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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1954
Page
10
Subterranean blasts rocked a 10 block area near the St. Paul Loop district late Wednesday tearing pavement and lifting manhole covers. No casualties were reported though a heavy cover was thrown into a third floor apartment. Fire officials probe for gas leakage as police assess damage.
Several service members and families from the area mark holidays abroad and at home. Dick Chilcote Jr. serves with US Coast Guard icebreakers in Korea and Antarctica exploration. William Watts Jr. is stationed at Ernest Harmon Air Base in Newfoundland after training at Lackland and Warren. Gregory Olney returns to California to celebrate with family. Robert Holm serves Transport Squadron 253 in Korea and Japan. Other local servicemen include Robert Dugan in Japan with the 26th Antiaircraft Battalion and James Johnson promoted to corporal with the 7th Infantry Division in Korea.
Richfield Oil plans Camarillo No. 1 a 12 000 foot wildcat on part of the old Calleguas ranch in Ventura County starting by Jan 5. Location is 12 300 feet north and 1 200 feet west from the section’s southeast corner. The field adjoins the Conejo shale and lies over a sand layer down to 100 feet with volcanic underlay.
Continuous vision lenses promise easier middle distance vision for readers and shoppers. The ad claims they reduce blur on labels shelves and maps, are affordable, and available on budget terms.
Knight Newspapers Inc acquires the Charlotte Observer, largest daily in the Carolinas, for seven million dollars. James L. Knight, Miami Herald general manager, becomes president and publisher of the Observer, pledging political independence.
The Gerontological Society of inc Gainesville calls for retaining workers and professionals past age 65 or 70. Dr A J Carlson 80 next tenth urged universities to lead, citing safety concerns from aging drivers and night vision decline. Irving Webber UF assistant professor urged keeping retirees feeling valuable, noting society’s work centered nature and non economic job satisfaction.
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