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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1951
Page
4
Patronius Jr notes amended tideland law opens door to large scale development in Lens Beach. warns that untimely use of tideland and gas funds risks safety. urges rapid planning with public approval and prioritizing a major city council project under the new understanding.
Defense cross examines Dr Frederick D Newhart chief county autopsy surgeon as Edward B Bierce faces murder charges in downtown hotel room death of his wife Florence C Bierce. Autopsy says Mrs Bierce 56 was intoxicated. bruises may come from fall. Trial continues.
City Manager Sam Vickers announces that Rezin A. Hemry is appointed to head the office of the collection and accounting division of the city public utilities department. The post becomes permanent July 1 with Hemry as acting manager until then, at a starting salary of 506 dollars monthly. Safford retires July 1 after 27 years as office manager, a role Hemry also held as assistant manager for 27 years.
In Kansas City Swope Park Zoo attendants guarded five remaining seals after a seal died from swallowing a three foot butcher cord tossed into the pane.
In Washington on June 7 Senator heard about a high altitude aerial photo showing a golf course green and two golfers visible about 45,000 feet below. John A. McCone, undersecretary of the Air Force, demonstrated the image to a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, noting the camera’s capabilities and the proximity of objects on a nearby highway while pointing out the golfers and parked cars around the clubhouse. Chairman Joseph C. O’Mahoney observed one golf ball appearing to sit on the cup edge.
A section of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad fast Pan American collided head on with a late running local at Clarksville Tennessee killing six trainmen and injuring between 20 and 25 others. Trains traveled about 30 miles per hour on a single track in a cornfield as the local crew failed to wait for the express on a siding.
Walter Boush eighty, a Long Beach resident since 1943, calls himself a living dead in a quip about Dr. Morhardt who dubbed long-lived people Frankenstein monsters. The exchange touches on aging, voting turnout, and local reaction from the medical community.
Dr. R P Morhardt told The Long Beach Independent that his statements about Long Beach and California were complimentary and twisted by an Oregon reporter. He denied any disparagement and said the report was out of context and unjust to California and its elderly residents.
A fragmentary exchange features Bonih and an unnamed speaker amid a tense moment during a game at Lincoln Park. The dialogue hints at past threats, insanity in Kansas, and a sense of banter over time worn by players and onlookers.
The California Cadet Corps announces its seventh postwar summer encampment from June 17 to 29 at Cary San Luis Obispo. Maj. Gen. D O Sullivan, state adjutant Serre said today.
Sacramento lawmakers halted last minute amendments to a controversial bill that would require urban unincorporated areas to pay for police fire streets libraries and sanitation. The measure sparked debate from leaders like Richard Graves of the California League of Cities and Hal Kennedy of the County Supervisors Association.
Low tide today reaches 2.9 feet at 5 33 p m and high tides of 3.2 feet at 2 p m and 5 feet at 11 35 p m. Tomorrow low tides at 7 30 a m and 3 feet at 6 14 p m while high tide reaches 3 3 feet at 2 96 pm.
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