Riverside County Property Taxes Rise Per Capita in 1953-54
The Taxpayers Association reports Riverside County property taxes averaged 74.63 per capita in 1953-54, up from 72 in 1949-50 and 77.21 in 1952-53. The report details per capita levies for county government, cities, school districts, and special districts, noting statewide averages and urging taxpayers to push for holdbacks in 1954-55 budgets.
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Riverside County
California
Taxpayers’ Association
Elithos
Dotson
San Francisco
Ortila
Association
Drunk Driving Cases Heard In Judicial District Court
Three men appeared in the Judicial District Court this morning on drunk driving charges. Dwayne Moon pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial set for July 27. Gregory Aguilera posted bail and awaits trial. Antonio Beccarelli also pleaded not guilty with trial set for July. A third group of three men were fined for intoxication by Judge Caudill.
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Judicial District Court
Clém Dwayne Moon
Hamner Avenue
Norco
North Main
W. S. Caudill
Moon
Grégory Tovar Aguilera
Howard Street
Railroad Street
Antonio “Beccarelli
Cloverdale
California Highway Patrol
Chandler Avenue
North Joy
Parkridge Road
Caudill
Jobin W. Brunston
West ‘Ninth
James “Travis ‘Weeks
Crown
Trey Flenant
Htep Eeu
Eldridge Former Farm Leader Dies at 75 in Redlands
William F. Eldridge Corona rancher and founding Riverside County Farm Bureau leader dies at 75 in Redlands. Survived by son Fred L. Eldridge and granddaughter Lynne of Pomona College. wife died 1950. Services in Redlands with interment in Riverside Olive Cemetery.
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William F. Eldridge
Corona
Riverside County Farm Bureau
Redlands
Bell-Thomas Mortuary
Oliveany Cemetery
Riverside
Eldridge
Fred L. Eldridge
Lynne
Pomona College
Mira
Loma
Borns
Galva
University of Chicago
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stagg
Mr. Eldridge
Riverside, County Farm Bureau
Riverside County Production Credit Association
Farmers’ Cooperative
Independent Milk Producer’s Association
California Bureaus Federation
California Walnut Growers’ Association
Riverside Walnut Growers’ Association
Civil Defense Test Alarms Heard This Morning
Sirens sounded at 10 a.m. today as the regular monthly civil defense test was conducted from the Covrona police station.
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Civil Defense
Alent
Covrona
Blind Korean War Vet Rescues Drowning Trio By Voice
Mobile, Alabama ex Marine Charles Vines, blinded in Korea, guided by hearing, saved three youths from the Pascagoula River near Lucedale Mississippi. He swam 200 yards to reach the Ball and Wood girls then rescued Peacock after pulling the Ball girl ashore.
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Korea
Mobile
Ala
U.P
Charles Vines
Ana Barbara
Wood
Louise Ball
Pascagoulah River
Lucedale
Miss
James Peacock
Barbara
Vines
Peacock
Medina Family Receives Community Aid After Fire Demolition
The Jesus Medina family of 84 Temescale Wash Camp Foothill Ranch Corona residents with five children Victoria 8 Consuelo 4 Catalina 7 Ricardo 1 John 6 faced loss when their house was demolished on June 15. Local groups led by Red Cross chair H H White provided immediate help along with Foothill Ranch volunteers and several furniture stores supplying essentials.
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Jesus Medina
Temescale
Foothill Ranch
Carl Plate
Medinas
Victoria
Consuelo
Catalina
Ricardo
John
Jefferson ‘School
PTA Welfare
Settlement House
Eagles
The
Red Cross
Swartz, Hemphill and Graebner’s
Ethel Lord Dies at 88 in Corona After Long Stay
Corona resident of 44 years Ethel F. Lord died at Loma Linda Hospital aged 88. Born August 31 1865 in Quitman Missouri she worked as a milliner in Redlands before moving to Corona in 1910. She helped found the Present Day club with her sister and belonged to the Crown Chapter Order of the Eastern Star and the First Congregational church. Funeral Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. Bell Thomas Mortuary Chapel officiated by Rev Daniel Hogan with interment Sunnyslope Cemetery.
