Marilyn Name Contested in Street Naming and City Dramas
The account blends local quirks with politics and theater as the Marilyn Monroe name proposal clashes with a county road commissioner's decision. A city council race features Jim Andrews as Virgil Spongberg and Meinhardt contends with Lebanon's pageant bid, while staffers and students navigate a chaotic Easter season of planning and gifts.
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Jim
Virgil Spongberg
Oscar
Dbill Andrews
Spongberg
Harbor dredging raises Long Beach coast with 14 foot rise
Projected 15 million additional cubic yards of sand will be added over the next decade to raise the harbor area by about 14 feet. Since the harbor site sank due to underlying oil sands, extensive dredging has transformed the coast near Seaside Boulevard, creating valuable land once under the sea.
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Pasigned
Wilmington
Long Beach
Emedi St
Ing Harbor
Subaliing Harbor
Long Leach
Admiral James to Speak at Chamber Breakfast Forum
Rear Admiral Ralph K. duties a World War I hero and commander of Long Beach Naval Shipyard will address The Modern Navy at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Wilson Wednesday. He is an Annapolis and MIT graduate and recipient of the Bronze Star and other Pacific theater decorations.
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Ralph K. Duties
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Chamber of Commerce
James
Annapolis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pacific
Vocational Arts Program Slated Today In Long Beach
The sixth annual Industrial Arts and Vocational Arts program runs 7 to 10 p.m. at City College of Long Beach, showcasing architectural drawing, construction trades, handicrafts, and woodwork by Long Beach High School and City College students. Tubbens will be awarded in each division. Judges include industry and education reps. The event is sponsored by the Long Beach California Industrial Education Association Chapter with the Downtown Elevates Club. Cos chairs are Charles Copeland and Quentin Prosar.
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City Coleege
Business & Techeulogy
Pueble Coast Highway
Long Beach High School
City College
Ine Wr
Genera
Long Head
California Industrial Educature Axse
Ele Wants Club
Cos
Charles Copeland
Quentin Prosar
Two Women Lose Purses to Thieves in City Snatchings
Police reported two purse snatchings Sunday. Eleanor Loulas Van Dyke, 3% of 358 Motino Ave, described a middle aged man following her after a bus stop and stealing $0 from her wallet. Grace L. Spider, 70, of 426 E Broadway, said a man grabbed her purse along Broadway near Locust Ave, taking $37 as she walked. The incidents occurred Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. The National Grace L. Spider Drum Majorette Beverly Mil hollors will compete May 4 in the 10th annual Maytime Band ceremony with about 120 members traveling.
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Motino Ave
Drd St
Ximeno Ave
Kert
Thether Purae
Ateal
National
Grace L. Spider
Broadway
Beverly Mil
Broadway Hollors
Locust Ave
Seed Firm Promotes Spring Picnic at Bixby Park
A Long Beach seed firm announces a spring picnic at Bixby Park on Thursday night. The event, hosted by the South Dakota State Society, will feature sales at 2556 American Ave and a program with door prizes and refreshments. Authorities note a nearby incident of $82 cash stolen during the crawl.
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Dakota
Long Beach
South Dakota State Society
American Ave
Bixby Park
Husband and Wife Teacher Scandal at State College
Gloria Wu a music teacher at State College tutors her husband Raleigh a former Air Force sergeant in speech studies to help him earn credits for graduation. The couple married last September and keep their relationship secret from most classmates. Raleigh worries about the risk of their arrangement becoming public and affecting class dynamics.
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Gloria Wu
Site Cullene
Felendsy
Raleigh
Air Force
State
Ralph
Gloria
Ile'v
Directa
Jerson
Craft Groups to Unite in Southern California Craft Foundation
The design division of the American Ceramic Society joins the Southern California Weavers Guild and Incal jewelry craftsmen to meet at 10 1am Saturday at the Los Angeles County Museum to form a Southern California craft foundation. Joe B Edwards of the committee of organization in box Angeles is chairman.
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American Ceramic Society
Southern
Taking Sales Course at Crane Co Training Sites
Walter S. Landis attends a four week sales training course at Crane Co general office in Chicago and at factories in Chattanooga Tennessee and Trenton New Jersey.
