Santa hears all: last minute Christmas requests at Lakewood center
Story by Bob Shumway details children at Tri angle Shopping Center 4100 Viking Way Lakewood queuing for Santa. Kids range from shy to bold, sharing wishes from simple to lengthy lists. Steve Imgrund 7 recalls his notes, while others request bikes balloons and a toy horsey among festive scenes and smiling faces.
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Santa
Triangle
Viking Way
Lakewood
Steve Imgrund
Gondar St
Richard Dalton
Walkerton St
Wayne Rivera
Montair Ave
Debbie Hammond
E Hill St
Christmas Story From Luke Told In Our Christmas Column
Perpetuating a long held Christmas column tradition, the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke is presented. It recalls Caesar Augustus’s taxing order, Joseph and Mary’s journey to Bethlehem, the manger birth, shepherds in the fields, and the angels proclaiming peace and good will. The nativity narrative ends with shepherds visiting the infant and praising God.
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Corpier
Caesar Augustus
Cyrexius
Syria
Joseph
Galileeum
Heaven
Bethlehem
Mary
Ahmad
God
Construction Record Anticipated in Downey This Year
A Downey construction record is anticipated for the year with permits issued to date totaling 1.3 million. Adding the 15.24 million from the first 11 months would raise the year’s total to about 16.5 million in construction value.
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Downey
Playground Schedule During Christmas Vacation LB
During Christmas school vacation Gon city park playgrounds will be open from 10 am to 5 pm on weekdays and 9 am to 5 pm on Saturdays. Christmas decorations along Daisy Avenue between Pacific Coast Highway and Mill Street will be up through New Year’s Eve.
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Vaca Gon City Park
Daisy Avenue
Pacific Coast Highway
Mill Street
Shoeshiner Hit by Car at Steams Avenue Stand
A 32 year old Compton man suffered compound fractures of both legs Sunday when an automobile struck him as he shined shoes at 5470 Steams Ave. John H. Kelly of 14919 S Central Ave was admitted to Woodlsey Hospital. A Rosetta Young 15 of 13009 Arache Ave Compton, an employee of the car washer, was parking the vehicle that went out of control as a bystander witnessed.
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Compton
Steams Ave
John H. Kelly
S Central Ave
Woodleey Hospital
Kelly
Rosetta Young
Norwalk High School Aids Hospital With Toys
Norwalk High School students organized a Christmas giving drive for Rancho Los Amigos Hospital Children. Twenty Christmas wrapped toys were donated by couples who attended the girls League Christmas dance. The student body bought a Christmas tree for decoration. Twenty three cartons of canned goods and several hundred logs were donated for local distribution to needy families.
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Rancho Lis
Acnigos Hospital
Norwalk High School
Rancho
Aged Gets New TV Sets At Long Beach General
Long Beach General Hospital gains nine brand new television sets funded by the Long Beach Council of United Churchwomen. The donation replaces aging sets in four wards, offering improved patient leisure. The project, begun last January, includes three 23 inch and six 6 inch models and reflects the council’s annual Christmas effort to support the hospital’s volunteer program.
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Long Beach General Hospital
Long Beach
Council
Los Angeles County
Long Beach General
Lois Buffington
Johnson
Chile
Advertising Club of
Western Mertens
Ray Garcia
Chuck Ruzek
Carlos Dillenbeck
Miss Mertens
Fire damages Wand Pharmacy in Long Beach blaze
Fire heavily damages Wand Pharmacy at 653 Long Beach Blvd after a Sunday blaze started around 3 15 am in the prescription area. Fire, smoke and water damage were extensive throughout the store.
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Wand Pharmacy
Long Beach Blvd
Armed bandit trio trapped after orange county bar hold up
Stanton police trapped three heavily armed robbers at Gaslight Tavern on Beach Boulevard. William Chatto and Joseph Chatto, both from Santa Ana, and Charles Minter of Santa Ana, were seized after the men attempted to exit the rear with a pistol and shotgun. They admitted prior robbery sentences and were booked on suspicion of armed robbery. The assailants tied the tavern owner’s wife and others, and robbed the cash register and safe contents totaling about $170 before police arrived.
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Ban-J
Orange
Stanton
Arew
William Mere Chatta
Joseph Albert. Chatta
Standard St
Charles Elmer Minter
Spurgon St
Santa Anz
Orange County
Beach Blvd
Garden Grove
William Chatto
Stasion
Jerry Flerer
Chatto
Magnum
Jim Brown
Minter
Louis Solatich
Louise
Donald Boughman
Linda K. Clark
N. Parsons Place
Santa Ana
MTA Plans Rose Parade Bus Service
The MTA will run special Line 61 buses from Long Beach Station, 156 West Ocean, to Pasadena for the Rose Parade. Departures start at 4:45 AM with several morning times and all stops along Atlantic Boulevard, returning after the parade via the same routes. Continuous service to Pasadena and back will operate on both stop and non stop routes.
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Long Beach
Pasadena
MTA
West Ocean Bid
Atlantic Boulevard
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Claus
Bob Shumway
Tie
BeaeCh
Combhin
Malcolm Epley
Coren
City of
David
Christ the Lord
Norwalk Shool
Vint Mader
Roy E Johnson
Rose Parade
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