Uranium Prospecting Tales From the Southwest
The account follows a Long Beach prospector dubbed Jeet as he travels by pickup through Death Valley, Arizona, and New Mexico in search of radioactive signs. He survives on about 3 dollars a day for fuel and supplies, battles harsh back roads, and notes Native land leases limit prospecting in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction
Cole
Great Southwest
Long Beach
Jeit
Death Valley
Arizona
New Mexico
Uranium hints and coastal politics spill into letters
A reader reports finding uranium in northwest New Mexico and travels to Grand Junction to discuss with Atomic Energy Commission officials. Bruce Allen touts Long Beach funding. Eastern gangsters plot LA trash control. daylight saving time confuses locals. San Diego voters target a hostile assemblyman. writer plans another Sacramento trip and invites local news tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riftwood
Bruce Allen
Sacramento
Long Beach
Allen
Los Angeles Area
Burton Chace
San Diego
L.B
Autos Backed Up Mile By Broadway Bridge Two Way
Cars backed up almost a mile as the Broadway Bridge reopened to two way traffic after more than two years of one way westbound flow. Police moved signs and directed four westbound lanes with one eastbound lane, delaying thousands and causing about 15 minutes of extra travel for many commuters. City officials cited increased demand from the nearby harbor and shipyard as the reason for restoring the two way pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Resnie
Broadway
Riley Brown
Chestnut Ave
Brown
Mme
Sgt. Smith
Octan Park Ave
William Kummer
Robert Dier
7Th St
Long Beach Press Telegram Friday May 13 1955 Section B
Fragments from the May 13 1955 Long Beach Press Telegram Section B offer readable snippets of local notices and brief items. The page column features community notices, ads, and short reports typical of a midcentury urban paper.
Driver Jailed After Night Crash Breaks Power Wire
Richard Lee Moreland, 22, of Norwalk, wrecked through a barricade on South Street west of Dairy Avenue, struck a power pole guy wire, snapping a 12 000 volt line. He was booked for drunk driving as Edison workers restored service to North Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lee Moreland
William W. Braden
South St
Daisy Ave
North Long Beach
Dairy Ave
Richard Lee
Moreland
Marledale St
Norwalk
Edison Co
Blond Long Beach housewife to swim 20 miles Catalina to San Pedro
Amy L. Hiland, 34, of 159A Covina Ave, vows a 20 mile Catalina Island to San Pedro swim on June 12 claiming the current record of 13 hours 25 minutes 41 seconds is within reach. She holds the Salton Sea crossing at 6 hours 14 minutes 15 seconds and swam 16 miles Huntington Beach to Long Beach in 11 hours 6 minutes. Her husband Peter T. Hiland, an insurance salesman, will coach from a supporting rowboat with Capt. Tinech Morlrich aboard. The water entry is set for Emerald Bay 11 p.m with landing near Long Point, San Pedro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Amy L. Hiland
Covina Ave
Catalina Island
San Pedro
Peter T. Hiland
Amy
Hiland
Salton Sea
Huntington Beach
Tinech Morlrich
Cataylina
Emerald Bay
Long Point
Dinner Open Big Trade Week Event In Long Beach
Opening World Trade Week includes a Harbor Transportation Club dinner at Lafayette Hotel with John C. McHose speaking on Shipping World Trade and Southern California. Week runs May 16 to 22. Other events feature Rotary and Propeller Clubs joint meeting and Harbor Day activities. A fire incident at a Long Beach residence damaged a bedroom and prompted evacuations. Diane Weigler, a waking occupant, alerted others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Transportation Club
Lafayette Hotel
John C. McHose
World Trade Week
California
Long Beach
Rotary Club
Propeller Clubs
Los Angeles
Clarence G. Morse
Wiewer Gays
Pier D
Fort
Harbor Day
Southland
Diane
Hone Morrison
Girl, 14, Flees Fire as Twin Boys Follow
A 14 year old girl fled an apartment fire around 1 a.m. after hearing cries of fire. Twins Gary and Terry Miller slept in the living room while their mother Char lene Miller was at work. Investigators reported the blaze began from an electric wiring fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leupant
Diane
Thomas Cox
Jeff
Charlene Miller
Gary
Terry Miller
Hope Morrison
Paul Wallace
Bigger Craft Asked for Avalon Flights
