CHP Increases Staff With 12 New Officers Assigned
California Highway Patrol adds twelve officers to the Santa Fe Springs Area Office under Capt. H. L. Xanders. The Southeast Los Angeles HQ will have three lieutenants nine sergeants 129 traffic officers and 17 civilians. Some recruits may join the forthcoming Central Los Angeles CHP office.
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Santa Fe Springs
California Highway Patrol
H. L. Xanders
Los An
Geles
Xander
Los Angeles
Capt
Xanders
M. D. O'Leary
CHP
Los Angeles Area
Norwalk
San Gabriel River
Rites Held For Metta Beck longtime Churchwoman
Metta Azella Beck a 79 year old Long Beach resident died Sunday Funeral services were set for 2 30 p m at Holton Son Mortuary Beck born in Gallup New Mexico moved to Long Beach in 1900 and was a charter member of the First Baptist Church at Fourth Street and Locust Avenue She attended Poly High School Survivors include a daughter Grace Worden two grandchildren a great granddaughter brother Marvin Porter and sister Lucille Peake. Freeway patrol duties by relatives and friends noted in the report.
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Holton & Son
Long Beach
Metta Azella Beck
Cherry Ave
Beck
Gallup
N.M
First Baptist Church
Fourth Street
Locust Avenue
Golden Circle
Poly High School
Harry A. Beck
Home Transfer Co
Grace Worden
Marvin E. Porter
Lucille A. Peake
Reasons for Post Collapse Draw Readers at Local Library
Long Beach readers search back issues of the Saturday Evening Post at the city library to uncover signs of the magazine’s decline. The Post, a 19th century institution, faced rising costs and advertising shifts as radio and TV eroded its market.
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Saturday Evening Post
Long Beach Public Library
Bret Harte
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Irvin S. Cobb
Sinclair Lewis
J.P. Marquand
United States
Post
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Salvation Army
Municipal Auditorium
Orval A. Taylor
Southern California
Roy L. Anderson
Salvation Army Advisory Board
E. L. Grable
Statt Photo
Metta Beck
Los Angeles City
L.A
Truckee
Malibu
Modesto Area
OLD Crow Distillery CO
Franafort
California
Tilusay Company
Pennsylvania Gazette
Benjamin Franklin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
James Fenimore Cooper
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Cyrus H. Curtis
George Horace Lorimer
Norman Rockwell
Stephen Crane
Ladies’ Home Journal
American Home
Wall Street Journal
Curtis Publishing Co
Look
Good Housekeeping
Newsweek
Ladies Home Journal
Ebony
CYRON
IWC
Losaneties
Calif
Marantz
Scott's
Alamitos
Yds
Independent
Press-Telegram
Pine Avenue
Long Beach Jaycees
Long
LPT
Soycees
Quigley's Dept
E. 2Nd St
Long Beech Cobbler's Hut
4Th St
Mr. Leonard's Heir Stylists
W. Ocean Blvd
Tommys of
Belmont Shore
Cole's
Les Coyotes
Dove's Pharmacy
2Nd Street
Long Beech
John’s Men's Shop
Bellflower Blvd
Los Altos
Phil Henn Men's Weer
E. 2Nd St. Tom's Restaurant
Borden
Allant
Bank of Colt
Ocean Bird
Cruchley's
Pacific Avenue
Youth Fashion Center
E . Grocer’s Jewelers
le Hardacre
Los Coyotes Diegor
Long Beech Liroleum
Kenedy's
S Mercer Beauty
East 2Nd Street
Miami-Nassau
Nassau
Miami
Miami Beach
Port Antonio
Kingston
Montego Bay
Jamaica
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Columbus Hotel
Carillon Hotel
National Airlines
S. Flower St
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