Carnegie Libraries Shape Cities Worldwide
Andrew Carnegie funded 2 509 libraries worldwide ending with the Long Beach Main Library opened in 1909. The article traces his rise from a Glasgow weaver’s son to a philanthropist who funded libraries, notes evolving use of branches, and imagines a future main library housing books and media as his testament.
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Andrew Carnegie
Johnny Appleseed
Carnegie Corporation
Columbus
Ohio
Limerick
Ireland
Long Beach
Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Con. Anderson
Pittsburgh “Dispatch
Col. Anderson
Weather forecast details for long and vicinity region
The report notes increasing cloudiness with scattered showers developing in northern areas Sunday. Gusty winds and cooler conditions expected, with highs in the 50s to 60s and snowline lowering in interior and desert regions. Coastal rain spreads Sunday, with slightly cooler temperatures and offshore winds, sunrise near 6:57, moon phase details, and low temperatures around freezing in some valleys.
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Araas
Wallays
Concepcion
Mexicana
Corte Roca
Rites Slated for Fire's 8 Victims
Funeral services are planned for seven year old twins Antoinette and Anthony Jones and six other victims of a south Los Angeles Christmas Eve fire at 9800 Wilmington Ave. A short circuit in Christmas tree lights was blamed for the blaze. Services for the Jones children will be at 11 30 a m at Harrison Ross Mortuary with burial at Lincoln Cemetery. Others will be honored at 10 a m Monday at the same mortuary with burial at Paradise Cemetery. Victims include Mrs Eddy Mae Greer four of her children Boye Yolanda Brigette Donell and a nephew Kevin Michael Hughes.
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Antoinette
Anthony Jones
Odell Jones
Lysander Ave
Gardena
Harrison-Ross
Firestone Blvd
Lincoln Cemetery
Paradise Cemetery
Norwalk
Eddy Mae Greer
Boye
Yolanda
Brigette
Donell
Kevin Michael Hughes
Southcentral
Los Angeles
Wilmington Ave
Johns
Laura
B. W. Coon Funeral Home
Knox
Arthur
Des Plains
Illinois
Mortell’s Mortuary
3Rd & Alamitos
Lewis
John B
Seaside Blvd
David Lewis
Evan Lewis
Dave
Gary
David Lewis, Jr
David
Lou Caprone
Emmett
Perry
Robert
Donald McCart
Church of Our Fathers
Forest Lawn Cypress
Forest Lawn Mortuary
Christmas Card From Inmate Highlights Time Phrases
Greene County Judge Dan Aultman received a Christmas card from a forgery inmate that stood out for its long list of time themed phrases on the back and in the message inside the card. The item drew attention for its unusual wording and timing as part of a courthouse moment.
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Xenia
Ohio
UPI
Dan Aultman
Greene County Common Pleas Court
Message in a Phone Booth Ends With Imprisonment
In Bristol two youths in a long phone call were blocked by three truck drivers and a woman waiting outside. The booth was bound with tow lines and the pair struggled until police arrived to untie them. Clive Williams, 22, recalled they called the police and a patrol car freed them.
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Bristol
England
Clive Williams
Job Help Chairman to Attend Philadelphia Institute
Percy Anderson, chair of the Long Beach Opportunities Industrialization Center, will join 25 others at a six week institute in Philadelphia. He attends under a scholarship from the institute, which trains local directors in vocational training pre vocational instruction and job motivation for residents of low income areas.
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Percy Anderson
Long Beach Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc
Philadelphia
Institute
Name Fund Exec to Head Crusade
Mutual fund executive Fred Carr was named honorary chairman of a three month drive to raise $3.3 million for the Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade. Carr announced he would donate $100,000 at the fund drive kick off led by Walter Bremond of the Black Congress.
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Mutual Fund
Fred Carr Friday
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade
Condi
Carr
Walter Bremond
Los Angeles
Black Congress
Black Crusade seeks funds for education and social programs
Bremond and Norman Houston announce a Brotherhood Crusade to raise 1.5 million dollars for an experimental college, a training institute, mental health, narcotics rehab, unwed mother housing, a performing arts center, and voter education. They note unemployment disparities in Los Angeles Negro districts and provide income and education comparisons to city averages.
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Black Congress
Brotherhood Crusade
Los Angeles
Bremond
Houston
Service Held for Winchell
Private funeral services were held in Scottsdale Arizona for Walter Winchell Jr 33 son of the famous newspaper columnist. The coroner ruled his Christmas day death a suicide. Attended by his widow Eva and a few family members the family asked the date not be announced in advance. Winchell listed as a freelance writer had worked as a dishwasher in Santa Ana and welfare payments supported his two children for a year.
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Walter Winchell Jr
Winchell
Scottsdale
Arizona
Eva
Santa Ana
Obituary notices recount multiple local passings
A long listing of recent deaths includes Barrett R W of Forest Lawn Cypress and Beem Loren S of Bellflower, with service details. Other obituaries cover Lynn Francis Biggerstaff of Weldon CA, Lela Margaret Boxell, Ray S Browne, Walter Byrne, and many more with funeral homes and service times at Dilday Mottell’s or local churches.
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R. W
Imogene
Royce
Robbie Johnson
Brenda Rodgers
Sandra Farsens
Charles M. Barrett
Ada Janeway
Mary Miller
Clairene Tidmore
Grace Britt
Pauline Springs
George Barrett
Church of Our Fathers
Forest Lawn
Cypress
Beem
Loren S
Bellflower
Grace M
Argyle
Arlie Beem
Ruth Shippers
Roy
White Funeral Home
Biggerstaff Lynn Francis
Weldon
California
Veterans Administration
Mottell’s Mortuary
3Rd & Alamitos
Boxell
Lela Margarite
Westminster Memorial Park
Browne — Ray S
Roycroft Ave
Disday Family
Byrne
Walter C
Iroquois Ave
Lakewood
Mass
St. Maria Goretti
Dilday
Caskey
Fey
Geneva
8Th
Los Angeles
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