California Board of Equalization Sets Utilities Valuation
Sacramento reports the State Board of Equalization set a record $3.303 billion in utility assessments, part of a $241.5 billion total property valuation. Utilities like Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern Pacific Railroad protested high levies, arguing equality provisions are violated by 80 percent market value versus 23 percent county values. Final case focus rests on Finale Light and Power Co of Contra Costa County as potential test for all utility assessments.
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Willota
State Board of Equalization
Boand
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Southern Pacific Railroad
Finale Light and Power Co
Contra Costa County
POAE
Lassen
Strike Stymies Opening of 10 County Schools
Los Angeles County Superintendent Bills A Jarvis says a week old building trades strike prevents 10 elementary schools from opening as scheduled in September. Four more schools including two junior highs face doubt. Readiness efforts will mitigate impact on students in Gardena Northridge Wilmington Van Nuys San Bernardino Valley Canoga Park Sepulveda.
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Wilmington
van Nuys
San Bernando Valley
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Sepulveda
Thirty-Two Hurt in Truck Crash at Pia Centia and Wagner
Thirty-two people were injured, three critically, when a truck carrying Mexican nationals and a passenger car collided at the Pia centia and Wagner avenues intersection in Anaheim. Injured: Jacinto Cedilio Silvino Reynosa and Jesus Miguel a, all in the truck, in Santa Ana hospital. Car driver Malcolm Spansel of Garden Grove suffered minor injuries. Witnesses said Spansel’s car appeared from a driveway, the truck swerved to avoid it, jolting the car and trolleying the Mexicans into the street.
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Piacentia
Wagner Avenues
Santa Ana Hospital
Jacinto Cedilio
Silvino Reynosa
Jesus Miguela
Malcolm Spansel
Garden Grove
Spansel
Miguel Mercador
Jacevedo
Placentia
Jenkins Asks Trial 4 on Tipsy Charge
Hollywood actor Aller Jenkins pleaded innocent to a drunk driving charge in Malibu Municipal Court. Judge Bunds on Worley set trial for September 3, allowed Jenkins to remain free on a $263 bond. Jenkins, 57, was arrested after backing a pickup truck from a driveway and colliding with another car on Pacific Coast Highway.
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What's Excitement About Near-Bridegroom, 91
Retired San Diego city hall clerk Robert C. Stone, 51, says he sees little excitement in his upcoming marriage to Myra Caroline Byram, 67, set for Saturday at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. The couple, who plan a short honeymoon, will reside in Pasadena after the ceremony.
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Ganse Little
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Byram
Andrew
Hermanos St
Alabama
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Huntington Memorial Hospital
Stone
Andrey
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Santa Monica
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Byrim
New Haven
Conn
California
News workers cited for aid to AID United Givers
Employees of the Independent Star-News received a formal citation from Rees W. Thomas for their strong support of AID-United Givers. The group noted a 194 percent pledge increase since joining, with Pasadena and Altadena donors contributing $184,189 in the past fiscal year. Elwood Williams accepted the citation as business manager.
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Independent Star-News
Rees W. Thomas
Pasadena-Altadens
Thomas
Pasadena Merchants’ Assn
Pasadena
Alladena
Elwood Williams
Hiroshima marks 12th anniversary with bells and prayers
Toroshima Japan marks the 12th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing with the Peace Memorial Park ceremony. Thousands attend the moment of silence at 8 13 am, releasing doves as Prince Mikasa and others honor world peace at the site of the blast.
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Hiroshima
Peace
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Mikasa
AEC Brings Nuclear Test Halt Over Weather Protest
At Las Vegas the Atomic Energy Commission postponed the 7th shot of the nuclear series citing bad weather. A group of religious workers allied with the American Friends Society set up a bivouac near the test site to protest the Hiroshima anniversary and planned to march to Camp Mercury to be arrested. The protest drew FBI and Army security attention while test officials awaited clearer conditions.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Camp Mercury Test Site
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Blackwood Terrace
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George
Des Moles
Robert Pickus
University’ of Chicago
American Friends’ Society
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Army
Nevada Proving Rrourtds
Wilson denies attacking budget reform plan clash
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson said there is no difference of opinion with President Eisenhower over the Hoover Commission budget reform awaiting House action. He noted his criticism was about defense contracting and stressed unity with the President on the matter.
