Water lessons from rainfall and urban spread in Long Beach
Rainfall in the Long Beach basin largely drains to the sea due to hard pan soil and extensive impervious surfaces. Above Whittier Narrows, water is more often captured underground, with 2400 acres of spreading grounds feeding underground reservoirs. Last winter brought underground replenishment. 1958 saw rising water tables after years of decline. This drought year dampens prospects, though late winter rains help. Includes misc notes on Ed Lenahan prank, a sky heart over Belmont Shore, Park Estates trees, Las Vegas temps, Terminal Island subsidence, and local bistro quips.
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Drifiwwood
Clarence Crary
Belmont Shore
Vista
Hermoss
Park Estates
Washington
Dave Olmstead
Las Vegas
I. A. Examiner
Terminal Island
Long Beach
Officials Inspect Subsidence Damage in Long Beach
State Lands Commission members Alan Cranston and Bert Levit led a fact finding visit to Long Beach to review subsidence damage threatening the naval shipyard and discuss a repressuring program funded by oil and title revenues. They were joined by F J Hortig and Leonard Freidman as they urged swift action and unitization plans with local officials.
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State Lands Commission
Long Beach
Alan Cranston
Bert Levit
F. J. Hortig
The
Lands Commission
Andr Atty
Leonard Freldman
State Attorney General's Office
Cranston
Levit
California
Glenn Anderson
Lands, Commission
Anderson
Atty
Stanley Mosk
Slug
Joseph A. Ball
Raymond C. Kealer
City Petroleum
G. E. Woodward
C. J. Palmer
C.H. Neel
Pat Brow
Robeszts
Unitization
Thellit
Lands ‘Commission
Woodward
Freidman
Mington Field
C. H. Neel
Long Beath Naval Shipyard
Council Plans Another Look at Parking Rule
The City Council agreed to delay final action on a parking ordinance at a hearing set for 2 p.m. March 24 after complaints from members of the ordinance committee and input from the Chamber of Commerce and building contractors. Councilman D. Pat Ahern defended delaying the measure, while others urged immediate decision.
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Council
Today
Chamber of Commerce
Pat Ahern
Ex Councilman's Wife Rescued From Blaze
A city firefighter rescued Mrs Doris Hughes wife of former councilman Glenn D Hughes from her burning Cedar Avenue home Monday night. She was treated at St Marys Hospital for shock burns to both legs and a right wrist. Fireman James R Krueger found her unconscious on the service porch and entered the blaze to fight the flames.
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Glenna JG. Hughes
Cedar Ave
Hughes
James R.krueger
Post Office to Close for Monday Holiday
The Long Beach Post Office will be closed Monday in observance of Washington's Birthday. No mail deliveries will be made. The article also covers a downtown fire incident where a woman was rescued from smoke and taken to a hospital, with details about the fire’s origin and a planning amendment debated by the council and chamber.
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Long Beach
Washington
Kreuger
Hughes
Pital
Meet Set by Carson Park Assn and Mortgage Demands
The Carson Park Homeowners Assn will hold a mass meeting at 7:30 pm at DeMille Junior High School auditorium to seek clarification on lump sum payments agreed by Investors Diversified Services for reserve fund shortages. About 200 Lakewood and east Long Beach homeowners are affected. Wesley Badger of Associated Property Owner of Long Beach will speak. a tape playback from a Carson Park meeting will be shown.
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Carson Park
Lakewood
East Long Beach
Buchanan
Wesley Badger
Long Beach
Harding
R. E. Forsman
Invest Slors Diversified
Cuban rebel arms case delayed as new Cuban official swears in
Arraignment of ten men on charges of gun manufacture for Fidel Castro’s regime was postponed after Armando Lora 34 of Miami was sworn in as Cuba’s first vice prime minister. Hearing to March 23 noted complexity and international significance. The group, including Lozano and Colls from Los Angeles and others from Miami and South Gate, were linked to plants at Norwalk and Lynwood.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Armando Lora
Miami
Fla
Lora
Helwig
Norwalk
Oakwood St
Lynswood
U. S
Ben Harrison
Manuel Velasquez
Harrison
Tapanes
Lozano
I Raynaldo
Guillermo Colls
Lynwood
Police Honored for Reducing Traffic Deaths
Long Beach Police Department received the Walker Safety Award for progress in reducing traffic fatalities in 1958. Frank J. Sehira of the National Police Officers Assn. noted the department’s reduction from 59 to 37 deaths year over year.
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Long Beach
Frank J. Sehira
National Police Officers Assn
Police Department
Burglar Steals $50 From Church Pastor’s Study
A burglar pried open a door at Christ Lutheran Church located at 6500 Stearns Street and stole $50 from the pastor’s study early today.
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Christ Lutheran Church
Stearns St
Attack Fells Jurist Sutherland III at Seaside Hospital
Municipal Judge Kenneth I. E. Sutherland, 49, was taken to Seaside Hospital Monday after a possible coronary attack at the Elks Lodge. In fair condition and resting, he faced further tests. he has served as Municipal Judge since 1955 and was elected presiding judge in 1956.
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Kenneth IE. Sutherland
Seaside Hospital
The
Elks Lodge
Sutherland
Ing
Terraine Ave
Godwin J. Knight
Dr W H Moore to Speak at LBCC on Foreign Aid
Dr Wallace E H Moore a Long Beach State College education professor and former State Department consultant will address LBCC students on Aid Trade or Trouble in Foreign Affairs at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in the Lakewood campus auditorium. The talk is sponsored by the Student Forum and the Alpha Mu Gamma chapter in observance of National Foreign Language Week.
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Wallace EH. Moore
Long Beach City College
IL A.m
Lakewood
Moore
Long Beach State College
State Department
U. S. Information Agency
Long Beach Harbor income up for six months
Revenue from Long Beach Harbor operations totaled 1,318,240 for the first half of the 1958 59 fiscal year, up 103,506 from the prior year. Net operating profit after depreciation rose, with warehousing and pier C contributing to gains while overall harbor operations revenue stood at 16,992,700, down 4,069,71 from the previous period.
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Long Beach Harbor
Teading
Harbor Department of Operations
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Kealer
Wilming
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Blaze
Carson Park Assn
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Hughes Realty Office
Lloyd Donald Hughes
Indiana Ave
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Polite
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Southland
Charles K. Bergin
Washington, D. C
Victor D. Long
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Naval Station Here
John Enquinaga
Helwig St
Salvador Reynaldo
Oscar Garcia
Victor de Jesus Loozano
Huntington Park
Salvador Colls
South Gate
Israel Cecilia .Tapanes
Eddy Estanistan Martinez
Rene M. Valdes
Los Angeles
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W. H. Moore
LBCC
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Hemlock
Stork
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Metcall
Garden Groves
Jefferson
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