Let the Seller Beware in Breakers Hotel Deal
George Robeson recalls a bold buyer posing as Balabon & Katz in a $254 million bid for the Breakers International Hotel. The ruse unsettled Lafayette management as the impostor vanished after six days, leaving behind questioned finances and a new Buick. The piece also notes the Standard Club’s closure amid a wary legal climate and previews Sunday events including the International Beauty Congress parade and a Ringling Bros. show at the Long Beach Arena.
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Breakers
Balabon & Katz
Chicago
Lafayette
Long Beach
Balabon &Katz
Ocean Boulevard
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Long Beach Arena
Garden Grove debate over John Birch Society stirs crowd
A crowded Gilbert School auditorium in Garden Grove hosted a heated debate between John Birch Society publicist John Rousselot and Santa Ana attorney Marlin Rostow. Rousselot argued for JBS aims to unite volunteers and oppose collectivism while Rostow challenged Welch’s alleged aims and accused him of Communist accusations.
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John Birch Society
Rousselot
Marlin Roston
Santa Ana
Garden Grove
Gilbert School
JBS
Rostow
Weilings
Robert Welch
Massachussetts
The
Birch Society
Welch
United States
Rousserot
Curtis R. Kielsmeier
Dwight Eisenhower
Columbia Uniare
Volunteers University
Eisenhower
Yuty
Milton
Johns Hop
Akins University
Owen
Latimore
Two Men Arrested at Pershing Square Blocking Demolition
In Los Angeles two men, Eugene Butler and William Lewis Hand, lay in front of bulldozers demolishing Pershing Square landscaping and were jailed after a civil disobedience protest to halt the project. The construction foreman, Charles Hess, made a citizen’s arrest for interfering with legal business. Butler said he aimed to draw attention to benches removed for public assemblies. Hand denied interference.
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Los Angeles
Pershing Square
Eugene Butler
William ’ Lewis Hand
Charles Hess
Butler
Hand
NASA Studies Moon Photos in Pasadena Briefing
NASA officials in Pasadena studied Ranger 7 moon images to assess the lunar surface. The briefing noted that 4,316 photographs were being analyzed with six television cameras to guide future lunar missions and determine when more pictures or data would be released.
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Pasadena
Space, Agency
Ihobo
William’ Fick
NASA -Shome Laboratories
NASA
Arly
Teens Accused of Smuggling Hit U S Border Checkpoint
Four youths from Long Beach and Lakewood 19 were arrested at the San Ysidro border checkpoint on suspicion of trying to import about $10 000 worth of marijuana. The marijuana was found in the trunk of their car at the border station Sunday. The suspects were Lorane Wayne Sapp Kenneth Yamagata Thomas James all of Long Beach and Terry Gene Shaw ler of Lakewood.
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Long Beach
Lakewood
United States
Bagi Ysidro
Lorane Wayne Sapp
Kenneth Yamagata
Thomas James
Terry Gene Shawler
Island Duty Bonus Bill Aids Navy Civilian Staff
Washington The House approved a bill to authorize extra per diem pay up to ten dollars daily for Navy civilian employees stationed on remote islands off California. The measure follows a comptroller general ruling and aims to cover meals lodging and other expenses while away from home, replacing previous travel status allowances.
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Thiat
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Nicolas
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Senate
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