Eight Maps Ready for City Planning Hearing
City planning technicians prepared eight new maps and charts for display at the first public hearing on a revised 1958 general development plan. The hearing is set for 9 am Thursday in the City Council Chamber. The updated edition incorporates suggestions from the Mayor and Advisory Public Improvement Committee while keeping core elements, mainly reflecting annexations completed or planned.
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jCity Council
Werner Rudhti
Rudhti
el Dorado Park
Planning Commission
Quarantine on Mussels Set May 1
California state mollusk quarantine begins May 1 and lasts until October. Long Beach Health Officer Dr. J D Litwack warns that mussels contain a deadly poison and are unsafe to eat during the period. Mussels may be sold as fish bait if shells are broken and containers marked unfit for human consumption. Clams may be eaten only after cleaning and washing, with dark meat portions discarded.
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Long Beach
J. D. Litwack
Litwack
Husband Pleads Innocent in Wife's Slaying Case
Joe DeMersseman, 43, posted 25,000 bond in Castle Rock Colorado after pleading innocent to a widened charge in the death of his wife Dorothy DeMersseman, 39. Her body was found in a grave at a picnic site east of Castle Rock on March 21. her mother is Elizabeth Wyant of San Pedro.
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Joe DeMersseman
Castle Rock
Colo
Long Beach
Oil Worker Sentenced for Holdups in Six Robberies
Frank Glenn, identified as a young oilfield worker, received a state prison sentence from Superior Judge Maurice C. Sparling after pleading guilty to robbery charges. He admitted taking part in six local holdups including drugstores and liquor stores from December 1960 to April 1961, with total theft over $1,000. he declined probation.
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Frank Glenn Young
Maurice C. Sparling
Young
Caronia Makes Annual Long Beach Port Visit
Luxury liner Caronia arrives at Berth 24, Pier C with 395 passengers aboard. Municipal Band greets the ship as a process server seeks a civil matter linked to a bank and trust fund. Capt S A Jones commands the 715 foot, 34 000 ton liner on the final leg of a globe girling cruise ending in New York.
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Long Beach
Cunard
Caronia
Britain
Pier C
Municipal Band
S. A. Jones
Acapulco
Cristobal
Balboa
New York
North Atlantic
West Coast Facilities Panel Seeks More Ship Work Contracts
Governor's Committee for Ship Construction and Repair plans a May 4 meeting in Long Beach to push for increased West Coast contracts and an equitable Navy/Marine work distribution. Thomas B Crowley chairs Pacific Drydock to California's industry, with Joe Roberts as executive secretary. luncheon at the Victor Hugo restaurant, 720 FE Broadway.
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Governor's Committee For
Long Beach
Thomas B
Crowley
Pacific Drydock
California
and Repair Co
Joe Roberts
Gov. Brown
Victor Hugu
FE. Broadway
Long Beach and Compton Seek Rail Study for Red Car Return
Long Beach and Compton city attorneys urged the State Public Utilities Commission to resume study of reinstating the Red Car line. They cited an MTA pledge to resume rail operation on lease terms and defended a March 30 temporary order directing PE to keep rail facilities available to the transit authority amid disputes over due process and compensation.
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Long Beach
Compton
Friday
State Public Utilities Commission
Pacific Electric Railway Co
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Frrm
Gerald, Desmond
Lloyd Bulloch
MTA
PAC
Commission
Los Angeles
PUC
Shipyard Offers 85 Jobs in Eight Categories
Long Beach Naval Shipyard announced 85 job vacancies in eight categories under employment supervisor James T. Houston. Openings include sheet peel workers ship fitters pipe coverer and insulators flange turners welders loftsmen and pneumatic tool operators with hourly wages from 2.78 to 3.40. Apply at the shipyard employment office on Terminal Island Gate 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Long Beach Naval Shipyard
James T. Houston
Onse
Terminal Island
Gate 5
Navy Man Sentenced to Prison for Double Manslaughter
Marvin Dale Bugbee, 23, formerly of the USS Hornet, was found guilty on two counts of manslaughter for killing his wife Julia Evans Bugbee, 22, and Navy man Kenneth R. Williams, 19, in her apartment at 23714 Kennebec Ct. He received two concurrent one-to-16 year state prison terms and asked for immediate sentencing.
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Navy
Marvin Dale Bughee
USS
Hornet
George Francis
Long Beach Hobby Show Showcases 96 Exhibits at Municipal Auditorium
The Long Beach Recreation Department hosts a four day Hobby Show in Municipal Auditorium with 96 exhibits and sponsorships up to 3,000 members. Mrs Lois DeLane says the event, free to the public, aims for about 50,000 spectators.
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Long Beach Recreation Department
Municipal Auditorium
Lois DeLane
Recreation Department
LBSC Dean Attends Mert in Florida
Clarence R. Bergland dean of admissions and records at Long Beach State College travels to Miami Beach for the 7th annual conference of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers.
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Clarence R. Bergland
Long Beach State College
Miami Beach
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers
GOP Sweep With Nixon Forecast
Beverly Hills attorney Murray Chotiner former Nixon campaign manager told Southern Communities Young Republican Club that California could swing Republican in 1962 with Nixon at the top of the ticket. He urged young Republicans to support a strong ticket, address election frauds, questionable appointments and inflation from Kennedy spending, and to organize new clubs and lobby legislators.
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Beverly Hills
Murray Chotiner
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Southern Communities Young Republican Club
Chotiner
Povernership
Ncluding
Kennedy
Search Continues for 17-Year-Old Girl After Mother's Death
Long Beach juvenile authorities continued their search for Mattie Ann Cooper 17 whose mother Wanda Geer 33 died after cancer surgery at 1137 Via Wanda. Police sought the girl to inform her of her mother’s illness and death. Six other children survive in foster homes.
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Long Beach
Mattié Ann Cooper
Wanda Geer
Wanda
Spring time Singsong at LBCC and arts lineup
Long Beach presents a Spring Singsong by LBCC Schola Cantorum at 8 15 p m in the LBCC auditorium. A Hobby Show runs noon to 10 p m at Municipal Auditorium. Three one act plays by Long Beach State College students at 8 30 p m in LBSC lower campus studio theater. His and Hers at 4 20 p m at Long Meadh Community Playhouse Anaheim Street. The Connection at 8 30 p m Off Broadway Theatre 211 Lime Ave.
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Long Beach City College Schola Cantorum
LBCC
Municipal Auditorium
Long Beach State College
LBSC
Long Meadh Community Playhouse
Anaheim St
Lime Ave
Orchid a Day Keeps Ills Away
Dennis T. Carroll of Long Beach gives away about 700 orchids to military and civilian groups from his home greenhouse. After 23 years at the military bases, a doctor advised a quiet hobby, and orchids became his mission and medicine. He has yet to sell a single plant though he has won many flower show awards.
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Herb Shannon
Dennis T. Carroll
Carroll
Service
Hamilton Air Force Base
San Francisco
del Mar Ave
Air Force
Long Beach Air Force Base
Long Beach
New Teachers Meet at Millikan School Today
New teachers in the Long Beach Unified School District gather at Millikan High School for the Fifth Annual conference on recruitment, training, and standards. The session opens at 8:45 a.m. with the theme New Members of the Preeminent Profession.
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L.B
Millikan School
Millikan
Ers
Jing
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