Oil lease row in Los Angeles Harbor hearings
Long Beach oil firms testified they were squeezed out of a 1,000 acre West Basin lease during 1956 57 investigations into LA harbor oil negotiations. Witnesses Berth Baptie Ralph Cormany and Lawrence Shuey pressed that bids were not allowed time or fair consideration. Standard Oil and a combined group won the award as officials denied improper influence.
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Long Beach
Assembly
Los Angeles Harbor
West Bawin
Los Angeles Arbor Commission
Mbert S. Baptle
Wood-Callahan Oil Co
Ralph Cormany
Hancock Oil
Lawrence Shuey
The
Texas Co
Wood-Callahan
Han+cock
Texas Commsnies
Los Angeles
Cormany
Standard Oil
Hancock
Wilmington
Bruce Allen
Rlos Gates
Nixon and Zaroubin discuss exchanges and space pact
Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zaroubin proposed exchanges between US Congress and Supreme Soviet delegations during a Capitol meeting with Vice President Nixon. Nixon cited Eisenhower's space peace plan and announced a forthcoming cultural exchanges agreement. Officials noted no clear plan for congressional or Supreme Soviet visits.
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Washington
Georgi Zaroubin
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Congress
Supreme Soviet
Nixon
Zaroubin
Eisenhower
Russia
Stalin
United States
Moscow
Capitol
Army pleads for outer space satellite program
Lt Gen James M Gavin told the House Armed Services Committee that the Army can enter outer space with rockets already proven for global communications and mapping. He urged full support for an expanded satellite program, while Defense study notes offered no timetable.
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Washington
Army
James M. Gavin
House
Armed Services Committee
Shipyard Gets Fund for Dikes
The Bureau of the Budget released 1,500,000 dollars in federal funds for immediate subsidence protective work at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Washington sources reported Friday. Navy spokesmen stated funds are needed to keep the shipyard operating as plans for broader protection had been trimmed by a House subcommittee. Continued on Page A-3.
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Bureau of the Budget
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Washington
SAA
Aages
Navy
House
Armed Services
Cornelius Whitney Marries Ex-Wife in Nevada Motel
Millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney wed Mary Hosford, 32, a former Arizona socialite, in Carson City Nevada. The ceremony followed Whitney's pending divorce proceedings and included his son John Payne Whitney and other family members.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Mary Hosford
Phoenix, Ariz
Frank Hosford
Carson City
New
Nev
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Whitney
Arizona
Whitney
New York
Winnemucca
Eleanor Searle Whitney
John Payne Whitney
John
Alexandra
Mervyn
Philadelphia
Brown
Jmony
Phoenix Insurance
Missouri
Sam
Ford workers to return to five day week at Long Beach plant
Long Beach Ford Motor Co production workers will resume a five day week next month after January’s four day schedule reduced payroll by about 20 percent. RB W Settles said normal production will resume Feb 1 at 312 units for four days. Four Long Beach residents died in a Piper Tri-Pacer crash near Palm Springs. bodies to be removed by El Toro Marine Base helicopter. Victims were Harold A McClintock Clara McClintock Kenneth Casey and James M Petersen.
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Ford
Settles
el Toro
Palm Springs
Long Beach
Gordon Bechard
Civil, Aeronautics Administraation
Harold A. McClintock
Stenn
Bechard
Robert Larson
Civil Air Patrol
McClintock
Clara
Kenneth Casey
McClintocks
James M. Petersen
Lime Ave
Justice McClintock injured in minor Long Beach crash
Justice William C. McClintock suffered a bloody nose and a slightly wrenched back in a minor car accident near Salter Peterson’s City College after a side street driver hit his vehicle. His wife Jean, also in the car, was able to continue. The 59 year old jurist and chauffeur Westley J. Pittman were transported for checks. a mink store valued at 367 was reported stolen from Walker's Department Store during the incident.
