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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1952
Page
6
The U S Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision and ruled the federal government is not liable for 3600000 damages from the Texas City disaster that killed 560 persons.
Police Chief William H. Dovey invited city leaders to the jail mess for lunch on swiss steak while inmates ate pork and beans. The officials, including the City Council, City Manager, and Fire Chief Frank Sandeman, sat on a jail-adjacent patio as jail overseer Howard Sweet explained meals cost about 20 cents each and standard inmate routines.
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