Laguna Beach meter fault sparks stern police remark
A Laguna Beach visitor recounts a rude encounter with a desk sergeant who blamed her for using the wrong meter after parking in the business district. The incident highlights perceived public relations issues at the local police desk. The writer also notes planned traffic improvements and community proposals for the nearby auditorium and plaza.
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Panl Kulja
Chestnut
Laguna Beach
Laguna
Lone Speck in Sky Then Death A Bomb Test Scene
Dutch Marine William Jones recounts Nagasaki atomic blast and POW experiences. Herman Pieter Van Twist, a Holland-born former prisoner of war living in Long Beach, describes witnessing the 1945 explosion, its fury, and debates whether dropping the bomb was justified. He notes his capture en route from Indonesia to Australia and his 44 months in captivity.
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Herman Pieter van Twist
Rose Ave
van Twist
Sears
Long Beach
Acurely Marine
van “Wish
Indonesia
Australia
United States
Utrecht
Holland
Four Uncouths await sentencing for rape
Four members of the Un couths motorcycle club face sentencing Tuesday on two counts each of forcible rape. Bak er, Van Hook, Burke, and Hewitson were linked to a February Salt Lake Street duplex assault involving a 21 year old Navy wife.
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Quannia A
Big Red
Salt Lake Street
Hewitson
Miller
New York Yacht Leads Pacific Race After July Fourth Start
Forty-one vessels race 2224 miles from Long Beach to Honolulu in the 22nd biennial Pacific Yacht race. Ticonderoga, 72-foot yacht of New York Yacht Club owner William Brittain, holds the lead with 1074 miles sailed, ahead of Sinus Mo and Queen Kiah. Ichiban joins top handicap list with 16 16 to 2? miles from Los Angeles.
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Long Beach Harbor
Hawaii
Liconderoga
William] J
Britian
New York Yacht Club
Sinus Mo
Queen Kiah
Los Angele
Mderapa
Ticonderoga
Ichiban
Enky Last Manta Ta Genrge Sturgis
Ns Anegeles Yacht Club
Hong Kong
Chubasco
Santana
Kialoa
Kualoa
Honolulu
First Trans U S Plight Air Pioneer Hailed in DC
Smithsonian ceremony honors Calbraith Perry Rodgers the first coast to coast flight in 1911 aboard the Vin Fiz. Administrator Vin Fiz Ilalaby will title Rodgers skyway while recounting his long journey under perilous weather and mechanical failures.
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Inday
Calbraith Perry
Rodgers
Middletown
N. Y
Scranton
Rodgers ‘Slam
Long Beach
Pine Avenue
Compton
Virginia
Once Dies Injured in Crash on Highway 10
A Lakewood man and his family were injured in a head on collision on Highway 10 south of Phillipsville. Charles F. Thorne, 43, foreman for Pacific Telephone Co., was killed. Thorne’s wife Marth, 38, and their children Sharon 12 Nanny 9 Clifford 14 Tara 7 were injured. The other driver Jack Myers 24 Ashland and his father John Myers 47 Clear Lake Calif also suffered injuries. Authorities said Myers’ car was passing northbound when it collided with the Thornes’ southbound car Saturday.
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Lakewood
Phillipsville
Charles F. Thorne
Daneland
Pacific Telephone Co
Thorne
Marth
Sharon
Nanny
Clifford
Tara
Jack Myers
Ashland
John My 47
Clear Lake
Calif
Myers
Thornes
TV to Show Sample of IBC Beauty
Southland viewers will see a sample of the International Beauty Congress pageant on KTTV Channel 11 Wednesday from 2 40 to 3 30 p m The telecast includes previews arrivals breakfast fashion show luncheon parade and final judging highlights with Oscar Meinhard noting 58 nations represented and eight new entrants Ireland Scotland Madagascar Wales Panama New Zealand Nicaragua Honduras
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Southland Television
KTTV
Channel 11
Bill Welsh
Tang Beach
Oscar Meinhard
Ireland
Scotland
Madajascar
Wales
Panama
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Honsduras
Driver killed in Auto Crash in Santa Fe Springs
A Pico Rivera man, Ray J Edwards, 31, died from injuries after a two car crash at Telegraph Road and Note Walk Boulevard in Santa Fe Springs. Edwards was pronounced dead at Presbyterian Hospital after the Saturday morning collision with Stephen Philip Morales, 20, of Pico Rivera.
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Santa Fe Springs
Ray J. Edwards
Paramount Blvd
Presbyterian Hospital
Notewalk Boulevard
Telegraph Road
Pica- Rivera
Stephen Philip Morales
Eos Posas St
Tests for Peace Corps tryouts scheduled Thursday and Friday
Peace Corps applicants will be tested Thursday and Friday at the Federal Building 300 Long Beach Blvd. The announcements from Washington D C say Thursday testing covers all assignments while Friday targets those with college degrees who want to teach in secondary programs. Recruitment director Thomas H E Quimby notes requests for volunteers with varied skills, prompting a second test round after May 27 and June 3. Chief Warrant Officer George W Davis of 96R Paid St has retired from the US Navy after long active service with his last duty station at the Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego Naval Station.
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Peace Corps
Federal Building
Long Beach Blvd
Uwill
Washington
D.C
Tor
Thomas H. E. Quimby
George W. Davis
US Navy
Davis
San Diego Naval Stacina
Youth in Crash Is Doing Well Signal Hill Bandits
Gary Bruce Nance 18 of Beverly Street Flower was listed as resting comfortably in Community Hospital after a crash that killed an 18 year old Lakewood youth Friday. A second youth was killed when their car crashed under a truck on Clark Avenue near Springs Street. Police said two bandits about 25 robbed a liquor store at 2368 East Pacific Coast Highway, forcing clerk Norman Filson to surrender cash at about 11:90 p.m. Saturday.
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Gary Bruce Nance
NME
Beverly St. Bell Flower
Lakewood
Community Hospital
Signal Hill
Pennswood Ave
Pacific Coast Highway
Norman Filson
Photography Convention Ends Today at Lafayette Hotel
The ninth annual Western states convention sponsored by the Professional Photographers of California winds up a four day meeting. Last day sessions include in-key portraiture exhibition and discussion by Russian Armenian Kourken and co illustrational photography by Mas Yavno, both of Los Angeles. Highlight in the afternoon titled Glamour Is My Business features Peter and Alice Gowland of Santa Monica.
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Professional Photographers of
California
Gin
Lafayette Hotel
Ruzgerian Kourken
Mas Yavno
Los Angeles
Glamour
Peter and
Alice Gowland
Santa Monica
English Prof to Speak on Woolf Milieu Tuesday
Dr Elizabeth Nielsen professor of English at Long Beach State College will speak on The Milieu of Virginia Woolf Tuesday from 3 30 to 5 p m at the Belmont Book Platz 4818 Second St Belmont Center.
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LBSC
Elizabeth Nielsen
Long Beach State College
Wilh
Virginia Woolf
Belmont Book Platz
Second St
Four Hurt in Boat Blast Doing Well in Hospital
Four victims suffered first second and third degree burns to arms legs and faces when a boat burst into flames at a fuel dock during Sunday night. The injured include Morris Teichner and Harry Chapman of Los Angeles and others aboard the vessel Jennie T. They are hospitalized in stable condition at Lang Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The incident occurred at Uptown Exchange Club during the transfer of fuel as the engine started after the boat stalled.
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Martin Plosign
Theler
Los Angeles
Uptown Exchange Club
Jennie T
Harry Chapman
Steve Teichner
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