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James C. Hagerty
Hoover Commission
Senate
Isawaitine House Ou Ilaw
Congress
Welson
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Flood Kills 2 as Las Vegas Dams Are Destroyed
A flash flood from 2.79 inches of rain swept from the mountains northwest of Las Vegas New Mexico washing out a dam and drowning Rev Emil Laporte 41 and his daughter Laura 10. Rev Laporte ministered at Southwest Bible Fellowship. The Gallinas River carries most flood waters and three small dams were washed away adding more water downstream.
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Here
Emil Laporte
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Southwest Bible Fellow
Sapello
Gallinas
Army Weapons To Replace Standard Gear With New Rifle
A newly developed seven pound rifle may replace four standard U S Army weapons including the Browning Automatic Rifle and 45 caliber pistol. The rifle fires up to 750 rounds per minute, signaling a major modernization shift.
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U.S. Army
Ohio manufacturer McElroy linked to Wilson post
Neil H. McElroy, Ohio manufacturer and Proc ter Gumible Co president, was seen in Washington for discussions with Secretary of Defense Wilson. Reports say McElroy could succeed Wilson, with aides noting a lengthy private meeting and ongoing talks about a capital post.
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Procter & Gumible Co
Cincinnati
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Defense Secreta
Kidnap Suspect to Be Returned to L A Police
San Francisco reports a waiter named Lewis Gerald Spivak who once worked for Lauritz Melchior admitted he knew the Los Angeles suspect but denied involvement in the June 1 kidnapping of the opera tenor and his wife. Spivak, held on bad check charges and unlawful flight, will be turned over to Los Angeles authorities with a hold on further charges. He cited shared apartment in Los Angeles with Richard McFall and said he had written bad checks in Reno San Diego and Los Angeles. Two other suspects, Wayne Burke and Alfred Jewell Pope, are under arrest in Los Angeles.
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PBI
Los Angeles
Lauritz Melchior
Metropolitan Opera
George Hoover
Lewis Gerald Spivak
Richard McFall
Wayne Burke
Alfred Jewell Pope
FBI
Spivak
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Joseph Karesh
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Hoover
Reno
San Diego
Holy Scripture Distribution Reaches 40 Million in U S
The American Bible Society reports over 40 million Holy Scripture volumes distributed in the United States and armed services, highlighting their reach across civilian and military readers.
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American Rible Society
Armed Services
Probe Airs Phantom Union Role
Senate Rackets Committee heard Sam Getlan of New York deny knowledge of a phantom seamsters union listed him as president. Witness Paul Tierney testified that seven phantom locals cast 42 votes in the 1956 Joint Council 26 race, with Beck’s orders guiding ballot use. James Hoffa linked to efforts to bolster influence, as Max Chester faced inquiry over union manipulation.
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Washington
Sam Getlan
New York
Getlan
Senate Rackets Investigation Committee
Gotlin
Paul Tierney
Joint Council 26
Teamsters Union
Beck
Tierney
Tave Beck
John O'Rourke
Council
O'Rourke
James K. Hoffa
International Union
McClellan
D-Ark
Rackets Committee
Hoffa
Teamsters
Gatlan
Max Chester
Chester
Robert F. Kennedy
Afl-Avis
Public Land Ownership Split in Ute Arizona Area
Reading notes show that only 156 acres of Ute Sandry Arizona land are privately owned while the rest is held by government authorities at state and federal levels. The text outlines a broad public land ownership pattern with government retention.
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Arizona
Council Opens Bids for Pay Television Franchise
The Los Angeles City Council schedules open bid on August 21 at 10 a.m. for a pay television franchise in the council chamber. The nonexclusive plan allows subsequent bidders but raises concerns about pole and conduit limits and potential monopoly. Several firms including Sklatron TV Inc Fox TeleMeter group and others are anticipated bidders with a $100,000 performance bond required.
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Los Angeles
Council
Arthur [McMorris
Morris
Grantstone
WEAD
City Public Utilities and Transportation Commission
Fox-Telemeter
Trans American Television Inc
Hubert D. Long Co
Telemovie Development Co
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