Old Paratroopers Recall 82nd Airborne Bond in Reunion
Six veterans from I Company 82d Airborne gathered at Lakewood in a weekend reunion. They recalled Sicily and Salerno, shared battlefield memories, and toasted fallen comrades while celebrating renewed camaraderie. The group, now professionals in various fields, emphasized friendships over years and hoped for no future wars.
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California
South Parachute “Infantry
Sicily
Salerno
Noarmandy
S/Sgl
Fred Gilman
Jasinina Ave
Lakewood
Dan McClure
Chemical Plant
Domart ‘Ave
Norwalk
Fey
Dan
Howard E. Carbaugh
Canoga Park
Faecific
Gilman
Fighting 82Nd
I Company
Etely
McClure
82Nd Airborne
Howard Carbaugh
Walter Kroener
Public Safety Advised Amid Street Crime Concerns
A city captain warns residents about mugger and sex crime risks in exposed areas. He urges screaming and fleeing to ask for help, citing a New York case where about 40 bystanders watched a murder. He laments public indifference and urges vigilance locally.
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New York
Black
Spontaneous Ignition: Haystack Fire At Lakewood Dairy
Firemen say hot weather caused a spontaneous ignition fire at a Lakewood dairy farm. A 150 ton alfalfa haystack burned from Saturday night, destroying hay worth $430 per ton owner John Hilatdes was uninsured. Firemen saved 250 tons as the scene was secured Sunday evening.
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Lakewood
John Hilatdes
Driver Booked in Crash Death for Passenger
A driver who escaped injury in a Long Beach Freeway crash was arrested by the California Highway Patrol early Sunday and booked on a felony drunken driving charge after the incident that killed his passenger.
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Long Beach
California Highway Patrol
Crash on freeway roars. one killed in 250 foot roll over
A 1957 two door sedan traveling about 90 mph north on the freeway clipped another car and overturned end over end for 250 feet north of Del Amo Boulevard killing Donald Kitts, 26, a Hell Gardens service station attendant. Gerald McCabe, 28, of Norwalk, was jailed for felony drunken driving and manslaughter. Harold Simpson, 21, of Hell Gardens, escaped serious injury. The Milner car, driven by Leonard Milner, was uninjured. Traffic backed four miles south. Kitts died at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. Meanwhile Blue Star Mothers meetings were announced for America Chapter One at the YWCA.
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WiNesses
del Amo
Boulevard
Donald Kitts
Hell Gardens
Gerald Thomas McCabe
Everest St.y Norwalk
Milestone Sheriff's Station
McCabe
Harold G. Simpson
Leonard F. Milner
Los Angeles
Blue Star
Milner
America
YWCA
Mothers of Veterans
VA Hospital
Fire Threatens Homes as Garage Burns in Bellflower
Firefighters from seven county units stopped a savage fire Sunday afternoon in Bellflower, saving two homes. An electrical short in a refrigerator started the blaze at about 2 30 in a triple garage behind 9726 Cedar Ave, owned by Arthur Hamilton. The flames destroyed the garage and an automobile, then spread to a patio and the rear of 9732 Cedar Ave, owned by Mrs. Hazel Danlake. Battalion Chief Roy Swank led the response. Damage about 2926 dollars.
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Bellflower
Cedar Ave
Arthur Hamilton
Cedar| J
Hazel Danlake
Roy Swank
Dr Thomson Funeral Set for Tuesday
Dr Laura Sealy Thomson 84 died Saturday at Edgewater Convalescent Hospital. Funeral 1 30 pm Tuesday at Christensen Pro Redondo Avenue Mortuary. She practiced medicine in Minnesota and Washington, moved to Long Beach in 1941 with husband Fred, was active in women’s clubs, and celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary in April at 141 Pelham Road.
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Laura Sealy Thomson
Edgewater Convalescent Hospital
Christensen Pro
Thomson
Minnesota
Washington
Fred
Long Beach
Los Angeles
California Federation of Women's Clubs
Thomsons
Pelham Road
Demand for Used Sports Equipment Classified Ad
There is a call for used sports gear to be sold for cash via a low cost classifieds service. Interested buyers may dial NE 2959 to arrange pickup or sale.
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HFC Traveloan
HFC
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