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Newspaper

Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1959

Page

2

Insurance underwriters weigh space travel coverage

Frank H. David of Prudential told 300 Home Office Site Underwriters Assn members that space flight life policies are not yet feasible but may be considered in 20 or 30 years. He noted questions about premiums and aviation riders for astronauts and crew members as Space Force pilots gain training. He believes it is premature to set restrictions or rates now.

Chicago Frank H. David Newark N. J Prudential Insurance Co America David Underwriters Assn Davir Air Force

Tax Chief Uses Accountant for Return on $21000 Salary

New York dispatch reports Dana Latham tax chief says an expert accountant prepares his tax return. While touring regional IRS offices he disclosed he does not handle it himself.

New York UPI Dana Latham Morday O Latham Internal Revenue

Calif. Solons Get Water Bill Debate in Sacramento

In Sacramento Northern and Southern lawmakers clashed over a statewide water plan. Governor Brown proposed a $1.75 billion bond to fund the Feather River Project to completion. Northern senators supported the bond size but objected to earmarking it for FRP, which would export northern water southward.

Sacramento UPS Edmund G. Brown Tehachapis Brown Feather River FRP

Four-Cent Cigarette Tax Eyed By Solons In Senate

Sacramento reporters describe movement in the California Legislature as Governor Brown pushes a 4 cent cigarette tax amid broader tax proposals. A Senate committee weighs tobacco tax changes while oil severance and personal income tax plans advance, with debate over how to allocate bond funds and local projects.

Sacramento Brown Senate Sen George Miller Jr Martinez Miller Edwin J. Regan D-Weaver Regan Thomas J. Macbride California Senate Revenue and Taxation Committed

Quackery Bill Near Final Vote

Sacramento report on a bill to curb self-styled cancer cures edging toward final Assembly action. The plan creates a 15 member commission to judge cures, with nine seats for medical doctors. Critics say doctors lack all the answers to cancer and risk stalling progress.

Sacramento UPS Assembly Ways and Means John F. Thompson San Jose Lester McMillan Los Angeles McMillan Thompson

Plea to Top Man for Northern Water Bonds Ends in Letter

Frankfort Ky Bobby Jasper ofRussells Springs sent a penciled plea to Gov Chandler asking to cut school terms to three months a year and to guarantee water contracts for export northern water. Regan demanded more than 50 year bond life and no project unless tributary work streams are fully developed. Chandler replied by letter that his earlier idea aligned but cautioned on black action.

Regan Frankfort Bobby Lee Jasper Russells A. B. Chandler Sena Chandler Bobby

Sacramento at a Glance on Assembly, Senate Debates

Fragmented OCR reads as a historical page sketch with references to the governor, assembly, senate, water standards, and education. Names like Geddes and Patten appear amid notes on committees and proposed bills, portraying a governor and lawmakers debating budgets and policy.

Ghatiet Pulford Bnd Hatiereans Seneani Sereer

Woman 65 Dies of Heart Attack on Interstate Airline

A Van Nuys woman died Monday night aboard a plane returning from a Hawaii vacation. Dr. said Mrs Emily T Roberts, 65, suffered a heart attack about 40 minutes before the flight landed at International Airport. She traveled with her husband Fred after a two week island stay.

Los Angeles van Nuys Hawaii Emily T. Roberts International Fred

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