Five Honored for Draft Board Work in Long Beach
Five men received certificates for a quarter century of volunteer service on Long Beach selective service boards. The honorees Clarence Wagner Jack Homer Don Fohl Milo Phelps and Harold Ratcliffe were praised by retired Air Force Captain T D Proffitt and noted for impartial classifications of registrants.
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T. D. Proffitt
E. Wagner
Harold Ratcliffe
Don C. Fohl
Jack Horner
Clarence Ing
Milo Phelps
Long Beach
Selective Service Boards
Air Force
Southern
California
Jack Homer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fahl. Wagner
San Pedro
Torrance
Artesia
Horner
National Guard
Army
Los Angeles Port Chief Seeks Talks With Long Beach Officials
Pietro De Cario, president of the Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners, plans a meeting with Long Beach Harbor Board members to ease tensions between the rival ports. He aims to brief new LA board members on legal disputes, including a contract fight with Sea Land and tariff objections. De Carlo expects a meeting after LA elects its new board July 26 and notes Long Beach president Llewelyn Bixby Jr. has shown willingness to discuss.
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Pietro de Cario
Los Angeles
Long Beach Harbor Department
Sea Land Oflifornia
zeThe Industry and Transportation Committee
de Carlo
Long Beach
Llewelyn Bixby Jr
Bixby
Cook Book Entries End On Sunday
Midnight Sunday is the deadline for entries in the 13th annual Independent Press Telegram cook book contest. Prizes include an O Keefe Merritt Contempo gas range an Osterizer and 144 cash awards. Send legibly on one side of paper one recipe per page with ingredients measurements and method to Mildred K Flannary at the Independent Press Telegram Long Beach California 90801.
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Independent, Press-Telegram
O'Keefe
Merritt
Mildred K. Flannary
Independent, Press - Telegram
Long Beach
Calif
Water Ski Rental Concession OKd
The Recreation Commission approved a one year trial for Pan-Pacific Development & Manufacturing Co to rent water skis and equipment at Marine Stadium. It will operate a small sales shop and pay 10 percent of gross revenue. The panel also set new flat fees for adult club facilities and reviewed several community use permits and additions in local parks.
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Marine Stadium
Pan-Pacific Development & Manufacturing Co
Recreation Commission
Missioners
Shuffleboard
Checkers
A. D. Hoskin
Municipal and
School Recreation
California Recreation Center
Central Area Neighborhood Council
Plaza
el Dorado Park Playground
Stormvogel Maintains Lead in Transpacific Yacht Race
Stormvogel held the lead in the Transpacific Yacht Race amid medical incidents aboard Blue Belle and crew changes. A Navy doctor was en route to assist. Morgan Pattison Jr. was moved to USS Topeka for a stomach ulcer treatment. Distances from Honolulu listed for top boats across classes.
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Honolulu
Santa Monica
Curt Thomas
Navy
Morgan Pattison Jr
Topeka
Association Founder Dies in L B
Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus 82 founder and president of NRTA and AARP died Thursday in a Long Beach hospital. She lived at 1021 Andrews Place. Andrus was California's first woman secondary school principal at Lincoln High LA 1918 to 1944, founded NRTA in 1947 and AARP in 1958. Private funeral service set for Monday with a memorial later.
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Ethel Percy Andrus
National Retired Teachers Association
NRTA
American Association of Retired Persons
AARP
Long Beach
Andrews Place
Andrus
Lincoln High
Los Angeles
Classified Ads Offer Great Home Furnishings Deals
Don’t just wish for a better home. Discover great buys in today’s classified ads with furniture, decor, and essential items for every room.
New Port Official Raps Handling of Expense Accounts
A newly appointed Los Angeles Harbor Commissioner accuses port officials of self approval for expense accounts. Robert A. Day questions who approves harbor staff and commission statements amid a San Francisco shipping conference expense claim, prompting debate at a regular meeting.
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Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners
Robert A. Day
Day
Harbor Department
Staaf
Bernard J. Caughlin
Caughlin
S Ee
San Francisco
New Ship to Honor Viet Hero Meyerkord at Todd Yard
The USS Meyerkord is to be launched at Todd Shipyard on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in memory of Lt. H. Dale Meyerkord, the first Naval officer killed in Vietnam. Co sponsors are his widow Jane Meyerkord and mother Mrs. Harold E. Meyerkord of St. Louis.
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Todd Shipyard
Vietnam
H. Dale Meyerkord
Jane FE. Meyerkord
Harold E. Meyerkord
St. Louis
William H. Hardcastle Jr
Meyrekord Advisory Group
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk, Va
Four Survive Sea Ordeal
Four people survive a sea ordeal off California as Mrs. Chamberlain and her sister Mrs. Jahunke rush to the Coast Guard Fort Office in Long Beach. After stopping for a drive-in meal, Coast Guard rescuers supply water to the exhausted men who had been wolfing down burgers and bear claws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Paramount Soldier Killed in Viet Battle
Army Pfc. Chris Evans of Paramount was killed in action in Vietnam, the Defense Department said Thursday. Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Evans, lived at 710 E. Roosevelt Ave.
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Army
Chris
Evans
Paramount
Vietnam
Defense Department
Ralph T. Evans
E. Rosecrans Ave
Desenex Promises Fast Relief for Itching Feet
Soothing Desenex claims rapid healing by killing athlete’s foot fungus and preventing cracking peeling and blisters. Widely prescribed and reportedly used by the U S Olympic Team it guarantees results with day powder and night ointment available at drug counters.
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Long Beach Area
Clarence E. Wagner
Johnson
Ronald Reagan
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Kenneth Leitch
L.A
L.A. Harbor
Jack O
Baldwin Marine
Tallier Shipping Company
Stormvogel
Serena
Kialoa
Whistle Wing
Kamaki
Orient
Legend
Driver
Spirit
Sitoon
Westward
Holiday II
Madrugador
Argonaut
Chrysopyle
Intrepid
Dept
Ark
Caugh
Lin
Lit. Meyerkord
Meyerkord
Todd
Francis Hammond
George R. Musé
San Diego
Piough, Inc
Westminster Memorial Park Mortuary
Beach Blvd
Westminster
Twieceks
Jefferson
Geneva
Dooley’s
Westinghouse
Dooley
Doolay
Dooley’s Hardware Mart
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