jordan's government during last year's Middle East crisis when British troops were dispatched to Jordan and U.S. forces to Lebanon.
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Amman
Jordan
Samir Rifail
Hussein
Rifai
Middle East
U.S
Lebanon
Eisenhower Warns on Steel Inflation and Summit Prospects
President Eisenhower urged steel negotiators to exercise good sense to avoid a new wage price surge that could force government action. He indicated a Geneva outcome could lead to a summit with Khrushchev, asserting Khrushchev is Russia’s sole valid authority to speak for Moscow. He suggested progress at Geneva is needed to justify a later summit while noting broader East West tension hopes. He also addressed whether Truman is dodging White House invitations, saying he invites on a personal basis to avoid misinterpretation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Geneva
Truman
White House
Quake Kills One in Soviet Far East
A Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake killed one person and injured thirteen, with damage reported in Petropavlovsk and nearby districts. Seismographs in Britain, the United States, and elsewhere recorded the quake, which centered on the seabed of the Pacific west of Kamchatka.
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London
Moscow Radio
Kamchatka Peninsula
Soviet Far East
Britain
United States
Petropavlovsk
Pacific Walheast
Kamchatka
Weather Brief: Tonight Fog. Wednesday Warmer
A weather note says some fog early tonight with slightly warmer conditions on Wednesday. Maximum temperature by noon today is 71 degrees, with continuing mild conditions through the day.
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Lynch
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Charity” Hospital
Carl Mattson
Minneapolis
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Winston
Hal Boyle
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