07 Jan 1953
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1953
Page
1
City council members voted 5 to 3 to reject creating a licensed board for amusement game licenses including Lite-O-Line near the downtown beach. Opponents argued it would burden government and invite corruption, while supporters favored centralizing enforcement.
Signal Hill civic group plans a mass meeting in city hall at 7:30 pm Tuesday to consider recalling Mayor and two council members. Police Chief Ted C. Murphy remains on 20 day suspension. he plans an appeal to the civil service commission as council members face recall pressure after a chaotic council meeting and a smeared commendation incident.
Actress Elizabeth Taylor checked into Santa Monica Hospital Tuesday afternoon to await the birth of her first child. Doctors expect delivery by caesarean section this morning. Taylor, 20, is married to English actor Michael Wilding, 39, wed in England February 22.
In a dinner gathering described as a rare glimpse into high level diplomacy three revered leaders Churchill Baruch and Eisenhower spoke freely on world affairs the risks from Russia and the potential future actions. They were portrayed as three old friends with unmatched experience in global matters and a frankness unlikely to be quoted.
Local figure Jigglin Jimmie McGarrigle known as Santa Claus plans a serious diet to slim from 212 pounds to fit in a size 46 short, using Elmer Wheeler’s Fat Boy calorie meter and vowing to stay on the program, hoping to return to his former silhouette by Christmas.
The Weather Bureau warned of lingering rain with sprinkles today and a rising storm that should intensify this afternoon and evening. Long Beach expected about 0.75 inch additional rain, on top of recent totals, driving this season’s rainfall above last year’s by a wide margin.
In an all-jet strike by over 100 Allied planes, forces attacked a Communist troop and supply center within 30 miles of Red China. Sabrejets shot down two MiG-15s, while four wings hit targets between Huichon and Kangeren, destroying at least 28 buildings and causing widespread fires.
A satirical piece imagines a Fat Boys Institute of America teaching fat citizens to eat away fat. It details rules like Do not diet by guessing, Fight Fat with Knowledge, and Form the Habit of NOT eating, with mock portraits such as Torpedo Type and Penguin.
A new local organization named the Property Owners Oil Development Assn forms to advise owners within a Pine Ave to Tenth St area on offshore oil exploitation. It aims to protect property interests and promote a common tax for oil development, with Dr Russell L M Browner elected president and Norman Durkin, Fr Peek, and Charley T Hamilton as directors.
Washington dispatch notes Truman may order offshore lands including the continental shelf placed under Naval Petroleum Reserve control with possible revocation by Eisenhower. Sen. Arthur Watkins warns on legality, while a renewed push for state ownership could follow. Navy secretary nominee R. B. Anderson is a states rights advocate, signaling political tension. The Truman budget requests about 79.0 billion dollars, one of the tightest in years.
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt announces in a newspaper column that she has submitted her resignation as a United Nations delegate. She plans to volunteer to strengthen the American Association of the United Nations and says she sent the resignation to the State Department.
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