Injured man returns home after nine months in hospital
William Jones reports on Roland Gnagy a 37 year old Lakewood man who after a 47 foot fall into a chemical tank left Memorial Hospital nine months later to drive home in a specially equipped car to his wife Sue and two sons Mike 13 and Andy 10. Despite permanent paralysis Gnagy plans to work learn generator repairs and start his own shop saying God has given him miracles and he must provide for his family.
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William Jones
Lakewood
Roland
Jerry) Gragy
Coldbrook Ave
Gragg
Cherry Avenue
Paramount Boulevard
Gnagy
Jerry
Andy
Mike
Sue
Coast Guard Ship Command Given to L B Officer 38
Lt Cmdr El E McCrory 38 of Long Beach takes command of the USCGC Heather at Coast Guard Base Terminal Island relieving Cmdr Burton Weston. McCrory joined the Coast Guard in 1942 after attending the Academy at New London. He previously commanded the Aleutian Coast Guard station from 1951 to 1953 and has served as executive officer on four ships. He and his wife Irene have bought a home at 2000 Iroquois Ave. The Heather patrols the 11th Coast Guard District from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Ezrin
Coast Guard
el E. McCrory
Pativelt
Long Beach
Heather
Terminal Island
Cmdr
Burton Vy.weston
Cmdr. McCrory
Sion
New London
Atlal
Aleuitian Islands
Irene
Iroquois Ave
11Th Coast Guard
Santa Barbara
Long Beach Rallies and Flags Incident
Long Beach officials blamed rain for delaying flag displays at City Hall and the Municipal Utilities Building during JFK's inauguration. Citizens criticized the lapse as a fault of weather and memory, while custodial staff said rain postponed the flags until public protest surged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Utilities
John F. Kennedy
Earl Risley
Long Beach Gathers For Hearings On Red Car Service
Long Beach and Compton seek a State Public Utilities Commission hearing on February 23 and 24 to compel Pacific Electric Railway to renew its lease with the Metropolitan Transit Authority or provide passenger rail service for at least five years. The MTA has tentatively opposed, preferring a new bus service, while city officials push for equal, no cost transit options under the MTA act. The hearing, led by Examiner Kent Rogers, will be held at an unspecified location with MTA directors noting prior refusals to renew the lease as the reason for abandoning rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weeks
Long Beach
State Public Utilities Commission
Compton
PUC
Pacific Electric Rail
Way Co
Metropolitan Transit
Kenty Rogers
MTA
Wilson Gittleman
Israel
B'nai B'rith Lodge
Grand Ave
Long Beach Theatrical Lineup Evening Showtimes
Concert at Munici pal Barn 2 p m Exhib it Hall Municipal Auditorium. Morning Star 30 pm on stage. Jewish Center Circle Players Willow St and Grand Ave Reluctant Debutante 30 pm. Long Beach Community Playhouse 5201 E Anaheim St Guys and Dolls 8 30 p m Off Broadway Theatre 211 Lime Ave Can Can 8 30 p m Magnolia Theatre 2400 Magnolia Ave.
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Municipal Barn
Municipal Auditorium
Morning Star
Jewish Center Circle Players
Jewish Center
Willow St
Grand Ave
Long Beach
Anaheim St
Guys and Dolls
Lime Ave
Magnolia Theatre
Magnolia Ave
Teacher Guilty in Tot Peril Case Charges Endangerment
An unemployed school teacher pleaded guilty to endangering the health and safety of her 24 year old daughter Elise Louise McCarthy of 1005 Orange Ave. She will return to court February 17 for sentencing before Municipal Judge Charles T. Smith. Police say she was intoxicated at arrest with beer bottles found around the home and a littered floor. Neighbors reported the daughter Charleen moved between apartments seeking bread crusts.
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Elise Louise McCarthy
Orange Ave
Charles T. Smith
Charleen
Coast Guard Pursuit Of Downed Plane Ends In Routine Seaplane Flyby
A Navy seaplane was sighted making routine landings at sea after five Coast Guard cutters and four search planes were dispatched Friday to an area 12 miles off Long Beach in search of a downed aircraft. No wreckage or survivors were found.
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Coast Guard
Long Beach
Ocean
Ex-Kuchel Aide to Speak Here
An insight to the U S Shuffleboard Club Senate will be the topic as officers are named for the Lincoln club. Robert Wenke, former Kuchel aide, will speak at Our Lady of Refuge Hall 5195 Stearns St Tuesday at 6 15 p m. Harrig Taylor is second vice president and L G Angeles treasurer. A potluck dinner will follow. Directors are A R Sastrow and C W Fields.
