Marina Basin 1 Opening Set Tentatively for Jan 1
Marina Basin 1 opening tentatively January 1 as a $2,375,477 contract completes Unit 2 of Alamitos Bay. Dredging 2,971,928 cubic yards shapes a 52 acre basin with floats, bulkheads, brows and 342 draft anchorage. Target opening date for the $14 million harbor is January 1, 1957, with some facilities possibly unfinished. Marina Advisory Committee reviews slip allotment methods for boat owners.
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Alamitos Bay
Joss D. Gillerson
Anchorage
Easi
Gilkerson
Marina
Sec Thomas to Crown Mrs US Navy Tonight in Fleet Review
Secretary Thomas crowns Mrs U S Navy during a sea and air fleet review aboard the heavy cruiser USS Saint Paul. About 400000 spectators crowded beaches from harbor to Seal Beach as Navy wives, including Isabelle Sankier and Mary Parsons, saluted. Blue Angels wowed crowds with colored vapor, while the Saint Paul led 74 ships in review. Secretary Thomas praised the Navy as the most powerful in the world.
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the Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Robert L. Dennison
First Fleet
Thomas
U. S. Navy
U.S. Navy
St. Paul
Teview
Navy
William Kummer
Seal Beach
USS
Saint Paul
Isabelle
Sankier
Panama Canal Zone
Mary L. Parsons
Washington, D. C
June Dimond
Phoenix
Ariz
Doris Maran
Dallas
Tex
Jeff
Jeff Mahan
Tye
Navy Enlistment Drive Declares Joyful Success
Navy Secretary Charles 8. Thomas announced a successful enlistment drive at a press conference in the Wilson Hotel. He cited improved pay, housing, dependents’ care, and survivors’ benefits as boosting re enlistments, and noted the Navy’s missile program leads other services. He praised the Mrs U S Navy contest as evidence of interest in sailors’ families and highlighted long distance carrier flights by ASC attack planes and medium bombers proving naval air reach.
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Navy
Charles 8. Thomas
Wilson Hotel
Thomas
Ace Thomas
Naval Aviation
ASC
Shangri- la
Mexican Coast
Oklahoma
Oregon Coast
Jacksonville
Fla
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Frank Riggs
Dick Gross
Beverly Ellis
Marina Basin
A. S. Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Charles $. Thomas
Blue Angels
Bob Shumway
Sec. Thomas
Yeoman
Sam Grubbs
Isec. Thomas
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