State to Sue UP Edison for Oil Land
The State Lands Commission approved pursuing court action to test land titles held by Union Pacific Railroad and Southern California Edison in Long Beach Harbor. If successful, oil revenues from the disputed area would be split 50 50 with the state, and the case could redefine tidelands boundaries and affect municipal oil income.
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Long Beach Harbor
State Lands Commission
State Attorney General’s Office
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern California Edison ‘Co
Union Pacific and Edison
Attorney General's Office
Tidelands-Uplands
Lanng Beach
Long Beach
Tidelands
Federal District
Unions Pacific
Edison
Jay Shavelson
Union Pacific
Mallan
Uplands
Moon voyage guinea pig in mock trip boosts morale
An independent air force experiment lists a human guinea pig as "doing very well" on a mythical lunar journey. The subject reportedly crafted a cardboard and toothpick comb for his crew cut. A US Army sergeant denies spying for Russia.
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THO Air Force
Moon
Dope party raid nets 11 arrests in Paramount area
Narcotics officers arrested eleven people at 14509 St. Garfield Ave following a Tuesday night raid. Among those booked on suspicion of violating state narcotics laws are Roy Miller and his wife Caroline Miller, plus ten others from Compton Long Beach Lynwood Los Angeles and nearby cities.
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Paramount
Sheriff's Office
St. Garfield Ave
Roy Miller
Caroline
Garfield Ave
Clayton Byrd
Harris St
Rolland Cunningham
Gibson St
Kenneth Wright
Frailey Ave
Darrell Atwell
Willowbrook Dr
James Amos
Kay
Joe Cloninger
San
L A C Says Building Costs Likely to Rise This Year
In a cautious forecast, L A C warns that construction costs may not drop below this year values. Industry shows weak demand across steel cement lumber and labor, yet Long Beach moves ahead with several major projects including the Public Safety Building. Continued on Page A-6.
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Long Beach
Probers May Open Files On White House Links to Big Business
Bernard Schwartz fired counsel for a House subcommittee said he has turned over six months of working files to Senator Morse. He alleged an alliance between big business and the White House to whitewash a probe into six regulatory agencies including the FCC and claimed a payoff was involved with a member of the FCC. Schwartz named several aides and mentioned bank records of Commissioner Richard A. Mack in Miami Channel 10 license dealings. The subcommittee, now led by Rep. Harris, questioned Schwartz’s records as the investigation continues.
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Washington
Bernard Schwartz
Fo 'A. House Subcommittee
Morse
D-Ore
Eisenhower
Schwartz
Heal
Subcommittee
White House
Federal “Communications Commission
FCC
Committee
Troling
Agen
Shermnn
Adams White
House
Gerald Morgan
Merce
Weeks
Gordon Moore
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Richard A. Mack
Channel 10
Miami
Mack
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
Moulder
D-Mo
House Subcommittee
Sen Morse
24 Hour Vigil on at Airports
Long Beach Municipal and Los Alamitos towers will maintain 24 hour contact under new Navy rules aimed at preventing air crashes like the Norwalk disaster. Towers will share traffic and runway use information during training periods. Navy planes must climb to 6 000 feet over the region before turning inland and must land offshore with patterns set between 1 000 and 3 000 feet.
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Long Beach Municipal
Los Alamitos
Norwalk
House
Military Operations
Naval Air Station
Navy
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Coast Line
Norwick
Chet
Holifield
Glenard L. Lipscomb
Redstone rocket test at Cape Canaveral fires again
The Army launched a 72 foot Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral in a test seen by ground observers. The flight lasted about 3 minutes with a 30 second visible rise and the rocket disappeared into a low cloud layer after lifting off in clear weather. The test follows Explorer satellite launches and the Army plans another attempt soon.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Navy
Army
Vanguard
Wmithick
Midwest Blizzard Toll Grows Across Nation
A fierce cold wave and heavy snowstorms sweep two thirds of the country from New York to Oklahoma. Deaths climb with 200 blamed on the blizzard in New York and multiple states report fatalities and frost related incidents. Western Canada Arctic regions and far areas face shifting weather patterns and risk of more storms.
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China
Siberia
New York
Oklahoma Panhandle
Colorado
Texas
New, Mexico
New England
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Ohio
South’ Dakota
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Vermont
Canada
Arctic
Lehange
Miss Bankhead in Hospital with Pneumonia
New York reports actress Tallulah Bankhead confined to hospital with pneumonia and kidney infection. Doctors say her condition is good despite a fever near 105 degrees.
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New York
Tallulah Bankhead
Dulles on Vacation Weekends and Weather
The report notes Dulles planned a Florida trip during a vacation week but canceled due to unusually cold weather.
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Dulles
Florida
Lions and Wolf At Large In Torrance Home Visit
Neighbors report a five year old African lion named Cae and a two year old timber wolf named Fang kept in the Giacinto garage with two ocelots and a cheetah. The animals reportedly belong to Tiny Huer of South Gate who trains them for circus work and visits to transport them in a circus wagon. Police investigate possible safety actions.
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Torrance
Joseph Giacinto
Becaus
Cae
Giacinto
Tiny’ Huer
South’ Gate
Griffith Park Zoo
Huer
Central America
Eisenhower orders $9 billion post office modernization plan
President Eisenhower ordered a three to five year program to fund new post offices and modernize mail handling. Private investors will finance leased buildings while the governmentfronts about 1.75 billion annually for the duration. The plan follows a rise in unemployment to 4.494 million and will be explained by Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield before the Senate Post Office Committee.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Genieral
Arthur E. Summerfield
Senate Post Office Committee
White House
America
White’ House
Five Die as B52 Crashes Into Building at Ellsworth
A B52 bomber crashed during a landing attempt at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City on Tuesday, killing two crewmen and three civilians in a nearby control shack. Four other crew members and two military passengers were injured as flames engulfed the small building used for instrument landing controls.
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Rapid City
Shack
Ellsworth Air Force’ Base
Flamaeae
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