Lakewood Pan American Festival Crown Tonight
The 13th Lakewood Pan American Festival queen will be crowned at Lakewood Country Club in a Lions Club banquet. Barbara Jane Ellis, 19, Latin American native, will wear the crown. Anne Hewitt serves as Miss Pan American Hostess. Runners up will be flag bearers for a flags procession. Latin Consular Association guests will include Peru’s Julio Ego Aguirre and Haiti’s Stanley Lindo. Festival events include a 2 p.m. flag exchange at Pan American Park and a Sunday parade with 35 entries starting at 2 p.m.
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Lakewood
Lakewood Country Club
Barbara Jane Ellis
Anne Hewitt
Country Club
Julio Ego-Aguirre
Peru
Consular Association
Stanley Lindo
Haiti
M. H (Cisco) Jennings
Lions Presi
Oil Land Suit Not Decided
State Finance Director Bert Levit said he has no specific views on filing a major lawsuit over Long Beach tidelands boundaries. Reports suggested a suit could recover royalties from disputed areas affecting Long Beach property, utilities, and firms like Union Pacific, Edison, and Ford. Attorney General recommendations due April 30. Mosk's stance unclear.
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Sacramento
Bert Levit
State Lands Commission
Long Beach’ Tidelands
Commission
Long Beach Tidelands
Long Beach
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern California Edison Co
Ford Motor Co
Attorney General's Office
Lands Commission
Atty
Stanley Mosk
Levit
J. W. Loper Rites on Tuesday
Funeral service for John W Loper 84 of 325 Cedar Ave Long Beach to be held at 10 30 a m Monday in Patterson Snively Chapel He died Tuesday Loper ran a transfer business near Stn St and Pine Ave since 1903 Also evangelist and longtime member of the First Foursquare Church Firemen plan annual dance May 2 at Los Alamitos Race Course Clubhouse Proceeds aid equipment for department
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John W Loper
Cedar Ave
Long Beach
Patterson & Snivery Chapel
Loper
Stn St
Pine Ave
Los Alamitos
Foursquare Fire Department
Los Alamitos Race Course
Juanita Tella
Sertoma to Seat Officers at Conference in Lafayette Hotel
Pacific Southwest Sertoma International officers will be chosen and installed today as La Sertoma completes a two day convention at the Lafayette Hotel. Royal D. Marks will install new Sertoma officers after the 2 p.m. session, La Sertoma officers to be installed at luncheon in the Panorama Room. About five hundred delegates from California and Arizona attend. the conclave ends tonight in the Lafayette Grand Ballroom.
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Pacific Southwest
Sertoma International
la Sertoma
Lafayette Hotel
Sertoma
Royal D. Marks
California
Arizona
The
Lafayette
Air Oasis Receives National Safety Award
Larry W. Hunt, president of Air Oasis Co., the Long Beach distributor for Cessna aircraft, accepted a national safety award for accident-free operation of an air taxi service. The National Association of State Aviation Officials presented the Merits Certificate at the National Air Tax Conference during the World Congress of Flight in Las Vegas.
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Larry W. Hunt
Air Oasis Co
Long Beach
Cessna Aircraft
National Association of State Aviation Officials
Hunt
National Air Tax Conference
Las Vegas
Long-Time Resident, 101, Dies at Glendale Rest Home
Mrs. Jeanette French, 101, died at a Glendale rest home. She lived at 2495 E. 4th St Long Beach and joined First Baptist Church of Long Beach in 1904. Her husband F D French, a trustee when the church was rebuilt, died in 1941. Survived by son Eugene F. French. Funeral at 9 am at Kiefer Eyreck Mortuary, Glendale.
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Jeanette French
In & Glendale Rest Home
4Th St
French
First Baptist Church of
Long Beach
Locust Ave
F. D. French
Eugene F. French
Kiefer & Eyreck Mortuary
Glendale
Inquest Set Into Death of Redondo Beach Officer
The county coroner announced an inquest for Bryan Gardner a former Long Beach City College student who died Friday after a head wound from a bullet fired by Officer William Rice 32 in their Redondo Beach home Rice said he was checking a pistol malfunction and believed it was unloaded The incident prompted an official inquiry into the fatal shooting by a fellow officer and the circumstances surrounding it.
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Redondo Beach
Long Beach City College
Bryan Gardner
Gardner
William Rice
Redondo’ Beach
Rice
Five-part series on cancer begins in The Independent
An upcoming five-part series in The Independent starts Monday addressing the cancer epidemic. It notes that every two minutes a man woman or child dies of cancer and that one in four persons will get the disease, highlighting medical science's response.
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ULS
The
Independent
Couple Held in Holdups in California Robberies
Police arrested John F Weaver and Mary A Offenberg in Lyon on suspicion of robbery after a string of holdups in Lynwood Bell and Long Beach. Det Sgt McPherson said they planned offenses by visiting stores the day before and binding victims with tape. They face charges in the March 14 Juanita Dress Shop robbery and the April 7 Bel Dress Shop thefts.
