Subsidence advisers push for city oil commission plan
The City Subsidence Advisory Committee backed creating a powerful oil commission to run the campaign against subsidence. It would include an oil department with jurisdiction over subsidence and all petroleum production, seeking a unitized city and oil field. Mayor Kesler urged seeking advice on implementation while some members noted possible charter amendments.
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Oil Commission
Commission
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Darrell Neighbors
Commuteman
S. M. ‘Roberts
Sem. E. Vickers
Harbor Board
Roberts
G. F. Woodward
Vickers
Donald Sutherland
Dake VELA SPORTS commentator Herman Hickman dies
Sports writer notes the death of Herman Hickman a former Yale football coach at age 46. The obituary appears on Page B-3 while stock market news marked a 1958 high on Page C-2.
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Herman Hickman
Yale
Knowland amendments rejected in Senate first bill fight
The Senate rejected the first Knowland sponsored bill and four Republican floor proposals in a 12 hour session. An amendment to ban unions from discriminating by age religion sex nationality or race was still pending when the chamber recessed after 40 25 p m. Westmoreland to inspect weather before mass airborne drill in Kentucky after a deadly accident Wednesday.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Ten Children Die In Dual City House Fires
Ten children were killed in two city fires, five in St. Louis and five in Erie. In St. Louis, Ora Lee Washington and her five children perished as flames gutted a six room wooden house while she was burned rescuing them. In Erie, five children died in a two story frame home fire.
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St. Louis
Erie
Ora Lee Washington
Eric
Slaying Admitted by Klaus
Kansas City authorities say Donald E. Klaus of Rochester New York confessed to the Bugs Bunny Bludgeon slaying of Riverside City College student John Henry Sherman 29 found in a gully near Riverside on March 9. Klaus arrested April 11 by the FBI waived extradition to Riverside and detectives head to California with him. Sherman was reported missing March 15 last seen in Long Beach. The victim bore a Bugs Bunny tattoo aiding identification.
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Kansas City
Donald E. Klaus
Rochester
N. Y
Bugs Bunny
City College
John Henry
Sherman
Riverside
Wm. i Auld
Archie Kane
Klaus
FBI
Kane
California
Walkerton St
Long Beach
Time to set clocks for Daylight Saving Time this weekend
DST arrives this weekend as clocks move forward one hour on Sunday. Charles Snow of Snow Watch and Clock Lab explains adjustments for radios, sundials, water clocks, calendars, chiming clocks, and hourglasses, noting the rooster's wake call and farm routines will shift with the hour. Snow and his family will spend Saturday night setting about 1000 clocks in his lab and clients’ premises.
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Charles Snow
Snow ‘Watch and Clock Lab
Anaheim St
Snow
Bell Family Divorce After Wandering Social Life
Sharon Bell Watkins testified that her husband Russell Watkins turned their Belmont Shore home into a resort where his friends crowded in at all hours. The Bell Sister, 20, said she dreaded the nightly scenes and blamed the strain for seeking an interlocutory divorce.
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Singing Bell
Belmont Shore
Sharon Bell ‘Watkins
5Th St
Seal Beach
George Francis
Russell L. Watkins
Oil Company
Patrick B. Phelan
Bell Sisters
Bell
Cynthia Ellison
the Watkins
Las Vegas
Ballet Banned After Protest In Coventry Cathedral Ruins
The bishop of Coventry Dr Cuth bert Bardsley canceled a Sunday ballet in the cathedral ruins after opposition from the Lord's Day Observance Society. The move ends a planned performance that stirred religious and cultural debate in Coventry England.
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Coventry
England
Cuthbert Bardsley
Union Gives Notice Ends May 7 At Douglas And NAA
Union negotiators served notice for contract terminations at North American Aviation and Douglas Aircraft, moving the threat of a widespread strike closer. The UAW represents about 27,000 workers across Long Beach and other Los Angeles area facilities. The notice follows months of bargaining with management, which has refused to submit an economic proposal.
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North American Aviation, Inc
Douglas Aircraft Co
United Auto Workers
UAW
Long Beach
Douglas
North American
Downey
Los Angeles International
Acion
Junion
Dale Smith
Mrs. Kelly Loses Son in Long Beach
The 3-year-old son of Mary Kelly of 1030 E Ocean Blvd Long Beach died Thursday. The mother, a bedfast patient at Long Beach General Hospital, will be 107 on June 7. Survived by Renner William PF and Aunt Hattie Kelly. Service set for Tuesday at 2:30 pm at Christenson Fine Mortuary.
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Long Beach
Charles A. Kelly
E. Ocean Blvd
Mary Kelly
Long Beach General/Hospital
Renner
William PF
Hattie Kelly
Christenson
Three Year Old Girl Rescued From Abandoned Well
In El Paso Texas Susie Najera a three year old girl fell into a 15 foot abandoned shaft last Friday night. After about an hour she was pulled from the dark hole by emergency crews to the cheers of onlookers. Her mother and father Mr and Mrs Fernando Najera cried with relief as Susie was taken to a hospital and later asked for candy.
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Cape Canaveral
Navy
Vanguard
EL Paso
Tex
Susie Najera
Susie
Fernando Najera
Oughta in Collapse Prompted by Broken Auto
A fragmented dialogue shows a character blaming an oughta mechanism that “breaks down” when needing to get somewhere. The assistant questions the reliability as the exchange hints at a humorous, tech infused mishap.
Thief Steals $434 From Stardust Room Bank Says
Police report a burglary at Stardust Room Bank on 215 E First involving a loss of 434 dollars. Manager Ray Mond Martinez identified the suspect and provided details as the investigation continues.
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First ‘Western
Banks¢ Trust Company
Stardust
Ray
R. Martinez
Dodgers Start Another Winning Streak Says Reporter
By Lucifer Lightfoot, the column notes the Dodgers rolling in a fresh winning streak and rookie impact. It compares Gil Hodges to a rising star and suggests star power ahead for the team while the Cardinals’ perch humorously crumbles.
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Lucifer Lightfoot
Cardinals
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Associated Prose
Brad Caldwell
Decatur
Jim McCauley
Bell Sister
Sharon Bell Watkins
Union
NAA
Mrs. Kelly
Musht
Dodgers
Gil Hodges
Francis X. Bushman
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