Port Asks 15 Million Oil Funds for Harbor Needs
Harbor officials urged the City Council to approve more than 15 million dollars in tides and oil funds to meet ongoing obligations. They outlined a 60.1 million dollar plan including bridges, rights of way, subsidence work, and a new Navy landing, with a decision needed on site and funding sources. The Pico Navy Landing faces closure within a year due to subsidence, and a replacement location may be eyed between Magnolia and Golden Aves, while the current wall must be rebuilt after land raise and oil wells are replaced.
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Harbor Department
Long Beach
Harbor Commission
Victor Hugo
B.C. D
Spreckels
Navy Landing
Te- Locate
Amar
Pico Navy Landing
Pico
West Beach
Magnolia
Golden Aves
Navy
Simon
Taft predicts Eisenhower will seek second term in 1956
Senator Taft of Ohio predicts President Eisenhower will run again in 1956 and win re election. He says rumors of a one term plan are unfounded and that party pressure would push him to seek a second term. Taft notes Eisenhower cannot serve more than two terms by the constitutional limit.
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Taft
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Ohio
Marries Tuesday, Kills Self Wednesday in Reno
Joel W. Wilson aged 7 was married Tuesday night to Katherine Hauser, both gambling club dealers. Coroner Laurance Layman reported the suicide by shotgun on Wednesday, noting the ceremony was performed less than 12 hours earlier by Layman in his JP role. No motive was given.
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Reno
Joel W. Wilson
Laurance Layman
Layman
Kerr of Oklahoma to speak at Long Beach Jefferson Day
Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma visits Long Beach to address the Jefferson Day dinner and is cited as a potential oil industry interest. The KerrMcGee Oil Co ties and the Phillips Petroleum link are noted as oil sector factors while a titling bill looms.
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Long Beach
Senate
Sen
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Kerr
Sen. Kerr
Kerr-McCee Oil Co
Phillips
Ex Ball Player Lombardi Slashes Throat Dying
Ernie Lombardi former major league catcher was found with his throat slashed from ear to ear in Oakland. His wife Bernice said he had been despondent and threatened to kill himself. Deputies reported he resisted medical help and said he wanted to die. Hospital officials did not expect him to survive and he had lost a great amount of blood.
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Oakland
Ernie Lombardi
Bernce
Floyd Harrison
Edward Brosnan
Lombardi
Highland ‘Hospital
Penny Pilferin Own House Stuns Long Beach Police
A thief targeted a penny vending machine in the police squad room behind City Hall. The Siegle Vending Service of Bellflower reported $10 in pennies stolen over the past five days after a lock was picked. The incident was logged under the file name Betty Theft: Attention Officers.
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Long Beach
City Hall
Siegle Vending Service
Bellflower
Betty
Trains Ram into Trains in London Underground Crash
In East London near Stratford Station two central line trains collided during rush hour injuring many and killing seven with 44 in hospital. Rescue workers battled through twisted steel as passengers walked out to Leyton Station and the death toll fluctuated at dawn.
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London
London Transport System
Stratford
Leyton Station
Mountains of Ammo Red Tape Blamed For Korean Shell Shortages
Former Defense Secretary Lovett testified to a Senate Armed Services subcommittee that Army red tape and an obsolete ordnance setup caused shortages of five artillery shell types in Korea, while denying a continuous shell shortage. He clashed with Gen. Van Fleet and Gen. Collins over defense cuts and warned the system, not individuals, held back contracts. Byrd pressed for names, but Lovett said identifying single culprits was impossible. McNeil cited inefficiency and urged reforms as production outpaced demand but remained below the needed rate.
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Lovett
W. J. Me'az
Byrd
McNeil
Cooper
R-Hy
Washington
Joliet
Ill
Army
Ordnance
Navy
Air Force
Korea
Double Jet Ace Missing in Korean War Mystery
Capt Harold E. Fischer Jr, a double jet ace with 10 Mig kills in 66 missions, failed to return from a North Korea flight. The 27-year-old Iowa farm boy previously told an AP correspondent he never considered not coming back. Fischer disappeared after his Sabre jet separated from the formation. he had flown 105 missions in F-80s before switching to Sabres.
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Seoul
Harold E. Fischer Jr
North Korea
Iowa
IAP
Fischer
Swea City
Kentucky Windage
Air Force
Sabre
Manuel Fernandez Jr
Tokyo
Far East Air Force
Consulta[tions
Consulta‘ti
Armistice talk advances for Korean War prisoner exchange
Both sides signaled willingness to conclude a pre armistice deal to exchange sick and wounded prisoners. Reds offer 600 captives to Allies with 430 South Koreans and under 225 Americans. Allies would hand over 5100 North Koreans and 700 Chinese. Rear Adm. Daniel said the Reds would sign tomorrow after delays, with showery weather noted elsewhere in the report.
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Reds
John C. Daniel
Daniels
Daniel
Panmunium
All 'Doing Fine' Girl Delivers Twins at 2-Year-Old Bride
In Logan County Hospital Russellville Kentucky a 2 year old wife Mrs Myrtle Brummett has given birth to twin boys weighing four pounds each. Father William Brummett 22 stationed at an Army post in Maryland arrived at the hospital with help from the Red Cross. Doctor C V Dodson says incubators will be used until the twins weigh five to six pounds. The couple wed last June and she will be 13 next month.
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Russellville
Logan County Hospital
Myrtle Brummett
William Brummett
Maryland
Theospital
Red Cross
C. V. Dodson
Brommett
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Solon Printing Plant
A fire in Blanchester Ohio destroyed Brown Printing Co. plant owned by Rep Clarence Brown and his son. Two buildings burned and nearby structures were endangered as the blaze spread from the second floor around 1130 p.m. Only company records were saved.
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Blanchester
Ohio
Brown Frinting Co
Clarence Brown
Brown Sr
Gen Dean Too Well to Be Repatriated in Korea War
Panmunjom reports say Maj. Gen. William Dean is deemed too well to be exchanged for sick and wounded prisoners. U.N. and Communist representatives hold talks on the number of captives to be repatriated with Adm. Daniel seeking a more liberal interpretation of eligibility and a larger share of the 450 South Koreans and 150 allied prisoners to be returned.
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Dean
Panmunjom
Korea
William Dean
Wilfred Burchett
L'Humanite
U. N
Red
Adm
Daniel
Reds
U.N. Command
Peiping
Associated Press
San Francisco
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Foster
Seaside Hospital
L.A.C
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Penny Pilfer
Ramlin
Ammo
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Col
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Weil
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