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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1959

Page

8

Police Car Collides Injuring Woman in Seaside

A 23 year old woman, Doris A Stoddard of Linden Avenue, is in serious condition at Seaside Hospital after a collision with a Signal Hill police patrol car at Orange Avenue and Hill Street during a pursuit. The driver of the other car, Officer Kent L Nickell, 23, avoided injury. Her four month old daughter Venus escaped uninjured. The incident occurred Wednesday. red light and siren were in use.

Seaside Signal Hill Orange Ave Hill St. Doday Hill St Doris A. Stoddard Linden Ave Venus Kent L. Nickell Temple Ave

Shuffleboard Clash Sparks Park Fight in Long Beach

Enthusiasts push to install four new cant boards at Bixby Park prompting former park commissioner to warn that shuffleboard players are turning parks into recreation factories. Miss Gladys Schell urges the board to favor privately owned commercial courts and oppose a beach parking lot and a cultural center on the bluff.

Long Beach Gladys Schell E. Broadway City Park Board Bixby Park Park Board Jeff William F. Feistner Donald D. Obert Feistner Park Department

City Manager Asked to Add Ladder Trucks in North Areas

City Council refers a request for ladder trucks to aid firefighting in north and northeast districts. The body also orders traffic signal work at Woodruff Avenue and Willow Street and authorizes a $3 756 80 contract for landscape services with James E Boothe Downey for continued work.

Sam EF Vick Jerous Jerome Gy Colton South St Stella James E.tion Woodservice Boothe, Downey Ruff Ave Willow St

Governor Williams Invites Governors to Civil Rights Conference

An executive aide said Governor G. Mennen Williams invited most of the nation's governors to a civil rights conference in Detroit. The note surfaced as the event was outlined for late December in Lansing.

Lansing Mich G. Mennen Williams Detroit

Kentucky Reunion Set for March 14 at Junior College Event

A Kentucky reunion is planned for March 14 during a junior college event in Paducah. Alumni from Paducah Junior College, led by R G Matheson and Maj Randall Mitch, join others in the Long Beach national conference of the American Association of Junior Colleges as local organizers call for attendance and community support.

Kentucky Paducah Junior College R. G. Matheson Paycontact Randall L. Mitchi Long Beach Aducah Junior College Bel Air St Anaheim Jarea American Association of Junior Betty Karnette 7Th St

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