Uniquely Refreshing Rite Opens Spring St Tunnel
A Long Beach ceremony marked the opening of the Spring Street tunnel near the Municipal Airport. Traffic surged through as two city workers performed the informal salute, while early confusion and last minute lane painting accompanied the rush to begin use. A mystery remains over the first river of cars to enter the tunnel.
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Long Beach
Trafic
Millen Dollar Spring St
Robert Kennedy
Public Service
Spring St
Kennedy
Bob Singer
Larry Erichsen
Chavez Ravine Pact Enjoined by Court Pending Test
Superior Court Judge Kenneth C. Newell enjoins Los Angeles from executing the Chavez Ravine pact with the Dodgers baseball club pending trial of a taxpayer suit. The suit challenges the contract’s legality and seeks to overturn the referendum, with a June 17 trial date set and a preliminary injunction in place.
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Chavez Ravine
Pasadena
CNL
Kenneth C. Newell
Los Angeles
Dodgers
Newell
Phill Silver
Louis Kirshbaum
Kirshbaum
Julius Ruben
Nab 2 More in ROTC Gun Theft Ring
Two more members of a ring that looted high school ROTC arsenals were taken into custody by IFPRI agents Friday night. Thomas Edward Twomey of Burbank and Wesley Ernest Burton of North Hollywood were identified. Twomey was arrested at his North Hollywood gun shop and Burton at his home. A police investigation tied them to four teens found with guns and ammo in North Hollywood Thursday. Earlier, 29-year-old Charles E. Rodgers was arrested.
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IFPRI
Thomas Edward Twomey
Burbank
Wesley Ernest Burton
North Hollywood
Tuomey
Burton
Brown
Song Writer Dies In Mexico City
Mexico City reports the death of 40 year old songwriter poet and film script author Guzman Aguilera. His famous song Alla en el Rancho Grande gained popularity in both Mexico and the United States reflecting his influence in Latin music cinema and poetry.
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Mexico City
UPI
Antonis Guzman Aguilera
United States
Mexico
California Gubernatorial Race Shapes Nixon Knowland Tie
Democratic nominee Edmund G. Brown warned that Nixon could be tagged anti labor if he campaigns for Knowland in California. Brown, who won the California primary, faces Knowland in November as both parties map the state’s tight race.
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Washington
UPI
Edmund G. Brown
California
Richard Nixon
William Knowland
Nixon
GOP
Knowland
Brown
Eisenhower urges four commandments for Congress
President Eisenhower told five House Republicans he wants four priorities from Congress. They are defense reorganization giving more power to the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs, moderate anti-recession measures, foreign aid proposals with cautious reform, and extending reciprocal trade to five years while resisting broader tariff protections.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Ike Staying Home L A Man Named to AEC Post
President Eisenhower named John A. McCone a Los Angeles businessman to the Atomic Energy Commission to succeed Lewis L. Strauss who leaves June 30. McCone, 56, served as a Pentagon official under Truman and was deputy secretary of defense in 1948 and undersecretary of the Air Force in 1950. The White House said no decision yet on McCone’s weekend plans or chairing the AEC until the Senate acts on the nomination. Senate GOP Leader Knowland indicated he expects McCone to become chair, despite reported opposition from some senators to another Strauss term.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John A. McCone
Los Angeles
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
McCone
Pentagon
Truman
Secretary of ‘Defense
Air Force
White House
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AEC
Gettysburg
Senate
William Knowland
Knowland
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Phy
Honsinger
Gay
Odda
Dulles
Russia
R. W
Joe Eisenhower
New York
Naval Opera
Aiations
Stennis
Congress
Eeke
Senators Reluctant to Hike Shipyard Subsidence Funds
Washington officials clashed over a proposed five and a half million dollar increase to repair the Hawal shipyard subsidence program in Long Beach. Sen. John Stennis said there is little hope for the full funding, backing only a 500000 stopgap, while officials pressed for the larger appropriation to restore efficiency and meet a five-year plan.
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Walliam Broom
Washington
Senate Armed ‘Services
Long Beach
Hawal
John Stennis
Efflay le
Edmund G
Brown
Chicago
U.S
Adm
Leroy V
Singer
Navy Bureau of Ships
Jobless rolls decline signals brighter May labor picture
Washington reports May employment gains with 64.061 million workers employed nationwide and unemployment at 4.904 million, down 435,000 from April as factory layoffs ease and seasonal factors help. The jobless rate edges down as Mitchell cautions slow recovery may continue.
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Washington
Mitchell
Indus
Geneva
Switzerland
Heltries
Dodgers Visit Southland In Weekend Weather Talk
The exchange hints at plans and misgivings about the future as a boss and secretary discuss thinking ahead. O'Malley supposedly brought the Dodgers to the Southland, with slang about buying a ravine versus a molehill, and mentions Chavez as a lookout.
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O'Malley
Dodgers
Southland
Former Torrance student claims an A earned by stealing
A Torrance student says he got an A through theft, admitting he stole for his teacher. The disclosure references pages A-5 and A-2, with details about where the money came from and who was involved.
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Rooney
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