Growth Boom Predicted for LB City Plans
Long Beach marks 75 years as officials forecast rapid development and change. City Manager John R Mansel, entering his third year, outlines a three in one push including offshore oil, shortline improvements, and the World's Fair as the city’s biggest undertaking. George Weeks emphasizes a strong growth period ahead.
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Long Beach
1. PT
George Weeks
John R. Mansel
Kentuckian Wrecks
Centre College
Chicago
Felr
Magnolia Avenue
Harbor District
Belmont Pier
Belmont Plaza
Marine Stadium
Marina
Mansell
Board of Supervisors
Metropolitan Transit Authority
MTA
Robert Crei
Public Improvement Reserve Fund
January Building a Record in Long Beach Growth
Long Beach reported a record January for building valuation, totaling $12,248,757 across 2,101 projects. City officials highlighted residential construction, with 82 family units authorized, including highrise structures, and outlined plans for shoreline development, public facilities, and transit improvements to spur continued growth and regional cooperation.
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Long Beach Soareh
Edward M. O'Connor
County Recorder seeks $5 fee for performing marriages
County Recorder Ray Lee asked the board to authorize recorders to perform marriages for a $5 flat fee to fund the general fund and reduce “marrying fees” by reforming who can wed. He cited a Los Angeles County judge who performed 1403 marriages on Saturday mornings for gratuities and urged permissive registration of qualified persons to verify certificates and post a list of available clergy.
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Don Brackenbury
Ray
Lee
Kenneth Huhn
Los Angeles
Seepold Hshnke
Hahn
County Recorder’s Department
Posak
Bandit, 22, Must Break With Pal
A young Oceanside man on probation for a robbery conviction Friday violated terms by contacting a partner in the crime. Superior Court Judge Robert P. Kreeland sentenced John T. Harkins, 22, of Oceanside to up to five years to life, and granted probation to Harry B Moore, 20, formerly of Huntington Beach and now of Oceanside, with Moore’s partner restricted from contact as part of the ruling. The men were linked to the Oct. 3 robbery of Dee Cook's liquor store in Corona del Mar.
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Oceanside
Superior Court
Robert P. Kreeland
Santa Ana
Harry B Moore
Hentington Beach
Kneeland
John T. Harkins
Newport Beach
Gaan
Dee Cook
E Coast Highway
Corona el Mar
Hawkins
Rabies Clinics Scheduled at Animal Shelter
Three week rabies inoculation clinics begin Friday at the sanitation yards beside the city animal shelter at 3001 E Willow St from 7 to 8 30 PM. The $1 50 fee covers vaccines and dog licenses are sold. Clinics are run by the Health Department Animal Regulation Division and the Southern California Veterinary Medical Association. If rain stalls a Friday date another clinic will be held Thursday Feb 21 per Health Officer Dry LD Litwack.
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Willow St
Health Department
Animal Regulation Division
Southern California Veternary Medical Association
LD. Litwack
Navy Plans Exercises Next Week In Southern California
Three Long Beach ships headed by the aircraft carrier Kearsarge will join a 19-ship armada for a five day drill starting Monday in the Southern California coast. The group includes Caliente Esteem and Constellation Helena Salmon Haleakala Vega, with units from San Diego and San Francisco, focusing on attack and antiaircraft training to gain sea and air control within a limited area.
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Long Beach
Kearsarge
California
Caliente
Esteem
Adm
RTS
Keith
First Fleet
Constellation
Helena
Salmon
San Diego
Haleakala
Vega
San Francisco
Man Charged With Assault by Automobile
Charles R. Betz, 32, held to answer on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after a Long Beach vice squad officer testified Betz ran down an officer with an automobile during an attempted arrest for morals charges. Betz, a sailor Donald L. Riddle, 18, and the officer were arraigned to answer in superior court February 15.
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Charles R. Betz
Kenneth E. Sutherland
Long Beach
Betz
Harry L Duple
D. K. Priddy
Harte
Duple
Donald L. Riddle
Tia Superior Court
Rudy Menzer Heads Drive for Stanford
Rudy J. Menzer, president of Ferrotane Gas Service, Inc, named regional chairman for Stanford University’s PACE campaign in Lotz Beach and southern Los Angeles County. The $100 million fund aims to raise private money, with Stanford receiving a third of each $3 raised from Ford Foundation support. Menzer, a 1940 Stanford graduate, will join Dr Wallace Sterling and a core committee including James Craig, Harry Botfum, and Henry Clock in launching the regional drive. He has led Ferrolane since 1957 and holds memberships in several clubs.
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Rudy J. Menzer
Ferrotane Gas Service, Inc
Stanford University
PACE
Lotz Beach
Los Angeles
Stanford
Ford Foundation
Muczer
Wallace Sterling
Long Beach
Menzer
James Craig
Harry Bot Fum
Henry Clock
Minzer
Ferrolane
Virginia Country Club
Delayed Wedding Ends For Judy Polson And Navy Bas Brickner
Judy Lea Polson and Navy Bas David Brickner wed Friday at 8 pm in First Baptist Church Long Beach. Rev Dr Frank M Kepper officiated. The couple had planned to marry before Christmas but Brickner, 23, was hospitalized in Japan after his destroyer escort USS McMorris departed for home.
