Seaside park bids deadline set for March six
Purchasing Agent Donald Meath announced a March six deadline for bids from contractors to build a seaside park structure estimated at about 45000 dollars. Mayor Tedesco, after a board vote, said blueprints are prepared and a private partnership may operate the park this summer, with city obtaining a share of gross receipts and city approval of concession prices. The plan includes bridge repairs and a 40000 dollar budget item for fiscal 1958 59 to enable opening of the Pleasant Beach area.
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Postmaster General warns against excessive postal raises
Washington Feb 17 AP Postmaster General Summerfield rejected what he called false hope of exorbitant pay increases for postal workers and avoided confirming a veto on a 7 1/2 percent raise. He backed an administration favored 6 percent bill costing about 168 million dollars yearly as Senate debate looms on a Democratic proposal for a 7 1/2 percent raise plus flat sums for lower brackets, estimated at double the administration plan.
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Fog disrupts Southern California travel as coast Guard reports incidents
A dense fog blanket hit Southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara disrupting air sea and land traffic. A 79 foot Harvester C L Argués and 55 foot Trawler Aquarius collided off Anacapa Island with no injuries. both vessels reached Los Angeles harbor under their own power. Los Angeles and Long Beach airports closed temporarily with diversions to Palmdale. traffic gradually resumed as sun burned off the fog. The Sphinx statue and a desert wind event were also noted.
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Santa Barbara
C. L. Argués
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Anacapa Island
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Los Angeles Harbor
Los Angeles International
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Burbank
Palmdale
Ex Bridgeporter Heads U S Group
Dr Walter R Hibbard Jr a Bridgeport born GE executive will be installed as president of the Metallurgical Society a branch of AIME in New York He is a Schenectady GE researcher adjunct professor at RPI Yale graduate 1939 1942 Navy service 1942 1945 Yale Metallurgy professor and Yale engineering division head now with GE Research Labs since 1953 The installation at AIME annual meeting and Kinzel of Union Carbide to be president of AIME with other officers also installed Kilimanjaro peaks noted
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General Electric Company
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Schenectady
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N.Y
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U. S. Navy
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Hibbard
General Electric Research Laboratories
AIME
Aime Rossiter W. Raymond
New York
Augustus B. Kinzel
Union Carbide Corporation
Society of Mining Engineers
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Metallurgy Leader Baobab Among Africa's Largest Trees
Baobab, one of the continent's largest trees, features stems up to three feet in diameter. These giants grow across Africa and are sometimes dug out to hollow trunks for homes, illustrating their utility and prominence in local landscapes.
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Africa
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