Long Beach Assessed Value Drops. County Rises to High Total
County assessments show Long Beach property down this year while Los Angeles County total hits a record $11,261,791,560. Canty Assessor John R. Quinn announced Monday that despite higher roll figures the tax rate may still rise due to growth not covering added costs. Long Beach secured and unsecured property on the court's preliminary roll totals $561,269, reflecting a decline from last year.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Canty
John R. Quinn
Quinn
Long Beach mother held after beating and tying child
Mrs Georgina Scarbrough 34 was booked on investigation after deputies observed her 9 year old daughter Lee Ann cuffed and tied by three older brothers. The girl was to be taken to Juvenile Hall as deputies reported bruises and scratches. Brothers aged 14 to 4 months were released to a grandmother.
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Long Beach
Georgina Louise Scarbrough
Carmelitas
Lee Ann
Scarwough
Long Beach Gazette oddities and local quips mix with pageant buzz
A jumble of Long Beach notes covers odd observations from beach watchers and a mammoth telescope to University Club windows, local business ads and a Miss International Beauty pageant idea. Mentions include Miss IQ suggestion by Albert Faught, Caracas coverage of Miss Venezuela, and Long Beach Rail service talk.
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Albert N. Faught
Kallin
Local mother denies harsh treatment in beating case
Sheriff's deputies said neighbors reported the five year old was knocked unconscious by a boy gang and the girl would be killed. The mother was at home and aware of the abuse but tried to stop it, claiming the boys were keeping the girl from running away. She denied the treatment was severe or dangerous.
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Driftwood
Bob Swan
MTA
Don May
Jim
Tom Corcoran
Carson River
Markleeville
Second St
Redondo
Marlin DeVries
Sawtooth Mountain
Idaho
Herb Shannon
Nessman
Herb Shannami
Sueriff
Raytheon Engineer to Speak at Long Beach Meeting
Rueben W. Pullen, a field engineer at Raytheon, will address the Microwave Society of Long Beach at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Bayshore Public Library. The talk is titled Radar and Its Applications.
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Rueben W. Pullen
Field En” Iginger
Raytheon Company
Microwave Society of Long Beach At & P.m
Bayshore Public Library
Board Considers Ban on Secret School Societies
Long Beach high schools weigh ending school sponsorship of student organizations and replacing with open membership rules. Proposals urge open membership, teacher sponsors, on campus meetings, no hazing, and swift statewide adoption. Actions delayed by absent members with plan to proceed next meeting.
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George Robeson
Board of Lifucation
Long Beach Highchool
Douglas A. Newscomb
Schoo
Ito
Ion
Boant
M. A. Duncan
Elizabeth Hudson
Morelay
Chamber Seeks State Funded Long Beach Mental Health Clinic
Long Beach Chamber urges state financing for an all family mental health clinic serving adults and children. The chamber vows ongoing push as city leaders echo need for integrated psychiatric care and guidance amid funding shortfalls.
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Commerce
Long Peach
Chamber Public Health
Ciatric
Experts Studying Bus Future Here
Long Beach officials hear Charles De Leuw of De Leuw, Cather & Co. favor municipal operation over MTA expansion. He notes local agencies may better control service quality and cost, while subsidy may be needed for more frequent routes. The survey kicks off to prepare a formal city report.
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Metropolitan Transit Authority
Charles de Leuw
de Lews, Cather & Co
Santa Monica
Alameda-Contra Coste
Virgil H. Spongberg
Bureau of Franchises
Delewn
MVA
Mase Bert Bond
de Leww
MTA
Emmet Sullivan
San Franciscan
Tax Evader Paroled After Tax Evasion Conviction
Skaer F. Remmer 64 a former Nevada ganthler paroled Monday from Pecoral Correctional Institution on Terminal Inland after a 1948 Carson City conviction for six counts of income tax evasion He reached a $430000 settlement with the IRS to cover other overdue taxes while in prison
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Skaer F
Bones) Remmer
Nevada
Pecoral
Remmer
Carson City
New
Internal Revenue Service
World Peace Official to Speak Here
Camp Fire Girls day camp opens under Long Beach Council sponsorship at iCamp Suanga 501 E 67th St. Withiauny N Plymal of Des Moines Iowa, president of the World Peace Broadcasting Foundation, will speak Friday at the Unitation Church Social Hall 5460 Atherton St. About 585 girls are registered in the six sessions of camp. Volunteer workers will become instructors.
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Camp Fire Girls
Long Beach
Withiainy N- Plymal
Des
Moines
Towa
World Peace Broadcasting
Regis- Foundation
Stered
Pam
Unitation
Volun
Atherton St. Iselors
Bar Bandit Sentenced to Death
Shogun bandit Charles A. Bickley age 32 was sentenced to die in the San Quentin gas chamber for the January 3 bar killing of Elvin Feightner 31 of 631 Orange Ave. Acting Superior Court Judge Kenneth E. Sutherland ordered the sentence after denying a new trial request. The State Supreme Court will review automatically. Bickley formerly of 3285 Lemon Ave admitted fatally shooting Feightner when the victim tried to grab his shotgun in a bar on Atlantic Ave.
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Charles A. Bickley
San Quentin
Superior Court
Kenneth E. Sutherland
Vi. Ered Lightner
State Supreme Court
Rickley
Lemon Ave
Elvin Feightner
Orange Ave
Atlantic Ave
Harrington Elected President of Long Beach Steel Board
W A Harrington, head of San Pedro division of Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel, was elected president of the Long Beach Commission on Monday. He succeeds Jona P Davis. H E Ridings was named vice president, M W Dawkney secretary, and Robison Reid was added to the board replacing Joseph F Bishop. Harrington has led Long Beach for 38 years and joined the commission in January 1956.
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W. A. Harrington
Long Beach Commission
Harrington
San Pedro
Bethlehem-Pacific Coast Steel Corp
Jona P. Davis
Auto Deater
H. E
Bud) Ridings
M. W W. Dawkney
Robinson Reid
California Bank
Joseph F. Bishop
Long Beach
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