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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1950
Page
2
Citizens urge restraint on rising taxes due to military spending and inflation. The piece argues federal, state, and local taxes including city county and school taxes should be cut by reducing fringe costs and unnecessary local expenses to lighten the burden on taxpayers.
Superior Judge Charles Blackstock ruled the 100 foot spacing rule applies to surface structures only, not subsurface, in a dispute over a Russell Ranch oil well drilled by Crawford & Hiles. Richfield Oil contends Public Resources Code Sec 36 covers underground as well. Ball says it covers surface only. About $320,000已 impounded with $20,000 more held until release. Richfield plans appeal to the State Supreme Court.
Leslie L. Pierce, 66, of 244 Pacific Ave. Apt. 10, stricken suddenly yesterday afternoon with a heart attack at his residence. He was dead on arrival at Seaside Hospital. Funeral services will be announced by Disday Mortuary.
Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin, chief advocate, argues for A bomb against massed enemy troops in Korea. He claims a Hiroshima-type device dropped from 2,140 feet could wipe out a division with minimal radioactivity. Opponents warn of Soviet retaliation and European opinion. Gavin calls the atomic bomb the most tactical air weapon, suggesting one bomb could render a division ineffective, altering land warfare dynamics.
Bulletin reports Canada urged a cease fire in Korea and proposed negotiations with the Communists by every means possible as the military situation grew unstable in the region.
Secretary General Trygve Lie said he remained hopeful the United Nations can find a peaceful solution to the Korean crisis. He urged standing for the charter while seeking honorable means to prevent widening conflict and renew negotiations. Lie spoke at a dinner in his honor at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
Washington dispatch reports high military sources insist the position of United Nations forces in Korea is not hopeless and deny any current plan for a general withdrawal from the embattled peninsula despite ongoing fighting.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Clement Attlee pessimistic on Korea with Washington sources citing a possible mass UN force evacuation. Cabinet cabled a grim assessment tonight.
Chiang Kai-shek said it is inconceivable that talks between Truman and Attlee would yield Munich like concessions. He affirmed that the U.S. people and government have never surrendered to brute force of open aggression.
A former Long Beach police chief testified that James T. Mulloy, key defense witness for columnist Drew Pearson in a libel suit, offered to change his testimony for 25000 in June 1949 at a Fresno hotel. The deal involved Howser's campaign and 10 percent of any money Howser earns from Pearson.
The Long Beach Cat Fanciers bring 320 felines to Municipal Auditorium for America's largest cat show. Celebrities include Blackamoor Hepple-Waite and Triple Champion Michael, both contenders for 75 trophies and 400 ribbons. John Q Alleycat sneaks in, promising mud on paws but driving the show's prestige.
December 5 dispatch reports India and thirteen other nations appealing to the Chinese Communist government via the United Nations to stop forces crossing below the 38th Parallel. The move aims to avert a broader World War in the Far East as UN forces fight near the border.
A spark from static sparked a blaze on the sixth floor of the Biltmore garage in Los Angeles. Attendant Stephen Sutkayi, 42, suffered severe burns as about 100 cars were damaged.
Fragmentary weather item reports high tides and solar data with several unclear figures. The readable parts indicate tomorrow tides around 1.6 feet and other numerical notes, but many terms are garbled and nonstandard.
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