Breathtaking Layout Shown Commissions for Long Beach Shoreline Plan
A comprehensive plan for Long Beach shoreline development to maximize recreational and cultural use was unveiled before three city commissions. Architect teams from New York and local consultants presented a six mile beachfront esplanade with plazas, bathhouses, and six miles of revetments. Estimated annual attendance reaches about 14.47 million people with major funding of 15.055 million dollars excluding landfill and private property. The plan previewed slides and sketches showing contemporary architecture for esplanades and park spaces, with completion targeted in 1980.
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Long Beach
Imach
F. Ellwand Aller
Vity Park
City Council
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Theran Ineile
Jara
Recruiting Boom as Youths Race Gi Benefits End
An armed forces recruiting surge followed the January 31 GI benefits deadline. Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard recruiters report heavy interest and rising enlistment inquiries in Long Beach. Local offices note dozens of applications and multiple enlistments, with December totals previously low but now surpassed by the deadline effect.
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Army Recruiting Office
Diy
WAC
Judkins
Tildy
Navy
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Mone
Harvey
Air Force
Long Beach
Two Toddlers Die From Car Monoxide Poisoning
Los Angeles County deputies investigated a desert fire tragedy in Amboy Barstow area. Liaot Thornton and sister Dianette Thornton of Los Angeles were among seven others saved by a flat tire stop. A 19 year old man, Zi Ras F., collapsed at an Amboy service station after a car ride to repair a flat. A faulty heating system is blamed for the deadly fumes. Gianette died en route to Los Angeles while William died at the Sunty Hospital. Others are expected to recover.
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Los Angeles
Sevill’s
Vliaot Thornton
Dianette
Zi Ras F. Dons
Amboy
Mojave
Barstow
Aly
Alfred ‘Thornton
Gianette
William
Sunty Hospital
Girl Trapped In Box Rescued From Attic Playroom
Lorene Reed 3 and neighbor Robin Hubert 4 were playing hide and seek at 4329 Radnor Ave when Lorene crawled into a toy box and sealed the lid. Robin cried for help. Mrs. Everett Reed opened the box with a hammer and screwdriver. Serene emerged unharmed after about four minutes.
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Lorene Reed
Neghbor
Robin Hubert
Pan Am Plane Sets London to New York Speed Record
Pan American World Airways claims a nonstop London to New York record of 11 hours 47 minutes aboard a DC6B. The flight carried 54 passengers and a six member crew, aided by a 23 hour tailwind, landing at Idlewild. Pilot Captain Robert L. Buell eman from Huntington led the crew in the faster crossing.
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Atlantic
New York
Pan American World Airways Today
London
British Overseas Airways
Idlewild
Robert L. Buel ‘Eman
Huntington
Man Buried by Cave-in Rescued at Norwalk sewer ditch
Jack Groabae of Los Angeles self-rescued after a cave-in buried a fellow worker, Cal vin Earhart, 51, Artesia. Earhart, trapped two to three feet above his head, was freed after about 30 minutes with help from Jesus Torres 27 Sam Gattuso 48 and an off duty milkman who joined the effort. Earhart declined medical attention but ambulance staff provided smelling salts before Groabae planned to return to work.
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Aood
Rlver
Imperial Hwy
Jack Groabae
Los Angeles
Hitech
Carvahac
Gevahac
Jesus Torres
Sam Gattuso
Los Angeles, Warking
Ios
Calvin Earhart
Clarkdale Ave
Artesia
Becket Brigade
Groabac
Beef Hearts Stolen From A&S Meat Co Truck
Police report a theft from a truck at 1909 Orange Ave. A&S Meat Co. missing a 100 pound load of beef hearts valued at about 30 dollars. The incident is linked to a thief nicknamed the Knave of Hearts.
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A&s Meat Co
Orange Ave
New Congress Opens with Pledge of Co operation
Washington AP report. Democrats regain control after two years of Republican rule as Sam Rayburn becomes Speaker. Congress plans inquiries into Dixon Yates contract and government security practices while pledging cooperation with the Eisenhower administration. Eisenhower to unveil State of the Union and new manpower plan plus tax cut postponements.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Raybarn
GOP
Rayburn
Dixon-Yates
National Presbyterian Church
Mate Blasts Nagging Wife With Shotgun
Redwood City report says John Joseph Sage, 52, a jobless auto mechanic, shot his wife after she nagged him. He claimed he fired twice while she fled, hitting her in the back at seventy five feet. She was hospitalized in serious condition. Sage was jailed on assault with intent to murder charges.
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Redwood City
William Faulstich
John Joseph Sage
Laze
Chou Hosts Legislature Splits U N Chief on Taxes Issue
In Sacramento a split in the California Legislature emerged over new or higher taxes to close a projected 100 million dollar revenue gap. Leaders warned reserves of about 130 million dollars may be tapped, while critics urged spending before raising levies on cigarettes liquor and beer. Governor Knight has not released detailed budget plans.
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Sacramento
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Ben. Hulse
el Centro
J. Howard Williams
Porterville
Thomas M. Exwin
Fuente
Penitentiary Forgery Ring Reported Cleaned Out
A state warrant forgery ring said to have operated behind penitentiary walls appears to be cleaned out. Investigators narrowed the case to two long-term prisoners after the arrest of a recently released convict in Oklahoma City with 500 in warrants, uncovering the scope of roughly 15000 in forged warrants.
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qQkla
Corus
Oklahoma City
Margin Rise Triggers Sharp Market Selloff In New York
New York AP report details a broad market plunge driven by higher Federal Reserve margin requirements lifting cash to 60 percent from 50 percent. Stocks tumbled early and late, with $10 declines in some issues, then partially recovered, led by declines in steels, autos, oils, and chemicals while aircrafts and railroads found support. General Motors dropped 4.37 after announcing a 325 million dollar stock sale.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Wall Street
General Motors
Newek Exchange Presih Funston
Reserve Board
Death of 19 month old from kitchen faucet scalding in Lakewood
Lydette Marie Todd, 19 months, died at St Helens Hospital Bellflower after a hot water faucet allegedly released scalding water near her mother Wanda Todd at their Lakewood home. Sheriff deputies report the incident occurred when the faucet malfunctioned and a shower of hot water sprayed over the child. Funeral arrangements are pending at Lakewood Mortuary.
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St. Helens
Bellflower
Lydette Marie
Todd
Snowden Ave
Wanda Todd
Sheriff's Deputies
Lakewood Mortuary
Where to Find It Page Index Listing
A concise listing outlines sections and page references across the paper including Beach Combing Boyle Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and TV Shipping Table Sports Theaters Tides and Temperatures Women and Your World with respective page designations. The index directs readers to A and B section placements such as A-19 B-10 to B-15 B-8 B-10 A-18 B-3 B-2 8-9 A Sports A-20 2 B-6 B-4 B-5 and A-2.
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Boyle
Asports
Wilson
Stalin Daughter Exiled as Son Dies in Soviet Purge Fallout
Graz Ki enes Blatt reports from a western diplomat in Moscow that Svetlana Stalin has been banished from Moscow after her brother Vassily was arrested in the late 1950s purge and died previously in a central Asian forced labor camp. The diplomat cited Christmas timing and unnamed sources.
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Vassily Stalin
Weather outlook with showers and cool spell ahead
Partly cloudy today with a few sprinkles or light showers by nightfall. Mostly sunny Thursday and continued cool conditions.
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