Dry Oregon drought sparks Klamath water fight
In Klamath Falls Oregon the region endures about 115 days without rain and tinder dry forests. Residents note a rising controversy over diverting Klamath River water to California, with locals forming groups to oppose diversions while urging regional land and irrigation development to its full potential.
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Lamath Falls
Ore
Klamath Falls
Oregon
California
Klamath River
Lake Ewauna
Klamath
Central Valley
Fyohat
OPS Experts Will Clarify Price Rules
OPS specialists from the Office of Price Stabilization visit Long Beach to clarify price regulations. Five experts will hold individual conferences in the chamber of commerce board room from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. under district price executive Mark Shaw. Albert J. Matthews said more clinics may follow if interest exists.
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Long Beach
Office of Price Stabilization
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
M. Hi. Baum
David J. Crow
M. H. Ball
L. J. Steinmetz
Richard M. Streight
Mark Shaw
OPS
Albert J. Matthews
Southern California
Chamber of Commerce
Beauty Pageant Society Plans 30 000 Fundraiser
Directors of Long Beach Pageant Inc meet in Security Bank Building to discuss raising 30000 for Miss Universe Heauty Pageant. Aaron Schultz outlines financing options while budget committee reviews wages for two Municipal Auditorium shows coronation ball fireworks and Mardi Gras. The event aims to attract contestants from 40 foreign countries and all states with about 28 floats costing around 2000 each. Mason Kight leads the promoting corporation.
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Security Bank
Aaron Schultz
Long Beach Pageanit, Inc
Long Beach
John Carr
L. P. Murphy
Virgil Gilles
PLC
Municipal Auditorium
Schultz
Mason Kight
Promoting Corporation
City Adopts New Probation Form
The six month probationary period is a means to remove a square peg from a round hole or fit into a square one, says newly appointed City Personnel Director HE Putnam. Department heads will track probationers with a new "Report on Probationer" form.
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HE. Putnam
Putnam
Arthur G. Will
Vacations Ended for Pupils Here in Long Beach
Public school officials forecast a record enrollment in Long Beach with about 41 560 students by month end and 830 more by spring last year 38 326 10 to 15 000 additional signups expected across City College divisions and Catholic schools start times 9 00 am high schools 2 00 pm early dismissal new kindergarten and first graders must bring birth certificates
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Forest Turner
Prospect Ave
Lowell
Press-Telegram
Long Beach
City Co
Jege
Catholic
St. Anthony's Boys
St. Anthony's Girls
City College
Wits
Pacific Coast Hwy
Dewey Continuation High School
Locust Ave
State Observes 100th Birthday
One hundred one years ago today the Republic of California joined the United States. A Sunday observation shifts the commemoration to tomorrow with offices banks closed while federal facilities and libraries stay open. Commodore John D. Sloat raised the Stars and Stripes at Monterey in 1846, signaling California’s path to statehood after four more years.
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Republic of California
United States of America
California
Republic
Local schools face enrollment surge as construction ends
Segments note all time high birth rates in 184647 and rising family moves within the district. Hallway sessions, blocked by voter approved construction, will be the lowest in local history and nearly vanish by spring after classroom projects finish. Public school enrollment has climbed over 30 percent since 1945.
Committee's Visit After Coast Hearing
Five United States Representatives from the un American Activities Committee will be banqueted in the Marine Room at Wilton Hotel in Los Angeles on Tuesday September 18 at 7 30 p m The committee will hear hearings in Los Angeles on September 17 The group is led by John Wood and includes Francis Walter Clyde Goyle Donald Jackson and Charles Edward Potter The event honors a WWII veteran who lost both legs and will bring 20 VA Hospital patients in wheelchairs The banquet committee is co chaired by Nelson McCook Sr and Tom Gregory A contingent of fifty Long Beach residents joins the planning If possible the committee may take a harbor cruise after duties end.
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United States
un-American Activities Committee
Marine Room
Wilton
Los Angeles
John §. Wood
D.-Ga
Francis Walter
R.-Pa
Clyde Goyle
Long Beach
Donald Jackson
Pacific Palisades
Charles Edward Potter
R.mich
Datter
Frank Tavenner
Nelson McCook Sr
National City Bank
Tom Gregory
Long Beach Federal
Inspector Urged for City Employment of Oil Field Inspector
City Auditor urges hiring a part time oil field inspector to ensure code compliance by the licensing division. John R. Mansell’s 1950-51 audit filed with the City Council finds at least 14 pumping wells operating without permits for years and questions whether all drilled and abandoned wells had proper permits. He notes permit fees and recommends closer contact with the State Division of Oil and Gas for drilling permit information.
