Quinn Rites Due Today for Local Elks Leader George Quinn
Funeral rosary at 4 p.m. today in Sheeler Stricklin Mortuary for George Quinn 80 longtime Long Beach Elks leader and former Exalted Ruler of a Colorado lodge. Survived by wife Marie sisters May Jane Elizabeth and three grandchildren. Donations to the California Elks Association Cerebral Palsy Fund.
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Sheelar/Stricklin Mortuary
George Quinn
Long Beach
Marie
May
Jane
Elizabeth Quinn
Quinn
California Elks Association
Cerebral Palsy Fund
Baby abandoned in Covenant Presbyterian chapel seeks kin
Long Beach Police Juvenile Bureau asks for help locating parents who left a four to five week old white baby boy in Covenant Presbyterian church chapel. The infant weighs eight pounds 12 ounces and is 22 inches long with blue eyes and light brown hair. The baby was placed in a foster home the same day and may become a ward of the Superior Court if parents are not found.
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Long Beach
Chapel of Covenant Presbyterian Church
E. Third St
Marie Wells
Department of Public Social Service
Superior Court
City Charter Votes Cause Confusion in Long Beach
Long Beach voters face unclear ballot language as city charter changes require only proposed language in voter pamphlets. League of Women Voters urged including existing provisions, but City Clerk says current charter blocks such inclusion. Council forwarded the letter to Clerk Margaret Moore for guidance.
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Long Beach
League of Women Voters of
Margaret L. Moore
Holy Week in Rome Quietly Replaced by Provocative Films
Rome newspapers report Holy Week offerings shifted from traditional religious titles to risqué fare. Ads promote films like Delirium and The Virgin of Nurenberg as posters warn minors off with explicit notices, marking a change from classics such as Golgotha and The Ten Commandments.
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Rome
Francis of Assisi
Pontius Pilate
Barabbas
Nurenberg
Pat Brown’s Son Tops Yorty Vote In City Election
Edmund G. Brown Jr. led a field of 133 candidates for the seven member junior college board with 187000 votes, outstripping incumbent Mayor Sam Yorty who received 183000 in the Tuesday runoff. The ballot included the legal notice portion showing a fictitious business name filing by L Fowler at 1830 Helm Compton California.
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Sam Yorty
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Yorty
New Junior College Board of Trustees
Brown
Compton
Suspect Seized in Lomita Choir Loft Assault Case
Donald LeRoy Pollard, 26, of Lomita, was arrested by Lennox detectives on suspicion of rape in the April 1 attack at St. Margaret Mary Church. He was taken into custody at a Torrance plastics plant where he works after the assault occurred in the church choir loft.
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Lomita Church
Lennox
Donald LeRoy Pollard
W. 254Th St
Lomita
Torrance Plastics
Charles E. Williams
St. Margaret Mary
Eshelman Ave
Williams
Camper Driver Dies After Ditching Turn Into Canal
A 37 year old man from Oxnard was found drowned in a partially submerged camper truck in Canal 1 after failing to negotiate a turn near the Dies power canal and the Edison Company Beach. Highway Patrol reported the incident.
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Dies Power Company
Edihereson Company
Dick Doyle
Nard Beach
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David Ganssle
League
Hollywood Bowl
KLAC
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Workman Mill Road
Whittier Oxford
UPI
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Svriune
L. Fowler
Helmick
Rotl. Fowler
Bb School Board
Reader's Digest
Board of Education
Duncan
Elizabeth W. Wallace
Irs
Keep Good Schools
Henry Clock
William A. Williams
Britain
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Ford
P.O.E
Rott and Smolar Ltd
Anaheim Blvd
Plaza Motors
Clark Ave
C. Bob Autrey Motors, Inc
Long Beach Blvd
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