400 Hail Flight Pioneers Big Event of 1910 Recalled
More than 400 people recalled the first country air meet as a state historical landmark was dedicated on Do minguez Hill marking where early airmen flew in 1910. Roy Knabenshuc, 83, arrived by helicopter and received a commemorative scroll. The ceremony spotlighted the 1910 meet held January 10 to 20 and its role in Southern California aviation leadership. Charles F. Willard attended as a fellow veteran. a time capsule and monument unveiling capped the program.
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Roy Knabenshue
Delwin Clawson
Campton
Dominguez Hill
Knabenshue
Clawson
Roy Knabenshuc
Wilyoington Ave
Artesia Blvd
Knabenshuc
Wright Brothers
Burton W. Chace
Chace
Southern
California
Compton
Charles F. Willard
Police Ram Auto Win Wild Chase
A motorist led police on a five mile chase along the Hat hor Freeway and Figueroa St. Sunday ramming one police car and forcing nearly a dozen other vehicles off the road. Yasuo Shimanura 29 of Los Angeles was booked in San Pedro for assault with a deadly weapon after a chase that started when a motor officer tried to stop him for running a red light. Shimanura forced police cars off the road at several points and police bullets punctured the tires before officer Tex Greelee rammed his car off the roadway. More than a half dozen officers subdued him.
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Hathor
Figueroa St
Yasuo Shimanura
Los Angeles
San Pedro
al Herendeen
Shimanura
Channel St
Pacific Ave
Wilmington-San Pedro Rd
Herendeen
al Evans
Tex Greelee
S. Figueroa St
L A Harbor Gains in 1959 60 Half Year
Los Angeles Harbor reports a 6 percent rise in cargo handled on municipal wharves for the first half of the 1959 60 fiscal year. Gross revenue reached 3 917 110 dollars, up about 38 percent from the prior year. Tonnage totaled 9 086 260 tons with 2 335 ship arrivals, 208 more than the prior six months.
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Los Angeles
Bernard J. Caughlin
Caughlin
Alien Registration Deadline Reported Nears
The deadline for filing at filed address report forms is next Saturday, the Immigrations and Naturalization Service said. About 35,000 aliens in the area have not filed reports. Reports may be filed at the service office or at a post office.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
Downey Pair Crash Probe Opens as Rescue Ends
A sheriff's probe began Sunday into a Glendora Mountain Ridge plane crash that injured Downey residents Hartung and Koontz. Hartung told deputies he was alone before Koontz crawled from wreckage seeking help. both were hospitalized with multiple injuries after a three hour rescue.
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Downey
Glendora Mountain Ridge
Taylorcraft
Little Fames Koontz
Dalton Canyon
Smallwood Ave
Glendora Ridge
Brackett Field
la Verne
Hartung
Depu
Ralph Robert
Smallwood
Sewell Grig
Bracketl
Koontz
U. S. Forestry Service
Glendora H Hospital
Carl B. Wilson
William H. Gillespie
Hypnosis and You Panel in Long Beach Tonight
A 7:45 pm panel discussion titled Hypnosis and You will be held in Hughes Junior High School auditorium Long Beach featuring Dr Roy M Doreus UCLA psychology professor Dr Frank M Ellis Inglewood president of the Los Angeles section of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis Dr Charles H Block Glendale dentist and past president of Southern California Hypnodontia and Dr Donald W Schafer Arcadia psychiatrist Moderator Dr Frank J Kirkner chief of clinical psychology at Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital Dr M L Gatov Long Beach dentist will interrogate the panelists.
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Long Beach
Donald W. Schafer
Arcadia
Frank J. Kirkner
Lone Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
M. L. Gatov
Beaten Woman Found Dead in San Pedro Hotel
The body of Marie Campbell, 45, was found Sunday night in the San Pedro Hotel on Beacon Street Los Angeles County Coroner identified her. She was beaten to death likely Saturday afternoon in her hotel room. Detectives seek four men who registered as Mr and Mrs Wainu on January 13 with the victim. Detective Charles Bright said she had been beaten unmercifully robbery was a possible motive.
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San Pedro
Beacon St
Los Angeles County
Marie Campbell
Wainu
Charles Bright
Sata
Girl Breaks Arm After Dash Into Car Near Home
Nine year old Christy Gayle Smith of 1510 Silva Street suffered two broken bones after she dashed into the side of a four car near her home.
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Christy Gayle Smith
Silva St
URW District Five reelects Crowder as president
R H Crowder elected for his third term as president of United Rubber Workers District Council Five in a Sunday election at the Lafayette Hotel. Delegates from 34 unions, 131 delegates, chose officers including Meeker, Bullinger, and an executive board with Sauter, Marshal, Holsinger, Diaz, Gonzales, and Foster. The 1961 convention site chosen for Prescott, Arizona.
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R. H. Crowder
United Rubber Workers District Council Five
Crowder
United Rubber Workers Local 44
U.S. Rubber Co
Los Angeles
Lafayette Hotel
District Council Five
California
U.S. States
Frank Meeker
Frank Bullinger
Local
Joe Sauter
Denver
Ben Marshal
Oakland
Robert Holsinger
Arthur Diaz
Helen Gonzales
A. W. Foster
Prescott, Ariz
Boy, 4, Injured Seriously When Struck by Auto
A four year old boy suffered serious injuries Sunday afternoon when struck by a car while darting into the street. He was admitted to Maymolia Hospital and was recovering. The incident occurred on Claiborne Place near Long Beach Boulevard. The driver was identified as Curtis C. Mitchell, 61, of 717 Ultimo Avenue.
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Mark Spencer
Randolph Ph
Maymolia Hospital
Claiborne Pl
Long Beach Blvd
Curtis C. Mitchell
Ultimo Y Ave
Compassionate Reporter Old-Pro Newsman Profile
A long career profile of Harold Hap Park, starting as a guard at Iowa State Prison in 1913 and later a reporter for Daily Gem City Fort Madison. Over 46 years he wrote with compassion, covering hangings, tragedy, charity, and community life. Now with the Long Beach Sun and Press Telegram, Park and his family are noted for civic service and journalism.
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Hap) Park
Iowa State Prison
Park
Daily Gem City
Fort Madison
Iowa
Hunt and Peck
the Power
Long Beach
Long Beach Sun
Press-Telegram
Press-Tele- Bram
Fannie
Richard Park
Margaret Smith
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