Bus Co Changes Shore Line Loop Amid Protests
Long Beach Motor Bus Co will proceed Sunday with changes to the Third Street loop on Belmont Shore amid two protest groups. The Public Utilities Commission ordered the move due to objections from Glendora and La Verne Avenue residents. Service on Line 6 will be restored along Atlantic Avenue and a rate on California Avenue will be abandoned. Westbound Line 12 will run through Konny Street and Oratechina hired Street downtown.
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U S Farm Crops Hit Record High
Washington The Agriculture Department reported a record national harvest for 1950 driven by favorable weather. Total production rose 3 percent above 1929’s high and 4 percent over last year, with corn at a record 4 352 665 000 bushels and wheat at 1 363 443 000 bushels. Harvest acreage held steady.
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Grape Output Drops in U S Crop Report
Washington report from the Agriculture Department cites U S grape production at 3 015 450 tons this year, down four percent from last year’s large crop and above average by a small margin. California output is estimated at 2 715 000 tons.
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UPI
Aguaculture Department
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Torture killer sentenced to death in antique dealer slaying
In San Francisco, Robert Lee Kidd, 37, was sentenced to the gas chamber for the torture slaying of antique dealer Albert Clarke, 71. Kidd burned Clarke’s foot with patches and left a blood-stained antique sword in the shop. police believed two women were involved in the 1954 killing.
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Gerald S. Levin
Robert Lee Kidd
Albert Clarke
Nike-Hercules Missiles to Replace Ajax in L A Area
Brig. Gen. John T. Honeycutt announced that Nike-Hercules air defense missiles will replace Nike Ajax in the Los Angeles area starting the summer of 196. The conversion is part of the Army’s effort to modernize vital defenses. The first Los Angeles Nike-Hercules conversion occurred in 1958.
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John T. Honeycutt
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MacArhur
Army
Senator Calls for Tax Hikes to Fund MTA Plan
In Los Angeles area residents face new taxes to support the Metropolitan Transit Authority as it struggles with rising costs. Senator Randolph Collier of Yreka, chairing a two day transportation subcommittee hearing, said a subsidy must be imposed by the people in the region to keep the transit system functioning.
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