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U. S
Senate
Robert Wenke
Lincoln
U.S
Thom
A. R. Sastrow
W, Fields
Canyon Fire Contained Near San Clemente After Blazing 4000 Acres
Firefighters held a brush fire at Christianitas Canyon near San Clemente overnight with nearly 300 fire fighters, Marines, and heavy air tankers aiding. The blaze began in Camp Talega at Camp Pendleton during explosive training by Marines and was contained early Friday morning in rugged terrain.
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San Clemente
Christianitas Canyon
Orange
Riverside County Forestry’ Service
Camp Talega
Camp Pendleton
Gen Lyman Installed by Reservists
Brig Gen Willis T Lyman USAR was installed president of the Long Beach chapter of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States Friday night at Allen Center. Joined by Col Gordon C Young as VP Army and Cmdr Russell J McKeown VP Navy along with Maj William R Gilbart VP Air Force and Capt Harry L Thompson USAR secretary treasurer. Directors include Capt George E Ely Lt Earl Clifton Capt Arden A Jervey and Lt Dorothy J Loeffel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis T. Lyman
USAR
Long Beach
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
Allen Center
Lyman
Gordon C. Young
Army
Russell J. McKeown
Navy
William R. Gilbart
Air Force
Harry L. Thompson
George E. Ely
USNR
Earl Clifton
Arden A. Jervey
AFB
Dorothy J. Loeffel
L B Shriners Elect Johnson Officer Panel
Clyde D. Johnson was elected president of Long Beach Shrine Club, a luncheon group under Ewak Temple. Roy Wright was chosen vice president, Mose E Lewis treasurer, Bob Boulden secretary, with Frank Finch as past president serving as potentates ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde D. Johnson
Long Beach
Patchwork fix aids baby with missing diaphragm
In Long Beach, a surgeon opened a 4 day old girl Catherine Eileen Fiffick and found most of her right diaphragmatic wall absent. He rebuilt the thoracic abdominal partition with a Teflon mesh patch, relieving lung collapse and bile duct compression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Eileen Fiffick
Joseph and
Marion Fiffick
Blaine Ave
Bellflower
Ward
Catherine
Long Beach Police Captain heads family counseling board
Capt. Paul Lansdowne of the Long Beach Police Department Juvenile Bureau has been elected president of the Long Beach Family Counseling Service Board of Directors for 1961. Serving with him are Marvin Tincher as vice president, Mrs. David Gean as secretary, Mrs. Josephine Burgess as treasurer, and Blaine Nelson as publicity chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lansdowne
Long Beach Police Department
Woodard Rites Set Monday
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at Sunnyside Cathedral Chapel for Margaret Woodard 22 of 122 Termino Ave a Long Beach humanitarian who died Thursday. Surviving are two daughters Doris Perry and Nina Scheigner both of 122 Termino Ave and two sons Drs William A Jr and Joseph. She was the widow of Dr William A Woodward. Christensen Pine Mortuary is in charge.
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Sunnyside Cathedral Chapel
Margaret Woodard
Termino Ave
Long Beach
William A. Woodward
Doris Perry
Termina Ave
Nina Scheigner
Teria Ave
William A. Jr
Joseph
Woodard
Christensen-Pine Mortuary
Channel Bridge Closed for Repair
The Commodore Heim Bridge across the Cerritos Channel will be closed to traffic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday for repairs.
Motion Picture Stars Attend Preview Aboard Hamul
Hollywood stars Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams Jack Lemmon Ricky Nelson and John Lund joined crewmen of the Long Beach destroyer tender Hamul for dinner aboard Friday before a preview of The Wackiest Ship in the Army. Capt. Silk hosted the event as the stars attended the premiere hosted by producer Fred Kohlmar.
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Uss
Hamul
Hollywood
Jack Lemmon
Falecia Farr
Edie Adams
Ernie Kovacs
Ricky Nelson
Navy
Kovacs
Fred Kohlmar
F. W. Silk
Motion-Picture Company
Jeep Club Forming Invite for Desert Foxes Meet
Owners of four wheel drive jeeps invited by the Desert Foxes at Long Beach to join a jeep club. A meeting will be held Monday February 6 at 8 p.m. at 710 West Spring Street.
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Desert Foxes
Long Beach
W. Spring St
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L.B. Shriners
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Ben Zinser
Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital
Joseph Fiffick
Catherine Infant
Willie
Pierpoint Landing
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Jeep Club
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