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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1957

Page

8

Harbor District Chambers Fight Subsidence urged by regional group

The Harbor District Chamber and 50 member organizations urged state action to curb land subsidence endangering Long Beach Naval Yard and harbor areas. They called for legislation to restore surfaces below sea level, citing 24 foot drops in some harbor zones and urging passage of measures backed by the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors to provide a solution.

Long Beach Naval Shipyard Long Beach Naval Yards Compton Ford Motor Company California Edison Spencers Kelley Los Angeles

Gunmen Kill Two in Night Spot Row

Two men opened fire at a night spot killing Kenneth Fisher and Bernard Mainer. Police traced the assailants through a wild car chase past Alberta and Richmond, Virginia, capturing Monteith and Miss Mattingly after hostages were taken and a daylight dawn drive near North Carolina.

Kenneth Fisher Bernard J. Mainer Overton Carpenter Sherwood Kenny Fisher Larry Monteith Doris Mattingly Monteith Richmond Miss Mattingly Washington Police North Carolina Alberta Asonia G. Allman Hamlet Miss Allman Texas Washington Thad

Austrian Diplomat Dies at New York Airport

Baron Egor F. Ranshofer Wertheimer aged 63, Austrian diplomat and veteran foreign affairs officer, died Friday at New York International Airport while awaiting a plane to Vienna. He had served on Austria’s delegation to the 12th UN General Assembly, which concluded two weeks earlier.

N.Y New York UPA Baron Egor F. Ranshofer-Wertheimer New York International Vienna United Nations General Assembly

New Fire Academy Where Blaze Began

City officials announced that the O Leary homestead site will host a two million dollar police and fire academy. The landmark location recalls the 1871 Chicago fire sparked by Mrs O Leary's cow and lantern.

New Fire Academy Chicago O'Leary

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