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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1955
Page
11
Long Beach soldiers serve in the 5th Infantry Division in Germany and the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii. Privates Petersen Jones Brady and Delay advance in the 11th Regiment. Brady and Barrios train in the 5th Division spring exercise. Harris serves as medic with the Tropic Lightning unit in Hawaii.
Army Pvt. James A. Arnold 21 whose wife Betty lives in Long Beach Calif is attending the Military Police training Center at Camp Gordon Ga He completed basic training at Fort Ord California and is being taught unarmed defense.
Legal notice states Hancock Oil Company applies to Seal Beach City Council for a 30 year franchise to construct maintain renew repair and operate pipelines for oil gas water and other substances along Bay Boulevard Bolsa Avenue US 101 US 101 Alternate and Seventh Street with all appurtenances. City Council proposes to offer the franchise for sale.
Arnold attended Canyon High School in Canyon Texas and is the son of William A Arnold of Stratford Texas. The record references his teen status and ties to local law enforcement duties.
PFC Robert J. Brooks son of Mr and Mrs Homer Brooks of Long Beach participated in a annual personnel and heavy equipment parachute drop at the Artillery Center Fort Sill Oklahoma. The jump was followed by a fire mission with para dropped 105 mm howitzers showing the battalion’s mobility under combat conditions. Brooks a Gordon High School graduate entered the Army in November 1953 and is stationed at Fort Campbell Kentucky.
Major Eugene H. Snyder, commanding officer of the 7th Tank Battalion, leads the newly combat-ready Spearhead division at Fort Knox Kentucky. Snyder, a 14 year Army veteran, is married to Ruth who lives in Long Beach California.
The quote recalls Caleb Milne on how memories fade but the principles one stood for endure. It emphasizes that forgotten individuals can still influence future thought through enduring ideals and ideas.
A quote attributed to P. Cooper emphasizes that piety virtue and liberty cannot endure in a community that neglects youth education. It frames education as foundational to moral governance and long term national health.
The ordinance grants a thirty year franchise to the grantee to lay maintain and operate pipelines in Seal Beach streets and alleys. The grantee must file acceptance within thirty days and comply with routing permits payments and city oversight including damage repairs and public safety obligations. The franchise also sets annual gross receipts royalties two percent after five years plus a minimum per inch of pipe and transfers require city consent unless certain corporate conditions apply. Continued on Page Eleven.
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