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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1951
Page
4
A storage shed at 1907 W. iaath Street burned last night destroying engines 7 and 13 bedding and contents. Fire crews from Squad 1 battled the blaze but cause remains undetermined as investigators continued work.
Police arrested Darreen Rice a 37 year old transient on vagrancy and disorderly conduct after finding on her person two five dollar bills one ten dollar bill six one dollar bills mixed coins two postal money orders for eleven and twelve dollars and a bank book showing deposits of one thousand one hundred fifty seven dollars and forty cents since March thirty first Her dog a Scottish terrier was taken to the city animal shelter Pedestrians said she stopped them asking for money to buy food in the 1400 block of American Ave
L. B. Park. vice president Virginia Twussell of the Park Commission and landscape architect, was elected president of the American Society of Landscape Architects Southern California Chapter at a Pasadena listing ceremony.
Prosecutors plan to indict 34 year old McCracken for murder and kidnapping in the Buena Park case of Patricia, with blood found in the car trunk and preliminary tests showing human blood. Grand jury will hear about 13 witnesses as officials push for first degree murder and death sentence if convicted.
Whittier on May 24 a vigilant officer arrested Lois Rosenberger 23 of Los Angeles an auto supply firm employee wanted since January for indecent exposure and harassing schoolchildren she was booked in the city jail on suspicion of the crimes.
A California delegation at the Western States Democratic conference proposes a commendation to President Truman for dismissing Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The motion, among other resolutions, supports regional government offices in Southern California, opposes illegal reapportionment and cross filing, calls for 75,000 rental housing units, backs economic stabilization, and seeks shipbuilding and repair jobs for the Pacific Coast. A separate police notice notes a suspect arrested after a Whittier license plate report.
The proposal would push top bracket taxes to over 100 percent for high earners. A 90 percent ceiling limits total taxes, with full application near $300,000 for individuals and $600,000 for married couples. The bill targets no dollar taxed above 100 cents and adds a capital gains rise from 25 percent to 28 4 percent, changing long term gains taxes.
General Motors chairman Alfred P. Sloan Jr. urged big business to aid colleges in a Collier's Magazine article. He cited quadrupled education costs in ten years and one quarter of institutions operating red. Sloan warned against federal financing to avoid political control.
NORWALK May 24 Deen Purple is the theme of the Excelsior High School junior class prom sponsored by Ted Chenny the sponsor. The annual affair is held at Lakewood Country Club.
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