Long Beach sinking study heats up city meeting
L B faces possible disaster as a city map shows 22 feet of sinking near First Island and Pine Ave with a 42 foot deep bowl at the Naval shipyard. Officials warn twisting ground could damage buildings while leaders urge unity and resolutions to keep the yard open amid potential unemployment for 300 workers. A special state action may be needed during February budget sessions to address unitization and repressuring of oil fields blamed on oil production.
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Pine Ave
Naval Shipyard
Don, Sutherland
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
William Grant
Grant
Chamber
John Riley
Long Beach
Goodwin Knight
Oil and Gas
Petroeum
Navy
Long Beach Firm Plans Offshore Drilling Project
A Long Beach firm has been awarded the contract to drill at a 5500 acre offshore lease south of Lanay. The platform, under construction by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co, will drill two wells simultaneously and operate at 110 feet above the surface. Navy Admiral Ralph James attended the meeting observing, while Standard Oil of California Humble Oil Co. participated in the joint venture.
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Long Beach
Yill
Lana
Barbara
Standard Oil of
California
Humble Oil Co
Woiders
Western Offshore Drilling
Ralph James
Uniformed Navy Officers, and Exploration Co
Haney and Williams
Har Drilling Co
James
City and Harbor
National
Chessman Testifies In Own Defense At Hearing
Chessman took the stand to testify for himself at a hearing to determine the accuracy of the 1948 trial transcript. The case, which sent him to death row for 17 felonies and two death sentences, has drawn scrutiny over the transcription by reporter Stanley Fraser after the original reporter died. The U.S. Supreme Court granted a hearing to settle the matter. Meanwhile Mayor Norris Poulson of Los Angeles was elected vice president of the U.S. conference of mayors, with three months to the 1958 conference, as announced by the U.S. conference.
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Los Angeles
Leavy
Porter
Stanley Fraser
Fraser
Chessman
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Norris
Weather Plays Tricks Across Regions June 10 1958
The East stayed chilly with freezing conditions along parts of the Eastern Seaboard while the North and South saw unusual temperature swings. At 2 p.m. readings included 54 in Huron South Dakota 53 in Miami Florida 49 in Fargo North Dakota and 46 in Tallahassee Florida. The Weather Bureau noted subfreezing levels persisted along much of the Eastern Seaboard.
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Weather Bureau
Huron
N.D
Miami
Fla
Fargo
N D
Tallahassee
Mercury
Seaboard
Albania Agrees to Free Downed USAF Flier
U S Air Force officials say Communist Albania agreed to release Maj Howard J Curran, downed on Albanian soil on December 23. The motorist’s family learned he was alive only Thursday, ending days of uncertainty for his widowed mother and three children. Curran vanished during a routine flight and was taken prisoner, with relief delayed by diplomatic considerations. Curran’s brother planned to bring their children to Tacoma for safety. Weather across Florida and the Southeast brought freezing temps, with lows from 20 to 32 and frost in Coral Gables, as forecasters warned of another cold night.
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Miami
Coral Gables
Florida
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Chateauroux
France
U. S. Air Force
Albania
Howard J. Curran
Curran
BAT
Dakotas
Grand Fliev
Forks
N.D
I ‘Pn
Jan Dent
Jfrieght
Wansport
Oneonta
N.Y
Brookville
Newtory
Buffalo
London
East
Hague
No Progress Yet in Phone Contract Talks
New York UPs negotiators for American Telephone and Telegraph Co and about 25,000 long distance workers failed to reach a new contract on Thursday night. The talks were recessed until today.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Robbers Get $40 In Artesia Street Liquor Store Heist
A liquor store at 1049 E Artesia St was robbed Thursday night by two men who escaped with 40 dollars. Clerk Arthur C Luth, 43, told officers the suspects ordered a pack of cigarettes before fleeing.
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E. Artesia St
Arthur C. Luth
Los Angeles Chamber elects George B. Gose president
George B. Gose was elected 1958 president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. He is a business and civic leader with a long record of community service.
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Los Angeles
George B. Gose
Cwre
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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Poulson
Harry Buffum
Drier
Darrell Neighbors Olty
William
John Biby
Don Sutherland
Ti Dorsnt
Calify Frly
Independent
Chilly
Waritt
USAF
Naples
Italy
Richard P. Curran
Tacoma
Wash
Charles
Federal
Tex
Buffums
Cpeque
Lewis
Faille
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