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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1950
Page
2
Fragmentary text complains about dangerous streets in heavy fog and the need to paint lines and safeguard the population. Mentions patrols, road conditions, and responsibility for public safety amid poor visibility. No clear event or identifiable persons or organizations.
The Sty Council voted to hold a special meeting to declare a Seventh District vacancy and set four filing days for candidates to submit declarations of candidacy. If the resignation is adopted, candidates receive five days to file, with a special election to follow within mandated timelines.
Lakewood residents will gain added police protection as nine new deputies join the Norwalk sub station force. Lakewood Chamber of Commerce chairman Charles Wright announced the addition of one patrol and eight deputies to bolster the growing residential district.
White House officials said President Truman will not ask Congress for new types of taxes when the 82nd Congress convenes next month. He may pursue his current tax proposals, including the corporation tax hike, but will not go beyond those recommendations.
News briefs report the American Communist Party planning its 75th biennial convention with potential meetings in Harlem and the Bronx and a Brooklyn hall ban. Richmond, California, is named fastest growing city, while Peiping radio warns American forces to leave Korea and Formosa or face destruction, signaling a shift to war.
In a broadcast Lie warned that failure to repulse Communist aggression in Korea would make it impossible for the world organization to realize peace. He said losing Korea could determine the next country to fall and urged a solution satisfactory for free Koreans and the United Nations to bring peace in Korea.
Vatican City December 26 Pope Bius Xie announced indulgence for the entire Roman Catholic world for the 1050 Holy Year celebration. Local pilgrimages may be organized to participate in the rite and prayers marking the jubilee.
A San Pedro family endures four months without navy family allotment payments. Gerald and Gayle Vernon, ages four and newborn, face hardship as husband Vernon remains overseas and unable to place his name on pay records. Mrs Vernon borrows money to feed and clothe the children while relief groups note ongoing delay in checks and offer assistance.
The text provides a garbled tide timetable with incorrect units and scrambled times. It mentions low tides at 6:37 p.m. and 6:13 p.m. and high tides around 8:80 a.m. and 12:82 a.m., showing numerous typographical issues and nonsensical values.
Members of the Bel Mont Bears youth football team will receive jackets at the Downtown Lions Club meeting at noon Friday. Lion Jack White will present the jackets, representing the Southern California Kid Foothill League.
Denver dispatch reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower left Denver on the first leg of a journey to New York and then to West Europe to take command of allied forces against Communist aggression. He travels with his wife and parents in law as part of a broad mobilization effort.
A party in Long Beach will honor poetess Dorothy Bladin Hull. Hull will autograph service books at a gathering hosted by fellow poetess Mrs. Elizabeth Moore Cruy at 335 Bayshore Ave on Monday.
The Senate met and adjourned today with only three senators present for a session that lasted about the time to read this paragraph. Gist of the day consumed 22 records, no record for the year, and the chamber noted a remarkable short session.
City council discussed a three phased civic service reform with Louis J. surges piu wokal and Mgr. Sam Vicker recommending standard procedure. Kroeper favors abolishing the civil service commission and placing personnel management under the city manager with Vickers proposing examinations lists and a disciplinary review board, a reform seen as aligned with nationwide patterns.
Local bakeries in San Francisco announced price changes today, signaling a broader shift in the cost of loaves. Officials noted the move as affecting average bread purchases across the city.
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