Convict May Get Wish to Die Outside Prison
A dying 19 year old San Quentin convict Adrian Acosta seeks release to spend his final days outside prison. Health Director Harold D Chope in San Mateo County aims to place him in the Community Hospital annex in nearby city. The Youth Authority asked Chope to assist as no Bay Area counties have space. Acosta will receive special nursing care to ease his last days. He has served almost two years.
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Chope
San Mateo County
Adrian Acosta
Community Hospital
Acosta
Sansare
Califo Youth Authority
Youth Authority
San Francisco Bay Area
Bo Acosta
Veteran and Wife Reinstated After Eviction Suit Loss
Superior Judge Thomas J. Cunningham ordered Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Dahm to pay 1500 damages and allow Navy veteran Orvin Jordan and his wife to move back into their Torrance home after an illegal eviction on May 19. Jordan was at work when furniture was removed. his wife was pregnant at the time. The Dahms claimed Jordan rented from a third party without consent.
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Los Angeles
Thomas J. Cunningham
Alfred H. Dahm
Orvin Jordan
Torrance
Jordan
Dahms
Indefinite Armed Robbery Sentence Years Passed
A court imposed an indefinite prison term for armed robbery, leaving the length of confinement unresolved. Details on the defendant, jurisdiction, and date of sentencing are not provided in the fragment.
Realty Official Targeted by British Paper in Editorial
The London Daily Herald accused Herbert Nelson executive vice president of the U S National Association of Real Estate Boards of unfairly reporting British conditions under a Socialist government. The Herald contrasted Britain housing and health data with Nelsons Europe tour account noting more houses built postwar Britain than rest of Europe. Nelson was interviewed in Washington.
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London
London Daily Herald
Herbert Nelson
U.S
Britain
Europe
the Herald
City Licensing Bureaus and Duties Listed
A new Department of Building and Safety leaflet guides residents to fourteen city departments for permits licenses and inspections. It lists offices and duties including building safety fire prevention health sanitation plumbing curb sidewalks harbor public works gas water parks police traffic and smog control with contact addresses and phone numbers.
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Department of Building and Safety
Pacific Ave
Heal Department
First St
Peete
City Hall
Harbor Department
el Embarcadero
Harbor District
Public Service
E. Second St
Gas Department
W. Broadway
Water Department
Broadway
San Francisco Ave
Mexico to tax exports to fund food subsidies
Mexico announces a 15 percent export tax to finance subsidies for basic foods like corn and wheat. The decree exempts some cases but excludes individuals or specific firms. Exports include hemp textiles shoes and fruits, totaling about 214 million pesos monthly in early 1948.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
O Mahoney cites need for allocation controls after Kansas plant failure
Sen. O Mahoney says cancellation of a Stanolind synthetic gasoline plant at Garden City Kansas demonstrates the need for allocation controls denied by Congress. He notes rising material costs compelled abandonment of the project and stresses the plant was needed to convert natural gas into gasoline as demand breaks records.
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Washington
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Kansas
Truman
Congress
Wyoming
Stanolind Co
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Garden City
Kas
O’mahoney de
Tournament Victors Named for Pacific Coast Club Duplicate
Last Tuesday evening the Pacific Coast Club Duplicate Tournament crowned winners in two divisions. North-South winners were P. E. B. Crawley and John Ye. Mrs Verna Carson and Morrison. Mrs Sadie Sheehy and Carl Powell. East-West winners were Mrs Elsie Tinthoff and J. S. Huskey. Mrs Mattie Lebeher and Chester Lebeher. Mrs A Woodard and G Dorman.
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Pacific Coast Club
P. EB. Crawley
John Ye
Verna Carson
Morrison
Sadie Sheehy
Carl Powell
Elsie Tinthoff
J. S. Huskey
Mattie Lebeher
Chester. Lebeher
A. Woodard
G. Dorman
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Sible
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Pine Avenue
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Columbia
I.P
California
del Coronado
del Coronade
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Pine Ave
Jewelers
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Credit Jewelers
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