Main Break Destroys Homes as 12 Inch Main Bursts
A 12 inch water main burst at Alma Drive and dist Street in Manhattan Beach at 4 am unleashed 4300 gallons per minute, flooding and damaging more than 20 homes. Edward Foster’s home and garage collapsed into a 50 foot wide pit as water and sand rolled seaward, halting traffic and blocking driveways. City Manager Gayle Martin estimated damage at about 375000 with six homes seriously affected and blamed a pipe flaw or faulty installation.
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Manhattan Beach
CNS
Alma Dr
Dist St
Edward Foster
71St St
Foster
Gayle Martin
Martin
List St
31St Pl
Highland Ave
Bayview Dr
Building Permits This Month and This Year Summary
A chaotic OCR list details numerous building permits and related costs across multiple properties. Names include Ray H. Brock Edith Le Olnow and Richard Lubin with sites at Sunset Pools Linden Knine and 2008 Knox Vern Hy Detail. Dates and totals vary with values such as 2400 4800 and 1000.
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Ray H. Brock
Carita
Sunset Pools
Cagan Standers & Associates
Edith le Olnow
Kalin
Cagan Standers &Associates
Pacitte
Linden Kine
A. Lorsham Dt. Lassarily
EL Adama
Locke, & Oper
Morland
Nerry
So Construction
Richerd Lubin
Knox
Policeman Uses Head to Nab Thief in Nile
In Kampala an African officer earned a promotion by using his head rather than force to trap a thief who fled into the Nile. Two constables dived after him while a third tossed a stone warning of a crocodile, highlighting quick thinking over brute pursuit.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Ford Summer Trading Picnic Promises Peak Car Value
Your present car will never be worth more than it is right now at the height of the Ford Summer Trading Picnic. Come save today.
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Ford
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K. O. Smith
Vern Hy Detl
Adrians
Dedmon Bilder
Walter L. Crockett
Los Arcos
Irving Solomon and Associates
Vicamily
Linden
Arco-Pacific Construction Co
Thomas Sancera
Carl E. Luther
Brayton
I Breston W. Johnaan
Ss.aun
Hiconteneunr
Wiliam C. Taylor
Robert C. Blalpes
Uy Faniss
James Pox
Richard Eilinghuret
Harold
Aie Eno
Ned C. Christensen
Loper Mortuary
Atlantic Ave
L.B. HE
Paul T. Holland
George O'Toole
Ray L. McXee
London
Red
China
Mao Tze-Tung
Radio Peiping
Mao
Honan
Petri's Cleaners
Long Beach
Pine Ave
Noor
Mesaire
Jess
Europe
Cunard
Brussels
Israel
Lourdes
Cunard Coling
Thane
The
Cunard Line
South Hill Street
Los Angeles
Ford Sumner Trading
Beni
America
MEL Burns, Inc
Hale Young Ford CO
E. Anaheim ST. Long Beach
Channel 4
Channel 2
McKenzie Ford CO
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