Elvis Gives Ex-FDR Yacht Away at Last
Presley publicly presented the presidential yacht Potomac to Danny Thomas in Long Beach Harbor to aid Saint Jude Hospital Memphis Tennessee, but the charity declined the gift for lack of facilities to maintain the vessel. Thomas announced the boat would be auctioned again.
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Elvis
Bertha
Long Beach Harbor
Hvis Presley
Danny Thomas
Thomas
Presley
Memphis
Tenn
March of Dimes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Foundation
The
Potomac
Prestey
Refugee Victim of Fraud Wins Record Award
The Plymouth Center Downey juries found Yeakel guilty of defrauding a customer and ordered payment of 7500 dollars in punitive damages, the largest Municipal Court judgment in California history to that date.
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Yeakel Plymouth Center
Downey
Friday
Municipal Cour
California
Yeakel Plymouth Center Inc
Don Iopes
Hopes Fantly
Man Jailed as Attacker of Girl 10 Aged Victim in Norwalk
Norwalk deputies report a 21 year old man Gerald Garrow of Baldwin Park was arrested shortly after the assault on a 10 year old girl at her home during lunch. Garrow faces felony assault on a child and kidnapping charges. the girl described a confrontation in the driveway and inside a bedroom where a pocketknife was produced.
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AWO
la Mirada
Norwalk
Gerald Garrow
Frarddin Ave
Baldwin Park
Sherff
Man 65 Killed in Bellflower Hit and Run
An elderly Bellflower man Manuel DeGozz, 65, died after a hit and run Friday. He was struck on Fa mona Street near Ardmore Avenue and died at St. Helen's Hospital Bellflower at 6 30 pm. Investigators reported skull fractures multiple injuries. the vehicle was not described.
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Bellflower
Lakewood
Ship Invites Public to Visit Navy Vessel at Park
Visitors may tour the USS Che mung at the Iorg Beach Naval Shipyard from today to Sunday between 1 and 4 pm, with access during those hours on both days. Public invited to see the vessel and meet crew members.
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Navy
Iorg Beach Naval Shipyard
Protest Over Toll Free Calls From Garden Grove Area
Garden Park Estates Homeowners Association pressed General Telephone Co to enable toll free calls to Long Beach Anaheim and Buena Park from West Garden Grove. Company executives agreed to a three month survey of demand, usage and pricing before a follow up meeting with Tim Hastings.
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General Telephone Co
Long Beach
Anaheim
Buena Park
Garden Grove
West Side
General
West Orange Coun
Chiles R. Mesdie
Allan R. Stacy
Garden Park Estates Homeowners' Association
Mead and Stacy
Tim Hastings
Homeountrs’ Group
West Garden Grove
Eastgate
Garden Park Estates Group
Plas
Pesanington
State Approves SS Catalina Fares Will Go Up Slightly
The State Public Utilities Commission approved higher one way and round trip fares for the SS Catalina cross channel service as AMLGRS Inc begins daily Wilmington to Avalon runs from April 15 to October 15. Adult single $1.75, child $1.50. round trips $3.50 and $7.75. group charters $6,250. PUC estimates net profits at $7,417 under new fares versus $45,673 last summer.
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Catalina
Cross Channel
State Public Utilities Commission
Wilmington
Avalon
Santa Cata- Tina Island
PUC
Torrance Mayor Isen Guilty Of Drunken Driving
Torrance mayor Albert Isen was found guilty of drunken driving after a jury trial. He was sentenced to one year probation, fined, and required to suspend driving privileges between 8 am and 6 pm for 30 days while his attorney plans an appeal.
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Isen
Torrance
Albertfense
Sen
Compton
Aher
Rich
Aid E. Maher
John J. Landis
Thelsea
Cay
Landis
Tile Jery
Tach
Tsen
Biting Feline Quarantined After Lakewood Boy Attack
A 41 year old Billy Lakewood boy was bitten by a cat and is quarantined at the animal shelter. The bite prompted Pasteur rabies treatment consideration and Mrs. Rauchman of Eastbrook Ave reported many compassionate calls after sightings of cats matching the description.