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Ethel F. Lord
Grand Boulevard
Corona
Loma Linda Hospital
Quitman
Missouri
Lord
Crown Chapter Order of the Eastern Star
First Congregational Church
Bell- Thomas
Daniel Hogan
Sunnyslope
Bell- Thomas Mortuary
Car Hop Dies in Fire at San Diego Duplex
An attractive drive in car hop, Mary Stewart aged 24, died today in her flaming San Diego duplex. Firemen said a cigarette dropped on a davenport started the blaze. Neighbors heard voices until after 3 AM. fire found at dawn.
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San Diego
Mary Stewart
Davenport
Fresh Water From Sea At Low Costs Seen Possible
Chemical Week reports several seawater to fresh water processes could compete with existing supplies. Electrolytic ion exchange and vapor compression show $1.25–$1.50 per 1000 gallons, with brackish water cheaper. Large-scale tests planned in the Southwest for irrigation.
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Chemical Week
McGraw-Hill Publication
Magazine
Resigning Teacher Lanzarot ta Slams School Critics
Joseph Louis Lanzarotta, a journalism and history teacher at Corona, announced resigning to join the teaching staff at Muir Technical High School in Pasadena. He defended his move by citing higher pay and criticized local school critics as he left for a better position.
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Muir Technical High School
Pasadena
Joseph Louis Lanzarotta
Corona
Lanzarotta
Corona Launches Sport Shirt Week For Comfort
Corona's business district embraces Sport Shirt Week from June 28 to July 3. The event, sponsored by the Corona Chamber of Commerce Retail Division, urges men to wear sport shirts to promote cooler comfort and a relaxed work atmosphere.
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Corona
Corona Chamber of Commerce
Dick Fare
Chamber of Commerce
Robert B. Snedecor
Corona’s
Charle R. Miller
City of
Guatemalan Radio Announces Military Junta Formation
Government radio reports a three man junta to govern Guatemala after a revolt. It says the Patriotic Committe party is outlawed and lists Col Carlos Enrique as president, Col Jose Angel Sanchez as defense chief, and Col Luis Monzoit as interior minister, with possible exiled leaders leaving by way of Mexico City and San Salvador.
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Radio Today
Jacobo Guzman
Arbenz
Mexico
San Salvador
Col
Carlos
Enrique
Ar Col
Jose Angel Sanchez
Luis Monzoit
Rotary President reviews 1953 54 activities
Outgoing Corona Rotary Club president Eg Hammond outlined a prosperous year with 75 active members at the Friday meeting. He received a standing ovation for leadership while Past President Ernest Knauer presented a diamond-set button. Ray Shook named new president and Bert Gully joined as honorary member. visitors Jim Albers and W F Johannes attended. Separately Lanzarotta plans to move to Pasadena with wife and two children in late August.
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Corona Rotary Club
Eg Hammond
Hammond
Ernest Knauer
Ray Shook
Bert Gully
Rotary
Jim Albers
Artesia
W. F. Johannes
Wausau
Wis
Anti-Communist Guatemalan exile forces demand Arbenz arrest
Revolutionary forces led by Gen. Carlos Castillo Armas press for the arrest of ex-president Arbenz as a cease-fire talks appear likely. Diaz’s army may resist the arrest and seek other conditions to end the fighting.
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Communist Party
Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo
Arbenz
Diaz
Eisenhower and Churchill push collective defense in Asia
The White House and 10 Downing Street pledged to advance collective defense plans for Indochina and Western Europe while delaying a full declarative statement. They urged German unity as an equal Western partner and warned delays by France and Italy could threaten Atlantic solidarity. The key dispute remains how to handle Red China.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Indochina
Western Europe
Southeast Asia
Geneva
France
Italy
Winston
Free World
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County Farm Bureau Building Fund
University Club of
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Southern California’ Alumni Association
Beta Theta Pi
Riverne County Farm Bureau
Chicago Avenue
Medina
Charles R. ‘Miller
Daily Independent
Constance Lynn Kelly
Glen Kelly
Caba
Bonnie Kelly
Glen
Kelly
Ocean Avenue Bridge
Long ‘Beach
Requi Ayor
Norris Poulson
Poulson
Army
Charles Allen Davidson
Bell
Calif
Felix Sharp
Sharp
Davidson
Truman
Research
Kansas City
Mr. Truman
Robert Ames
Adams
New York
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Britain
China
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