Community Nativity Scene Built in Seal Beach
Seal Beach residents turned a private idea into a community project to create a life sized nativity scene. Chestnut Kirls and Sara Stangeland organized volunteers with local clubs and the Chamber of Commerce and Seal Beach Artists League aiding fundraising. Lighting and minor details remain, while churches pledge carols in front of the creche. Similar student nativity displays appeared at Pius X Catholic High School in Downey and across area high schools.
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Seal Beach
Maryn Kirls
Ches Chestnut
Chestnut
THE
Chamber OF Commerce and
Seal Beach Artists League
Sally Collins
Lawsuit Over Los Alamitos Vote Damages Property Owner
A $590,000 damage suit was filed against the city of Los Alamitos by Henry Vin Ruiten owner of Meadow View District seeking compensation based on claims the special election to approve a condominium plan near the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station violated rights and exceeds police powers. Defendants include the city and its council members James Y. Bell Charles Long Clyde Byrons Eme R Otte and Tim.
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Los Alamitos
Eve Ty
Henry Vin Ruiten
Meadow View Dstry
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
van Buiten
City of
James Y. Bell
Charles Long
Clyde Byons
Eme R. Otte
Tim
Westminster Church Beer License Rejected in Long Beach
The California ABC denied an on sale beer license for James E. At IGas at 2417 Pacific Ave across from Westminster Community Presbyterian Church. The decision cited public nuisance and welfare concerns after an ABC hearing reviewed proximity to the church, a nursery, and a school.
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Long Beach
Westminster Community Presbyterian Church
Pacific Age
Alcbhotic Beverage Control Department
James E
Igas
Pacific Ave
ABC
Westminster
Children's Nuttery
School Named After Kennedy In Anaheim District
A new Anaheim high school under construction was renamed John F Kennedy High by Ansheim Union High School District Gilsweek after a petition by prospective students and parents collected nearly 4000 signatures.
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Kennedy
Anaheim High School
John F. Kennedy
Centrafia
Ansheim Union
Gilsweek
Life Team Begins Bludgeon Murderer Enters State Prison
Maria Robaire, 20, sentenced to life imprisonment for the bludgeon murder of an advertising executive, transported from Orange County Jail to Chino Institute for Men. Pleaded guilty to killing Marjorie Mewton on July 16 at Buena Pare motel over a $20 theft. Prosecutor Edgar A. Freeman said she will undergo processing, then likely transfer to Vacaville Medical Facility for two to three years of treatment before additional prison moves. Robaire, who fled and was captured in Maryland, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Robert Kneeland.
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Maria Robaire
Fridsyrom
Orange County
Chino Institute For Men
Robaire
Marjorie Mewton
Buena Pare
Dept. Dist. Atgy
Edgar A .Freeman
Rotaire
Chino
Vacaville
Freeman
1Maryland
Iby Superior Court
Robert P. Kneeland
Stores Stay Open to Aid Gift Buyers
May Co stores extend hours to 930 am to 7 pm daily through Christmas with two exceptions Sun Dec 22 closed and Tue Dec 24 10 am to 6 pm Sears Roebuck & Co said it has expanded hours to 930 pm citing later peak Christmas buying in recent years The change reflects shopper surveys and aims to ease holiday purchases.
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May Co
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Thompson, Verry Named to Municipal Judge Posts
Gov. Edmund Brown announced two Orange County judicial appointments in Sacramento. Martell E Thompson Jr will join the Santa Ana Orange Municipal Court replacing Howard C. Carceron, while Lloyd S Verry will join the Anaheim-Fullerton Municipal Court replacing Herbert S. Herlands. Thompson, 58, has a long Orange County DA background and is a Democrat. Verry, 57, a former justice of the peace, has been in private practice since 1945.
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Orange County
Edmund Brown
Sacramento
iMartell E Thompson Et
Orange
Santa Ana-Orange
Howard C. Carceron
Lloyd S. Verry
Fateton
Ansheir-Fullerton
Herbert S. Herlands
Thompson
California
Verry
Justce of the Peace
Fullerton
Bellflower High to Host Christmas Concert by School Bands
Bellflower Roosevelt district high school groups join Thursday at six pm to present a Christmas concert in the school cafeteria. The program features the school band orchestra and glee clubs directed by Jean Devine and Richard Snodgrass.
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Cheral
Bellflower
Roosevelt Dusict High School
Proses
Jean Devine
Richard Snodgrass
Union Loses Control Of Trust Fund In Court
A preliminary injunction in Orange County Superior Court assigns control of a $250,000 health welfare and vacation trust fund to Painters Union district Council 43. Judge Herbert S. Herlands upheld a temporary restraining order and barred transfers to San Diego County where contractors have an agreement with the union. Orange County painters remain on strike against the Orange County Painting and Decorating Contractors Association.
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Painters Union Pestrict Council
Orange County
Herbert S. Herlands
Stephen K. Tamura
San Diego County
Christmas Concert in Municipal Auditorium Sunday
A musical salute to Christmas is set for Sunday at 2 30 in the Concert Hall of Municipal Auditorium. Long Beach State College Forty-Niners Chorale Civic Light Opera Internationals and the Salvation Army brass band perform. Wallace Amtzen hosts, Dr Theron Freese speaks, and Rev Robert Walker gives the invocation. The LBSC chorus sings Gloria by Vivaldi and the SA band plays Christmas carols.
