Independent LB School Setup Eyed in District Split
The Board of Education seeks a legal opinion from County Counsel on Long Beach voting to exit the Unified School District. A split would push Lakewood to fund most new schools. Lakewood leaders oppose annexation by Long Beach. Lakewood, Signal Hill and Avalon would face Lakewood’s $20 million construction needs next fall, with most costs borne by Long Beach.
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Board of Education
Long Beach
Lakewood
Douglas A. Newcomb
Newcomb
Avalon
Signal Hill
New Lakewood
Taxpayers’ League
Chamber of Commerce
Thn
U S Proposes Settlement in Iran Oil Dispute
Washington sources say the United States backed by John Foster Dulles outlines a plan to end the Iran Anglo-Iranian Oil Co dispute. Britain would drop court action, Iran would pay, financed by a World Bank loan, with Dean Acheson briefing Anthony Eden in Paris.
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Washington
United States
John Foster Dulles
Iran
Britain
Anglo-ranian Oil Co
World Bank
U. S
Dean Achason
Anthony Eden
Paris
Monlay
Barrier Built By Bulldozers Races Tide at Seal Beach
Bulldozers built a giant sand dike along the Seal Beach ocean front to guard homes from a 64 foot tide. Floodlights guided the work as beams lit the scene, with portable lights provided by the Long Beach Harbor Dept. to reinforce the makeshift barrier overnight.
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Seal Beach Ocean
Nfeguard
Seal Beach
Long Beach Harbor
Watsonville Snow Plan For Christmas Ice
Watsonville residents plan a four inch snow cover at Black Square City Park using blowers that normally ice lettuce for refrigerator cars on December 18. The Chamber of Commerce expects the snow to last at least eight hours and guards against an approaching tide and dense fog over Long Beach. The Norwegian freighter Brandanger reports en route from Europe and a continuation is noted on Page 4.
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Watsonville
Black-Square
Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach
Southland
Long Beath
Brandanger
Europe
Eisenhower’s Korea Policy Change Hinted for January
LA SAYS Ike signals major shifts in Korea policy around January 20 when he becomes President. He cites a Korea trip and meetings as elevating the issue. Potential actions include bombing Manchurian air bases, blockading Chinese ports, and a broader war effort against Russia. Allies may denounce the gambit for risking world war.
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Eisenhower
Korea
Pacific
Russia
Britain
Clerks Tail Bandit Car Pair Arrested
Two men face robbery charges after a market hold up on Santa Fe Avenue. A gunman robbed clerks Robert W. Wright and George K. JJohnson and a customer, Dennis Lee. Police later arrested Clifford Littlejohn and Billie Hopkins. loot totaled $53 plus the wallet cash. Lee described the bandit and the chrome pistol.
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Santa Fe Ave
Clifford Littlejohn
Daisy Ave
Robert W. Wright
George K. Jjohnson
Dennis, Lee
Truman Boyd Manor
Billie Hopkins
Mendicino Ave
Littlejohn
Hopkins
Dennis Lee
Weather delay for Long Beach with showers expected
The Weatherman brings a mixed forecast for Long Beach. A light fog will blanket the area before noon, followed by mostly cloudy skies and a high of 43 degrees. Light afternoon winds turn south, then southwest, with possible showers beginning Wednesday morning and lasting into the night.
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Long Beach
Britain Closes Tientsin Consulate Amid China Pressure
Britain ordered the closure of its consulate-general at Tientsin as Communist control tightens in China. The Foreign Office said the office would be folded soon, leaving two diplomatic posts in China with Shanghai and the Peiping embassy consular department.
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London
Britain
China
Foreign Office
Tientsin
Peiping
Shanghai
Yellow Sea
Korea
White
Vincent
U. S
Tangier
State Department
Office of
Cleared in Grocer Slayings of Five Victims
Fresno state news service reports Wendall H. Hall 46 of Fresno and his son Travis Gerald Hall 27 of Richmond cleared as suspects in the slayings of a Chester grocer and three children after weekend probes. Detectors tests proved negative and officers cited solid alibis.
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Fresno
Chester Grocer
Wendall H. Hall
Earler
Travis Gerald Hail
Richmond
San Francisco
Teener Trio Admits Port Cafe Bombing
Three teenage boys admitted bombing a crowded San Pedro malt shop at 550 W Fifth St after being angered by eviction from the hangout. A grenade shattered windows but caused no injuries. one teen had served in the Marine Corps. Officers said two classmates helped with the attack and getaway.