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John R. Mansell
Mansell
State Division of Oil and Gas
Miracle polio survivor gives birth to healthy boy
Mrs. Louann Privett 26 recovering from polio gave birth to a normal 6 pound 2 ounce boy at Seaside Hospital. Her husband Arland runs a California Highway Patrol Academy trainees. Father Dr. Joe Walker drove from Los Angeles to monitor her condition. An older brother Arland Jr., 25, awaits the family.
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Louann Privett
Seaside
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Nolio
Arland Jr
Daddy
Sacramento
Loig’Beach
U. S. Minesweeper Mainstay Returns After Long Deployment
After 22 months away and nine months in service along the Korean coast the U S Mine sweeper Mainstay arrives back with its fleet. The vessel completed its duties in the defense of allied waters and readiness drills are planned for home port.
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United States
Korelan
USS
Mainstay
Fleet
Most Photogenic Child Wins 25 Bond in Tuberculosis Hospital Contest
Jennifer Carol Neish 3 of Long Beach crowned most photogenic child among 50 offspring of patients or former patients at Southern California TB hospitals. Christine Bell 26 months and Patrick Riley 5 take second and third. Mothers receive prizes due to hospital visitor rules. awards donated by local sponsors.
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California
Jennifer Carol Neish
Long Beach
Hospital News-Flash Magazine
Christine Anne Bell
Jean Bell
Monrovia Ave
Patrick O. Riley
Lucille Riley
Jennifer
Mildred M. Neish
R.N
Josephine Regrut
Butler St
Compton
Patrick
Bessie Parker
Long Beach General Hospital
Francis 7. Johnson
Elia J. Schuman
PI Roud
Mildred Neish
Long Beach’General Hospital
Jennifer Caral
Southern California
M. W. Schuman
Ray Gillingham
Lon Peek
Mildrad M. Neish
S. Butler St. Compton
Prass-Telegram Phot
Muncie Picnic Plans Arranged For Ex Hoosiers Return
Former Muncie residents will gather at Bixby Park starting at noon next Sunday for their annual picnic. Don May, chairman, says more than 400 ex Hoosiers are expected to attend. The event aims to bring together Muncie natives who have moved away.
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Muncie
Ind
Bixby Park
Don May
Welders Unit Douglas Strike Parley Averts Threat
Welders from United Aircraft Local 1 and Douglas Aircraft Co will meet Federal Conciliator Harry Malcolm to avert a strike set to begin Tuesday at Long Beach Santa Monica and El Segundo plants. Around 100 welders at Long Beach would join 10 000 in the UAW CIO bargaining unit already on strike. The union seeks 2 12 per hour, Douglas offers 2 04. Peaceful picketing continues. no talks scheduled for weekend.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Harry Malcolm
Long Beach
Santa Monica
el Segundo
United Aircraft Welders Local 1
Uawcio
Independent
Douglas
Kompany
Dispute Delays Ships Amid 2700 Union Walkout Threat
Longshoremen and 2700 shipyard workers threaten to strike as unrest continues along the Los Angeles harbor. CID Industrial Union members report to work with personal tools withheld. Negotiations for a 32 cent hourly wage increase stall past the Friday deadline and a strike may move forward. ISTHMIAN freighters idle as MEBA pickets persist. Three ships in Long Beach and others on San Francisco Bay are affected.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Water Front
CID Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Craig
Todd
Bethlehem
Harold Shapiro
CIO Marine Engineers ‘Beneficial Association
Isthmian
Brotherhood of Marine Engineers
AFL
Longjsher Sinens
MEBA
San Francisco Bay
Ex-neighbors reunite on Japan train trip
Marilyn Foster of 6069 Rose Ave in Long Beach meets Set Robert Raines, longtime neighbor and friend, aboard a Yokohama Tokyo train. Raines serves with the 452nd Light Bomb Wing in Pusan Korea. Foster, wife of M Sgt Loren Foster, is traveling from Zama to Tokyo as both families remain stationed in Korea duty zones.
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Marilyn Foster
Carl Nelson
Rose Ave
Japan
Robert Raines
Tokyo
Zama
Loren Foster
Seoul
Korea
14Th Infantry Regiment
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