Post Office Handles 78524 Sacks of Christmas Parcels
Long Beach residents report the Post Office handled 78524 sacks of Christmas mail from Dec 1 to Dec 26, with 15535 unsatisfied parcels and 4,000 un deliverable items under investigation. Postmaster McMillin praised the year as smooth and efficient despite staffing and routing changes and noted plans to require pickup after first delivery for homes with both spouses working.
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Long Beach
Millin
Tal
George J. Mc
McMilkin
McMillin
Lompoc Memoir Notes and Local Area Growth Report
A nostalgic reminiscence on a Ventura county traffic stop and rule of prudent driving, noting a 65 mph limit start date and a polite officer. The piece links Lompoc area growth, Vandenberg AFB activity, and a population note toward 50,000, plus local goodwill events from Andy’s Hotcake Shop and a weather inquiry from Long Beach to Klamath Falls.
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Lompoc
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Dretwwood
IPT
Andy Gassoway
Andy
Long Beach
Oregon
Klamath Falls
Rug cleaning gone wrong on Gardenia Avenue
Mark L. Duthweiler reports a rug theft related to a rug cleaning scam. He was told a rug would be picked up in mid December after leaving it in the backyard for an alleged cleaning firm. The owner, Mrs. Dulhweiler, seeks return of the rug but cannot locate the firm’s address.
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Marke L. Duthweiler
Gardenia Ave
Air Force
Air Force Service
Army
America
Do As You Please Week Do-So-So Proclamations
William Jones flags the overabundance of official proclamations in Long Beach with a tongue in cheek complaint. He cites Do It at Home Week and Do-As-You-Please Week, wryly detailing personal missteps during various observances. He notes local flavor matters and mocks nationwide proliferation of proclaimed days, proposing Anti-Proclamation Day and Reconciliation Day.
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William Jones
Skip Shuman
Long Beach
Dooley Wins New Parking Appeal Standoff Underway
City Councilman Charles R. Dooley announces he will reapply for parking lot access near his North Long Beach hardware store following a new City Attorney ruling. The planning commission must hear whether the second filing presents a substantial change from the first, with potential objections from nearby property owners.
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Charles R. Dooley
North
Long Beach
Planning Commission
Dooley
Maken
Jacobson
Jamil
Home St
Seeond
Donley
Homels St
Hist St
Hospital Bids Sought for 440 Car Parking Lot
City Council authorized bids for a new offstreet parking lot of 440 spaces near the news building on city land north of 27th Street between Pasadena and Atlantic Avenues. Estimated cost 64,500 funded by the 1956 hospital bond issue.
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Memorial Hospital
News
27Th St
Pasadena
Atlantic Aves
Lakewond
Chestnut and
Magnolia Aves
Public Safety
E. 7Th St
Pacific Coast Hwy
State College
Gas Department
U. S.treasury
Harbor Revenue Fund
General City Treasury
National Frust Protection Co
Burbank
Easter Electric Co
Long Beach
el Dorado Park Tree
Farm
Recreation Department
Marine Department
California Recreation Congress
San Jose
Husband assault sentence reported in local court
Arthur Lee Halts, 34, of 102814 Via Wanda, was sentenced to six months in jail by Municipal Judge Charles T. Smith after admitting to striking Mariyn Hall, 28, causing a bloody nose and chipped teeth while pushing her head against a wall. Police noted alcohol involvement.
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Charles T. Smith
Arthur Lee Halts
Wanda
Mariyn Hall
Seaside Hospital runs three hour disaster drill downtown Long Beach
Seaside Hospital staged a three hour disaster drill Tuesday with windstorm power outages. Staff across departments handled regular duties while mock patients were processed via paper forms. Findings will guide a revised disaster manual for the new Memorial Hospital of Long Beach opening in May.
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Long Beach
Memorial [Hospital of
Three Long Beach Men Held for Dope Smuggling
Three Long Beach men George E. Milges 23 Robert G. Chambers 20 and Wesley R. Andrews 21 were held in San Diego County jail on charges of smuggling heroin from Mexico. Narcotics Bureau agents arrested them after crossing from Tijuana Monday night finding a small amount of heroin in Chambers coat pocket and an addict kit in Andrews shoe.
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San Diego County
Mexico
Narcotics Bureau
George E. Milges
Monroe St
Robert G. Chambers
W. Cameron
Wesley R. Andrews Jn
Tijuana
Chambers
Hin Andrews
Joint Rites for 2 Gas Victims Set
Funeral services for William A. Shieleather and Miriam Shieleather will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in Mottell's & Peek Mortuary Chapel, following their deaths from fumes believed to originate from a defective gas heater. The couple, longtime church employees, were found Monday afternoon in their apartment above the First Methodist Church. Survivors include their daughter Betty Freeman, three sons, a mother, sisters, and brothers, with ten grandchildren noted. William was born in Indiana and Miriam in Tennessee.
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William A. Shieleather
Miriam
Mottell's & Peek Mortuary Chapel
3Rd St. and
Alamitos Blvd
First Methodist Church
Pacific Ave
Betty Freeman
E. Compton Blvd
Paramount
Stkeleather
Willliam
Albert
Joan
Nork Stane
Leisters
Melvina Price
Juanita Baker
Mr. Stkeleather
Howard
Walter
Indiana
Tennessee
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Kealer
Velour
George Weeks
Wanfred Jackson
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Rulng
Joseph B. Lamb
Hall
Independent
the Southland
California
Jerald Jempsa
Stevely
Lakewood
E. R. Fossey
Fossey
Seaside Hospital
L.B
Dope Samaaling
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