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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1953
Page
4
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A compact June 14 1953 press telegram from Calit announces brief local items and notices captured by the Av4e PRESS-TELEGRAM service. The readable fragments indicate routine society and civic notes without sensational detail.
U S and ROK discuss armistice rules amid Rhee protests. Rhee demanded withdrawal of all foreign troops and a mutual security pact with the United States. He warned the truce could fail if terms were not renegotiated and stated Korea should be allowed to continue fighting alone if U S aid ends.
Secretary of Defense Wilson announced removing Civil Service status from 52 high level Pentagon officials including the Navy Secretary’s car driver. The action applies to positions shaping major policies or tied to confidential relations, with distribution across Wilson’s office and the services.
Sacramento reports that Gov. Warren signed a bill granting sportsmen more time to consider hunting and fishing regulations. The Fish and Game Commission will meet once in January and again in February to present proposed seasons, bag limits, and changes for public comment. Other signed measures extend stocking authority, require hearings on public shooting areas, outlaw commercial catfishing nets in key rivers, and upgrade reckless hunting resulting in injury or death to a felony.
Democrats faced opposition in committee as they moved to block a tax extension fight. Chairman Reed of the Ways and Means Committee condemned the maneuver as unconstitutional and unprecedented, arguing it undermined the legislative system. Haileck countered that Reed hindered the President and public will by canceling committee meetings.
The Senate passed a 452 million dollar interior department funding bill for the coming year by voice vote, 46,826,597 more than the House approved. The bill returns to the House or goes to conference to resolve differences. The chamber added 1.5 million for Seward port facilities in Alaska to aid cargoes diverted from the Whittier docks fire damaged recently. A potential clash over power policy did not arise, though Sen. Jackson questioned Bonneville language.
The Department of Public Works awarded a 655,337 contract to Oborg Bros of Inglewood for grading paving a 1.1 mile Harbor Freeway northbound ramp at Flower Street and Olympic Boulevard plus ten retaining walls. A 896,590 contract to Owl Truck & Construction Co of Campton covers reconstruction of approaches and a San Gabriel River bridge extension two miles east of Long Beach. A 168,647 contract to Griffith Co of Los Angeles covers grading and paving two miles of Imperial Highway in Orange County. Bids are invited for 37 miles of State Route 138 from Meiners Oaks to Mataillja Flat Springs in Ventura County at an estimated 369,000.
General John J. R. Hodge, 60, chief of Army field forces at Fort Monroe, will retire June 30 after 35 years of service. A World War I and II combat veteran, he held commands across the Pacific and led U.S. occupation forces in Korea before the Republic of Korea was established.
Governor Warren signed a broad disability and hospitalization benefits bill affecting about 3,000,000 California workers. The plan raises unemployment benefits to 35 dollars weekly for 26 weeks and hospital payments to ten dollars a day for 42 days, expanding protections while warning against bills deemed unneeded or unconstitutional. He also signaled pocket vetoes on several a 1953 measures including a campaign disclosure requirement and other proposals he termed jokers or unconstitutional, while voicing opposition to housing and traffic bill changes and livestock brand recording prioritization.
George F. Wilson of San Gabriel California administrative assistant to Senator William F Knowland will be appointed chief of the State Department’s office of personnel. Wilson has served on Knowland’s staff for over eight years and will replace Edwin N Montague who has resigned.
Saigon reports France sent troop reinforcements to Cambodia after King Norodom Sihanouk threatened war for independence. A French spokesman called the move precautionary to protect French lives and property while negotiations with Cambodian leaders continued. A battalion of paratroopers was reportedly alerted for possible transfer.
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