Central Basin urged to join water district for supply security
Warren W. Butler of Compton told the Board of Realtors that all Central Basin communities except Long Beach Compton and Los Angeles should form a municipal water district to seek admission to the Metropolitan Water District. He warned of salt water intrusion even as Long Beach has moved to protect its supply, and urged immediate action to conserve underground stocks through increased MWD dependence. The meeting saw 17 new members inducted and H. Herschel Hart presiding.
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Central Basin
Long Beach
Compton
Los Angeles
Metropolitan Water District
Warren W. Butler
MWD
Board of Realtors
Butler
Long Beach Veterans Hospital
Barry Laffoon
Arnold Berg
H. Herschel Hart
FBI Agent to Address Lions Club in Seal Beach
A special agent of the FBI will speak to the Lions Club at 7 p m tomorrow at Sam's Sea Fond Spa in Seal Beach. Henry Wilson will report on the Stockton district convention while Frady Hickman presides.
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FBI
Seal Beach
Lions Club
Sam's Sea Fond Spa
Henry Wilson
Stockton
Frady Hickman
World famous judges selected for big dog show
International names lead Harbor Cities Kennel Club 16th annual all breed show June 23 24 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. 18 judges include Esther M. Croucher and Baron van der Hoop from England and Switzerland respectively. George Steadman Thomas of Camarillo to judge fox Boston terrier futurity and best in show. Entries must be mailed to 1412 W 12th St Los Angeles by June 9.
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Harbor Cities
George Steadman Thomas
Camarillo
Scottish Terrier Club of
California
Jack Bradshaw
12Th St
Los Angeles
Civil Defense Program Gets Official Approval for Warden Manual
Long Beach civil defense authorities won approval to use a mimeographed black warden instruction booklet. Police Lt. W J Mooney announced. Richard Jones of the California State Vocational Training department reviewed and approved it. The manual replaces the not yet received federal warden book and covers civil defense functions, organization, emergency communications, firefighting, arrests, first aid, traffic control, subversive action, panic control, atomic bombing effects, light rescue, and casualty reduction. The booklet was compiled by Mooney with Sgts Leonard Kearney and Orville James, and an evening class to train wardens will start soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
W. J. Mooney
Civil Defense Activities
Richard Jones
California State Vocational Training Department
Jones
Mooney
Pelice
Leonard Kearney
Orville James
Harbor Department Audit Reveals $33 Million Asset Base
Harbor Department notes fixed assets at 33.978 million with 6.126 million in capital expenditures including prior steel piling. Depreciation 514 thousand. Maturities of 10 million reinvested and 15 million new funds. New reserves 13.5 million and operating fund 1 million. Unappropriated surplus June 30, 1950 stood at 83.698 million.
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E. J. Amar
Noted Conductor Koussevitzky Dies at 77 in Boston
Serge Koussevitzky, world famed conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, died at 77 after a winter illness. He led the BSO for 25 years ending 1949 and was praised as the greatest conductor of his time. He began as a peasant boy in north Russia, left Russia in 1920, and married Olga Naumoff in 1947 after his first wife died in 1942.
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Boston
Serge Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony
Tuosa
City of
Joan R. Mansell
Dep Koussevitzky
Tenderuty
John E. Kincaid
Ameri
Theodore R. Youderian
Ravel
Prokofielf
Honegger
Shostakoviteh
Russia
Philharmonic School
Moscow
England
Germany
Italy
Spain
I Koussevitzky
Olga Naumoff
Driver in Crash Faces Citations at Long Beach Intersections
John B R Martin 27 Navy aboard USS Everglade sustained minor head and chest injuries when his car collided with another at Long Beach Blvd and Wardlaw. Everett J Linnedberger 25 of Lomita was uninjured. Martin cited for speeding following too closely and failing to obey signals. He received treatment at Seaside Hospital.
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John BR. Martin
Long Beach Blvd
Wardlaw
Everett J. Linnedberger
Lomita
Martin
Seaside Hospital
Air Force C119 explodes killing four near Jackson
Four airmen died when a Sewart Air Force Base C119 exploded during a rainstorm and crashed on a farm 15 miles southwest of Jackson Tennessee. Survivors included two ejecting crewmen who were injured but survived. Names identified: Capt Kenneth W. Christenson Watertown MA First Lt Stanley L. Michelson Nashville TN Sgt Elmer Horvath Toledo OH Sgt Joseph W. Diondo Buffalo NY Capt Russell D. Brewington Nashville TN. Local resident Howard E. Johnson reported the blast sounding like thunder.
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Jackson
Tenn
Air Force
Here
Sewart Air Force
Smyrna
Kenneth W. Christenson
Watertown
Mass
Stanley L. Michelson
Nashville
Sewart Post Information Office
Sewart Air Base
Russell D. Brewington
Stewart Air Force Base
Elmer Horvath
Toledo
Ohio
Joseph W. Diondo
Buffalo
N.Y
Howard E. Johnson
Amvets Back Sex Law Panel Discussed
Amvets back a panel on sex law and child molesting cases to be held tomorrow at Hughes Junior High School. The event is moderated by Superior Judge Fred Miller with sponsors including Amvets Junior League and PTA. Public invited. mail suggestions to Jack Fateut at Box 628.
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Hughes Junior High School
Amvet
Paul Desmond
Post Office Amvets
Lionel F. Hudson
San Diego
Hudson
Amvets
Junior League
PTA
Fred Miller
California Ave
Roosevelt Rd
Jack Fateut
Post Office Post
Fully Toothsome Year-Old Billy Goodman
Los Angeles reports a one year old boy, Billy Goodman, growing sixteen teeth since four months old. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goodman, say he chews hard foods like apples, celery and carrots without trouble and his smile resembles a piano keyboard.
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Los Angeles
Billy Goodman
Billy
Harold Goodman
Iran Moslems Threaten Violence Over Leader's Release
In Tehran the Fedayan Islam sect warned of bloodshed unless their leader Navas Safavi is freed from jail. The group demanded Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Fatemi be dismissed as a traitor, alleging foreign influence behind Fatemi's education in London. Fatemi denied knowledge of the letters.
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Tehran
Iran
Fedayan Islam
Hussein Fatemi
Navas Safavi
Shah
Young
Safavi
Fedayan Islam Sect
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Fatemi
London
Local briefs and community notices wrap town events
Rummage sales unfold in East Long Beach at 1154 Pine Ave and Townsend Clubs 9 and 10 host a sale at 145 W Third St. Bettina Chapter 399 OES honors Deputy Grand Matron Carol Williams during an official visit in Town Hall. Iowa Social Club plans a 12:30 pm covered dish luncheon at Bixby Park led by Dan Carney. Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack L Clark buried in Mottell's Chapel. sister Constance survives.
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Bettina
OES
Carol Williams
Town Hall
Iowa
Bixby Park
Dan Carney
Clark
Mottell's Chapel
Jack L. Clark
Coldbrook Ave
Long Head
Constance
Pupils Help Spread Polio Advice in Long Beach
The Long Beach Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis uses 42,000 printed cards distributed to public and private schools. The cards offer polio guidance for 1951 and list do nots during outbreaks, including avoiding overexertion, chills, cold water, wet clothes, and sharing towels or dishes, and advise against trips to polio areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
MacArthur Planing Mill Receives Safety Plaque
Loren Muench secretary of Wood Products Institute presented the first quarterly safety plaque to MacArthur Planing Mill employees at 3720 E Anaheim St. The workers achieved a 100 percent safety record for the first quarter of the year.
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Wood Products Institute
MacArthur Planing Mill
Anaheim St
Loren Muench
Institute
MacArthur
Mesty
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