Income Up but State Tax Net Off
California collected more money this year but not from sales taxes. Sales taxes for the first four months were down about 8.2 million, a 38 percent drop from 1959-60. Cigarette tax revenue fell about 1.4 million to 21.2 million, while overall general fund revenues rose 14 percent to 412.5 million. Expenditures reached 501.7 million, 89.2 million more than receipts, with spending up 1244 percent from 1959-60.
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Sacramento
California
Alan Cranston
Cashmere Coat Event Sunburst Back Clutch Coat Sale
Remarkable wool cashmere lined with Milium metal insulated lining for warmth without bulk. Sunburst back clutch coat offered in bamboo black or red in petite sizes 4 to 14. 58.00 Others in misses and petite sizes on second floor.
Metcalf Divorce Award Grants Mrs Metcalf 1 Million
In Santa Monica a judge awarded Mrs Letha L Metcalf a $1 million divorce settlement after eight years of marriage to Jess E Metcalf a Los Angeles businessman. The court also granted $3.2 million in property including $700,000 in property and $250,000 Bel Air home with $24,000 annual alimony for 15 years.
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Santa Monica
Letha L. Metcalf
Jess E. Metcalf
Los Angeles
Benjamin Landis
Bel-Air
Metcalf
Deny Effort to Conceal- Study Report Denied
OCDM denied congressman’s charge it hid a critical study of the nation’s air raid warning system. Spokesman Lewis Berry said OCDM would welcome release of the report, though it adds nothing new and notes current upgrade efforts. Rep John Moss had accused Lea Hoegh of pressuring the Army to block publication.
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Washington (4
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
OCDM
Lewis E. Berry
Lea E. Hoegh
Europe
NATO
John E. Moss
D-Cal
Hoegh
New Chance for Suit in Phone Noise
Mrs. Lillie Ruth Gandy won another chance to seek damages for a 1956 phone noise that cracked her receiver and numb ed her for 90 minutes. The 4th Court of Civil Appeals ruled the telephone company must prevent such noise and ordered the damage suit retried.
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San Antonio
Texas
Lillie Ruth Gandy
Gandy
Cream of the New Surt Crop From One of the Country's Colors
The fragment notes a cream of the new surt crop linked to a nation's colors and patterns, highlighting a notable selection or feature tied to cultural or regional symbolism. It mentions distinctive hues and designs representative of a specific locale or tradition within a broader national context.
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Ivy
Sale
Pacific
Long Beach
Pepperwood
Lakewood Center
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