Special Election Planned Without official ballot
City councilmen abandon hopes of placing a charter amendment for a citywide oil production and subsidence control department on the November ballot Mayor Kenler will push for spring special election Considerations include funding channels and potential conflicts with the harbor board Drafts were reviewed by the charter amendment committee with decisions due soon to meet the November poll deadline. A separate measure to abolish the Municipal Band tax remains under debate. The council plans another session next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Kenler
Virgil H. Spong- Derg
Propose Mew Oil Commission
Harbor Board
Walnfred Jacobson
Jacobson
Waiting Cares
Alpha Beta
Lake
Wood Blvd
Vincent I Turner
Grateful Bookie Buys Self a Cell in Six Months
Horvath, a bartender, faced Superior Court after confessing to bookmaking. Ed R. Callahan altered his recommendation to deny probation, noting Horvath’s philosophy that money eases tight spots. Judge Gordon L. Howden sentenced him to six months in County Jail.
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Ed R. Callahan
Callahan
Horvath
Gordon L. Howden
Howden
7Th St
Suspect Tries to Kill Self in City Jail
Reyes R. Valdez, 33, jailed on burglary suspicion, attempted suicide Friday in his cell by slashing his left arm with a razor hidden in bedcovers. He was moved to Seas ide Hospital where nine stitches closed the wound.
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Self
Reyes R. Valdez
Valdez
Seaside Hospital
Drums Borrowed Never Returned In Hollywood Theft Case
Drums valued at 400 dollars were allegedly borrowed from bandleader Don A Peterson of Maywood by a drummer who did not return them. Peterson reported the loss as a grand theft to police in Los Angeles, while the same page discusses a big government suit over subsidence at the Wilmington oil field and its impact on the Navy shipyard, with Waters and Gray leading the case. The complaint seeks a fieldwide repressuring plan within 60 days and damages against oil producers to protect naval facilities.
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Don A. Peterson
Maywood
Peterson
LasRonde Rue
Hwy
Gray
The
Los Angeles Bar Assn
Wilmington
California
United States
Waters
United States Navy
Pacific Ocean
Pri
Weters
Gray Jimary
Brownmeathan Fadar
Amd
San Diego Office Opens for Paine Webber Firm
Paine Webber Jackson Curtis, members of the New York and Pacific Coast stock exchanges, open an office in the Orpheum Theater Building in San Diego. The report discusses subsidence risks, dike defenses, and potential losses to the naval shipyard and local employment, referencing state and federal roles in disaster protection and shoreline subsidence impacts.
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Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
New York
Facitic Coast Stock Exchanges
Orpheum Theater
San Diego
New Japanese Vessel Nevada Maru Docks on Maiden Voyage
The motorship Nevada Maru of the K Line fleet sits at Pier C Berth 20 Long Beach Harbor on its maiden voyage. It is 532.6 feet long with 13326 deadweight tons and 669818 cubic feet of cargo space including 15071 refrigerated space. The voyage from Yokohama to San Francisco took nine days 15 hours 10 minutes at 19.57 knots. It will join the Far East New York service via New York before returning to Yokohama.
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Pier C
Yokohama
San Francisco
K Line
Long Beach Harbor
Kerr Steamship Co
New York
SHES NOT SURE He Says He Will Wed Miss Hawaii
A young newsman says he and Geri Hoo Miss Hawaii plan to marry after his divorce in January but she says nothing definite. Austin Phillips met her while covering Miss Universe at Long Beach and notes she travels to Brazil for Max Factor. He also mentions his estranged wife Valeria staying in Phoenix. they have no children.
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Sald Waters
Staud
Long Beach
Hollywood
UPI
Geri Hoo
Hawaii
Miss Hoo
Austin Phillips
City News Service of
Los Angeles
Austin
Phillips
Brazil
Max Factor
Valeria
Phoenix
Ariz
Police Range Bans High Powered Bullets in Warning Move
Police Chief William H. Davey bans all metal jacketed bullets magnum cartridges and other high powered ammunition at the Police Pistol Range 3475 Los Coyotes Blvd to curb ricochets. Lt E B Kennedy reports most of the high speed rounds came from military personnel or civilian shooting groups while local officers favored re loads for cost.
