Ray McConnell's Notebook 1960 Christmas Window Notes
A collage of light local items from Pasadena and Arcadia including a downtown department store crowd, a Christmas window piece, a dog bite incident near Cloud and Prospect, and society notes. Highlights include a humorous Lyons column on Christmas shopping, a quirky misquote, and travel tour invitation with Ray McConnell for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray McConnell
Independent Star-News World Travel Club
Europe
Independent Star-News
Army sculptor study reveals tainted insecticide issue
The report discusses medical concerns linked to substantial amounts of cetcal insect killers found in certain products nationwide. Officials from the Food and Drug Administration note a serious public health problem, though no evidence links the substances to cancer in humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. DIX
Edward Wronsky Jr
Princetan
Wassingtorome
He Jones
Yoster Mae
TIS
Handard
iDrug Administration
PDA
Sweas
Wormeky Hag and Army Life Featured in Ceramics Center
A fragment references Wormeky Hag in a ceramics center, noting Army life themes and a possible exhibit or article focus. Details are unclear, but the piece centers on wartime influences on claywork and regional craft culture at a Florida center.
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Wormeky Hag
Bert
Yey
Evening sign in front of suburb hints at dispute
A confused clipped item from Salt Lake City notes a sign in a suburb with a couple of letters missing or obscured. The fragment mentions a reason and signs but lacks clear names, dates, or places to establish who, what, or when.
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Salt Lake City
Avivet
Two Valleyites Jailed in Ship Theft Case
In Los Angeles harbor there were four counts each for Earl Gamboni and five counts for Lawrence Garcia as part of a wholesale dock theft scheme. One co defendant pled guilty, others had cases continued or set for trial while 14 men faced charges totaling over $100,000 in stolen shipments.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Los Angeles Harbor
U.S
Ernest A. Tolin
Earl Rey Gamboni
Big Calton Avenue
la Puente
Lawrence Romero Garcia
West
Ramona Road
Alhambra
Thurmond Clarke
Laughling
Waters
Two Pasadena Women Hurt in Day Crash
Two Pasadena women were seriously injured in a collision at Til Avenue and Villa Street. Mary K. Townsend, 38, of GG Radham Street, remained in critical condition at St. Luke Hospital with possible fractures and facial lacerations. Jeanette D. Koers, 50, of 3065 N. Fair Oaks Avenue, was in satisfactory condition with facial cuts and possible fractured back after being thrown from her car.
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Pasadena
Til Avenue
Villa Street
Mary K. Townsend
Radham St
St. Luke Hospital
Jeanette 1D. Koers
N. Fair
Oaks Ave
Smoking Ban to Continue in Los Angeles County Forests
The ban on smoking in the mountain forest and nearby areas of Los Angeles County will stay in effect indefinitely due to ongoing fire danger. County fire chief Keith Klinger and Angeles National Forest supervisor Sim E. Jarvi cited insufficient rainfall to reduce risk in watershed regions and promised strict enforcement with penalties up to $300 fine or six months in jail.
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Los Angeles County
Keith Klinger
Angeles National Forest
Sim E. Jarvi
Klinger
Jarvi
Eighth Date With Death Slated for Chessman
Cary Chessman, the convicted author evading execution since 1948, was condemned to die for the eighth time by Superior Court Judge Herbert Walker who set February 19 for the gas chamber. His lawyers, led by Charles A Wirin for the ACLU, vowed to pursue five legal avenues including returning to the Supreme Court and challenging trial record adequacy. Chessman remains on death row at San Quentin as appeals continue.
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Los Angeles
Cary Chessman
Bertie Walker
S. Supreme Court
pChessman
Chessman
Hollywood Hills
California
Wirin
American Civil Liberties Union
San Juentin
Drath Row
Killer of bookmaker Waalen seeks release on bail
Los Angeles 88 year old Sam Frank Locigno, who confessed killing bookmaker Whalen in self defense at Sherman O. restaurant table on December 2, asked a judge to dismiss the murder indictment and grant release on reasonable bail. The district attorney agreed not to oppose bail, with motions set for today and December 29.
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Los Angeles
Sam Frank Locigno
Lack
Junforcer
Waalen
Locigno
Lewis Cricker
Drucker
District Attorney's
Lucigno
Whalen
Sherman OG
Taurant
Thief Learns: Problems of a Docs Life in Temple City
A bizarre crime recounts a thief disturbed during a Christmas robbery in Temple City. Deputies pursued a boxer dog snatched from a residence and a white-palmed tree as the suspect fled in a pickup truck. The dog owner later reclaimed the animal, while deputies investigated the scene and detained the thief’s property.
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Temple City
Old Bay
Gigaln
Abe
Mike
Fragmented quote links fashion, fear, and danger in town
Dawn Crowell Nare tan comments on a perplexing claim about hopoteas hianty peolled. Snakes transformer four ordinary stanking women die and larantios. The garbled text presents unclear events and names, suggesting a chaotic local notice or gossip item without coherent details.
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Dawn Crowell Naretan
Bee
Big Steel Reluctantly Starts Company Bargaining
A group of ten major steel firms agreed to begin company-by-company bargaining with the United Steelworkers Union starting Sunday to end the long steel dispute. Negotiations had been conducted industry wide, with top union officials and a representative negotiating team. The move follows widespread pressure to localize talks and resolve stalled labor strife.
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United Steelworkers Union
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Stan Arndt
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