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Lakewood
Billy
John Rauchman
Eastbrook Ave
Psychiatric Tests Slated for Attacker Roebuck
Alan L Roebuck 23 of 924 Euclid Ave pleaded guilty to rape of a 25 year old theater patron after an down town show. Dressed as a woman at the time he was taken home from the theater. Attorney Yen Fahrney asked for psychiatric exams to determine possible mental disorder before probation hearing set for March 6 by Judge Maurice Sparling.
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Alan L Roebuck
Euclid Ave
Gashier Jan
Yen Fahrney
Maurice C. Sparling
Roebuck
Sparling
On Stage and Events at LB Venues Tonight
Today in LB features Oh Men Oh Women at 830 pm at Community Playhouse 5021 E Anaheim St. Take Her She's Mine at 620 pm at Magnolia Ave theater 2400 Magnolia Ave. Irma La Douce at 839 pm Broadway Theater 211 Lime Ave. CAT SHOW noon at Exhibition Hall Municipal Auditorium. Barber Shop Quartet Concert at 7 pm at Connection Hall Municipal Auditorium.
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Community Playhouse
Anahein St
Magnofia
Magnolia Ave
Lime Ave
Municipal Auditorium
Connection
Magnolia District Phonics Program Deemed Unlawful by Officials
Orange County Counsel George Holden stated Magnolia School Districts AIR phonics program lacks approval from the State and County Boards and is illegal to use. He warned district officials and trustees face misdemeanor prosecutions and personal liability for costs, noting $10,000 spent on the program and $3,307 on testing, while recommending approved supplementary texts or library books as alternatives.
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Orange County
George F. Holden
American Institute of Reading
Magnolia
Helden
James A Allen
Harry J. Milligan
Charles R. Deans
Holden
Grunenfelder
Magnulia
Magnolia Board
Charity Board
Gerard
Hondo St. Downey
Test of Gambling Law Delays Trial
Long fighting a local antigambling ordinance as six defendants and attorney Burton Marks seek to block enforcement. Court date postponed to March 11 with Judge Harold Collins presiding in Los Angeles court. Defendants include Jack J. Gerard, Hal Miller, Jack Soglofski, Horace Hubbard, Floyd Thogmartin, and Tie Oberman.
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Bob Schmidt
Parkin
Rob
Los Angeles
Marks
Lose Beach
Lor Y Angeles
Jack J. Gerard
Standard Cheb
Atlantic Ave
Hal Miller
Jack Soglofski
Horate Hubbard
Floyd Thogmartin
Tie Oberman
Se Hoe
Long Beach
Burton Marks
Lefty
Floyd Dean Trogmartin
Standard Club
Residence Provision Attacked In Long Beach Charter
Long Beach city employees renew their bid to change the residence requirement in the city charter. President Harry A. Lown and CEA Secretary Henry Schultz urge retaining the rule only for city officers and board members and ask for a Charter Amendment Committee hearing.
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Long Beach City
Harry A. Lown
City Employes Association
Long Beach
Lown
CEA
Henry Schultz
Council Charter Amendment Committee
Long Reach
Grunenfelder
Sea Victim Found Near Seal Beach Naval Station
The body of 13 year old Harold Roberts of 610 West Rosecrans Avenue Compton was found Friday in the water between the east and west jetties at Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station harbor. Five Navy men from Long Beach Naval Station retrieved the body after it was swept from the Seal Beach First Street jetty Jan 20 while fishing with Stancie Killough 36 of 113 EF Laurel. The corpse was examined by Orange County coroner deputies and taken to Smith Mortuary in Huntington Beach. Roberts is survived by wife and five children. Seal Beach police reports total $25.
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Compton
Seal Beach
Naval Weapons Station
Harold Roberts
W. Rosecrans Ave
Seal Beach First Street
Stancie Killough
Laurel
Campin
Navy
Ifroma Long Beach Naval
Torpedoos
Roberts
Orange County
Smith's Morory
Heniington Beach
Seal Peach Police
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West County
Leg Pennington
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Frank Gronenfelder
State Board of Education
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Charles A. Wilson
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