Pranks from 1941 Catch Up With Local Motorist
Alfred 5 Taylor, 35, of 5528 Carfax Ave Lakewood, cited for speeding at Alamitos Ave and St. St after two 1941 42 warrants surfaced. He admitted taking a tray from a drive in, later enlisting in the Navy. He faces burglary charges with two homes alleged stolen from in 1941 42, but statute of limitations may apply. He awaits arraignment Feb 10 before Judge Charles Smith.
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Alfred
Taylor
Carfax Ave
Lakewood
Alamitos Ave
St. St
Jergins Trust Bldg
Police Department
Fred Kearl
Hellman Ist
George P. Ellington
iLime Ave
Maurice J. Z. Wishon
Charles Smith
Orchestra Program Previewed in Long Beach Salon
Long Beach attended a perfume and music filled Evening Salon hosted by the Women’s Committee of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Petroleum Club. Roger Wagner discussed the upcoming Los Angeles Philharmonic concert, previewing Mozart’s Symphony No. 34 and Strauss’s French horn concerto via virtuoso Sinclair Lot, with notes on Beethoven’s Fifth.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Petroleum Club
Mhen
Roger Wagner
Los Angeles
Sinclair Lot
Beethoven
Wagner
Edmunds Richards
Monroe Yunker
Velvet's Hearse: Peterson's Piggyback Ride To Fame
James Peterson 20 of 4640 Faculty Ave turns heads with a 1925 Pontiac hearse nicknamed Riggy for rigor mortis. He bought it for 275 dollars after a swap, drives a cross country route to Long Beach, models at drive-ins, and uses the back for a velvet interior and radio. Some fear it, others praise its transportation flair.
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Peterson
Faculty Ave
Navy
Chincoteague
Smyrna
Del
Long Beach
Acmam
Lives of 24 Long Beach traffic victims win honors
Bert Resnik, long Beach Independent Press Telegram writer, won second place in the metropolitan features division of the AP California Nevada contest for a graphic story on 24 traffic deaths. The piece, published in the Sunday Independent in Long Beach, follows the lives of victims and their families, cited by the Long Beach Safety Council for reducing fatalities.
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Long Beach
Independent, Press-Telegram
Bert Resnik
Associated Press
California
Nevada
Caliornia
Nevada AP
Coronado
Resnik
Sunday Independent
Press-Telegram
State Fair and Exposition
Long Beach Safety Council
City backs blinking signals plan after traffic official review
City Council and Traffic Engineer Robert D. Dier reached a compromise on blinking traffic lights at night. A plan calls for flashing signals on nonstate highways and non-synchronized streets, with yellow signals on busier streets. Ahern called a ban ridiculous given nearby cities adopting the method.
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Robert D. Dier
Dier
Pat Ahern
Los’ Angeles A
Teenagers Beat and Rob Boy 16 Tells Police
A 16-year-old Lakewood boy said he accepted a ride from an unknown group of teenagers who beat him and robbed his wallet worth 5.21 dollars while waiting for a bus. Edward Charles Hutchison, 6128 Capetown St, was found bleeding from a scalp cut on the 1800 block on Rae after being struck with a beer bottle. He said he was dropped on a dark street after his wallet was stolen.
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Lakewood
Edward Charles Hutchison
Capetown St
Wea Rae
Young Hutchison
Job Record Set in Area During 1957 Employment Rise
The Long Beach Los Angeles Metropolitan Area posted a 1957 employment record with 2,179,000 non farm wage and salary workers, up 3 percent from 1956. Other West Coast areas San Francisco Oakland San Diego San Jose Sacramento and San Bernardino Riverside also rose, while Stockton and Fresno declined.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
State Department, of Industrial Relations
San Francisco
Oakland
San Diego
San Jose
Sacramento
San Bernardino-Riverside
Stockton
Fresno
Huge Plane Carrier in Long Beach Harbor
The 45,000-ton USS Midway, latest attack carrier of the Pacific Fleet, steamed into Long Beach Harbor for a two day visit during a shakedown cruise. Recently reconverted at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard with an angled deck, it will be moored at Berth 124, Pier E and not open to the public though may be viewed from the pier.
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Midway
Long Beach ‘Harbor
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Navy
Councilmen Push to End City Hall Coffee Breaks
Council members debate cutting the 30 minute coffee break to speed business. Baker Ahern Dalessi and Pat Ahern say the break hinders work while some see it as a chance for constituents to meet officials. The panel ends without a vote on changes.
