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Senators Back Fund for Long Beach Harbor Dredging
Senators Clair Engle and Thomas Kuchel urged a $2,768,000 request to dredge the west basin of the Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor to 35 feet, enabling full ocean shipping access. They testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee subcommittee. Los Angeles provided $5 million in terminal facilities and a bottleneck drawbridge was removed. project approved by Engineers boards and Army Corps. backers tie it to national defense, citing Navy interest.
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Clair Engle
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