Corona Faces Bill as Western District Annexation Costs Soar
Corona faces a revised annexation expense totaling 11 014 560 dollars for Western Municipal Water District entry. Corona’s share climbs to about 1 101 456 dollars based on roughly 10 percent of the district’s tax valuation. Officials note three free MWD connections exist but offer no taxpayer benefit and warn MWD water exchanges may be needed for any meaningful use.
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Corona
Western Municipal, Water District
WMWD
Los Angeles
MWD
Riverside
Riverside Board
San Bernardino
Id. G. Jameson
Temescal
Water Company
Elsind
Glen
Ivy
Western Municipal Water District
A. Co
Barnes
Western
San Bernardino Valley
Lakeview
Elsinoré
Canyon
Rio Grande Flood Kills and Displaces Hundreds Near Piedras Negras
National Guard officer reports 200 to 500 plus deaths as Rio Grande flood sweeps Piedras Negras Mexico and parts of Ciudad Acuna. Officials say 20 000 to 30 000 homeless on Mexican side while Ozona and Pandale report several fatalities or missing persons.
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Piedras ‘Negras
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande
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Laredo
Don E. McMains
Eagle Pass
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Piedras, Negras Hospital
Texas Civil Defense
Austin
Piedras, Negras
Ciudad Acuna
del Rio
Ozona
Red Cross
Pandale
Texas
Wage Scale Review For City Workers In California
City Manager William J Mount will study the municipal wage scale covering street park sanitation sewer police fire and clerical workers. The council asked for the review and action will await Mounts recommendations. He compared city wages with other cities and local industry noting the scale may be below average. Some field increases discussed but no decision reached. City Attorney John Gianachi reaffirmed that United Mine Workers Local has no exclusive bargaining power over city workers per California law.
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William J. Mount
Mount
City Atttorney
John Gianachi
United Mine
Ganahi
United
California
No Injuries Reported In Ontario Corona Car Crash
No injuries were reported after a collision at the South Main and Eighth Streets intersection in Ontario Corona. Elizabeth Cortez Montez, 1412 Riverside Drive Ontario, drove north on Main while George Rob ert Tompkins, 172 Hamner Avenue Corona, traveled east on Eighth. Tompkins’ right side and the other car’s front sustained damage.
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Elizabeth Cortez Montez
Riverside Drive
Ontario
George
Robert
Tompkins
Hamner Avenue
Corona
South Main
Eighth
Montez
Main
Western Plans Annexation Election For September
Corona petitions push for MWD vote after January results in Corona where residents opposed affiliation. WMWD opposition persists as negotiations with MWD continue in Los Angeles. Directors intend to formalize by March 1 and set September 28 as election date.
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Western
MWD
Corona
WMWD
Los Angeles
City to start new outfall sewer project next week
The city begins construction on a underground outfall sewer line replacing the old 18 inch pipeline. The new line shortens the route by about 250 feet and increases capacity fourfold with a steeper slope. Walker Murphy of North Hollywood bids 30000 for the pump station work and Lloyd R. Johnson of Rialto bids 13398 for the pipeline and recirculation system. A new chain-link fence around the sewage plant will be installed and the project is funded by a 49000 bond approved last April.
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Willian J. Mount
Mount
Walker
Murphy
North Hollywood
Lloyd R. Johnson
Rialto
Water and Power Board Approves Large Salary Increases
The Los Angeles Times reports that the Municipal Water and Power Commission approved salary boosts totaling 1 476 000 annually for 10 325 employees. The mayor claimed the salaries were preapproved and referenced lengthy study while noting autonomy of the Water and Power Department.
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ES ‘Williams
Los S Angeles: Times
Poulson
Pr d
Water and Power
Confidence racket targets elderly Corona victim
Police say two young women and an accomplice used a "grandmother routine" to win the trust of an 80 year old, siphoning 1145 dollars from her. The trio accompanied the victim to a Neri store and later withdrew the money from a bank before fleeing. Investigators are pursuing leads and reviewing an all-points bulletin as they probe the method used.
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Local Legion Auxiliary Honors Students in Book Quiz
Corona Legion Auxiliary commended for using Manion's The Key of Peace as a senior study in high schools and colleges nationwide. About 150 papers were submitted with Ivan Duncan and Bob Hendrickson highlighted as top researchers for their quiz on the book and its flag flying crusade.