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Municipal Auditorium
Long Beach State College Forty-Niners Chorale
Civic Light Opera Internationals
Salvation Army Brass Band
Wallace Amtzen
Salvation Army
Theron Freese
Robert Walker
Lbsc Docale
Vivaldi
SA Band
Civic Light Opera Chorus
Civic Light Opera Group
Mosk Points Out Oil Pact Ruled Legal
Atty Gen Stanley Mosk said his office has reviewed and upheld the legal sufficiency of the proposed long Beach Harbor tidelands oil production contract. He noted that contract wisdom and bid adequacy are policy decisions for the State Lands Commission and expressed confidence in the commission’s discretion.
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Atty
Stanley Mosk
Long Beach Harbor Tidelands
Gry
Comal Mosk
State Lands Commission
Wrong Man Jailed False Arrest Leads to Damages
A one year old janitor alleges false arrest and imprisonment by Long Beach police on robbery suspicions. He seeks 5500 in damages, naming officers including Wiggins Jr and others, claiming unlawful detention after searches found no firearm. He was later turned over to Los Angeles police on a warrant for traffic citation.
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Long Beach
Forester
Los Angeles
Local LB Events With Concerts And Plays Schedule
In Long Beach today the Municipal Band performs at 2 pm and 6:30 pm at the Municipal Auditorium and Santa’s Animal Fair lights up Third Street at Pacific Avenue. The Long Beach Symphony Orchestra appears at Jordan High School auditorium, while on stage Pepito's Posh presents at the Municipal Auditorium. Other venues include Look Homeward Angel at Long Beach State College Little Theater, Ah, Wilderness by LECC at Horseshoe Theater, Bus Stop by LBCC theater at Harvey Way, Clotted at Morgan Hall Playhouse, Monique at Off Broadway Theatre, and Shot in the Dark at Magnolia Theatre with multiple 8 30 pm showings.
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Municipal Band
Municipal Auditoriu
Santa's Animal Fair
Third Street
Pacific Avenue
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
Jordan High School
Atlantic Ave
California Heritage and Pageantry Association
Municipal Auditorium
Angel
Long Beach State College Little Theater
Lecc Business and Technology
Horseshoe Theater
Pacific Coast Hwy
LBCC
Liberal Arts Division
Theater Arts Department
College Auditorium
Harvey Way
Clark Avenue
Morgan Hall Playhouse
Locust Ave
Monique
Lime Ave
Magnolia Theater
Magnolia Ave
Trying to Find G. W. Rippey
Relatives of Willard Rippey, 30, say he may be in Long Beach and are trying to reach him to inform him of his wife's death in Pleasant, Iowa. His mother and sister report he had been living in Arcadia Avenue, San Gabriel, and may be working for a tire and battery company.
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Willard Rippey
Long Beach
Pleasant
Iowa
H. B. Wool
Denies Charge Striker Accused of Damaging Car
Beauford P. King 26 of 20 E Ellis St was arrested on a warrant alleging malicious mischief and disturbing the peace after an automobile carrying two nonstrikers was damaged in a parking lot at Sixth Street and Elm Avenue. King posted $550 bail and said he was in the harbor area at the time. the attack followed from a company installation on Wardlow Road to Cherry Avenue and 10th Street.
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General Telephone Co
Beauford P. King
E. Ellis St
Sixth Street
Elm Avenue
King
Lawrence Dow
Louis W. Morgan
Harbor
Dow
Wardlow Road
Cherry Avenue
10Th Street
Charles T. Smith
Long Beach City Health Unit Receives Federal Grant
Long Beach has been allotted 13501 in federal funds to aid the Municipal Health Department in tuberculosis and maternal and child care. State Public Health officials announced the grant on Friday, noting the amount reflects a year’s budget cut and Orange County’s first inclusion among recipients. Dr. John Dement, head of the state health division, explained the adjustment and current fiscal year allocation.
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Long Beach
Municipal Health Department
State Department of Public Health
Orange County
John IC Dement
Division of
Community,health Service
Soot Falls Across Marina Again Over Long Beach
Persistent black soot drifts onto the Long Beach Marina amid north winds. Marina director Lawrence W. McDowell notes fine ash gritty underfoot and says it stains sails, canvas covers, and boat enamel. He seeks its source as the material forms acidic patches when wetted.
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Marina
Long Beach Marina
Lawrene W. McDowell
Martina
Land Sale Judgment Resisted in California Case
A state attorney vowed California will continue to fight an Orange County Superior Court ruling granting Newport Beach rancher George H. Capron the right to buy back 364 acres for 200000. Deputy Atty. Gen. Marvin Goldsmith said he will seek a new trial and appeal to the state Supreme Court if needed. The land, valued up to 9 million, was originally sold to the state for a proposed Fairview State Hospital site. Capron contends the state bought excess land without intent to use it and alleges fraud in the plan change.
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California
Orange County
Newport,Beach
George H. Capron
Marvin Goldsmith
Warren Ferguson
Capron
Goldsmith
Ferguson
Imo
Fairview State Hospital
Sute
Fairview
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Wes Shing Frise
Wiggins Jr
F. Greenleaf
Carter
Normin H. Gottlieb
Anaheim Street
G. W. Rippey
Belford
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