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San Pedro
W. Fifth St
Marine Corps
Charles Ellis
Unwise Bold Spokane Man Sentenced for Truck Theft
William G. Crowley of Bonners Ferry Ida earned a three year prison term on Monday after being convicted of stealing a truck and driving it to the scene of his car theft trial in Spokane Washington UB.
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Spokane
Wash
William G. Crowley
Bonners Ferry
Ida
Eisenhower pledges aid to Far East air forces in letter
President elect Dwight Eisenhower assured Gen Weyland the Republican administration will spare no effort to supply Far East Air Forces with everything needed. He thanked Weyland for input on the Korean situation and praised the pilots who protected his party during the Korea visit.
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Tokyo
Dwight Eisenhower
Far East
Eisenhower
Weyland
Enhowers
Ruestow
Paul E
No Jima
Korea
Eisenhower Plans Parley Before MacArthur Meet
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower held top level talks during his Korea trip to set up a pivotal meeting with General Douglas Mac Arthur who has offered a clear definite solution to the war. Indications point to a possible conference with his former commander today as the trip proceeds.
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New York
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
Youth, 18, Admits Chain of Thefts
Los Angeles officers say David Wade, 18, confessed to a chain of thefts in Hollywood after an attempted theater burglary. He was captured, booked on burglary suspicion, and admitted displaying the stolen loot in his television store window. He estimated two tracks would move the property.
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Los Angeles
David Wade
Hollywood
Wade
Junk-Cart Nag Wins At Fete
Detroit Christmas fete features 34 non Thoroughbred horses in Michigan Humane Society event. Junk-wagon carts nibble carrots and hay as Queenie the grey mare, owned by Alfred Petrie, wins $50 for best care.
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Detroit
Michigan Humane Society
Queenie
Alfred Petrie
Murdered miniature artist found dead in LA Jolla home
Ida C. MacKeown a 67 year old well known miniature portrait artist was stabbed 12 to 15 times and found face down in a blood pool in her stylish La Jolla residence. Police searched for a prowler seen near the home and noted no signs of robbery or struggle as coroner put timing at 12 to 24 hours before discovery. The motive remains unknown with valuable art works and antiques undisturbed. Her daughter Mrs. Richard Hayward was notified by telegram.
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LA Jolla
Ida C. MacKeown
San Diego
A. E. Gallagher
Clarice Smith
Richard Hayward
Honolulu
Cable Gram
River Bursts Into Mine Feared 56 Dead
Manila reports a river breach flooded a 400 foot shaft at a gold mine in southeastern Luzon trapping 56 miners. Rescue crews battled rock mud and water as officials said survival chances were nil and the disaster was the Philippines worst mine accident.
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Manila
Philippines
Seue
J. V. Stapler
Marsman and Company
United Paracare
Luzon
Sands Hotel opening posts $285000 first day loss
LAS VEGAS NOV 1 The Sands Hotel opened with over 16000 attendees as gaming tables incurred a 285000 loss on the first day. The property is run by Texas financier and oilman Jake Freedman.
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Las Vegas
Jake Freedman
Loyalty Board Reverses on Vincent. Davies Cleared
The Loy alty Review Board branded John Carter Vincent a loyalty risk and suspended him, leaving final action to President Truman and Secretary Acheson after hearings. In contrast, John Paton Davies Jr. was fully cleared of loyalty charges following secret testimony from CIA head Gen Walter Bedell Smith and Ambassador George Kennan.
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Washington
LLP
Truman
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Dean Acheson
John Paton Davies Jr
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
George Kemnan
Moscow
Davies
Vincent
Hiram Bingham
Acheson
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
Bingham
Louis Budenz
Walter Surrey
Pilot Lands Four In Bay Shallows
SAN FRANCISCO A private Beech twin eng plane missed its approach in fog over San Francisco Airport Monday night and settled in shallow water in San Francisco Bay about a mile off shore. The pilot Patrick Clancy and four passengers escaped unharmed and were rescued by a Coast Guard cutter. Passengers included Clarence F Mathews, P E Vanderwark of San Francisco BH, Foss of San Rafael, and Robert C Smith of Sacramento, all members of the AFL Operating Engineers Union which owned the aircraft.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard
Patrick Clancy
Clarence F. Mathews
P. E. Vanderwark
Foss
San Rafael
Robert C. Smith
Sacramento
AFL Operating Engineers’ Union
Beech Plane
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