L B Loses Vital Ruling On Gas Issue
Long Beach faces a financial crisis after the State Supreme Court refused to review a lower court ruling in the Trickey case. City Attorney Irving M. Smith plans to urge halting transfers of dry gas revenue to the general fund until the case is resolved, risking a $1.9 million revenue shortfall for the current year.
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Long Beach
State Supreme Court
Trickey
High Court
District Court of Appeals
E. H. Trickey
District Court
Supreme Court
Irving M. Smith
Bee City
Stuntman Sought for Stealing Zoo Animals
Lancaster police sought Bob Niles 24 known as Jumping Jack, ex paratrooper and carnival stunt man, for allegedly stealing a lion cub an albino ferret and a monkey from his side show employer.
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Lancaster
Bob
Jumping Jack) Niles
Profit Margin Freeze Faces Retail Price Control Debate
Consumers accept that a profit margin freeze aims to stabilize prices amid fluctuating raw material costs. Retailers argue it is a complex but sound method, allowing cost shifts to be absorbed without guessing wholesale prices.
Law crackdown on Hill pinball operators spreads citywide
Hill police quietly targeted nearly twenty cafes and taverns for illegal one ball pinball machines. No arrests or seizures were made. Officers in plain clothes warned managers the devices violate state law, following a prior Independent disclosure of weekly gambling totals.
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Signal Hill
Ted Murphy
C. BR
Independent
State Attorney General
G. A. Woodson and Co. BR. Blake
Mid-Air Repair Delays San Diego Flyover
San Diegans watched a B 36 suffer landing gear trouble over the city for more than two hours. The giant bomber was repaired in flight and landed safely, ending a tense evening.
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San Diego
Mar
San Diegans
California Census Shows Women Now Outnumber Men
Washington dispatch reports that 1960 Census data show California with more women than men for the first time. The state’s sex ratio is 147 males per 100 females, a change from 1950 figures, with population rising by about 678,851 amid shifts in marital status and urban growth.
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Washington
Mar
California
Bureau of the Census
Bureau
Colerain
Onze
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