State funds allocated for Corona street work total 30320.44
Corona will receive 30320.44 from a new state gas tax apportionment totaling 236,? total statewide gasoline tax revenues 23,454,814. The distribution to 314 California cities is based on population with Los Angeles receiving 6,052,424.07 and Corona’s share 30,320.44, amid census-based increases and proposed adjustments. Frank B. Durkee notes the funds fund city street work outside the state highway system and requires at least 60 percent for major streets.
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State Public Works Dept
Corona
California
Frank B. Durkee
State Division of Highways
Los Angeles
Amador
Amador County
William Mount
Robert Kirkwood
Mount
Riverside
Palm Springs
Banning
Hesasin
Beaumont
Peace Bath
Blythe
Coachella
Elsinore
Hemet
India
Perris
San Jacinto
Ncee
Durkee
California Highway Commission
State Department of Public Works
Division of Highways
Seven Tons of Lemons Spill on the Highway
Santa Ana truck driver Kilson Kyle misjudged a turn into the Exchange Lemon plant at Main and People streets. The rear wheel struck a storm drain, tipping the trailer onto its right side and spilling seven tons of lemons on the road at 5:45 p.m. yesterday. some fruit may still lie in the ditches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilson Kyle
Santa Ana
Exchange Lemon Company
Main
People Streets
Kaiser Declares 36 Cent Quarterly Dividend
Kaiser Steel Corporation directors declare a regular quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share on common stock payable June 30 to holders of record June 1. The action follows a meeting of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser, Steel Corporation
Pleads Not Guilty to Driving Charge
Clem Duane Moon of 2070 Hamner Avenue was arraigned in Tem escal Judicial court on a driving while intoxicated charge. He pleaded not guilty and requested a court trial. Judge Caudill set trial for June 22 at 10 a.m. Bail was set at $250. Moon was arrested by Corona police on Main Street at 1 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Duane Moon
Hamner Avenue
Temescal Judicial Court
W. S. Caudill
Moon
Corona
Main Street
Chicagoan is New Rotary President
Chicagoan J. Taylore elected president of Rotary International for 1954 55 at Seattle convention. More than 8 000 Rotarians and guests attended from 8 200 clubs with 387 000 members in 89 countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Erbert ‘J
E. E. Hammond
Taylor
Club Aluminum Products Company
U. S. War Department
Rotary International
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
U.S.A
John Foster Dulles
Rotary
Joaquin Serna
Josa Cibils
Montevideo
Uruguay
Paris
Mexico City
Chicago
Daughter of Cowboy Actor Dies in Pool Tragedy
Police report the death of four year old Leslie Année Tuttle, daughter of cowboy actor Wesley Tuttle, who drowned in the family home swimming pool in Pacoima. She had a twin brother named Wesley.
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Pacoima
Leslie
Année Tuttle
Wesley Tuttle
Wesley
Nellie Hayford Recalls Childhood Snuff Memory
A fragment recalls Mrs Nellie Hayford describing a childhood memory involving snuff. The brief lines hint at personal recollection and a nostalgic detail from her early years.
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Nellie ‘Hayford
Annual Awards Presented to Corona Seniors
Corona high school honored seniors at a special assembly awarding honors from clubs and organizations. Norma McNutt presented the senior gift a flagpole and flag for the athletic field. Recipients included Mary Frances Raney Rose Marie Leonti Mary Cathey Lynn Caldwell and many others with valedictorian LaDonna Gomez and salutatorian Mike Hogan named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona
Norma McNutt
Mary Frances Raney
Margaret Mowrer
Woman’s Improvement Club
Rose Marie Leonti
John C. Brown
Mary Cathey
Lynn Caldwell
Bertha Ellen Foster
American Legion
Nettie Whitcomb
Frances Anderson
Richard de Blois
Jacqueline Foertner
Independent Order of Odd. Fellows
Mary Jane Wisser
Miss
William C. Henning
Pat McNair
Dorothy Carroll
Carol Haydn
Victor Wirship
Tom Olson
Tom Rodda
Jean Cartwright
A. M. Rowell
Fleet Reserve
Norco
Margaret Horst
Girls Athletic Association
Corona High School
Citizens Bank
Robert Snedecor
Bob Burk
Exchange Club
H. L. Fisher
Allan Schoemrherr
Mary Gard Jameson
Owen Tait
Helen Todd
Missing Paper Delivery Service Notice
A man is at the Daly Independent office until 6 00 p m to deliver missed papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly Independent
Democrats See Future Elections On Party Lines
California voters filled many offices along party lines in a primary shock to both parties. Democrats claim momentum as incumbents face November runoffs, with 56 Assembly districts contested and key figures like Knight and Graves seeking Democratic nominations. Michigan context note mentions higher education ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Congress
Arthur H. Breed
Alameda County
F. Presley Abshire
Sonoma
J. Howard Williams
Tulare County
Knight
Richard P. Graves
League of California
AFL
Los Angeles
Graves
William G. Bonelli
Robert E. McDavid
Surplus Wheat Forecast for 1954 Targets Record Grain Buffer
The Agricultural Department projects a 999.561 million bushel wheat crop in 1954, near 1953 output despite drought and acreage controls. Forecast totals include 739.217 million bushels winter wheat and 200.644 million bushels spring planted, with a winter crop of 707.118 million bushels also anticipated.
