Family mourns third CF death as Long Beach frontlines push research
From Long Beach, a grieving father, Paul Perry, chairs a local CF foundation amid a 1950s weather forecast and a series of child fatalities from cystic fibrosis. The article notes the Perry family loss, public awareness aims, and calls for research funding to combat the disease. Private graveside services are scheduled for Tuesday at Westminster Memorial Park.
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Long Beach
Perry
National
Westminster Memorial Park
Theta Rha Assembly picks Pat Barnaré as president
Friday climax of a two day joint convention of Theta Rha Assembly and Grand Junior Lodge members affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows saw Pat Barnaré inaugurated as president while John Ramsey Jr shielded his ears as Barnaré tested the gavel’s noise potential.
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Pat Barnaré
Theta Rha
John Ramsey Jr
Grand Junior Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Bab ‘ShumMay
Pension Plan OK Urged in Seal Beach Election
Adolf Lopez, president of the Seal Beach Employees Assn, urged approval of a pension plan at Seal Beach’s election. He argued it would reduce turnover, attract qualified workers, and boost efficiency, with no tax increase to cover Seal Beach’s share of costs. The plan would join the California State Employees Retirement System, with past adopters totaling about 350 agencies statewide.
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Pension Plan OK
Seal Beach
Adolf Lopez
Employes Assn
Lopez
California
Easter Choir Appears on Sunday Women's Section Cover
Easter features in your Sunday Independent Press Telegram special sections include an Easter choir on the cover of the Women’s Section and multiple headline pieces such as Easter Is a Way of Life and What’s Happening to Sunday. The issue also recalls Easters of by gone days at the Virginia Hotel in Long Beach alongside other features.
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Your Sunday Independent
Press-Telegram
Sunday Parade
Social Security
Paris
Long Beach
Virginia Hotel
Southland Magazine
City Urges PUC Reject Plan on Bus Rate Hike
City Attorney Walhfred Jacobson and deputy Leslie Stil urge the State PUC to deny a 20 cent basic fare for Long Beach Motor Bus and propose 17 cents plus 5 tokens for 75 cents. The filing cites aging buses and higher operating costs, seeking a 12.68% return and fare adjustments for school and cross-town routes.
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PUC
Long Beach
Walhfred Jacobson
Leslie E. Stil
Henry £. Jordan
Chieé
City Bureau Ot
Auwest
Car hits Navy man injures 18-year-old aboard USS Rochester
James R. Byrum of the USS Rochester sustained minor injuries after being struck by a car while running to American Age at 16th Street. He was reported in stable condition and receiving treatment.
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Wavy
James R. Byrum
Rochester
16Th St. Priday
Jobless Wife Finds Loot Surrenders It
The wife of an armed robbery suspect turned over 1155 to detectives. Mrs Marilyn Gilchrist of Hawthorne found the money in a cigar box and laundry box, saying her husband George Gilchrist and Kenneth Jones Jr. kidnapped restaurant manager Charles Dodd during a robbery at Apple Valley Steak House on March 24.
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Apple Valley
Broadway
Marilyn] Gilchrist
Hawthorne
Tor
Gilchrist
Truck overturns injures man on Pacific Coast Highway
T Smith, 55, of Alhambra, suffered head cuts when his truck overturned while turning left at Pacific Coast Highway and the Terminal Island Freeway late Friday. Police said the incident occurred near the intersection, and the victim was treated at the scene.
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Shields
T. Smith
Alhambra
Pacific Coast Hwy
Terminal Island Freeway
Mom Disowned Parakeet Finds Shelter with Kind Man
A bare fledgling parakeet called Boogie was rejected by its mother and the brood. Ben L. Dunlap of 233 Maine Ave took the chick in and now reports the bird, a charming talker, repeats phrases and whistles a tune resembling Baby, It’s Cold Outside.
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Ben L. Dunlap
Maine Ave
Dunlap
Hilly Yen
Long Beach
Boogit
Johnson takes command of Columbus in ceremony aboard ship
Long Beach based heavy cruiser USS Columbus receives new commanding officer Captain Ralph Johnson after a Friday ceremony. He succeeds Captain Gordon A. Uehling, reassigned to the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, D.C. Johnson previously served as deputy chief of staff for operations at Sandia Base New Mexico and holds a meritorious service commendation and a Bronze Star. His postwar roles included executive officer on the cruiser Newport News and command positions at the Officer Candidate School and Naval Schools Command at Newport, among others.
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Columbus
Fridey
Municipal
Fier
Gordon A. Uehling
Bureau of Ordnance
Washington, D.C
Field Command
Armed Forces Species Weapons Project
Sandia Base
Albuquerque
Atlantic
Destroyers
Atlantic Fleet
USS
Newport News
Newport
Naval Schools Command
Arned
Cruiser Division 6
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Oye
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Lois
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