Fire crews fight stubborn Olive Street bridge blaze
A spectacular explosion near the Olive Street bridge sent a crowd fleeing as fire crews battled the blaze. A 66 year old woman, Agnes Hall of 6418 Olive St, suffered a broken leg in the panic. Sheriff’s deputies and rescue crews reported injuries from the blast. About 100 evacuees returned home after the fire was brought under control late Thursday. Additional damages included gas and power services restored by Friday, while telephone lines remained damaged.
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Paramount
St Bridge
Norwalk
Agnes Hall
E. Olive St
Michael Sweeney
Cardbil Hospital
Maceo Construction Co
Thomas Showers
Showers
Wiren
Council Study Sets Tuesday on Subsidence Legislation
The city council advanced a 28 page draft for a state administered program to control subsidence with unanimous votes from both advisory and legislative panels. Three of six advisory members and three of five committee members attended roll calls. The measure, backed by Mayor Kealer and Councilman Desmond, heads to Tuesday’s order of business with potential for a favorable majority. Copies go to Assembly members Grent and Klockstein for distribution and to Gov Knight for possible call on the March session. The bill creates a subsidence abatement fund funded by state money and repaid from future oil tax collections, and empowers the oil and gas supervisor to enforce re pressurizing, via fault blocks or field-wide.
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George Weers
Ase
William T. Datessi
John F. Baker
Lewis D. Reese
Raymond.c. Kealer
Gerald Desmond
Wiliam
S. Grent
Herbert R.klockstein
Eqn
Venes
Assembly
Goodwin J. Knight
Smog Control Forecast Stresses Long Time Hurdles
Stockton report shows experts split on when automobile exhaust controls will cut smog. Stanford SR I analyst estimates five years. Air Pollution Foundation’s Faith cites longer timelines. Sacramento leaders urge public backing and caution on county districts while officials discuss atmospheric inversion and pursuit of practical remedies. Representatives from 31 counties attended the California Chamber of Commerce session.
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Stockton
Dale Hutchison
Stanford Research Institute
W. L. Faith
Air Pollution Foundation
Daniel Coyle
Sacramento-area Air Pollution Commission
Richard Carpenter
League of California Cities
John A. Neda
State Bureau of Air Sanitation
George C. Holzworth
California State Chamber of Commerce
Three Red China ministers fired after criticizing Mao
Maol Tze-Tung dismissed three cabinet ministers Chang Po-Chung Chang Nai-Chi and Lo Lung-Chi for their criticisms of the Communist regime. Peiping Radio reported the firings and warned of further actions against rightist students and workers. The ministers recanted their statements but still face possible punishment or treason charges.
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Hong Kong
Maol
Tze-Tung
Red China
Chang Po-chung
Mao
China
Chang' Nai-chi
U. S
Lung-chi
Forestry and Industry
Peiping
Peiping Radio
Communist Party Central Committee
State Council
Man Sentenced in Short Order on Dope Count
A jury in Superior Judge Joseph M Maltby s court convicted Lorenzo G Roybel 25 of 6587 Gundry Ave on a narcotics possession charge after a 15 minute deliberation Friday He was arrested November 19 in front of 415 W Seaside Ave Officers said he threw eight marijuana cigarettes into shrubbery Dep Dist Atty Anthony Joyce was the prosecutor He will be sentenced February 28 by the court.
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Joseph M. Maltby
Lorenzo G. Roybel
Gundry
Roybel
Seaside Ave
Anthony Joyce
Serious Condition of James F Landreth in Harbor General
James F Landreth age 56 of 506 East 11th Street remained in serious condition Friday night at Harbor General Hospital after suffering a stroke on Thursday. Landreth is a retired civil service pipefitter.
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James F. Landreth
E. 11th’St
Harbor’ General Hospital
Landreth
Civil Service
Mother, 30, Guilty in Neglect Case
Mrs Ann Gonzales a 30 year old divorcee pleaded guilty Friday in Municipal Court to endangering the health and safety of her five sons Judge Lyman B Sutter set Feb 20 for probation report and sentencing and set bail at 300 Police arrested Gonzales 1590 Seabright Ave after home inspection showed gas leaks filth and bed bug bites The children were placed in Juvenile Bureau custody The mother said she kept the home shut to keep the children warm while she moved and the landlord would not fix the gas leaks
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Ann Gonzales
Lyman B. Sutter
Gonzales
Seabright Ave
Robert
Eugene
Michael
James
Richard
Juvenile Bureau
Tide Oil Payments Mount in Long Beach Compromise
City of Long Beach has paid the state over 150 million dollars under the tide lands and oil and gas revenue sharing compromise. Finance Director S M Roberts forwarded checks totaling 272,396.40 bringing the grand total to 150,125,189.21 since the settlement took effect February 1, 1956. Monthly payments have continued since December 1956 as the state receives half of the profits from tides and oil and gas.
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Long’ Beach
Tidel
S. M. Roberts
Robert C. Kirkwood
State
Burglar Suspects Sentenced to Prison and Jail
A transient, Van Leach Finchum, 49, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in state prison for attempted burglary after officers said he tried to cut a hole in the roof of Gage Pharmacy on Atlantic Avenue November 9. Jesus Lopez Grejeda, 32, of Torrance, received nine months in County Jail as part of a three year probation on a burglary charge after being nabbed at the Cert Bond Store on Arlington Avenue December 16.
