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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1959
Page
2
Washington hearings revive a tuna ecology joke as Rep. Rooney questions Eisenhower era budget requests for tuna country. A Fisheries official recalls the phrase used to describe a tuna’s love life, sparking a quip about party differences during the House Appropriations subcommittee session.
Honolulu news notes Carpenters Union Leader Jack Reynolds fined $25 after an incident at Honolulu Airport on April 14. Judge Harry Steiner said striking a photographer is inexcusable and stressed protection of press photographers. Warren Roll of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin was the target while attempting to photograph J. F. Cabriano, another union official.
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Harry Bridges told a Pacific Asian dockworkers conference that West Coast longshoremen would refuse to load ships bound for Japan unless the Japanese government cuts waterfront workers to 20 000 from 100 000. He also charged Japan with lax safety regulations as delegates from multiple countries urged an end to the Cold War and removal of foreign military bases.
Washington reports untimely deaths and illness hit the Defense Department as Gen. Twining undergoes lung surgery. The Pentagon confirms removal of part of Twining's left lung and notes he will be absent weeks. Resignations and Berlin duties complicate policy and staffing for the department's top leadership.
Reports from Kalimpong and Gangtok say the Khampa uprising in Tibet failed as Chinese artillery and machine guns overran the resistance. The provisional government is unheard, and about 10 000 refugees fled into India and border states. Nearly half are Khampas, many wounded, seeking safety in Sikkim and Bhutan.
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