Douglas Wi Will Bid for U S Owned Part of Its Plant
Douglas Aircraft Co moves to buy adjacent 100 acres of Air Force land at its Long Beach facility while continuing to operate 170 acres. House and Senate Armed Services Committees have approved the disposal action. Company cites jet program needs and values the plant near $100 million. no city relocation plans disclosed.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
Douglas
Air Force Land
Us 10
VA Hospital to add 810 beds in new wing at Long Beach
Dr Michael L Matte new hospital manager says the 810 bed wing will replace temporary beds without increasing total capacity beyond 1500. He warns enlarging the facility is unwise as too many patients in one area reduces efficiency. The Long Beach site may see a future Southland VA hospital. the current permanent structure is the second phase of a three part renovation.
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Erang Administration
Michael L Matte
Matte
Denver
Chicago
South
Fend
Long Beach
Downey Man Killed In Freeway Crash Near Rosecrans
A 31 year old Downey resident Ray B Patocka of 13447 Ave died Friday night after losing control of his sedan on the Long Beach Freeway near Rosecrans Avenue. His car crossed the center divider and struck a northbound bridge abutment. he was dead on arrival at Compton Community Hospital.
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Long Beach
Strick 2
Ray B. Patocka
Ave
Compton Community Hospital
California Highway
Patocka
Officers Accused of Brutality in City Claim
A $65 000 damage claim was filed Friday against the city and two police officers over alleged physical brutality and false arrest. William D. Morgan seeks $15 000 in compensatory damages and $50 000 punitive, accusing Vernon J. Owings and Allan H. Johnson of choking and beating him during a May incident in Los Altos area. He says he was held in jail for hours without probable cause and was released after prosecutors declined to file charges. The claim was filed with the city clerk for referral to the City Council next Tuesday.
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William D. Morgan
California Ave
Vernon J. Owings
Allan H. Johnson
Morgan
Los Altos
Owings
Johnson
James T. Starr
Margaret Heartwell
Tools Stolen From Construction Site at 520 Adams St
Clarke Plumbing and Heating officials report tools and supplies valued at 1000 dollars stolen from a construction site at 520 Adams Street. Police were notified Friday.
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Adams St
Clarke Plumbing, ‘and Heating Company
W. Esther St
Leiffer Named Research Secretary on Gov Brown’s Staff
Sacramento. 41 Don ald B. Leiffer of La Mesa, a political science professor, was appointed Friday as research secretary on Governor Brown’s personal staff.
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Sacramento
Donald B. Leiffer
la Mesa
Friday
Gov. Brown
Local Dancers Win Ballet Positions in L A Nutcracker Cast
Four Long Beach youngsters earned spots to dance with the New York City Ballet at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles next week. Among the troupe are Christina Larry 33 of 2712 Palo Verde Ave and fellow youths Suzanne Rosecrans 9 of Bellflower Dorothy Carroll 12 of 1421 East Street and Russell Leslie 12 of 909 Temple Ave. They will perform in the Nutcracker Ballet opening next week.
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Long Beach
New York City Ballet
Los Angeles
Southern California
Christine Larry
Palo Verde Ave
Suzanne Rosecrans
Stanbridge Ave
Bellflower
Dorothy Carroll
E.ast St
Russell Leslie
Temple
Combing with Malcolm Epley and the Long Beach Mirror Find
A glass and backing reveal a Long Beach Press issue dated Oct 18, 1913. The ad offered Signal Hill lots for $600 with rich soil, amid reflections on freeway chaos and a Harbor Freeway ride that spurred a critique of traffic and air conditions. A Long Beach Chamber of Commerce search seeks the owner of a suitcase found in San Pedro customs.
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Harry Hooper
Long Beach Press
Adv
Os Beach
Glenn Irvin
Model Airplane Championships Attract National Entries
National model airplane meet continues with finals at 5 p.m. Sunday and a closing air show by Navy and Marine Corps at 3 p.m. All events free to the public. Week-long gathering records 12 breaks with no local winners. Dawu residents of Isoa County Neb plan their semi annual picnic at Bixby Park August 9.
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Navy
Los Alamitos Naval Air Star Marine Corps
Daw
Isoa County
Neb
Model Aviation
Willlday
Bixby Park
Most Improved City Safety Council Honors Long Beach
The National Safety Council praised Long Beach for traffic safety progress, awarding a certificate of achievement to Vice Mayor Virgil H. Spangberg after a luncheon at the Lafayette Hotel. Western district director John C. Hall credited the city with a year of safety efforts equaling a decade of work, noting heightened education and organization in traffic safety.
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National Safety Council
Long Beach
John C. Hall
Rade
Hall
Virgil H. Spangberg
Lafayette Hotel
Focal Safety Council
100,000-Ton Sardine Haul Is Predicted
A comeback trend of safe dunes in California waters is continuing with a predicted catch of slightly less than 100,000 tons for the state's canneries. Experts cite surveys by the California Department of Fish and Game and the U S Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Sardines had disappeared from California waters in 1953.
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California
California Department of
Car Crash Injures Young Man in Coastal City
A 24 year old man named Ernest Martin of 2547 Seabright Avenue sustained minor injuries Friday when his car struck the rear of a parked truck on West Coast Highway near 1644. Police reported no serious harm.
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Ernest Martin
Seabright Ave
Weae Coast Hwy
Sclerosis March Set on Tuesday in Long Beach
Long Beach parents plan a door bell singing event Tuesday night as part of the Multiple Sclerosis March. Local chairman Merle DuBay cites MS as a disabling disease striking young adults aged 20 to 40, often affecting parents of young children. He notes MS injures speech sight hearing movement and balance and tends to progress yearly.
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Long Beach
Merle DuBay
3Rd St
DuBay
Prison sentence given for narcotics prescription fraud
Louie Cora Mead, 40, unemployed seamstress, was sentenced by Superior Judge Maurice C. Sparring to up to six years in the State Institution for Women at Corona for altering a prescription for dilandid from 16 waits. The case involved raising the quantity of narcotics and cost.
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Louie Cora Mead
Maurice CG. Sparring
Corona
Death Notice OPTENBERG Me Mary Ellen 74
Death notice for Mary Ellen Optenberg of Neonyy S Costa Ave aged 74 died Thursday. Survived by husband William Edward daughters Alvira Skryock and Kenneth Kramer sister Bessie and brother Philar Garrison. Service Monday at 2 p.m. Retviewer Mortuary.
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Optenberg
Beeiewer
Mary Ellen
Neonyy S. Costa Ave
William Edward
Alvira Skryock
Kenneth Kramer
Bessie
Philar Garrisom
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Ralph Scarborough
Lawndale
Mark Ackerman
Hazelbrook Ave
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Harbor
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