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...little town of Calipatria (pop. 2,500), a cluster of small stores and business buildings surrounded by the truck farms of California's broiling Imperial Valley, has always had one claim to fame: it is located 184 ft. below sea level, and fondly calls itself "the lowest-down city in the Western Hemisphere." Last week Calipatria got a raise in stature, if not elevation, as it demonstrated how far the Imperial Valley has come since the old days-and Pearl Harbor days-when inflamed feelings against Japanese settlers brought persecution and bloodshed...
...Mutiny. In Calipatria, Calif., Mayor Edward Rademacher protested to the governor that the town was situated in a onetime ocean bed 184 ft. beneath sea level, was "outside the jurisdiction of the state and subject to marine law, therefore was being unjustly taxed...
FRANK S. HEWITT Calipatria, Calif...