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Los Coyotes Blvd
William H. Davey
E. B. Kennedy
Sourdough Vet Installed as Group President
William A. Ellis, 74, Yukon Gold Rush veteran, was installed Friday as president of an International group during the 27th annual meeting at the Wilton Hotel. Ellis, of Seattle, succeeds Dick Racine. The 1958-59 city budget funds a new pistol range next to the Honor Farm.
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William A. Ellis
The
International
Wilton Hotel
Ellis
Seattle
Wash
Dick Racine
Lengen
Named Chief Sanitarian Appointed and Convention Highlights
Richard Bays Jr. of 95 SW 48th St named chief sanitarian in Long Beach Health Department by Dr. T. D. Litwack. The piece notes a 250 delegate convention with a beach picnic and future city venues Victoria B C, Wilton ball, and references William A. Gleckler and John Bewitt. Hewitt’s earlier life and Cordova trip are mentioned in relation to sanitation history.
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Richard Bays Jr
48Th St
T. D. Litwack
Long Beach
Sa Bays
Bays
School Bus First Aid Classes Set
Special first aid classes for school bus drivers will be offered Aug. 19 and 26 by the local Red Cross chapter. Standard first aid qualification cards will be issued to those completing the course satisfactorily. Schedule includes 9:30 to 11:30 am at 319 W Broadway and 7:30 to 9:30 pm at room 5 Southern California Military Academy Signal Hill.
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Red Cross
Red Cross Chapter
W. Broadway
Southern California Military Academy
Signal Hill
Bufffum Assumes Art Post In Long Beach
Dr. Robert L. Buffum is named chairman of the Municipal Arts Committee, succeeding Mrs. Athena Hall who asked to be relieved. Buffum, appointed last November as vice chairman, will lead as John A. Curtis steps into the vacant vice chair role. The group discusses expanding cultural duties including the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra under director Lauris Jones. Jones urges a $75,000 annual budget, up from the present $28,000, to serve the city’s size.
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Robert L. Buffum
Athena Hall
Buffum
John A. Curtis
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
Lauris Jones
Long Beach
Jones
Aviation Education Workshop Educates Alamitos Teachers
Education workshop for aviation teachers touring Alamitos Naval Station and Los Alamitos base, viewing Grumman S2F Tracker and Lockheed P2V Neptune, with briefings on Naval Air Reserve antisubmarine programs. Event directed by Dr. C Thomas Dean. two day orientation covers Marine Corps Air Station to Norton Air Force Base and China Lake.
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RB. G. Brand
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Long Beach State College
Roger Caar
Navy
Los Alamitos Naval Airfield
Long Beach State
U.S
Naval Air Reserve
Los Alamitos Station
Naval Air
C. Thomas Dean
Tora Marine Corps Air Station
Norton Air Force Base
Naval Ordnance Test Station
China Lake
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Oil Dept
Turner
Ogle St.Costa Mesa
Earl D.' [Pitts
West St. Fullerten
McDaniels Market
Los Coyotes
Saken
L.B
Bandit
U.S. Sues City
Wich Court
Southern District of California
William P. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Cox Long Beach Oi Development Co
Richfield OU Corp
Hancock Oi Co
General Petroleum Corp
Justice Department
Neal
UNL
Pase Angent
Perry W. Morfeet
Sidence
U. S.ton
Naval Station
Federal Post Office
3Rd Stasion
Department of the Shipyard
American Ave
Justica
Sanitarian
Praen
Wilton
Victoria
B.C
Hewitt
Copper River
White River
Koyukuk
Dawson
Cordova
Bufffum
Aviation
Alamitos Naval Station
Long Beech
Air Force Association
Steven
Leslie
Cornuta Ave
Bellflower
Bob Shumway
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