Corona Auto Accident Prevention Drive Aims to Cut Fatalities
Corona joins the statewide Accident Prevention Contest led by Police Chief Joseph S. Lowery. The program, sponsored by the California Association of Insurance Agents and run by the California Traffic Safety Foundation, runs through Labor Day to reduce traffic deaths and severe injuries.
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Corona
Joseph S. Lowery
California Association of Insurance Agents
National Automobile Club
California Traffic Safety Foundation
Warmer Temperatures Forecast for Southern California
Night and morning low cloudiness and local fog will persist along the coast from Los Angeles County southward. Skies will be mostly clear elsewhere in Southern California through Thursday with a warming trend expected.
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Los Angeles County
California
Air Force Missile Test Explodes at Cape Canaveral
A missile test at Cape Canaveral in Florida ended in an explosion after ignition. Officials could not confirm whether the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile was the conducting device, as the blast sent flames and debris from the launching ramp.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.t
Air Force
X-Ray Unit to Visit Corona All Day Tomorrow
The Christmas Seal X-ray unit will visit Corona tomorrow, June 12, with free X-rays for residents 15 and older. Organized by the Tuberculosis Association, the service runs 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 4 pm at the city parking lot near Ramona and Seventh Street, and is the last chance for free X-rays until fall.
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Corona
Ethelyn Tilson
Tilson
Tuberculosis Association
Coron
Ramona
Seventh Street
Mayor Sees Corona Tax Rate Cut With New Revenue
Mayor Francis A. Stearns told the Corona Daily Independent that 1957 revenues should lift Corona city funds. He proposed lowering the tax rate from 1.46 to about 1.30 to 1.35, noting Riverside’s lower rate and urging efficient city management. He projected higher population aid, county sales tax gains totaling about 58,151, and a 16 percent rise in assessed values boosting city revenue.
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J.C.H
Corona
Francis A. Stearns
Corona Daily Independent Today
Riverside
City of
State Board of Equalization
State of
California
Corona City
Norco Junior High Work To Start On Bid Approval
The Corona School Board adjourned to Thursday to award the 506 850 bid from J B Sooy Company of Redlands for Norco Junior High School. Dr James Merrihew said work may start next Monday once the go sign is received. The builder has 145 working days to complete with completion anticipated in January. Dale C Berner of Corona was hired as full time building inspector at 600 dollars a month.
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Norco
James Merrihew
Corona School Board
Dr. Merrihan
Department of Housing and Home Finance
J. B. Sooy Company
Redlands
Sooy
Merrihew
Dale C. Berner
Corona
Cagney and Montgomery Plan Halsey Biopic
James Cagney and Robert Montgomery announce a feature film on retired Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey. Cagney will portray the Pacific Third Fleet commander, after flying from Hollywood to New York for the signing of their production company agreement.
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James Cagney
Robert Montgomery
William F. (Bull) Halsey
Cagney
New York
Hollywood
Montgomery
Bette Davis Files Separate Maintenance Suit Against Gary Merrill
Actress Bette Davis has filed a separate maintenance suit against her husband Gary Merrill on grounds of extreme cruelty. She seeks custody of her daughter Barbara 2 and adopted children Argot 6 and Michael 5. the couple married July 29 1950 in Juarez Mexico.
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Bette Davis
Gary Merrill
Miss Davis
Barbara
Argot
Michael
Merrill
Juarez
Mex
South Divided House Splits on Amendments in Trial Fight
Southerners divide over voting on a handful of amendments as they shift focus to the jury trial amendment and others. The House readies to begin votes on amendments after concluding general debate.
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House
Belafonte Says Fox Pushed Quiet On Island Romance
Belafonte alleged in Look Magazine that his studio urged him to keep silent about an interracial romance with Joan Fontaine in the film Island. He claimed Fox told him not to discuss Fontaine publicly and that the tacit romance would end with nothing.
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Harry Belafonte
Look Magazine
Joan Fontaine
Sur
Bélafonte
20Th Century Fox
Miss Fontaine
Conservatives Win Upset Canadian Election Victory
Conservatives win Canada's general election ending a 22 year Liberal run but fall short of a parliamentary majority as final results trickle in.
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Conservatives
Canada
Liberal Party
Planners Favor Split Bond to Fund City Complex
Corona residents backed a plan allowing a bond package up to about 300000 to finance land purchase and a new police station and jail. To avoid potential defeat, planners recommended two separate probes: (A) buying four parking lots for about 100000 and (B) buying six residential lots east of City Hall and Library plus funding the police facility. The two-part resolution goes to the City Council on June 17 with a public hearing July 1.
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Bart Irwin Corona
Planning Commission
Bank of America Seeks Italy Private Bank Purchase
Bank of America negotiates to buy Italy's largest private bank Banca d'Americe e d'Italia from Transamerica. Transamerica values the stake between 10 and 15 million dollars with 95.8 percent owned, the deal would place the bank under Bank of America International in New York.
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Bank of America
Italy
Banca d’Americe E d'Italia
Transamerica Corporation
Transamerica
A. P. Giannini
Bank of America International
New York
Light voter turnout in Corona County freeholder election
County wide vote on 15 freeholders and two bond issues totaling over five million dollars draws scant midday turnout. At Lincoln Tenth and Howard 46 of 500 registered, Jefferson 50 of 500, Temescal 15 of 200. officials warn results may come late.
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Corona
Blythe
San Bernardino
San Diego County
Riverside
Truman
Lincoln School
Tenth and
Howard
Jefferson School
Temescal Township
Knight vows veto to protect rainy day fund in California
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight warned he will veto any spending bills that threaten California's 75 million rainy day fund. He warned lawmakers that approved spending and tax cuts could leave a 41.8 million deficit by June 30, 1958, risking irreparable economic damage. He conditioned support on restraint and renewed efforts on San Luis and Feather River projects. Two other items: publisher Robert Harrison and five staff members surrendered on extradition questions related to criminal libel and advertising statutes in California.
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Goodwin J. Knight
Knight
California
San Luis Project
Feather River Project
New York
Robert Harrison
Los Angeles
Stocks Rise Again After Ike Illness
Stocks climbed to nine month highs as President Eisenhower returned to work fully recovered from his weekend illness. Total value of listed shares rose by 2.4 billion dollars after a net Monday loss, with gains across sectors from Allied Chemical to Zenith, including American Hawaiian Steamship and railroad issues. Utilities led the advance as volume crossed three million shares for the first time in 1957 and trading lag briefly on a slipping market.
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Eisenhower
Allied Chemical
Zenith
American Hawaiian Steamship
Tragic Santa Fe Freight Collision Kills Farm Workers
Twelve migrant farm workers from Rocky Ford, Colorado, were killed when a pickup carrying them to sugar beet fields was struck by a Santa Fe Railway freight train at a crossing near Vroman. Authorities say identities will take time. bodies scattered along the track.
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Colorado
Santa Fe Railway
Vroman
Rocky Ford
Colo
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