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John
Baker
D. Pat Ahern
Williamt T. Dalessi
Jean
Ahern
Enrollment at LBSC Tops 7600 in Spring Wave
More than 1,200 students were registered at Long Beach State College on Friday, pushing weekly totals above 7,600. Registrar William Lee said enrollments will continue Monday and Tuesday and that spring semester totals are expected to exceed the fall gross of 8,500.
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Long Beach State College
William Lee
Lee
Nebraska Picnic A York County Nebraska
Former residents are invited to a February 16 picnic at Woughston Park Clubhouse 6300 Atlantic Ave. in York County Nebraska. Bring food and dishes. coffee will be furnished.
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Nebraska
York County
Neb
Woughston Park
Atantic Ave
Rabies Clinic Schedules Revised for Long Beach Dogs
A revised schedule for $1.50 rabies vaccination clinics was announced by Dr. I D Litwack Long Beach health officer. Outdoor clinics were delayed by threatening weather and state law now requires all dogs over four months to be vaccinated. The new dates include Howehten Park February 10 17 24 and March 3 Pan-American Park February 19 26 and March 3 and the Animal Shelter Sanitary Division Yards February 14 21 and March 7.
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Long Beach
I. D. Litwack
Aty
Eisenhower Hosts Cabinet Talks as Cold Lingers
President Eisenhower held a cabinet meeting and met with science aide James R. Killian and Disarmament Adviser Harold E. Stassen despite a continuing sore throat. He greeted 12 Eagle Scouts at the White House and said he hoped to visit Georgia soon to shake off the cold.
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Washington ST
Eisenhower
Georgia
James R. Killian
Harold E. Stassen
White House
Boy Scouts
James C. Hagerty
Mac Hanna
Aiken
Hanna
Augusta
Washington
Matson Dividend Declared For March Payment
Matson Navigation Company directors in San Francisco Friday declared a 40 cent dividend payable March 13 on stock of record March 5.
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San Francisco
Matson Navlration, Co
Boy To Undergo Open Heart Surgery At UCLA
Three year old Thomas Patrick Murphy will have his heartbeat paused next Wednesday at UCLA Medical Center for an open heart operation. A heart lung machine will substitute for the heart and lungs while surgeons close a ventricular opening. The defect has been present since birth and threatens Tommy's life if not corrected.
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Thomas Patrick Murphy
Tommy
Ucla Medical Center
Eugene J. Murphy
Senasac Ave
Navy men fined for burglary sentence at probation term
Two sailors stationed at Terminal Island, Phillip Wesley Franks aged 18 and Anthony Joseph Zucca aged 22, were fined 300 each by Superior Judge Ralph Pierson on a burglary charge. They admitted stealing two sets of automobile engine heads worth 180 dollars from a BellMower firm on December 11.
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Navy
Terminal Island
Ralph
Ix. Pierson
Phillip Wesley Franks
Anthony Joseph Zucca
Plan to redraw Long Beach school district lines debated
City Council moved Friday to seek an attorney general opinion on methods to shrink Long Beach Unified to align with city boundaries. Ahern urged relief by legislation if the opinion is unhelpful, noting taxes support students outside Long Beach.
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Edmund G. Brown
Long Beach Unified School District
Herbert R. Klockstein
Willliam S. Grant
Long ‘Beach
D. Pat Ahern
Walnfred Jacobson
Mgr
Sam E. Vickers
Lakewood
Signal Hill
Avalon
DeMille
Vickers
Tishillty
Long Beach
Prayer Meeting for Nuclear Protest at Los Angeles Harbor
A mass prayer service is held at Berth 44 Los Angeles Harbor for the Golden Rule’s protest voyage against nuclear tests near Eniwetok. The 30-foot ketch will sail at noon Monday with four crew members to oppose atomic bomb testing, led by Albert Bigelow and including William Huntington James Willoughby.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Eniwetok Island
Committee For Non- Violent Action
Albert Bigelow
Architect
Long Beach
William Huntington
James
George Willough
Lincoln Park
Blackwood Terrace
David Gale
Carver
Minn
Gale
Willl
Terian
Death in Our Skies air crash series to start Sunday
The Independent and Press Telegram announce a Sunday start for a series by George Houser on rising air traffic over Southern California. The reports will examine risks after two military aircraft collided, killing 48 people, including Mrs Edith R Herrandez when a heavy airplane crashed into a Norwalk residence last Saturday.
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Norwalk
Edith R. Herrandez
Independent
Press-Telegram
George
Bob) Houser
California
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