Edison Co builds ahead of future demand in Long Beach district
Edison Co the fourth largest U S utility and a top local employer covers ten southern and central California counties with 8500 employees and 160600 installed meters in the Long Beach district. Tax and payroll figures reflect strong growth and expanding power use since 1945 with continued planned expansion.
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Edison
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Edison expansion fuels Long Beach growth push
Edison Electric Institute president Harold Quinton says the growth company is a new vitality in the area as Edison invests a record 764.6 million dollars since World War II and adds 926 thousand kilowatts with new plants near Huntington Beach Oxnard and in the High Sierra. Santa Susana tests show atomic power potential for future plants while Edison aims to stay ahead of demand and provide low-cost service.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Atomics International
North American Aviation, Inc
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New Formosa Press Law Gives Power to Close Papers
In Taipei Nationalist China enacted a new press law allowing government closure of newspapers without court trial. President Chiang Kai Shek promoted the decree amid opposition from independent publishers and some Kuomintang members who warn it threatens press freedom. A minor San Andreas quake near Hollister rattled dishes and prompted street evacuations but caused no damage.
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Juan Bautista
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Formosa
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China
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Nationalist Party
How Scatterbrained Are You in Reader's Digest July
An advertorial for Reader's Digest July issue highlights a short Baylor University based test titled How Scatterbrained Are You. It promises personal insight rather than right or wrong results and promotes the issue’s four other entertaining articles available at newsstands.
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Reader's Digest
Baylor University
Afghan Prime Minister Duad Arrives in Los Angeles
The Prime Minister of Afghanistan Prince Sardar Mohammed Duad arrived in Los Angeles for a three day visit. He is accompanied by 25 Afghan officials aboard a Military Air Transport Service plane.
Japanese Premier to Visit Washington in September
Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi plans a September trip to Washington to meet President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for talks. The anticipated visit aims at strengthening postwar ties and regional security discussions.
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UPI
Nobusuke Kishi
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John Foster Dulles
Ewing Scott Seeks Funds From Estate
Los Angeles United Press International reports that L Ewing Scott is to ask a Superior Court today for a $600 monthly allowance from his late wife Evelyn Throsby Scott’s estate. He claims funds are needed to hire private detectives to locate her as he seeks an appeal of his murder conviction. Evelyn disappeared May 16 1955 and her body has not been found.
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UPI
L. Ewing Scott
Scott
Evelyn Throsby Scott
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