Avalon Ai Transport Inc seeks a permit to operate larger amphibian aircraft on Catalina runs from Long Beach Municipal to Avalon Bay landing at Avalon Bay instead of the island airport. An application was filed with the Civil Aeronautics Bureau in Washington. The firm currently uses Grumman Goose amphibians on the 22 mile island route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
aAvalon Ai Lransport, Inc
Long Beach
Catalina Leland
Civil Aeronautics Bureau
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles International
Catalina
Avalon Bay
Allen Shy Votes in Long Beach Battle on Grab
SACRAMENTO Assemblyman Bruce Allen failed to secure enough votes in the Ways and Means Committee to advance his Long Beach wealth sharing bill AB 767. The hearing stalled after postponement requests and late departures, with Allen seeking to print an amendment to create a 220 million dollar fund from Long Beach oil money for harbor capital improvements. Long Beach officials pressed for action while Sacramento debate continued amid expected further committee maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Bruce Allen
Long Beach
Aljien
Allen
Charles Wilson
Los Angeles
Witton
Len
Il ci
Frost
Btn
Thomas Caldecott
R-Berkeley
Francis Lindsay
R-Loomis
Ways and Means
Pring Allen
Herbert Stockstein
Caldecott
Mr. Klockstein
L. A. Solon
Flood Unit Low Bidder Announced for Long Beach Channel
The Los Angeles County Flood Control District announced Guy F. Atkinson Co. of Long Beach as the low bidder for the second unit of the Las Cerritos flood central channel. The project will widen and line more than 8,000 feet from Atherton Street to near Palo Verde and will triple channel capacity, with existing fences kept to prevent child access. The channel also serves as the outlet for a $6.47 million Los Cerritos storm drain system in Lakewood, while the first unit from Alamitos to Atherton awaits official acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Guy F. Atkinson Co
Los Angeles County Food Control District
Atherton St
Palo Verde
Spring St
Palo Verde Ave
Los Altos
Los Cerritos
Lakewood
Alamitos
Flood Control District
San Pedro Doctors Fire Layman Hospital Board
Tension over control of San Pedro Community Hospital escalated as the lay board and old directors clash over admitting osteopathic DOs to the 250-bed nonprofit. A new 15-man board is formed amid resignations calls, bylaws revised, and potential court action to seize hospital assets and staff governance.
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San Pedro
San Pedro Community Hospital
Joseph Ball
Met
M. 0D
Ad- M. Ds
Deers
Ball
Mds
Association
Joe Raycraft
Lloyd Menvey
Frank Swift
Pascal Dilday
Sdi
Bal
George D. Monards
Fim
Ted Springfield
M Mackenzie and Avas Convicted in Liquor Bribery Case
Harold E. MacKenzie suspended liquor administrator for Orange San Bernardino and Riverside Counties and Santa Ana bar owner George Avas were found guilty of conspiracy and bribery tied to liquor license actions. Jury deliberated eight hours eight minutes. MacKenzie faced up to 31 years, Avas up to 17. Jury included witness Elsie Jones who testified about $70,000 in illicit payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Harold E. MacKenzie
Orange
San Bernardino
Riverside
George Avas
Jack W. Kennedy
Costa Misa
MacKenzie
Ross “W. Gray
Dana Point
Avas
Kennedy
Orange County Grand Jury
Kenneth E. Morrison
Morrison
Elsie
Mickey) Jones
Jail Woman for Burglary
San Pedro police booked Andrey Marie Gilling, 28, of Jenkins Way, for burglary after detective Peter Racich observed two women walk in a peculiar manner and a girdle containing 22 pairs of men’s shorts dropped from between her knees. Police found another 10 shorts in her purse, allegedly stolen from 529 Pine Ave.
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Peter Racich
6Th
Pine Ave
Racich
Andrey Marie Gilling
Jenkins Wy. San Pedro
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Pantie
Malcolm Epley
Atomic Energy Commission
Tien
Long Deach Press
Gelaram
N.L. B
I. P.T. Plans Swim Department of Channel
Fress-Telegram
William J. Morrissey
Land Stanford Stanley
Editor
Virginia Bridges
Sale Promotion Department
Independent Press-Telegram
Newspaperhoy
Stanley Lewis
American Weekly
Hearst Promotion Enterprises
Margaret Herbst
Margaret Herbst Public Relations
Clemens Bentley
Jay
Diane Weigler
Avalon Flights
Allen Shy
Grab
Douglas Aircraft Co
M'Kenzie
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