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Washington
William C. McClintock
Douglas
Park
2Nd St
Sion
Long Beach Board
al Lof
Casey
Collec
Nhon
Jean
Salter Peterson
City College
Reed Hospital
Charles W
J Peterson
Lime Ave
Walker
Westley J. Pittman
4Th St
Pine
Phony ministers prompt call for church standards
A Washington attorney urges joint action to set minimum church standards after noting how easily one can claim clerical status in this country. He contrasts lax rules with the stricter guidelines of established denominations, as the city paper notes an ongoing debate.
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John I. Jones
Washington, D. C
Bank of Belmont Shore officers accused in embezzlement
Two former Bank of Belmont Shore executives, James H. Nicholson and Floyd Ragan, were named in a federal warrant alleging embezzlement of more than 25 000 dollars. State official William Burkett said the bank remains solvent and insured, with investigations confirming a large misappropriation but not endangering the bank’s operations. Ragan denied the charges, claiming the action stemmed from bank operation disputes, and Nicholson and Ragan planned to appear in the U S district attorney’s office on Monday to face the complaint.
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Bank of
Belmont Shore
James H.nicholson
Argonne Ave
Vice Bank
Floyd’ Ragan
Granda Ave
Kenneth ‘Lofgren
FBI
FBI Special Agent. State Superintendent of Banks
William Burkett
Dent
Burkett
State Banking Department
Federal Reserve System
Nicholson
Ragan
Assa
Reagan
Michelson
Nress
District Attorney's Office
U. S. Atty
Robert Jensen
Fake Trust Deeds Sold Scam Busted in So Cal
District Attorney investigators in Los Angeles and Orange counties break up a $100,000 fake trust deed racket. Edward Brandhurst was arrested in North Hollywood and charged with running the scheme tied to Garden Grove Anaheim and Long Beach areas where buyers paid 2000 to 2400 for false deeds. Victims include Donald Pottet and the Goldsmiths Lindbergs Parker and Dodsons. Investigators seek others. total loss could reach 100000.
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Los Angeles
Orange County
Bhy
Edward Brandhurst
North Hollywood
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Max Eliason
Gorden Grovey v
Anaheim
Garden Grove
Donald Pottet
Jack Goldsmith
Nels Lindberg
Clayton Parker
Arlo Dodson
Ellason
Long Beach youth gets 1 to 5 year term for burglary
A 15 year old Long Beach "genius" with a taste for crime drew a one to five year state prison sentence in Orange County Superior Court on burglary charges. Harold A Hilliger of 9848 Myrtle Avenue was denied probation by Judge Lynn Davis after being found guilty of burglarizing a Huntington Beach service station. Deputies found a high explosive homemade bomb in his truck after arrest. He led a group of teens who dynamited a Long Beach lifeguard station in 1956. The judge rejected probation, noting his past behavior and potential.
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Long Beach
Orange County Superior Court
Harold A.hilliger
Myrtle Ave
Karl
Lynn Davis
Huntington Beech
Sheriff's Deputies
Hilliger
Lang Beach
Davis
Lotus Scent of Wis Sampan and the Harbor Tale
A garbled travel fragment describes a Wis sampan entering Omerita harbor. A guide links the place to Pilate anciently named Kong and questions the city’s naming. The narrator, wearing a coolie cap, muses on how the place got its name in a travel vignette.
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Omerita Harbor
Contu
Maus
Pilate
Kong
Hong Kong
Downpour Likely for Long Beach This Weekend
Light showers began Friday afternoon in Long Beach with 0.20 inches by evening and 0.08 inches recorded on Jan 10. Weather Bureau predicts a heavy rain late today or early Sunday as the first substantial precipitation in months.
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Long Beach
Weather Bureau
Scott convicted in wife's killing loses new trial plea
L Ewing Scott, convicted of killing his wife, has lost a plea for a new trial. Venezuela rebel leaders forced the governing council to dismiss two military members.
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L. Ewing Scott
Venezuela
Governing Council
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Larson
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William B. McKesson
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