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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1951
Page
2
A Sacramento fight over a draw poker bill pits Attorney General Pat Brown against law enforcement moves to shut gambling clubs. Brown has been quiet while pressing facts about Seal Beach club not operating as a non profit and questions rise why he didn’t push to advance the bill when it stalled.
SACRAMENTO June 20 A bill to form a Metropolitan Transit Authority for a San Fernando to Long Beach monorail sped through a Senate committee with no opposition and heads to the floor. Proponents say 40 miles in an hour at 70 cents round trip.
Low tides today reach minus 1.7 feet at 6:68 a m and 22 feet at 4:59 BP fH high tides are 3.9 feet at 12:31 p m and 6.5 feet at 11:11 p m Tomorrow tides show high 4 feet at 1:26 p m and low minus 1.4 feet at 6:37 a m and 2.23 feet at 6:01 p m
Long Beach harbor ships were not picketed yesterday amid the CIO radio operators strike. Five ships tied up in Los Angeles harbor include American, William H. Peabody, Hawaiian Refiner, Santa Eliana, and Pine Bluff Victory. Alaska Rear with military cargo was temporarily tied up in Long Beach as unloading began after a clearance order from negotiators in San Francisco.
Sacramento reports the California Franchise Tax Board revoked the tax exemption of George H. McLain's Institute of Social Welfare. The board ruled the institute is not a nonprofit corporation as stated in its articles of incorporation.
The Independent reports a 3,889,000 appropriation for a Long Beach Naval Hospital was sent to Congress as part of a 358,000,000 hospital building program for the armed services. An additional 1,010,000 will be requested in a forthcoming 4% military budget. Terminal Island is favored for the site. the exact location remains undecided. Meanwhile, the House advanced 11 veterans benefit bills totaling about 2 billion over five years, including beds, transport for veterans, and a cost-of-living boost.
June 20 report states Austrian ski instructor Hans Hauser must exit the United States by Sept 1 after immigration officials denied his plea for suspension of deportation. The couple planned to relocate to Santiago Chile, with Hauser linked to Kefauver committee testimony surrounding gambling figures.
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