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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1956
Page
2
In Louisville, Deputy Bailiff Chester Broyles paid a $3 fine after Judge Peter B. Muir ordered quiet in the court holdover following Broyles’ shouted expletive. Broyles paid and wrote himself a receipt. The item sits among a collage of brief notices and human-interest snippets.
Senate moves Knight bill creating a single California water department to hasten North to South water transfers. Assembly passed 64 to 8 after hours of debate on department makeup. Mayor Norris Poulson urged immediate purchase of San Luis Reservoir site. Knight seeks July 1 1957 or state federal coordination for San Luis and Feather River projects.
In Sacramento two state board of education appointments await Senate confirmation while Knight appointees receive questions about education policy. Names include J R Knowland William Simons and Wilbur Blair among others amid confirmation delays and committee reviews. Governor Hemet and Senator Nelson Dilworth weigh terms and qualifications. James B Bishop and Robert L Worth are named for commissions.
The Agriculture Department reports 3,335,000 acres in the Great Plains damaged by dust storms this season. A survey estimates 19,400,000 acres are at risk from wind erosion due to moisture and soil cover lack. About 94 percent of damaged land lies in Colorado Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas.
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