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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1958
Page
5
British unemployment last month rose to the highest in 11 years with 476000 out of work, one in every 83, per the Labour Ministry. The rise followed seasonal patterns, with 30000 more jobless between August and September and 160000 on short time, reflecting a mild recession amid postwar prosperity.
In Cyprus a surge of attacks left a Turkish Cypriot policeman dead and two British soldiers killed. Three ambushes wounded several more, including two soldiers in Lyssa and another in Ardhana. British wives were shot last week triggering arrests.
Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield urged a 471 percent rise in fourth class parcel post and catalog rates to make the service pay. The proposed increases would apply to articles weighing 1 to 70 pounds, with ICC hearings and approval required, and he expects some rates to take effect in 1939.
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