City Council OKs Alamitos Bay Wall
City Council approves emergency plan to raise a Bay Shore Walk parapet 20 inches high to guard Alamitos Bay Peninsula from flooding due to subsidence. City covers half of a projected $100,000 cost. balance assessed against protected properties. A second project funds a reinforced storm drain from Santa Fe Ave to Dominguez Channel at an estimated $240,000 with 15 percent state funding and equal city county shares.
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George Weeks
Alamitos Bay Peninsula
Jess D. Gilkerson
Bay Shore Walk
Pls
Gilkerson
Mgr
Sam E. Vickers
Walnfred Jacobson
Santa Fe Ave
Pacific Electric
223Rd St
River Ave
Dominguez Channel
Jobless Pay Bill Signed by President Ike
President Eisenhower signed a measure to let states borrow federal funds to extend unemployment benefits after exhaustion. The action aims to ease recession effects, with limited states expected to use the new borrowing option and a second anti-recession bill funding loans and administrative costs.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
House
FHA
Labor and Commerce
Congress
Jobless totals slide in postwar era seen in report
A St Louis report notes a drop in unemployment from a postwar peak, detailing totals around 5.120 million in April and 5.198 million in March. Vatterott explains there are few states most affected, and a new phone line assists contact with officials amid evolving job benefits and legislation.
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ST. Louis Upi
Charles
Vatterott Dr
Jone
Vatterott
Frank Bonelly Elected County Supervisor First District
In Paris, The International Bar Flies toasted Harry on Wednesday as Frank Bonelly assumes office as county supervisor for the First District. Page BA notes.
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International Bar
Paris
Harry
Frank Bonelly
Page
Pay raise in Civil Service bill moves toward president
Senate approves 10 percent pay hike for about one million classified civil servants, sending the House amendments back for approval before forwarding to President Eisenhower. The measure costs roughly 542 million dollars yearly and retroactive pay accrues to workers. Khrushchev proposes large long term credits to finance rapid Soviet American trade expansion, while defense funding gains pass House with Army strength up by twenty thousand, and foreign aid policy faces Senate division on military versus economic aid to allies. Alabama Attorney General Patterson and wife win Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Figenhower
Russia
Defense Department
California primary reshapes Senate race and party power
In San Francisco AP reports a surge of Democratic votes in California’s cross filing primary threatens Sen. William F. Knowland and the Republican slate. Edmund Brown led in total votes, Engle carried strong margins, and Democrats gain ground for control of both state chambers as turnout nears 3.5 to 4 million of 6.28 million eligible.
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San Francisco
California
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Edmund(. Brown
Senate
Mostather
Clair Engle
Red Bluff
U.S. Lenate
Goodwin
Knight
Georgal Christopher
Engle
Caspar W. Weinberger
Patrick J. Hillings
Arcadia
Robert I. McCarthy
Stanley Mosk
Los Angeles
Brown
Alameda County
Widow, 101, Dies After Sister, 98 in Ravine
In North Wilkesboro North Carolina an 101 year old woman died one day after her sister aged 98. The story notes a nearby ravine and mentions a councilman named Holland. In Tennessee, 98 year old Sarah Jane Beshears died near her 102nd birthday after decades of teaching Sunday school and praising the Bible.
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North Wilkesboro
N.C
Holland
Angeles
Tennessee
Sarah Jane Beshears
Condemn Four More Lots for Hospital Site
City condemnation adds four additional parcels to acquire land for a hospital site. The fragments mention Mrs Beshears' death and a sister Mrs Ann Corum of Fountain City Tennessee, with a person aged 98 on Beach Boulevard. The readable text is incomplete and unclear about dates or institutions.
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Beshears
Annn Corum
City
Tenn
Metterson
Beach ‘Blvd
Tornadoes Unleashed Destruction Across Northwest Wisconsin
A spate of tornadoes struck northwest Wisconsin Wednesday night. At least 23 people were killed and about 100 injured across Menomonie Colfax Bloomer Chippewa Falls and surrounding areas. Hospitals overwhelmed National Guardsmen aided victims as dawn brought reports of widespread ruin and missing residents.
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Wisconsin
Menomonies
Wis
UPI
Aalerts
Colfax
Chippewa Falls
Minnesota
Wilson
Vernon Thomson
Menomonie
George House
Cami
Irene Butals
Jing
Civil Defense
Civil Air
Lillian
William
Roy Larson
Pasadena
Mane Society
Nancy
Rene Ewing
Ewing
Tors
Dunn County
Alvay
Sipple
Menomonie S. “Hospital
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Chippewa ‘Falls
Eau’ Claire's
De Gaulle Proposes Fast Algeria Political Integration
Premier De Gaulle declared that all Algerians and French will choose their future within three months. He framed Algeria as part of France, urged swift integration, and envisioned a single legislative body for both the European homeland and Algeria amid nationalist tensions and large parades.
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Salgiers
de Gaulle
Algeria
Stauidj
Avith
Sembly
France
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By Monrie Landsberg
North Long Beach
Lions
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Nancy, Sheridan
Jo Ann Askine
Genee Sterling
Linda Good
Frances Self
Tammy Miller
Charlotte Waller
Marilyn Hungue
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John Neagle
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