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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1950
Page
2
Today Legg will be sworn in as supervisor, adding a second Long Reach supervisor to work alongside Ray Darby. Legg previously served as district supervisor, then headed the WPA for the area, and later was city manager. The two leaders are expected to unite to advance Long Beach interests.
West Berlin voters turnout 89.8 percent defies calls to stay home as Socialists lead Christian Democrats by about 2 to 1. campaign focused on rearmament, with Nazi-tinged and anti Communism parties in the mix and Chancellor Adenauer’s CDU trailing in early tallies.
United Press reports a rising Truckee River swamped Reno after heavy rain and snowmelt. authorities mobilized National Guard and volunteers to bag sand, while evacuations spread along California river basins from Sacramento to Marysville. forecasters warned of continued rain and rising creeks across Oregon and Nevada.
Cold grip sweeps the midlands as rivers rise across Ohio and Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh crews battle Monongahela and Allegheny floods with a 22 to 23 foot crest feared if rain persists. Evacuations occur at Eastlake while Ohio counties close secondary roads.
Torrance reports the death of three year old Jimmy Hensley from a head injury during a home brawl. Juvenile suspect Robert Earl Fulmer, 10, held at Juvenile Hall pending inquest. The fight involved two other boys armed with steel axles from toy wagons in a backyard assault.
The Norwegian steamer SS Igadi with 24 000 pounds of European silicon steel bound for Red China sails toward Los Angeles and is expected to dock in San Francisco after 5 am PST. Customs agents may place a hold on the critical cargo under export regulations banning transshipment of strategic metals to Communist China.
High tide today 3.7 feet at 6 14 p m and low tides. High tides tomorrow 6.7 feet at 5 30 a m and 3.7 feet at 6 20 p m. Low tides 0.3 feet at 72 29 p m and 1.4 feet at 11 37 p m.
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