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Lyon
Long Beach
Bell
John F Weaver
Vaent
Los Angeles
Mary A. Offenberg
N. Rose Ave
Compton
Charles H. McPherson
Juanita Ritchie
E. Artesia St
William B. Young
Orange Ave
Sarah Romm
Atlantic Ave
Beachwood Sporting Goods
Long Beach Blvd
Lynwood
Dorthula Anderson
Weaver
McPherson
Juanita
Bel
Winners of B of A Cash Awards Honor Long Beach Students
Twelve Long Beach area high school seniors won in Bank of America’s statewide achievement program. Winners in Vocational arts include Geraldine Chitwood and Beverly Kerbow. Fine arts Milton Hammon. Liberal arts Nancy Vincent. Science and math Fred Hochberg and David Mandel. first-place prizes range from 100 to 1000 dollars, with second and third places at 50 and 25 dollars respectively.
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Long Beach
Bank of America
Geraldine
Chitwood
Millikan
Sharon Boge
North High School
Torrance
Beverly Kerbow
Jordan
Milton Hammon
Excelsior High
Norwalk
Ken Kawaichi
James Smith
Stanley Parrish
Lakewood High
Nancy Vincent
Charlene MacLachlan
North High
Patrick Sainsbury
Fred Hochberg
Avalon High School
David Mandel
Artesia High School
Artesia
John Bentwood
Torrance High
City Oil Revenue Higher Despite Declining Output
City of Long Beach oil revenue rose due to price gains while production from three Sig nal Hill leases Monterey Richfield and Shell fell to 871712 barrels for the year ended July 1. Royalties climbed to 338941.48 from 332141.61, with cumulative oil royalties reaching 17168912.69 plus 474085.77 in dry gas. Monterey yielded the most with 12899578.92, Richfield 3938460.77 and Shell 330873.
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City of
Long Beach
Siginal Hill
Monterey
Richfield
Shell
John R. Mansell
Picnic Set for April 26 in Montebello City Park
Elmer Chmkelberger, president, says the Kingfister County Oklahoma picnic will begin at 10 30 am on April 26 at Montebello City Park. Organizations and local residents are invited to attend.
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Kingfister County
Oklahoma
Montebello, jCity Park
Elmer Chmkelberger
Legion members honored for long service
From top John Teed of 629 Pine Ave Henry Parker of 5337 Calderwood St and Ray Elsey of 2524 E 11th St represent 120 years service in the American Legion. They were awarded 40-year pins by Nimrod Post 816.
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John Teed
Pine Ave
Henry Parker
Calderwood St
Ray Elsey
11Th St
American Legion
Nimrod Post
Race Track Proposed as Civil Defense Center
Civil Defense leader Lt. Leonard Kearney proposed Los Alamos Race Track as an alternate disaster center if main HQ at 5373 E 2nd St fails. Council will survey other locations. Capt. William Mooney warned FCC rule banning shared police radio frequencies could disrupt city operations and disaster communications.
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Long Beach
Civil Defense
Leonard Kearney
2Nd St
Civil Defense Council
Los Alamitos Race Track
Pulice
William Mooney
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Douglas Aircraft wins 600000 contract for materiel handling system
Douglas Aircraft's Long Beach division received a 600000 dollar contract to develop a new Air Force materials handling support system. The nine month project will be shared with International Business Machines Corp and Arthur D. Little Inc, announced K. G. Farrar Long Beach general manager on Friday.
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Douglas Aircraft
Long Beach
Air Force
K. G. Farrar
International, Business Machines Corp
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Farrac
Evening City Entertainment in Long Beach
Municipal Band concert at Municipal Auditorium 2 p m. Dance at the same hall 8 p m. On stage One Foot in Heaven at Community Playhouse 5201 E Anaheim St 8 30 p m Salt Lake Sugar at Morgan Hall 835 Locust Ave 8 p m.
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Municipal Band
Municipal Auditorium
Heaven
Community Playhouse
Anaheim St
Salt Lake Sugar
Morgan Hall
Locust Ave
Margaret O'Brien opens up on growing up in Parade feature
Sunday Parade Magazine offers Margaret O'Brien's personal account of growing up with insights from the star. Additional Parade features promise baseball tips, a reveal of an American secret with Russian value, and twelve new vacation spots. The Romance of Armon a is highlighted in Southland Magazine alongside Ramona pageant sidetails from Hemet San Jacinto Valley.
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Margaret O'Brien
Parade Magazine
Your Independent
Ipress-Telegram
Armona
California
Southland Magazine
Hemet- San Jacinto Valley
Ramona
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Wynne Wood
Betty Cressey
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Pacific Age
Roger Coar
Csturgis-Ol
Contestane Rosemarie Sturgis
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Air Oasis
Cancer
Toll
Presa-Telegram
Rita Garcia
Kim Raschen
Kearney
Douglas
Margaret O’brien
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