City halts waste from A Plant. firm near school closed
Police ordered Coastwise Marine Disposal to stop deliveries of non fission atomic waste to 2100 W 15th St and unloadings halted at 2 am. City manager Vickers says the firm operates without a license and the site is classified a junk yard. Building and Safety ordered removal and cease operations, with an emergency ordinance possible if noncompliant. Residents and businesspeople near Eugene Field Elementary protest the plant’s location and risks. The company holds an Atomic Energy Commission waste disposal contract and planned to dump into the sea 185 miles away in February.
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15Th St
Coastwise Marine Disposal
Sam Vickers
Vickers
Building and Safety Department
Board of Education
Eugene Field
D. Pat Ahern
Asian Flu Spreads Across Nine States As Outbreaks Grow
Washington officials report nine states with influenza outbreaks and confirmed Asian flu in Tennessee Ohio Michigan and Hawaii. Public Health Service notes rising illness levels while Long Beach sees epidemic absenteeism in schools. About 12 percent of senior high and 14 percent of junior high students miss class, with 144 teachers absent and substitute pools exhausted.
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Washington
Porterfield
Che Long Beach
Long Beach Unified School District
C. C. Campbell
Schools “Health Services
Tam
Monroe School
Horace Mann
Lee School
Jordan
Virus epidemic expected to worsen in Los Angeles County
AP reports health officials in Los Angeles County warn the mystery illness may reach about half a million victims as thousands develop pneumonia. Absenteeism climbs in industry and schools with 500,000 stricken. city schools report 1,800 of 18,000 teachers out and 1,200 substitutes insufficient.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Across the Nation Fight Triggers Fatal Front Seat Crash
A front seat fight in a station wagon near Oil City Louisiana caused a head on crash killing seven people including Mack Taylor age 42 and C L O'Donnell 28 from Vivian. Four others were seriously injured. Witnesses said the wagon weaved and chased other cars.
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Oil City
UPD
Here
Boone
Caddo Parish
Mack Taylor
C. L. O'Donnell
Jessie M. Thompson
Fletcher Lee
Ahern Headlines Democratic Bid in 18th District Race
City Councilman D Patrick Ahern announced his candidacy to secure the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 18th District. Dr Wallace Moore of Long Beach State College also plans to run, setting up a likely contest with incumbent Republican Rep Craig Hosmer, who is expected to seek re election under new state law separating party primaries.
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D. Patrick Ahern
Wallace Moore
Long Beach State College
Craig Hosmer
Hosmer
Moore
Ahern
Eisenhower to Visit Palm Springs for Desert Break
President Eisenhower plans a four to five day stay in the Southern California desert near Palm Springs late this month. He will headline a Republican fundraising dinner in Los Angeles on January 27 and travel from Denver to the area, staying at George E. Allen’s La Quinta Hotel grounds. Mrs. Eisenhower will visit her ailing mother in Denver before the trip.
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Washington
UPI
Lisenhower
California
Palm Springs
White House
Los Angeles
George E. Allen
Gettysburg
Allen
la Quinta Hotel
Fisen- Thawer
la Quinte
James C. Hagerty
Denver
Eisenhower
John &. Doud
Loss Angeles
Hagerty
British secretaries become export item to United States
London agencies Manpower Ltd and Overseas Placements Bureau train English girls for American jobs. They claim U S businessmen prefer secretaries with a British accent, making secretaries a claimed export commodity.
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London
Britain
United States
Manpower Ltd
Overseas Placements Bureau
Ametica
Rams sign Bob Waterfield to five year contract
The Rams announce the signing of Bob Waterfield to a five year contract for the head coach position. Democratic senators vote confidence in Lyndon Johnson, per page references C-1 and A-3.
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RAMS
Bob Waterfield
Lyndon Johnson
L A Navy Shipyard Wins $7 Million Construction Job
The Navy awards a $7 million project at Long Beach and Philadelphia yards as part of a 1960 construction program. Seven ships will be converted or built, with private yards handling two nuclear submarines and several escort and support vessels. Work begins May 1, 1960, and ends by May 1, 1964.
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Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Navy
Washington
Richard B. Anderson
Paper Sounds
Philadelphia
Swedenlu
Mare
Charleston
S. C
Saldior Conversions
Mary Olson's Body Found Near Border
Mary Olson, a 10 year old from National City California, was found dead in a creek near the Mexican border, about 12 miles north of the border town. The body was identified by her father and an autopsy is planned. investigators say she may have been strangled. The search spanned days with hundreds of police, sheriff, and Navy personnel involved.
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Ywuana
Mexico
San Diego
Mary Lou Olson
National City
Calif
Tijuana
Lucio
Rumoulis
de Iniguez
Etatee Creek
FBI
Baja California
Yuane-Ensenada
Mary Lou
Lawrence Olson
Narcotic suspect wounded in Wilmington police shooting
A Long Beach narcotics operation ended with officers firing on a man fleeing arrest in Wilmington late Tuesday night. The suspect was wounded in the right leg and taken to Seaside Hospital in Higgins. Officers Faulkner and McMahan fired six shots as Higgins fled from 1721 Broad Ave. in Wilmington. Bullets pierced car windows and a tire blew out, with a fourth lodging in a fender. An officer then forced entry into the house pursuing Williams Brady.
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Long Beach
Wilmington
Seaside
Higgins
R. R. Faulkner
Jack McMahan
Broad Ave
Weatherman Teases Assistant Over Balances
A weather forecaster jokes with an assistant about balancing a checkbook. The pair discuss the need for a system of checks and balances to manage finances, with the assistant muttering about existing imbalances.
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