Apathy Won't Cure It LAC Column Urges Water Vote
LAC column by L A Coffins Sr urges Long Beach voters to support the November 17 election creating a Water Replenishment District. It explains pumping Colorado River water to raise underground supplies, curb sea water intrusion, and safeguard future water for homes and irrigation. The plan costs about 25 cents annually to the average taxpayer and 15 cents per thousand cubic feet for water companies.
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Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Briton for Disarmament Work
British Quaker Philip Noel-Baker won the 1959 Nobel Peace Prize for disarmament efforts. He pledged the $42,650 prize to promote international disarmament, stating war is a damnable, filthy thing that destroys civilization.
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League of Nations
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San Francisco
U.N. Assembly
Inflation Frustrations Hit Local Gas Pumps
A quoted remark reflects frustration as rising costs slow the flow of fuel. The speaker compares the burden to extracting ten gallons of gas, noting it now takes three times as long due to inflation. The sentiment captures common hardship amid price increases.
Doctor Faces Jury Trial on Drug Addiction Charge
ALHAMBRA CALIFORNIA UP I former Tulare County public health officer Dr Charles Walton Folsom 53 faced a jury trial December 2 on charges of drug addiction and failure to keep narcotics records He pleaded innocent in Municipal Court Wednesday and was freed on $1750 bail Police said he served as Tulare health officer for two months in 1958 when he resigned He claimed to be a Bataan death march veteran and later escaped from the Japanese and fought with Filipinos Monarchs at Review FAMMA Jordan UP I King Hussein and the Iran Thursday reviewed maneuvers by the Jordan army
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Huntington Hotel Promoter Named Virgin of Purpose
A fragment from an old newspaper item mentions a Huntington Hotel and a Virgin of Prom style event. The readable text is sparse and lacks concrete dates or names, but hints at a publicity theme tied to a local hotel project.
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