Coronas View Cut and Fill at San Diego Sites
County and Corona officials tour San Diego cut and fill trash disposal sites to study cooperative San Diego style operations. Mayor Stearns notes large scale sites at Balboa Park Mission Beach and an eastern district, with emphasis on reducing smoke from burning and considering contract operation for efficiency.
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J.C.H
Francis A. Stearns
William E. Jones
Faith Deuprey
Riverside County Air Pollution Committee
Antoinette Fleschner
Air Pollution Control Advisory Board
San Diego
Corona Chamber of Commerce
Gallagher
Jones
Corona
Ralph Pfiffner
Stearns
Mr. Stearns
Jess Lillibridge
Rolla Cook
City of
County of Riverside
Garton Named Chairman of Riverside County League of Cities
Garton Elected Chairman of the Riverside County League of Cities at the San Jacinto meeting succeeding A L Voris Riverside. Mayor James Simpson of Hemet chosen vice chairman and Mayor R A Coverdale of Beaumont re elected secretary treasurer. Garton urged city leaders to unite to influence the county board of supervisors.
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Garton
League of Cities
Corona
Herbert E. Garton
Riverside County League of Cities
A. L. Voris
Riverside
San Jacinto
James Simpson
Hemet
R. A. Coverdale
Beaumont
Board
of County Supervisors
Eisenhower nominates Waters for California U.S. attorney post
President Eisenhower named Laughlin E. Waters of Los Angeles for a four year term as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California. Waters has served in the role since 1953. James I. Moore of East Compton, 74, was electrocuted when attempting to disconnect a battery charger while barefoot in water, according to police.
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Eisenhower
Laughlin E. Waters
Los Angeles
U.S
Southern District of California
Waters
James I. Moore
East Compton
Birds At La Guardia Signal Keep Clear Warning
Two yellow flags at the end of runway nine at La Guardia Airport warn planes and marauders to keep clear. Pheasant eggs hatching is the reason.
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New York
LaGuardia
Sticky Humid Monday Sets Tone for Warm Week Ahead
Southern California will experience mostly sunny conditions through Tuesday with variable high cloudiness at times. Night and morning low cloudiness and fog will affect coastal areas. Outlook for Wednesday calls for continued warm weather.
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California
Riverside Supervisors Move to Expand County Administration
Three Riverside County supervisors Anderson Chamberlain and Berkey push Ordinance 440 to create a $15 000 a year county administrative officer and raise pay while demoting another official. They seek to outpace the Freeholders and may delay the charter process voters approved. The plan doubles top wages, rejects modest employee raises, and faces opposition from the public and workers.
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J.C.H
Anderson, Chamberlain
Berkey
Board of Freeholders
Freeholders
Riverside County Charter Board
Palm Springs
Coachella Valley
Clay Begole
Purchas
Ing
William E. Jones
Riverside County Employees’ Association
Chamberlain, Anderson and Berkey
Charles R. Munson
Employees’ Association
Chamberlain
Anderson and Berkey
Jones
Impressive Ceremonies Start Latin American League Here
Corona hosts the charter banquet and dance for the new Corona Council of the League of United Latin American Citizens. Dr. James Merrihew urges active parent involvement in education amid concerns about high school dropout rates. Mayor Stearns predicts civic benefits from the group. Officers are installed and Alphonso Lopez orchestra provides music for dancing.
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Bart Irwin
James Merrihew
Corona
League of United Latin American Citizens
Corona Council
LULAC
Merrihew
United States
America
Mayorefrancis A. Stearns
Joe Reynoso
Dolores Ortiz
Dora Jimenez
Mary Helen Lopez
Clotilda Ybarra
Chenta Barron
Sylvia Martinez
Mary Lemus
Rosario Arriola
Mike Kepich
Bobby Lopez
Alphonso Lopez
Riverside County creates 15000 dollar administrator post
Supervisor William E Jones condemns a new 15000 dollar county administrator job while Clay Begole is reassigned as county property officer at 7297 dollars annually. He argues the measure duplicates duties, increases costs, and ignores voters who defeated county bonds.
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Bill Jones
Clay Begole
Riverside County
William E.jones
Corona Daily Independent Today
San Diego
McCall
Begole
Corona
Hemet
San Jacinto
City of
Riverside
Anderson- Berkey Chamberlain
MWD Seeks Bids for 13 Million Water Bonds
Los Angeles based Metropolitan Water District calls for bids on 13 million in waterworks bonds tied to its 20 million program to extend and expand the Colorado River Aqueduct. The issue funds part of a planned 15 million bond program for the district.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
Colorado River
Fifth 1957 Atomic Blast Shakes Nevada Site at Dawn
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated its fifth 1957 test at the Nevada Proving Grounds near Angels Peak. The 30 000ton equivalent explosion cracked a control blockhouse wall 14 miles away and blinded witnesses 45 miles distant. The blast was observed from Las Vegas 75 miles away and heard 300 miles away in Reno. The test studied civilian shelter survivability radiation protective clothing and fallout effects on food. The event followed a balloon platform detonation at 700 feet. The same article notes a Supreme Court stay in the tidelands oil suit with Louisiana facing limits on offshore rights.
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Angels’ Peak
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Reno
Nevada Proving Grounds
Here
Las Vegas
Beck Reappoints Brewster Amid Ouster Moves In Teamsters
Teamsters president Dave Beck reappointed Seattle native Frank Brewster as Western Conference chairman during the 21st annual San Diego convention. Beck cited confidence in Brewster while reformers push to make the western chair elective, not appointed, amid leadership opposition.
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Teamsters
Dave Beck
Frank Brewster
Seattle
San Diego
John M. Anna
Brewster
Corona City Slashes Budget and Lowers Tax Rate
City council trimmed the Corona budget by nine thousand eight hundred ninety dollars and reduced the tax rate to 1.36 dollars per hundred. The vote left the rate four cents below the 1.40 proposed by City Manager Pfiffner as part of an 826000 budget.
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Corona City
Ralph Pfiffner
Council
Joseph Greer
Greer
Southern Senators Delay Civil Rights Bill Move
Southern senators backing President Eisenhower's civil rights bill won a minor victory as the Judiciary Committee 7 to 5 vote set aside the bill to consider antitrust action in meat packing. The Senate previously moved to bypass the committee and place the House approved measure on the calendar for early debate, while Southerners press to block committee approval until the House bill is debated.
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Eisenhower
Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Supreme Court upholds obscene mail law as constitutional
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, upholds the federal statute banning sending obscene material by mail. Justice Brennan says obscenity is not protected expression, with dissents by Black and Douglas and concurring opinions by Harlan and Warren. The law imposes up to $5,000 fine and five years in jail, or both.
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Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Hugo L. Black
William Q. Douglas
John M. Harlan
California
Earl Warren
17 Die in Two Air Crashes Near Port Hardy and Minneapolis
A Pacific Western Airlines DC3 crashed after takeoff near Port Hardy, B C, killing 14 passengers and crew with four survivors including stewardess Pat Wilson of Vancouver. A second plane made an emergency belly landing in Minneapolis with no injuries reported.
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Port Hardy
B. C
Minneapolis
Pacific Western Airlines
Pat Wilson
Vancouver
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