Parking Meter Action Sparks Brief Street Scene
In the Jergins Trust Building Jim Porterfield handles tickets when a man returns a stolen parking meter and departs. Bob Gilham joins Red Cross in Browning and aids a severely injured woman after a traffic crash near the Red Cross HQ. A Long Beach business leader apologizes to Cecil B De Mille over a misunderstanding about The Ten Commandments credits. A Browning column for Indians delivers humorous local excerpts. A Long Beach Juvenile Bureau chief receives a prank call about firing over a headless sideshow claim.
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Jim. Porterfield
Jergins Trust
Jim
Long Beach
Cecil B. DeMille
DeMille
Egypt
DeMilie
Palace of
Joe Kenrick
Council Rejects Water Injection Plan for Tideland Field
City Council voting unanimously rejected a proposed amendment to Long Beach Oil Development Company’s contract to inject 180000 barrels daily into the tideland oil field. Vickers urged city controlled, field wide repressuring with substantial unit operations and protection for city interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weeks
City Mer
Sain
Vickers
Long Beach Oil Development Company
Tideland
Core Laboratories
City Oil Consultants
Iiee
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Dooley Resurrects Civic Center Issue
Councilman Charles Dooley urged establishing a civic center at an uptown site over the area beside City Hall and Lincoln Park. He argued the new location would benefit about 95 percent of Lang Beach residents while facing opposition from other council members and voters who previously rejected downtown plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dooley
Lincoln Park
Dooley
Aly
John F. Baker
Hes
American Ave
American
37Th St
Wold
Lang Beach
Long Beach Junior Concert Band Wins Grade A Superior
The Long Beach Junior Concert Band directed by Marvin IM Marker earned Grade A Superior at the second annual Youth Band Jubilee at the County Fair in Pomona. Their prize includes a massed bands concert in Hollywood on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Marvin IM. Marker
Creeping Crisis Experts Link Oil Pumping to Long Beach Sinkage
A 1930s through 1950s study traces Long Beach subsidence to oil extraction. Experts document 24 feet of sinking at the worst site, tied to Wilmington Field production since 1936, with projections of 35 to 40 feet unless action is taken. The piece notes economic stakes including 6,300 shipyard jobs and $127 million in lost income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Washington
Wilmington
California
United States
Long Beach Ol Development Co
Edison
Harbor
Hearing on Drilling Set in City Council Chamber
City Council schedules a public hearing for October 22 at 10 30 AM on proposed amendments creating a five acre drilling area at the northeast corner of Lakewood Boulevard and Willow Street and removing Stratford Square from drilling areas. Also on the agenda is a proposed lease with Bixby Land Co for drilling at the Lakewood Willow site, chosen in 1956 amid resident protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Norhheast
Lakewood Blvd
Willow St
Stratford Square
Bixby Land Co
Lakewood-Willow
Bixby and Shell of Co
Clark Ave
Spring St
Six L B Students Vie For Four Thousand Press Award
Six high school boys from Wang Belmont Avenue Beach compete in a local contest run by The Independent Press Telegram for a $4,000 college scholarship. Judges include Don Brackenbury Bert Resnik and others. Winners advance to Detroit to face 144 peers and the top entry earns the scholarship and college aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wang-Belmont Ave
Beach
Iing
Aes
Independent
Press - Telegram
Don ‘Telegram
Ford Motor Co
Brackenbury
Gardenia
Lakewood
Terry Kouns
Montalz
Millikan High
James Han
US Schett
Hackett Ave
Hamul
Polytechnic High
Steve G
Pier A
Williams
Lime Ave
St. Anthony's High
William
Orient
Glyn Rafferty
Argorine
R. Donaho
USN
Ave
Tues- Wilson High
Bob Turk
Long Beach High School
Detroit
Steve G. Williams
Polytechnic
James Hanchett
Millikan
William Rafferty
St. Anthony's
James Goff
Jordan
Bob’ Turk
Wilson
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E . Harry Fulton
Bob Gilham
Red Cross
San Diego Red Cross
Bob
Glacier Reporter
Browning
Mont
Heart Butte
Geo
Jack Wiles
Richard Wild Gun
Starr School
John Mittens
Apo
Pete Day Rider
Conrad
Wimington St
E. J. Amar
Vick
Harbor Board
Thelers
City Petroleum Consultants
Con
the Southland
S. AE
Civic Center
Camp Fire Girls
Horizon Club
Kathie Burcombe
Carolyn Dixon
Karen Burton
Long Beach Harbor
James Fhelan
Clomorrow
L.B
Bob Wheatley
Grand Canyon
Theta Sigma Phi
Los Angeles
Assn
Cand
USS
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