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Newspaper
Redlands Daily Facts
Location
Redlands, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1952
Page
4
Local notices page for Redlands California dated June 18 reports a small civic notice and routine public information drawn from the city desk with standard formal language. No names or events are clearly legible in the fragment.
Sheriff investigator Barton Keene pressed to overturn Thompson self defense claim in Redlands area shooting. He alleges Richard Calvin Thompson killed Robert Date Linnell in Hesperia, firing three shots as Linnell lay dying near Thompson’s truck after an argument. An inquest is set at O'Donnell's Victorville mortuary with Deputy Coroner Doyle in charge.
Judge Carl B Hilliard and incumbent Harry R Sheppard filed expense statements with the County Recorder showing pre primary campaign costs near nine thousand dollars. Hilliard reported 9329 55 for the Republican nomination and Sheppard 9081 30 for the Democratic nomination. Supervisor Wesley Break of Bryn Mawr also filed expenses of 296.
Representatives from two European rail importing firms visited Mutual Grange Distributors in Redlands to tour citrus groves and packing plants. The delegates included Daniel Pingel of A. Kahl Co Hamburg and Alfred Tauber of A. Van Hoboken Zonen Rotterdam, with G Meulenkamp as European MOD agent. Local MOD officials Rob bin s Russell Fran unter Clark Donmyer Ane Inhoff Louise Desplaines Lois Sandel and D Roa greeted them. Lunch followed at Arrowhead Springs Hotel.
Councilman John H. Elkins says Redlands should keep its 1 percent city tax and rejects a statewide proposal to tax all sales. He notes the plan would shift revenue away from Redlands, especially harming cities like Redlands that already levy a local tax, while fringe areas and other cities could gain. Elkins spoke at Fresno during the Biennial Mayors Institute.
The YMCA board reports 876 members across men women boys and girls not counting host club members. May activity centers on a 200 plus circus with 3424 in the physical program and boys gym classes slightly up. Camp Edwards preparations continue with 41 boys signed up, work crews on site, and sleeping unit plans pending Kiwanis approval.
A California Retailers Association letter urges state take over sales tax collections to relieve merchant load. The Fresno conference benefited Mr. Elkins, who found city problems reviewed there valuable to his official duties.
Lt. Gen. Wang Shu ming, commanding general of the Chinese Nationalist Air Force on Formosa, and his staff visit Norton Air Force Base. The group tours U.S. equipment handling as part of a nationwide learning mission. They arrived by C-47 transport and were greeted with a military reception.
An air force team from the Santa Ana filter center will hold a 7:30 p.m. instruction class for ground observers in the city council chambers. A supporting film shows the need for air watching. The public is welcome and volunteers are urged to attend to staff the Redlands post. The initial post uses the Potter residence on Sunset Drive, with a future permanent post proposed at city expense if justified.
The county board of supervisors are in an all day session today struggling with the operating budgets of the many special districts of the county. The day's work is hoped to pave the way for the complete preliminary 1952-53 budget.
Local classified notice urges readers to post unused furniture and appliances for sale. It highlights quick turnover and ready market through the newspaper’s classifieds, encouraging sellers to list items for faster removal and cash in hand.
Stewart Hinckley outlines a California ballot proposal to raise per pupil spending from 120 to 189 dollars and per district minimums from 90 to 120, with changes effective for the 1953 fiscal year. He notes the initiative’s simplicity masks complex fiscal impacts and urges consideration of state responsibilities, funding dynamics, and past education financing progress.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Employes Benefit Association schedules an all star revue and dance in the National Orange Show cafeteria on Friday June 27 at 8 30. It marks the organization golden anniversary founded in 1902 with Deputy Doug Davis as general chairman. Bob McLaughlin will host the 10 act star studded show, booked by Bil Gene, with Jack Mayo and his band providing dance music.
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