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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1955
Page
2
A panty clad monkey in Southend prowled a house, drank benedictine, and mocked authority until a policeman escorted Jokko to the station. The incident drew a crowd of onlookers before Jokko’s owner reclaimed the animal.
Ohio Oil Co. abandons its 21st deep Los Angeles County well near Bakersfield after spending over two million dollars and failing to find oil. The 21,484 foot borehole reached 8,700 feet where water surfaced instead of oil, with 16 months of drilling. The target Eocene strata dipped deeper than anticipated and heat reached 334 degrees at the bottom, far above boiling point.
Capital Transit Co. announces it will hire Negro as well as white operators. The DC Public Utilities Commission approved an employment policy without racial considerations and pledged cooperation from Division 689, Amalgamated Assn. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes. Previously the company employed only white operators, a policy the union demanded. A Senate committee’s previous investigation recommended the change, and the utility commission agreed.
About 100 high caste Hindus raided an untouchable village near Ahmednagar on Thursday night and beat 30 residents to teach them their place in society. Victims were reported in serious condition.
Publication record shows a daily insert at Ninth Street and Pine Avenue Long Beach California with Audit Bureau of Circulation per week month year. The notice mentions a $24 ent bane and references a second closed matter dated March 16 1883 at Loner California Post Office under Act of Maren 2, with archival serialization.
A proposed national toll highway plan seeks private and state funding to replace federal financing, arguing tolls can fund a 27 billion dollar, 40 000 mile interstate network over 30 years. Speakers at a Chamber of Commerce conference critique past toll opposition and back the 111 billion federal state program. A separate Colorado Springs incident reports four year old Keith Henry rescued his sister from a farmhouse fire caused by faulty wiring as flames destroyed their farm home.
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