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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1960
Page
8
Many Long Beach women drivers express a dim view of the current vehicular safety check program, though Newton L. McLaughlin notes a brighter side to the picture.
In Havana applicants for U S tourist visas and residence permits face long waits with a backlog. Officials process about 100 applications daily as hundreds pile up at the embassy. A free safety check event runs through Saturday at 14th Street and Pine Avenue with hours from 10 to noon, 2 to 4, and 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday extended to 9 p.m. Diamond and Yellow Cabs have dedicated safety check lanes for their fleets.
The Commerce Department reports U S non military exports at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 15.4 billion dollars for January through March 1960, up from a year earlier while imports also level off, improving the U S balance of payments.
Officials report the Sea port agreement allows the Soviet tanker to deliver 10,000 tons of fuel oil and other petroleum products to Havana. This marks the first Soviet vessel to service the island under the new arrangement.
Construction costs reach new peak as wage hikes and pine lumber shortages drive the ENR index up 0.8 percent to 20.18 while the 20 city index climbs to 557.66, set against 1913=100 base. Strong entities include Engineering News Record and 20 cities, reflecting rising costs across the building trade.
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