Miss Universe pageant chaos hits city jail and deck display
Two contestants ended up in the City Jail amid a weekend flare for the Miss Universe event. Gifts for the mayor from contestants are showcased at Walker's department store, while others tour the USS Haven and reflect on the pageant’s broad spectacle and staging.
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Gay Marshall
South Dakota
Ray Wealer
Walker's Department Store
Pine Ave
Martha Lehmann
Alaska
Judith Ann Mall
Iowa
Ali
Deanie Cates
Florida
Greenigator
Charley Crill
Yan
Charley
Jim
Rehearsal Tense for Beauties in Miss United States Quest
Oscar Meinhardt directs the seven contestants at Municipal Auditorium during the Monday morning rehearsal for Miss United States. Lisa Simon, Miss France, adjusts her stage position as the group focuses on the upcoming Wednesday selection and Friday Miss Universe pageants. Caro More recalls past ceremonies while the performers push through a demanding morning session.
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Oscar Meinhardt
Sandra Ramsey
Massachusetts
Romeo
Chardt
John Quirt
Municipal Auditorum
Fra
France
Lisa Simon
Meinhardt
Lisa
Caro
Long Beach Unified School District set for first budget hearing
The Long Beach Unified School District schedules the first public hearing on its record 29,942,772 budget for the 1957 58 school year at 4 p.m. August 3 in the Board of Education building. Final adoption expected by August 9. The board also awarded a parking lot rental contract to Lakewood merchants and discussed an overpass plan across Clark Ave near Mark Twain School, with location to be decided later.
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Long Beach
Kroll
Carson's St
Lakewood Blvd
Lakewood
Clark Ave
Mark Twain
Lakewood Merchants
J. Sanford Yodd
Knoll
Bar and Nursery Theft Reported On Monday Afternoon
Police report two thefts in separate locations. At 1830 Sante Fe Ave a bar lost 280 dollars in checks and bills from a cabinet under the cash register. At 4657 Bellflower Blvd Supreme Nursery the cash register yielded 183.27 dollars. Bar owner Leroy P. Lane, 40, and nursery owner Iva L. Brummel Rivera described a sneak thief during the afternoon.
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Sante Fe Ave
Supreme Nursery
Bellflower Blvd
Leroy P. Lane
Iva L. Brummel
Rivera
Council Approves Mental Health Planning Group
City councilmen formally approved appointing a committee to plan expanded mental health services funded jointly by state and city, and deferred any appropriation to the 1958-39 fiscal year. Mrs. Gertrude Withers of the Community Welfare Council said the group has withdrawn its request for a $52,422 budget item, as planning will take almost a full year.
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Gertrude Withers
Community Welfare Council
Budget stalls as Long Beach council fails to form quorum
Long Beach City Council again halted progress on a 25.89 million dollar budget as four members attended an afternoon session without a quorum. Hearings on department requests included 69 thousand dollars for chamber advertising and 8450,350 for a Convention and Visitors Bureau expansion.
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Lewis D. Reese
John F. Baker
Charlies R. Dooley
Virgil H. Spongberg
Chamber of Commerce Bi
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Almost Miss Universe Pageant Upheaval Near Long Beach
In the Miss Universe contest two contestants faced misfortune. Miss New York learned her father Ralph Perkley, a barber union agent, died Saturday and her family planned funeral back home. Savita, the 19 year old, chose to stay and compete with her mother. Miss Iceland, looping through travel woes, awaited a return ticket and chaperone help as plans tangled in New York.
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Sanita Pelkey
New York
Bryndis Schram
Teeland
Miss Pelkey
Bronx
Miss Schram
Ralph Perkley
Long Beach
Sanita
Paul
Iceland
Lafayette Hotel
Long Beach Harbor Board delays action on water injection plan
Harbor Commissioners postponed immediate approval of E J Amar and navy linked water injection wells to relieve subsidence. A crash program to pressurize undergrounds was debated, with legal liability and site options reviewed. The plan awaits a week of study, while other items include a pier office building lease for Van Camp Sea Food Co.
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Harbor Department
Long, Beach
Amar
Alalos
Navy
Naval Shipyard
Tarang Ranrer
Wilmington
Harbor
Barber
Kohole
William Harrington
Amaria
Mraling
Harrington
Avor
Washford Jacobson
H. E
Bud) Rideings
Joseph Bishop
van Camp Sea Food Co
van Camp
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Harry Fulton
Hosbtesses
T. H. Brinkham
Gerti Dah
Germany
Sonja Landgem
Oregon
Beenix
Uss Haven
J. G. Canning
Canning
Ginetta Cidalise-Mortaise
Martinique
Diana Shafer
Washington
the Haven
Red Cross
Haven
Mary Ann Corrales
Philippines
Inger Jonsson
Sweden
Gabriela Pascal
Uruguay
Sanila Pelkey
Council
Sam B. Vickees
Chamber
Harper Department
Gus C.lucking
Tors Jones
California
Jones
Union Station
Los Angeles
Vickers
Marvin Marker
Robert Lech
Whoj
William, Harris
Civil Service Board
Henry E. Jordan
Bureau of Franchises
Ceed
Everett Findlay
Ra ‘Commission
Anahagers
Barton Flats
Uampires
Clarence Layden
Kid Baseball Assn
Independent the Southlane
Chuck Pundgutat
Paul Wallace
Estimal
Bryndis
Eouits
Vincent Tratta
Tratta
Tor
Goodwin Knight
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