Passage of Long Beach Pontoon Bridge Ends at 8 A.M.
The 1944 pontoon bridge linking Terminal Island to Long Beach is slated for demolition after a final auto crossing around 8 am Monday. Gates will drop and vessels will be free to pass the back channel as the bridge is removed, ending a war era crossing that served through three conflicts.
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Terminal Island
Long Beach
Gerald Desmond
Gate 5
Naval Shipyard
Queen Mary
Pier E
Harbor Department
City Sanitation Strike Pauses as Rehires Return
Fourteen city trash collectors returned to work under police guard after a walkout that involved 750 city employees. City Manager Perry Scott says only rehired municipal workers will pick up refuse and private contractors are not used. Spokesmen claim a private firm was hired, but Scott calls the report untrue. Trucks are guarded. returning workers receive the recent 8.1 percent raise while over 30 workers remain on strike along with other city staff.
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Santa Monica
Perry Scott
Scott
D A Bates Scandal Involving New York Police D A
Investigators for District Attorney Frank Hogan collected evidence showing police officers and plainclothesmen took cash bribes from gamblers and night owners in Manhattan and other boroughs. Police sources provided much of the material, aiming to stop the corruption before it expanded. The bribery network was reportedly highly structured with a code used by bookies and gamblers.
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New York
Dist. Atty
Police Department
Manhattan
Their
Woman Arrested For Bringing Gun To Los Angeles Jail
Eloise G Agee 39 of Compton was arrested Saturday after deputies found a .45 caliber pistol in her handbag during a jail visit attempt. She was booked on suspicion of carrying a firearm into a jail and carrying a concealed weapon saying she carried it for self protection.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Eloise G. Agee
Compton
Sheriff's Deputies
Pueblo Crew Not Near Release Says U S Seoul Paper
Kyunghyang Shinmun reported the Pueblo crew might be released through Panmunjom amid ongoing talks. U S officials denied any breakthrough and urged caution over false reports while noting the 82 crewmen were seized January 23 near Won san after the naval incident.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPI
U.S
North Korea
Kyunghyang Shinmun
State Department
Washington
Pueblo
U.S. 8Th Army
Korea
Panmunjom
Park Fire Near Yosemite Aims For 4 P.M. Control
The U S Forest Service said it hopes to have a forest and brush fire in Yosemite National Park under control by 4 p.m. Today. The Poopenaut Trail area near the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir has burned over 250 acres in the park’s northwestern section. No campgrounds are threatened, with 450 firefighters on the line aided by three helicopters dropping retardant. The fire, likely man made, started Friday morning amid dry timber conditions in the Sierra.
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Yosemite National Park
U.S. Forest Service
Poopenaut Trail
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Federal Park
Forest Service
Sierra
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Kodacolor
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