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The
Agricultural Department
Dreuth
Britain backs U S in Indochina cease fire talks
Britain stood with the United States at a Geneva conference on Indochina as Western officials said Eden and Bedell Smith agreed on the dispute. Soviet and Chinese efforts to partition Laos Cambodia and Vietnam stalled cease-fire talks for a 46 day low. Laniel sought a confidence vote as Moscow and Beijing pressed the cabinet. American officials pinned hopes on a five nation Asian truce supervisory commission proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D Ibeneva
Britain
United States
Anthony Eden
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Indochina
Russia
China
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Chou
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
Asia
Chaffey College Evening Summer Session Set
Three hundred fifty students enrolled for the Chaffey college evening summer session, running June 28 to August 9 and 10. Classes, taught by regular faculty, offer full college credit with no tuition. This enrollment more than doubles last summer’s participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffey ‘College
Chaffey
Fears 40 Year Tension Aired By Eisenhower Warning
President Eisenhower warned that the United States faces possible 40 years of international tension from Soviet Russia and urged a highly mobile defense force ready to move in major conflicts. He said no current plan to seek congressional authority to intervene in Indochina.
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United States
Eisenhower
Magician Enlivens Corona Lions Meeting
Corona Lions Club gathered for a meeting headlined by magician Carl Hansen, president of the California Magicians Society, who has performed nationwide and on Ed Sullivan's show. Leonard Schmidt organized the appearance and risked his hand in a guillotine illusion while Leo Pauly faced a live goldfish surprise in his water glass. Marle Colbern won today's prize, the first in five years, per the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona Lions Club
Carl Hansen
California Magicians Society
Hansen
United States
Ed Sullivan
Corona
Leonard Schmidt
Leo Pauly
Pauly
Marle Colbern
Owens Daughter Honeymoon Ends Wedding at Pacific Palisades
Leilani Katherine Owens 19 daughter of band leader Harry Owens and her husband airman Roy M. Dobric Jr honeymooned after their marriage at Corus Christi Church in Pacific Palisades.
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Leilani Katherine Owens
Harry Owens
Roy M. Dobric, Jr
Corus Christi Church
Pacific Alisades
California poised for four million more by 1964
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight predicts California will gain four million people by 1964 and that private enterprise must divest about five billion dollars in businesses and factories to create sufficient jobs. He spoke during Claremont College graduation, urging private industry to lead the expansion.
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Goodwin J. Knight
California
Claremont College
Ban on TV hearings urged over congressional disrespect
Rep Dwight L Rogers of Florida proposed a ban on televising any congressional committee proceeding saying Army McCarthy hearings damaged public respect for Congress. In a separate report Sherman Oaks police awaited questioning of Mildred Lepore after she was found unconscious beside David Neufeld, dead two days.
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Rep
Dwight
L. Rogers
Florida
House
Senate
Congress
McCarthy
Sherman Oaks
Woodland Hills
Mildred Lepore
Valley Receiving Hospital
David Neufeld
Flying Tiger Airlines
Eisenhower reassures on Indochina policy and strength
President Eisenhower told reporters he would seek congressional authorization before deploying U S troops to Indochina and reaffirmed support for Republican candidates. He urged allies to share military atomic data and said the current defense budget is sufficient while noting concerns about Communist influence and the need for steadfast resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
U. S
Indochina
Eisenhower
United States
Free Nations
Ike urged to form charter for freedom of Asian people
House initiates measure urging President Eisenhower to convene Far Eastern leaders to draft a charter of freedom for Asia. Democratic Whip John W. McCormack says the move could help mobilize Asia against Communism as the Atlantic Charter did against Nazism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Charter For Freedom OF Asian People
House
Eisenhower
Asia
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Sono
European Unity Hope Running Out Dulles Warns Rotarians
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told Rotary International in Seattle that the time for European unity is fast running out. He said France and Italy have not ratified the European Defense Community treaty and warned of shifts in U.S. policy if Western Europe remains divided. He urged the Organization of American States to aid peoples fighting binding malignant forces.
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John Foster Dulles
Rotary International
Seattle
France
Italy
Europe
U. S
Dulles
Western Hemisphere
Americas
Asia
Organization of American States
Philippine general calls for US Philippine war pact
Maj. Gen. Jesus Vargas, head of the Philippine armed forces, urged joint United States Philippine intervention in Indochina. He warned conditions in the South Pacific were worsening and said a conference in Washington would focus on internal issues, not military actions beyond the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Jesus Vargas
South Pacific
Washington
McCarthy Questions Stevens in Army Secretaries Row
Senator McCarthy testified that Army Secretary Robert Stevens was pushed into the clash by Democrats and Eisenhower officials. He refused to call Stevens a good secretary and said Stevens learned a lesson, while accusing Army counselor John G. Adams of blackmail to drop subpoenas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Stevens
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Eisenhower Administration
Jenkins
Truman
White House
Clark Chifford
John G. Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
Army Loyalty Board
Adams
Schine
421 M.P.H. Speed Record Claimed By Rocket Sled Pilot
Lt Col John P Stapp, 43, shattered land speed records by 421 mph on a rocket sled, saying the seven second ride felt like a steam engine hit. He surpassed 403 mph set by John Cobb in 1947 at the Bonneville salt flats and achieved the run at Alamogordo New Mexico.
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John P. Stapp
Stapp
John Cobb
Pie Hane Aue
Utah
Salt Flats
Stap
Alamogordo
N. M
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Kaiser
Emme
Chicagoan
Mary Joan Storm
Los ‘Angeles Times
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Archbishop Cantwell
St. Mary’s College
Miss Storm
Frank S. Storm
East Olive Street
Michigan
U.S
Charles M. McCann
United Press
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Middle East
Turkey
Arab League
Pakistan
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Suez Canal
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Canal Zone
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Mohammed Naguib
Lions Meeting
Harry Owen
Eer
America
Navy
Charles R. Meyer
St. Louis
Point Magu
Calif
Fleetwood Lawton
Lawton
Ptrelatereie
Albert E. Lawton
Alma
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