Christmas card totals from Essex residents reveal wide range
In Essex a Chaffey student plans about 30 cards to relatives nationwide. Roy Shively, retired, will send about 200 mainly to relatives and friends. Barbara Underwood will mail about 60 to friends and relatives in Indiana. Dolores Alvarez says 125 cards to California and Oregon with 45 sent so far. Mrs. Sarah Monteon plans 50 to Southern California friends and relatives. Darlene Ronk will send nearly all year to northern California and Bahia Construction customers.
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Dolores Alvarez
Valley View
Corona Senior High School
California
Oregon
Cali
Darlene. Ronk
Fifth Street
Pll
Christmas lights on Sixth Street prompt city answer
Mayor J Harold Harris faces a question from 13 year old Linda Foster about the absence of Christmas lights on Sixth Street. He admits he does not know why the lights are fewer this year and says he must provide an explanation to the girl and other children.
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J. Harold Harris
Corona
Mayor Harris
Eatherly
Hiroshima
Southern California meat strike hits eight counties
Pickets target 99 markets as Amal gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union calls a strike. Eight thousand butchers are affected across Riverside and eight counties, with meat deliveries halted and stores limiting to fresh meat only. Some markets may avoid impact due to technical reasons, while negotiations continue.
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Riverside
Corona
Von's Safeway
Alpha Beta
Michael's
Food Employers Council
Michael’s
California
Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s Union
San Diego
City approves 5 million flood control plan for Corona
The Corona City Council unanimously approved a 5 million flood control plan after extended discussion. The compromise reroutes Storm Drain 3 away from Lincoln proposed developments toward Oak Street, with drainage kept mostly underground and reinforced by walls and fencing. The project aims to protect against local floods and 100 year flood events near Tin Mine and Hayador Canyon Dam as phase one proceeds.
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Oak
Buena Vista
Citron
Hills
Corona
Oak Street
Ken Edwards
Riverside County Flood Control District
Tin Mine
Hapgador
Edwards
Tin
Hayador Canyon
Temescal Wash
Leopard Pierre draws crowds at Corona Plaza Corner Store
A five month old leopard named Pierre, owned by Adela Stefan, was displayed at Corner Store during a special sale in Corona Plaza Shopping Center. Store officials moved Pierre’s display to Miss Stefan’s off hours after crowds threatened the cage. Pierre escaped in late October and was found near a Corona street by a motorist who took the animal to Riverside animal hospital to locate the owner.
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Plaza Shopping Center
Donald Maurizio
Corona Plaza
Pierre
Adela Stefan
Donald Maur
Cornet
Miss Stefan
Maurizio
Dis
Corona Street
Riverside
Hiroshima pilot Claude Eatherly ordered into mental hospital
Former Air Force Major Claude Eatherly known as the Hiroshima pilot was declared insane and committed to a mental hospital after a sanity hearing. He piloted the scout plane that gave the all clear for the Hiroshima bombing and has endured a lifetime of legal troubles and mental distress.
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Galveston
Tex
UPI
Air Force
Claude Eatherly
Hiroshima
Eatherly
Cuban Labor Minister Shot Self in Despair
Havana Radio reported Labor Minister Augusto Martinez Sanchez shot himself and was in serious condition after a despondent state over a pending move to remove him from the labor ministry.
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MIAME
UPI
Havana
Augusto Martinez Sanchez
Martinez
Tomorrow’s Weather With Sun and NE Gusts
TV forecasts a mostly sunny day tomorrow with gusty northeast winds and a slight warm-up. Yesterday’s high reached 65 degrees and overnight low 51, with noon today at 67 degrees.
County rejects farm labor proposal from Orange County
Riverside officials report the County Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal from Orange County to employ welfare recipients as farm workers to replace the braceros.
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Riverside
CNR
County Board of Supervisors
Orange County
Bus Driver Killed as Tanker Hits School Bus
A tanker carrying 6,300 gallons of fuel oil ran out of control on a suburban highway and struck a Taylor Center High School bus. Driver Cecil Smith died. 17 pupils were injured, two critically, while 15 were treated and released at Wayne County Hospital.
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Detroit UP
Wayne County Hospital
Cecil Smith
Taylor Center
Forged Money Orders Tied to Long Beach Trio
A 21 year old blonde Rita Presley along with Charles Marts and John Arlan from Long Beach were detained after police linked them to a burglary and a batch of forged money orders. The group allegedly passed orders on Main Street Corona on December 1 or 2. Authorities warn merchants who accepted the forged items to contact local police.
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Corona
Ben Biggers
Lakewood
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office
Long Beach
Biggers
Rita Julia Presley
Sheriff's Office
Main Street
Charles DeWitt Marts
John L. Arlan
Marts
Rita Marie Martin
Sheriff's Department
First National Bank of
Los Angeles
Corona Police Department
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Linda
Linda Foster
Ronald D. Foster
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