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Ralph, K. Pierson
van Leach Finchum
Gage Pharmacy
Atlantic. Ave
Jesus Lopez Grejeda
Arlington Ave
Torrance
Mailman Retires After 30 Years of Service
Howard G. Kirkpatrick, of 5940 Linden Ave, retires from the Post Office Dept. after a career spanning 30 years with the mail service. He concluded his duties Friday afternoon and is noted for faithful service.
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Carlier Howard
G. Kirkpatrick
Linden, Ave
Post Office Dept
Thief Steals Antique Buggy From Front Yard
Darryl Griffin reports his antique horse drawn buggy valued at 150 dollars stolen from his front yard. The 21 year old, of 2227 Rose Ave, says the buggy had been stored since it was built “about 500 years” ago and notes the iron wheels make a loud clatter. No theory on how it was taken.
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Darryl Griffin
Rose Ave
Fill
Griffin
Pasadena
Finale of Wizard of Oz staged Sunday at Long Beach State
The final performance of Wizard of Oz by the Long Beach Children's Theater will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. on the Long Beach State College campus theater. About 150 tickets are available at the box office.
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the Long
Beach Children's Theater
Long
Beach State College
Old Time Convention Enlists Families In Tourist Push
A two day meeting at the Lafayette Hotel discussed family style conventions as a growing trend in tourism. Ralph Buffon described wives as stabilizing delegates while Button noted happier families may boost spending. A noon panel titled 10,000,000 Customers a Year featured Disney public relations chief Ettinger Handsel and Knott’s Berry Farm manager Tussey.
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Bob Whearley
Ralph Buffon
Los Angeles
California Mission Trails
Dxism
Lafayette
Buffer
California
Lafayette Hotel
Eds Win
D. Ettinger
Disneyland
James Handsel
Knott
Berry Farm
Clyde’ Tussey
Pedestrian and Driver Charged After Crosswalk Crash
James Hadley, 60, injured when struck in an unmarked crosswalk at Tth Street and Ala Mitose Avenue. He was treated at St Mary’s Hospital for contusions to the left hip arm and leg. Driver Harry Windham Wildman, 66, of Robert Hunt was cited after a fatal fall at 850 S Windham Ave. He died at Seaside Hospital. Hunt lived at 5443 Hanbury Street and lost balance lifting a 25 foot plank for a new building for Hichfield Oil Corp.
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James M. Hadley
Windham Ave
Seaside Hospital
Hunt
Hanbury St
Habitual crime label seals Bevins' nine-year term
George Thomas Bevins, a 33 year old with prior bandit burglar and theft history, was declared an habitual criminal by Superior Tudge Beach Vasey. He must serve nine years before parole. Bevins has ties to Olivehurst California and faces another robbery charge in Orange County next month amid existing holds from Oklahoma and Nebraska authorities. He previously participated in two Safeway Market robberies totaling about 11,000 dollars with Ronald Gillette.
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Don Maddock
George Thomas Bevins
Tudge Beach Vasey
Bevins
Vasey
Olivehurst
Calif
California
Ohio
Nebraska
Orange County
Oklahoma
Three Men Booked After Robbery Attempt in Los Angeles
Three men were arrested early Friday after a cab driver in Los Angeles reported they tried to rob him and failed to pay the fare. The suspects are Joe Trusichard, Cova, and Richer, ages 23 and 25, booked by Los Angeles police. Cabdriver John Gibbs said the incident occurred after he dropped the men at Truman Boyd's address following transportation from Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Joe
Trusiichard DB
Cova
Rich
Los Angere
John L. Gibbs
Compton
Truman Boyd
16-Candle Cake Marks Antirabies Round for Lance
Mrs Dulin baked a 16 candle cake to mark the completion of Lance Dulin's antirabies injections after a dog bite on January 12. The candles symbolized shots including antirabies, penicillin, and tetanus. The dog was not found for observation, so the injections were precautionary.
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Lance Dulin
Lance Ig
G. I. Dulin
Woodruff Ave
Man Injured In Elevator Fall In California City
A 49 year old man plunged about 24 feet from an elevator shaft at 205 Broadway Friday. Harold Head of Long Beach filed a report noting injuries to a woman, Ruth Kennick, and a juvenile bureau head with back injuries. George Keough, 70, was cited after stepping into a freight elevator mistaken for a street collision on Cedar Avenue near Hill Street.
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Insurance F. Change
E. Broadway
Harold Head
Redon- Ruth
Slayton
Bureau
George
Keough
Cedar Ave
Hill
St.fell
Arteries Displayed at Kick-off of Long Beach Heart Drive
The Long Beach Heart Association kicked off its fundraising drive at Lafayette Hotel with arterial displays and talks by Dr. J Thomas Hardesty and Dr. Arthur Beland. The event highlighted a national campaign that raised 20 million dollars last year with 64 million dollars allocated to research. Lesie Raymond led the arrangements as officers announced plans to involve 3,000 women in February.
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L.B. Heart Assn
Vattm
George M. Vermillion
X-- Lafayette Hotel
Va Beach
The
Heart Association
J. Thomas
Hardesty
Tors Research
Arthur J. Beland
Jcvised
Artery Bank
Leslie Raymond
Long Beach
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Sinkiang Province
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Becaus
Ronald Gillette
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Safeway
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Devitt
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