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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1958
Page
1
The April CPI shows living costs up 0.5 percent in the Los Angeles area and 0.2 percent nationally, driven by a 14 percent jump in food prices especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Bad weather reduced supplies and lifted prices. the index rose to 125.6, with automatic raises for aerospace and electrical manufacturing workers.
Eisenhower named Father of the Year by the National Father’s Day Committee. Milton Eisenhower, president of Johns Hopkins University, among seven outstanding fathers chosen for Sunday’s Father’s Day designation. Ike has two children Milton S. Jr. and Ruth, with the president sending a congratulatory letter.
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness tonight through Friday with partly sunny days and little temperature change. The high reaches 78 degrees expected Friday.
President Eisenhower directed the Air Coordinating Committee to conduct a special study aimed at eliminating midair collisions to the maximum degree. The move followed Tuesday’s Maryland crash involving an Air National Guard jet and a Capital Airlines plane, killing a dozen. A separate near miss over Ohio involved a B47 bomber and a Capital Airlines Viscount jet, with no injuries. The White House said Eisenhower would meet with two House members later.
Paris reports fighting erupts in Tunisia after French bombed Gafsa airport. President Bourguiba says French planes ordered to leave, Tunisian security forces fire back as clashes widen near the Algerian border. In Washington, the House approves a postal rate bill lifting letter and air mail costs, with pay raises for workers and a Senate vote of 88 to 0.
Five persons were killed and at least 61 wounded today when National Guardsmen opened fire and hurled tear gas grenades to curb rampaging students and hoodlums. The government declared a five day state of emergency martial law countrywide. Troops deployed throughout Panama City as students protesting school conditions clashed with rioters armed with clubs rocks and bottles. The U.S. Embassy advised Americans to stay out of downtown Panama City.
SAN JOSE two men died when their twin engine Piper Apache crashed minutes after takeoff from San Jose Airport on a business trip to San Luis Obispo. Emery Wooley 39 and Martin A. Pahika 35 were found in the wreckage three miles from the airport near a walnut or chard.
In Middletown New Jersey a Nike base suffered two plane missile blasts injuring many. Police feared six killed and twelve injured as three Nike launching pits were struck and buildings shattered. Driver Henry Lutz Jr. described two blasts four minutes apart and fleeing the damaged facility.
Ricki Co vette from Hollywood performs in a Denver theater and asserts she is the world’s tallest exotic dancer, standing 6 feet 8 inches tall and barely clearing her dressing room doorway.
The entry lists multiple sections and page references across the paper including Reach Combing on B-1 and Fat Boyle on A-25, with additional notes for Bridge A-25 and numerous other departments from Classifieds through TV and Vital Statistics. It appears to be a contents page or index guiding readers to features across pages.
Two men were in a fishing boat swamped off Coronado Avenue beach. Reed W. Hruska 37 of San Fernando died. Terreji Campbell 40 was rescued. Lifeguards Guy Montague and Leo Jensen fought heavy sea to recover Hruska’s body. Coroner notified. inquest pending. Campbell believed in water about 1½ hours, no life jackets used.
LA report says a six year old dog named Peanuts is missing after Maurice Bolduc warned the dog will die without daily digitalis. The medicine has been hidden in the dog’s candy. Officials fear he may be without his collar and license.
Bridgeton New Jersey authorities describe a fatal two car crash at Harmony crossroads. Vera Wright the injured wife allegedly used Walter Robinson's car after argument with husband Lester Wright. Robinson faces unlicensed driver charge while Mrs Wright faces death by auto, with police noting inconsistent statements.
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