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Hendrickson
Wik Ively
American ‘Legion
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Ivan
Gordon Duncan
Bob
Bob Hendrickson
National American Legion
Manion
United States
The
Legion Auxiliary
Corona
District
Americanism
Mrs. & HL. Co
Whitcomb
Elsinore residents warned water for irrigation limited
Landowners Mutual Water Company directors announce water may be available only for domestic use as Lake Elsinore area groundwater is too low to reach the well. A second deeper well pump was recently replaced after sand damage and a decision will follow a full investigation.
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Lake Elsinore Valley Sun
Mutual Water
Mutual
Hadsell
Jevel
Elsinore
Corona
Immigration Chief Denies Advising On Haymes Case
Immig director Herman R. Landon testified in the Haymes deportation rehearing that he did not know of the case until after Haymes returned from Hawaii. He disputed earlier agent Richard Cody who said Landon warned Haymes before his Hawaii trip about possible deportation. Landon said he reviewed the file on July 8 when Cody asked about Haymes status.
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Hollywood
Herman R. Landon
Dick Haymes
Hawaii
Landon
Richard ‘Cody
Cody
Haymes
United States
Building Permits Reported For Repairs And New Work
A public records brief notes new permits issued for repair work and a value entry of 86 dollars linked to a contractor named Air Whidded at 1326 Main. The incomplete text suggests additional permit details may be present in the original record.
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FHA Chief Powell Accused of Concealing Record
Rep Capehart alleged Clyde Powell former FHA official hid a criminal history dating back 20 years with arrests for bad checks and a 1917 embezzlement claim. A Justice Dept report cited by Capehart was said to exist but FHA denied any trace in its files.
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John. W Finney
Srafh
Washington
Bel Hemer Capehart
R-Ind
Clyde Si. Powell
FHA
Capehart
Justice Department
Powell
Kansas City
Muehlebach
Rep Housing
William eKenna
William Lanckutis Pleads Guilty in Vagrancy Case
William Lanckutis appeared before Judge W S Caudill at Tem escal Judicial Court and pleaded guilty to a vagrancy charge. He received a ten day sentence in the sheriff's custody after being picked up by Corona police.
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William Lanckutis
W.S. Caudill
Escal Judicial Court
Mr. Lanckutis
Corona Police
Cars Collide at Sixth and Main Slowing Traffic
Traffic slowed at Sixth and Main when two cars collided in the intersection. No injuries were reported. One driver was William T. Railsback of 1001 West Ninth. the other driver, a Perris woman, declined to give her name.
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Sixth
Main Streets
William T. Railsback
West Ninth
Perris
R F Lewis Died Suddenly Today At Home
F Lewis a retired resident of 1219 South Main street died suddenly this afternoon at his home. Service arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Bell Thomas Mortuary.
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F. Lewis
South Main Street
Bell-Thomas Mortuary
Santa Monica bingo operators seek injunction against arrest
Superior Judge Edward T. Bishop ordered the city not to arrest bingo operators pending a preliminary injunction hearing set for July 7. The restraining order was requested by six bingo operators facing enforcement actions.
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Los Angeles
Edward T. Bishop
Santa
Center Woman Alcoholics Center Opens Near Elsinore
Frank Farrell reports Women s Town U S A on State Highway 71 two miles west of Elsinore opens as the first rehabilitation center for women with an alcoholic problem in the country. The piece explains alcoholism as a progressive disease with obsession and a body allergy to alcohol and outlines the center s approach including peer support, therapy, medical care, meals, and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to aid recovery.
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U.S.A
Elsinore
Corona Daily Independent
Shaw
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tin
Matiner
Eisenhower urges higher farm subsidy cap to ten billion
President Eisenhower forecasts farm surplus investments may exceed the current 844 billion legal limit as crops are marketed and plans to ask Congress to raise the ceiling to ten billion before adjournment. He also notes better Far East outlook after talks with Churchill and rejects appeasement of communism. A stuntman sustains a shark bite in Santa Monica Bay while shark hunting. Nonstop Los Angeles to Washington flights to start tomorrow night aboard American Airlines DC7 liners.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Ike
Far East
Winston Churchill
United States
Frank
Donahue
Santa Monica
Santa Monica Bay
L.a.washington
Los Angeles
Washington, D. C
American Airlines
GOP Compromise Cuts Personal Income Tax by 520 Per Person
The Senate Republican plan proposes a personal income tax cut of 20 dollars per individual and 40 dollars for married couples filing jointly. It seeks a 200 dollar annual reduction for taxpayers, with no extra benefit for dependents, and would cost about 960 million daily when fully in effect.
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Republicans
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