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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1955
Page
31
Wilfred Robare of Easthampton keeps a dog that brings burning salvage scraps to his shack near the town dump. The dog carried smouldering meat wrapped in paper, starting a grass fire that spread to the shack. A prior fire was damped by Robare before reaching his dwelling.
Dist Atty S Ernest Roll proposed a uniform arrest act to let police stop detain and search suspects without warrants. He urged legislation to overturn the Cahan decision and allow two hour detentions and weapon searches with reasonable cause.
John Reidy of the Lafayette Hotel becomes president of the Long Beach Charter of the Hotel Greeters of America. Mrs. Mary English of Mission Apartments elected president of the women’s division. Quinton Lacey and Mabel Arthur presided at the Lafayette Hotel meeting.
Los Angeles area officials studied Phase Two of a dispersal plan drafted by County Road Commissioner Sam Kennedy to speed traffic onto major escape routes beyond a 20 mile radius of a potential target. Civil Defense Directors Lynch and Baril called it a working tool, not a final solution, stressing parallel escape routes to avoid congestion with specific west and east routes noted near Western Avenue.
Mayor Norris Poulson and Councilman Harold Harby said evacuating Los Angeles would be unworkable due to the basin's traffic complexities and large population, arguing a bomb threat could force an ineffective or failed evacuation.
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