New Levy Set by Auditor Sets City Tax Rate
City Auditor John Mansell set the 1958-59 fiscal year tax rate at 1.324 per 100 assessed value, down from last year’s 1.365. Trash collection fees will raise about 1,013,791. without them the rate would near 1.50. City funds breakdown shows general, library, bond, and recreation allocations, with total assessed valuation 351,443,210, down from 492,166,900 last year.
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John Mansell
Mansell
State Board
Boyhood Bonds and a Korean War Orphan Named Lee
A veteran recalls Lee Boum, a twelve year old Korean War camp follower from Pusan who washed socks and shined boots for Marines. Lee learned languages and history amid danger, but refused to move to the front, saying he must wait for his people. His choice marks a boy’s transition toward adulthood.
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Korea
High Command
Seoul
Lee
Pusan
U. N
Yalu
Long Beach Oil Firm Open to Expanding Water Injection Control
EBOD says it will amend contracts with the city to give the Harbor Commission near total control of water flooding in LBOD’s Wilmington Oil Field. The move would let the board direct repressuring, expand water injection to all zones and fault blocks, and set injection pressures as desired to curb subsidence. LEGD seeks amendments. LBOD notes it will not request net contract extensions and may unitize Fault Blocks I and II soon, with IV and V following.
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Long Beach Oil Development Co
Board of Harbor Commissioners
LBOD
Wilmington
Harbor Board
LEGD
Pro
Charles M. Vickers
Walhfred Jacobson
Raymond ©. Kealer
Kealer
Lyi O. Hosegom
LEOD
Long Beach
Miami Beach
Ambulance and car collide in San Pedro night incident
An ambulance with red lights and siren hit another car at Carson and Figueroa Streets in San Pedro on Monday night. The attendant suffered minor injuries, and the other driver Ludwig A. Nilson of Alhambra was treated at Harbor General Hospital for a back injury. The ambulance crew included William Hendrickson and Grant Nelson en route to pick up an injured person.
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Carson and
Figueroa
San Pedro
William J. Hendrickson
24Th St
Toxeance
Grant I Nelson
Wilmington
Ware
Ludwig A.nilson
Alhambra
Nilson
Harbor General Hospital
Civic Aides Improving After Hospitalizations
Bellflower hospital aides report improvement for three civic figures hospitalized last week. Dr W Norman Wampler, Bellflower Unified School District superintendent, was rushed to the hospital Sunday after a heart attack at church. Mayor T Mayne Thompson had surgery last Wednesday following confinement for an acute intestinal infection. Cecil Friend, banker and former treasurer of the Bellamoners Community Chest and Kiwanis, is recovering from a heart attack, treated earlier in the week.
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Bellflower
Bellwood General Hospital
W.norman Wampler
Bellflower Unified School District
T. Mayne Thompson
Cecil Friend
Relllloners Community Chest
Kiwanjan
State Birthday Banks Courts to Close Today
California marks its 100th Admission Day with closures of banks courts state counties and city offices and public libraries. Most businesses stay open while garbage collections proceed as scheduled per Worth Johnson of the refuse division.
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California
Worth Johnson
Dallas Seeks Convention Boom With New Auditorium
Dallas aims to grow its convention and trade show business after opening the Dallas Memorial Auditorium in 1957. The facility boosts 110000 square feet of exhibits, 10 meeting rooms, and an arena across three floors, with hotel expansion planned as the city bets on jobs and tourism. The project costs exceed eight million dollars, largely funded by general obligation bonds, and is expected to lift annual convention income from 50 million to 60 million dollars.
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Ben Inser
Texas
Big D
Dallas
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Dallas J
Say
WW. W. Vanderslice
L. Thornton
General Obligation Bonds
Ok On
Vanderslice
State Fair Park
UTS
Dallas’ Central District
City of Dallas
Ranger Anchors Off Long Beach for Pacific Maneuvers
The Navy carrier Ranger, 1,046 feet long and commissioned in 1957, anchored near the Long Beach breakwater for a 10 day refresher training period with about 3,300 crew. It will operate in Pacific waters with Alameda as home port, marking the first time a Forrestal class carrier has seen Pacific service.
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Ranger
Long Beach
Navy
Pacific
Newport News
Norfolk
New York
Cape Horn
Alamede
Pacific Fleet
Alameda
Bremerton
Pacific Waters
Two Men Rob Bell Mart Market Whisk Cash
Police report two men distracted a one year old clerk at Bell Mart Market on Ocean Boulevard and stole 280 dollars from the register around 2 p.m. Owner Charles W Hess said one man gave his daughter a five dollar bill, bought candy, then argued over the change as the partner rifled the till.
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Charles W. Hess
Bell Mart
Qcean Blvd
Hess
Public Defender Named to Board
City Public Defender William Begen has been appointed to the executive board of the California State Bar's Conference of Barristers. Besan was named by conference president Harold W. Tabin. The group is composed of young attorneys.
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William Begen
California State Bar's Conference of Barristers
Besan
Harold W.tabin
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Roger Cow
Carrier Ranger
Long Beach Harbor Breakwater
Parthenon
Lee Boum
Dea
Armistan
Jor DiNaggio
Steamboat Springs
Colo
U.S
Panmunjon
Bo Kum
Ebod
the Southland
Fabulous
Great Southwest
Austin
San Angelo
Itwn
Texan
Big Ranger
Rob Clerk
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