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Judy Lea Polson
Navy Bas
David Brickner
First Baptist Church of
Long Beach
Frank M. Kepper
David
Far East
McMorris
City Charter Group Approves Planing Board Change
Friday the advisory group OKd a charter change creating a Board of Planning decisions on variances and special permits reducing City Council powers. The panel said the new board would ease council workload and speed appeals, while Planning Commission and council keep major zoning and master planning jurisdiction.
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City Charter Advisers
Board of Planing
Planning Commission
Council
John R. Mansell
Police Fight for Jobs Two Long Beach Officers
Two Long Beach policemen, Philip H. Smith and Joseph E. Aickeen, were fired for alleged misconduct but the Civil Service Board found the charges insufficiently specific. The board instructed City Manager Mansell to file amended charges within two days. They face municipal court cases for being drunk and disturbing the peace related to an incident at Ansheim Street hotel on Jan. 18.
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Mansell
Acrosstown
Long Beach
Ansheim Street
City Givi
Philip H .Smith
Joseph E. Aickeen
John R. Mansell
Leonard Putnam
Civil Service Board
Navy destroyer Larson open to public at Long Beach harbor
The destroyer USS Everett F. Larson, under Commander RD Wood, will be open for public visiting today and Sunday from 1 to 4 p m at Pier D Long Beach Harbor. The Lesson led by Buena Park resident Cdmr RD Wood is a World War II veteran with Atlantic and Pacific service.
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Navy
Everett F. Larson
Pier D
Long Beach Harbor
the Lesson
Cdmr. RD. Wood
Orchard Drive
Buena Park
Atlantic
Pacific
Rummage-Senior League Sale and Stage Shows in Long Beach
Today in Long Beach the Senior League Rummage Sale runs 8 to 10 am at Municipal Auditorium. On stage at 8:30 pm the ae Red Patrick at 612 E Arshein St, while Gypsy plays at 8:30 pm at Off-Broadway Theater 211 Lime Ave.
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Long Beach
Municipal Auditorium
Ae Red Patrick
Fired Liquor Men Appeal
Two ex investigators fired from the Long Beach office of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Department appealed their ousters on Friday. Orlin Carter and Stanley Lewis filed separate petitions seeking hearings and their jobs back. Harris said more than 40 Long Beach area bars had been involved in payoffs for several years. A hearing likely to be scheduled in Los Angeles this spring.
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Sacramentio
Long Beach
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Department
Orlin Carter
Ebell St
Stanley Lewis
Wolfe St
Lakewood
APC
Carter
Lewis
Offie
Malcom Harris
AEC
Long Beachlarea
Lewis Wright
Supervising Special
State Personnel Board
Los Angeles
Debs Proposes MTA Plan to Boost Transit Revenue
Rapid Freight Debs unveils a plan to run freight on a rapid transit system during peak hours to add about 40.1 million dollars in yearly revenue. Ernest E. Debs said the idea came from J Jamison Moore and will be studied by the MTA at next Thursday’s meeting with Gov Edmund G Brown as county officials consider its viability.
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Meleo ‘Politan Transit Authority
Ernest E. Debs
Sid
Debs
J. Jamison Moore
MTA
Edmund G. Brown
Long Beach Police Officers Association elects new leaders
Policemen elect Sgt. Robert Latson as president of the Long Beach Police Officers Association with Officer Lewis M. Lyons as vice president and Inspector Franklin D. Estes reelected secretary. Debs notes financing as the main hurdle for a mass rapid transit system with peak morning and evening ridership constraints and revenue shortfalls due to underuse at other times.
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Robert Latson
Long Beach Police Officers Association
Lewis M. Lyons
Franklin D. Estes
Debs
Two Die After Fishing Boat Crashes at Cayucos Pier
Two Long Beach men died when 43 foot fishing boat the Hattle-Hf smashed into Cayucos pier in rough seas. A fourth man swam to safety. survivor Jerry Strinling listed in good condition at San Luis Obispo General Hospital. Bodies of others aboard were recovered or found later. search involved fifty rescuers and road equipment.
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Cayucos
San Luis Obispo County
Sam R Gallegos
Stude
Baker Road
Norwalk
Heche Pe
Morrill Ave
Santa Fe Springs
Tony Guzman
Los Angeles
Perez
Jerry Strinling
Montedetto
San [Uisipo General Hospital
LA Unified cancels summer school and classes in economy move
The Los Angeles Unified School District cancels summer school for elementary and junior high students and trims Adalf and junior college classes as part of an economy drive. The district reaches its tax rate limit of 265 and a recent voter override effort failed.
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Is Angeles Unified School
Board of Education
Youth to be sentenced after burglaries arrest
A youth identified as Neil Douglas Whitney will face March 5 sentencing in Superior Court after admitting offenses. The case stems from a March burglary spree on Signal Hill Street, where two carts loaded with loot were seized following a Sunday arrest. Judge J Merrill Liley’s Municipal Court oversaw earlier proceedings.
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Neil Douglas Whitney
Ligal Fature
I Tre
Neil Whitney
J. Merrill Liley
Signal Hill
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