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Walter S. Landis
Some Ave
Crane Co
Chicago
Chattanooga
Burglars Break Into Service Station at Pacific County
Burglars shattered a front door window at a service station located at 1230 Pacific County and stole 72 dollars in cash and a new tire. Police reported the weekend incident and are investigating.
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Pacific County
Dognaped Chow Home After Full Weekend
Police report a dog named Chuckie was abducted from his Long Beach home over a weekend, later sold to a new owner, and returned to his master on Sunday. The owner, I Moore, said a phone call linked to Henry Durbin led to the dog’s recovery. The incident coincides with events of the California Society of Ice Technicians convention in Signal Hill and related X-ray technology talks.
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Durbin
Hla
Thaman I. Moore
Lela Ct
Ala
Henry Durbin
Salt Lake St
California Society of Tice
alRay
Signal Hill Bar
Lafayette
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Hwil
USS Haven
X. A
Huilding
X-raya
Dondo Ave
Pallee Resahops
Parted
Albert W. Hood
Tt. T
Long Mary R. Rose
Beach
Twoland
Mill
Lord Coin Laundries Co
Pat Fitzgibbon
Long Beach
Orange Mornings County
Woman Stricken on Street Dies in Ambulance
Mrs. Theresa Alevy, age 71, was found on the pavement near Molino Ave and Anaheim St. at about 12 15 pm Sunday. She died en route to Community Hospital, with the coroner to investigate the cause of death.
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Theresa Alevy
51Th St
Community Hospital
Molino Ave
Anaheim
Leilani Cruise Award on Beat the Record Show
A vacation cruise for two to Mawali aboard the 3.5 sails as a prize in a four week contest on Reed Browning's Beat the Record radio show on KABC. The clever rhyme starting with the line on the S S Lel lant we'll sail away wins the cruise. Cont est ends Saturday May 18 with daily repeats and a format shift to KHJ Saturdays.
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Leilani
Reed Browning
KABC
Jhhe
Mr. Anthony
Norwalk Girl Held After Abduction Attempt Near Califormia Border
A 14 year old Mexican girl reported abducted while riding with a young American. She said the man, described in a wine colored coat white shirt and bright blue trousers, forced her into a car and crossed into California before abandoning her in Norwalk. Migrant authorities were notified.
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Enacnada
Mexico
Pir
Ten
Caliifornia
Ime
Millikan's Pool Opens to Public at Local School
Millikan School at 2800 Snowden Ave announces public access to its pool starting tonight. The schedule includes daily morning and afternoon sessions for boys and girls of various skill levels, with evening and weekend times for recreational use. Police report mentions unrelated criminal charges linked to a separate event but do not affect pool operations.
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Milikingh School
Wimering
Recreation Department
Milelikan School
Snowden Ave
Kuomintang Wins Taipei Mayoral Contest in Formosa
In Formosa the ruling Kuomintang swept nationwide elections for mayors judges and provincial assembly members. Kuomintang candidate Huang Chi-ful aged 48 appears set to become Taipei mayor after a contest that drew heavy turnout. Officials reported about 110000 votes for Hunts and 60000 for incumbent Kao Yu Shu running as an independent six hours after polls closed.
Permanent UN armed unit urged by British Co operative party
In Skegness England the British Co operative party urged the United Nations to establish a permanent international armed force. Delegates at the annual conference adopted the resolution arguing that a standing force would let nations cut military spending. A second resolution urged India to become a permanent UN member.
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Skegness
England
British Co-operative Party
Labor Party
United Nations
India
Teen Seismograph Prize Wins For Junior High Girl
Fourteen year old Slaney Shephard built a homemade seismograph from common items and won first prize in the junior girls division at a Southern California science fair. Her device recorded tremors from the Mt. Ontd islands to Salinas while remaining highly sensitive to household disturbances. Her playful watchdog, nicknamed Happy, often brushed the instrument, leading to humorous notes about the machine’s schizophrenia proof shield.
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Sidney
Neema
Solymoegraph
Sidney Shephard
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