City unlocks parking meters revenue and new time limits
City results show meters yielded 223.65 for about three shopping days. City Council adopted emergency ordinances setting parking limits from one to two hours across zones and lots, with changes including moving part of Fifth Street to a two hour zone. A penny buys twelve minutes in one hour zones and twenty four minutes in two hour zones.
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William Mount
Fifth Street
Seventh
Ramona
Mount Said
Victoria
Belle
Washburn
Main
Clark Motors To Open Friday With Hudson Dealership
Corona gains its first Hudson agency as Clark Motors prepares to open at 422 East Sixth Street in the former Cropper’s Ford garage. The operation is led by Clement P. Clark and his sons Donald and Edward with Donald active locally and Edward off to Korea.
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Corona
Hudson
Clark Motors
East Sixth Street
W. A.cropper
Ford
Clement P. Clark
Donald P
Edward H
Donald Clark
Edward
Korea
Clark
Compton
East Tenth Street
US Air Force
K-8 Air Base
Lt. Clark
UCLA
The
Jameson Company
Santa Helpers Drive Boosts Toys for Needy Kids
Deborah Hollenbeck of Jefferson school led a one day drive with Mrs Leister's class to collect used toys for Christmas. Fireman Bob White assisted with Larry Huffman and the students as boxes and a cradle filled with cars trucks dolls boats books puzzles and games were gathered to benefit needy children.
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Ramos
Deborah Hollenbeck
9 Committed
Slayer Billy Cook Awaits Execution At San Quentin
Billy Cook, 24, sentenced to death for the Mosser family killings in Illinois and the murder of Seattle salesman Robert Dewey in California, sits on death row. Warden Teets says Cook, who will be executed tomorrow at 10 am after a final meal and no visitors, will be buried near his hometown of Joplin Missouri in Peace Cemetery. The case followed a 2000 mile ride from Oklahoma to Texas and California before capture in Mexico.
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San Quentin
Billy Cook
Wingis
Seattle
Harley O. Teets
Cadk
Cook
Death Row
Teets
Joplin
Carl Mosser
Atwood
Ill
Oklahoma
Texas
Mosser
California
Robert Dewey
Dewey
Fl Centro
Mexico
Story Filmed Here Returns Friday to The Corona Theater
Corona is treated to a repeat screening of Storm Warning at the Corona Theater this Friday and Saturday. Ginger Rogers portrays a visiting girl who witnesses a murder but withholds the truth. Ronald Reagan prosecutes boldly as Steve Cochran stirs danger in the town.
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Corona Theater
Corona
Warner Brothers
Coronans
Ginger Rogers
Ronald Regan
Steve Cochran
Pacific Telephone Pays County Taxes in Riverside
Pacific Telephone handed Riverside County Tax Collector a check for 250868.61 as the first installment of the 1952 1958 property taxes. Second installment due next April amounts to 41669.15, totaling 292537.76 for the fiscal year. Riverside Office Manager John Co Johnston notes taxes rise, averaging 9.98 per telephone, with total taxes for 1952 1953 projected at about 19.84 per telephone. Taxes including property taxes take 17 cents from each dollar of telephone user payments.
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Pacific Telephone
Riverside
John Co. Johnston
Telephone Company
Riverside County
Two Juvenile Escapees Admit Car Thefts Elude Police
Two boys aged 15 and 16 escaped from San Diego County Detention Home and stole a car before abandoning it for fuel. They fled toward Los Angeles via Elsinore and Corona, were followed into an orchard at Temescal and Fullerton, and finally captured after hours on the run with Lt. Biggers and Lt. Wade pursuing. San Diego County juvenile authorities took custody.
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Grove
West Sixth Street
C. B. Biggers
San Diego County
Los Angeles
Elsinore
Corona
Temescal
Fullerton
Biggers
R. K. Wade
Eisenhower in Hawaii for MacArthur war plan talks
President-elect Eisenhower arrives in Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Helena for high level military briefings with MacArthur’s plan under consideration. Key aides, Wilson, Bradley, Radford and Dulles join discussions in Hawaii before New York meetings.
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Eisenhower
Uss
Helena
Pearl Harbor
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
MacArthur
Agerriman Smith
Pacific
Hawaii
Honolulu
Navy
Marine Corps
Secret Service
Europeans Fear MacArthur Plan May Extend War
The article argues Eisenhower consulting General MacArthur on Korea alarms Western Europe and boosts socialist fears of US-led expansion. It notes European anxieties about war, elections, and leadership, while suggesting Washington hopes MacArthur can contribute ideas without widening the conflict. The piece contrasts European worry with a US view of MacArthur as a potential asset.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Europe
NATO's Paris Meeting Faces Lame Duck Session
United Press reports on the forthcoming NATO defense ministers meeting in Paris during a lame duck period. The 14 nations will review 1952 progress in defense against communism and outline 1953 expectations including Ridgway’s European army and airfield programs while debating the European political will and weapon development strategies.
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United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Atlantic
Free Europe
Paris
U. S
Eisenhower
Matthew B. Ridgway
Burdyear
Greece
Turkey
Britain
Mediterranean
Lord Louis Mountbatten
NATO
Russia
Ridgway
West Germany
Western Europe
Copper care tips from old household guide
Wash copper in hot soapy suds and rinse dry well. Rub with lemon and galt to remove staining or corrosion, then repeat with more suds.
Truman Doubts MacArthur Plan for Ending War
In Washington President Truman doubts a workable war solution from Gen. MacArthur or Gen. Eisenhower and urges either to present plans at once. He criticizes both men, notes MacArthur did not report after dismissal, and calls Ike's Korea visit campaign demagoguery though he would welcome beneficial outcomes. Republicans label remarks sour grapes. Eisenhower travels to Pearl Harbor for talks and may meet MacArthur next week. Sunken Norwegian motorship survivors and a Rose Bowl contract, plus citrus research cuts and other items follow.
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MacArthur
Eisenhower
Far East
Orient
Herbert Brownell
Justice Department
Interior
Douglas McKay
George Humphrey
Treasury
Hawaiian
Hawaii
Washington
Truman
Gen
Korea
Mr. Truman
MaccArthur
White House
Congress
Henry Dworshak
Herman Welker
Idaho
New York
Ike
Pearl Harbor
Winenhower
Helena
Guam
General MacArthur
Anna
Alde
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Lke
Merriman Smitil
National Memorial Cemetery
Kaneohe Marine Air Station
Defense
Charles B. Wilson
John Foster Dulles
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Wilson
Radford
Bradley
Wake
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Robert A. Taft
United State
Kale OC. Wilson
United Press
CHS
Lemonville
Corona High ‘School
Helen Acker
Jim Davis
Jean Cartwright
Rudy Ramas
Cate
Wight
State Bureau of Finance
Finance Bureau
University of Callifornia, Citrus Experimentatation
Supreme Court
Milton Korman
District of Columbia
High Court
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Consolidated Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Convair
Air Force
Fort Worth
Roger Arnebergh
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Arnebaugh
Public Utilities Commission
Arnebergh
Griffith Park Zoo
Henry Anger
Anger
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