Corona Mayor Pushes for Lower City Tax Rate
Mayor Charles Jameson works with City Manager Ralph Pfiffner and the Corona City Council to seek ideas to cut the city tax rate, after last year's reduction from 1.46 to 1.36. The rate remains higher than several neighboring cities, and a 1957-58 flood control proposal was trimmed from 35 to 20.7 cents per 100 dollars assessed, pleasing officials.
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Ralph Pfiffner
Corona
Francis A. Stearns
Banning
Beaumont
Blythe
Riverside
Palm Springs
Elsinore
San Jacinto
Hemet
John F. Bryant
Jameson
Flood Control Board
Alec Pernes
Gas funds in Corona top city street work apportionment
California distributed 41 099 80 to Corona and 351 cities from a five eighths of a cent state gas tax. Riverside County totals 449 504 50 with Riverside leading outside Corona. Funds support street construction and maintenance under statewide apportionment rules.
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California
C. M. Gilliss
Carona
Riverside
Riverside County Bunning
Beaumont
Plythe
San Jacinto
State Division of Highways
State Highway Fund
Gilliss
California Highways‘Commission
State Department of Public Works
190 Seniors Will Claim Diplomas at Corona High Graduation
The Corona High School Class of 1958, 190 seniors, will receive diplomas from H Mark Hendrickson, Corona School Board president, in a 7 30 p m ceremony at the Senior High Stadium. Composer selections, flag salute, invocations, and a program led by Principal Gordon Duncan precede addresses by salutatorian Joan Kuhns and valedictorian Don Campbell.
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Corona High School
H. Mark.Hendrickson
Corona School Board
Charles Gunn
Stanley Graf
First Congregational Church
J. Lorin Farmer
Joan Kuhns
Don Campbell
Hendrickson
Gordon Duncan
New Features Planned for Corona Fourth of July Event
The Corona Band Boosters plan enhancements for the annual Fourth of July celebration led by chairman Mike Zilioli. Organizers want more community involvement with service clubs and lodges producing skits or entertainment, plus stricter ticketing and new booths at Corona High Stadium. Dick Becker returns as master of ceremonies with gates opening 5:30 p.m. and talent show at 6:30 p.m.. fireworks at 8 p.m. followed by a dance in the high school gym.
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Corona Band
Mike Zilioli
Corona Senior
Dick Becker
Ziliol
Becker
Weather Summary for Southern California Regions
The noon temperature in Corona fell to 68 with yesterday reaching 83 and a 50 low last night. Expect variable clouds across mountain and coastal areas through Thursday with some afternoon sun. Scattered showers or thundershowers may develop in northern mountain ranges. interior will be mainly sunny with higher winds in deserts. Cooler temperatures are possible in northern interior regions Thursday.
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Corona
California
Theorthern
NONE HURT IN REAR END COLLISION INDIANA DRIVER CITED
An Indianapolis man involved in a two car non-injury crash will be cited for driving too fast for conditions. William H Dover 46 of Denver Ind will receive the citation after rear ending a car driven by Betty Van Hee 55 of 1109 East Sixth St as she stopped to turn. The collision occurred at 805 AM yesterday east of Rimpau Ave on Sixth Street.
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Rimpau Ave
Sixth St
Corona Junior High Graduation Exercises Tonight
Graduation exercises at Corona Junior High School begin at 6 30 this evening in the Senior High stadium. A record class of 360 ninth graders will receive diplomas. Valedictory address by Gary Gundlach and salutatorian address by Richard Cooper with Don Hayes of the Corona School Board presenting diplomas.
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Don Hayes
Corona Unified School District Board of Trustees
Birch
Corona
Douly
Corona Junior High
Gary Gundlach
Richard Cooper
Corona School Board
Two Area Men Fined for DWI Five Day Jail Terms
Corona area men face DWI charges with penalties including fines of 263 dollars each and five days in custody. John C Kolling, 23, paid 10.29 restitution for a damaged squad car window and had his license suspended one year after pleading guilty. Melton, 48, Norco, also pleaded guilty to DWI and license suspension, facing 263 and 105 dollar fines.
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Corona
John C.kolling
East Seventh St
Riverside County
Apy Melton
North Drive
Norco
Cross Filing on Political Tickets Losses
Dissension weakens California GOP as June 3 primary ends double party nominations. Democrats ride momentum with governorship likely to repeat and potential gains in state offices and legislature amid shifting voter sentiment.
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Clem Whitaker JR
California
GOP
Observices
Crass
Dem
Former Arizona Governor R T Jones Dies at 79
Former Arizona Governor R. T. Bob Jones died at his Phoenix home early today at age 79. Enrico Caruso won a San Francisco radio station rock and roll popularity contest with 20 000 votes beating Johnny Mathis and Pat Boone who drew 4 000.
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Arizona
R. T
Bob” Jones
Phoenix
Enrico Caruso
San Francisco
Johnny Mathis
Pat Boone
Secretive European Command Post to Direct Retaliation
Reports describe a covert European command hub guiding a possible U S retaliation plan as Eisenhower eyes a large federal spending package and aims to ease tax burdens while critics label him the era’s top tax collector. This article covers secrecy surrounding the post and its role in wartime strategy with unrelated Flight News.
Tornadoes and floods devastate Midwest killing multiple
A severe storm system struck the Midwest with deadly tornadoes and heavy rainfall. At least 14 people died and around 5,000 fled flood threats as El Dorado Kansas endured a mile long, three block wide twister. Indiana Illinois and other areas reported deaths and injuries. In South Carolina, State Sen. Paul A. Wallace was fatally shot by County Court Clerk Henry A. Rogers in the sheriff’s office after a primary victory seemed assured.
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el Dorado
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Bennettsville
S. C
UPI
Paul A. Wallace
Henry A. Rogers
Wallace
New Dump Operation Shows County Run Site Change
The former Corona City Dump now operated by the county offers dumping from morning hours to 5 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays. A brush-laden trailer demonstrates ongoing business while trash is now covered with earth to create a clean surface. County workers Louis Mendoza and B Spencer operate the bulldozer, pushing refuse, compressing it, and covering it, under an agreement with Corona City Council to cover trash twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Corona City
B. Spencer
Corona
Louis Mendoza
Spencer
CDI
Airliner B52 scare near Modesto prompts near miss
A United Airlines plane with eight aboard nearly collided with a B52 bomber about 200 to 300 yards away near Modesto at 9 02 am. Capt Inglis dove the airliner about 500 feet and two passengers went to hospital for X rays after neck and shoulder soreness. East Germany promised swift release of nine American soldiers if US negotiates with their government, but no official word followed.
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UPI
United Airlines
Modesto
H. K. Inglis
Inglis
Berlin
United States
East Germany
Woman Drowns in Kitchen Sink in Westchester
A 59 year old woman Mrs Lillian M Perrine apparently drowned after fainting and hitting her head on a faucet in her kitchen. Her husband found the body Tuesday night at their home in Westchester district Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Lillian M. Perrine
Westchester
Adams to Prove Charges False at White House
White House said Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams will prove charges against him false and that he has the President’s complete confidence. House investigators cited alleged favors for Bernard Goldfine tied to Adams and his family with hotel bills paid in Boston.
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UPI
White House
Sherman Adams
House
James C. Hagerty
Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
Sheraton Plaza Hotel
Boston
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