Champagne Kid Gene McNicholas Comedy Misadventure
A Long Beach page features Gene McNicholas promoting the J B Convention Bureau dubbed the Champagne Kid after an offbeat hotel party. Misidentified as another guest, he learns the champagne tale during a Las Lafayette Hotel misadventure, amid Miss Universe buzz and local chatter. The piece also touches on Roy Hill and a Shakespeare class debate at Long Beach State College about Hamlet’s delay.
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Long, Beach State College
Long Beach Man Claims He Is King of Vegas Crap Shooters
Paul Chollet 55, a retired restaurateur from Long Beach, says he held the craps run at a Las Vegas casino for 138 minutes one morning on the strip. He claims he earned thousands in side wagers, with hundreds around the table, and that his passes helped others win large sums. He describes his rules for rolling and says he has funded his trips by taking clients to Vegas casinos, taking 10 percent of their winnings.
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Las Vegas
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Restaurateir
Charlette
Vegas Strip
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Gholiel
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Deliar
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eYedos
Hoa
Tone Beech
Hall Elected Head of So Cal Typographical Conference
Hobart M. Hall, Long Beach Typographical Union president, was re elected president of the Southern California Typographical Conference at its annual San Pedro election. Delegates from California and Nevada attended as ITU reps Joe M. Brown and Paul Garton spoke. Officers elected include William J. Martin Milford Mustain E E Tandy Mitton Lomas David O Flaming and others. Hall is employed at the Independent Press Telegram.
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Hobart
M. Hall
Long Beach
William J. Martin
San Diego
Milford Mustain
Pasadena
E. E. Tandy
Santa Monica
Mitton Lomas
Los Angeles
David O. Flaming
Pomnana
Frank Owen
Santa Ana
George Aleta
San Pedro
Kenneth Prairie
Ventura
William Robitson
California State Federation of Labor
Hall
Press-Telegram
Unlicensed 15 year old cited after hydrant crash
A 15 year old girl was cited for driving without a license and her father was cited for allowing an unlicensed minor to drive after she misjudged a turn at Glendora and Appian Way and knocked over a fire hydrant. Water flooded the intersection as Robert DeWayne Beber of 695 Junipery Ave said he was teaching his daughter Roberta Ann Beber to drive.
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Glendora Ave
Appian Wy
Robert DeWayne Beber
Junipery Ave
Roberta’ Ann Beber
Local Jamboree Scouts Well Back on Trains
Harold Arnold Long Beach area Scout executive said Sunday that air Boy Scouts from the region who attended the International Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge are well and have boarded their trains home. About 100 Scouts reportedly contracted influenza, with several remaining hospitalized at the event's end.
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Harold Arnold
Long Beach
Air Valley Forge
Arnold
Suspect in Holdup Arrested
A 24-year-old narcotics suspect, Arthur Frank Valencia of Los Angeles, was booked at the Firestone sheriff substation for investigation of robbing the Los Altos Drive-in Theater cashier Saturday night. He reportedly wore a stocking mask and demanded $54 in receipts from cashier Graman Amin Giesy and was arrested after a tip from a taxi driver.
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Firestone
Los Altos Drive-in
Kashier
Arthur Frank Valencia
Los Angeles
Graman Amin Giesy
Roxanne Ave
Giesy
Hydroplanes Capsize Injuring Two in Racing Incident
Two speedboat drivers were injured when their hydroplanes capsized at Marine Star during an eight-boat race feature. John Taylor of Baldwin Park and John Clute of Pasadena were tossed into the water at about 80 miles per hour. Taylor was treated for a back injury at Seaside Hospital before returning home. Clute suffered a broken left leg and received medical care after being hurled from his boat.
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Marine Star
Drum
John Taylor
Baldwin Park
John Clute
Pasadena
Taylor
Clute
Jim
Loxsidesas
Jack Eilers
Chestnut
Aye
Westminster
Emile Tops
Alchir Armstrong
Grand Ave
Thomas Stahowski
Joseph Cooper
St. Lomi
Medie Hospital
Seaside Hospital
Mother Held in Death Faces Lie Detector Test
Riverside sheriff's deputies said they will administer a lie detector test to Mrs. Felicitas E Nicholson, 31, held on suspicion of murdering her five year old daughter Heide. Arrested by Long Beach police, she was found semi conscious at the foot of 36th place. The nude body was found stuffed in a Riverside Motel closet where the mother allegedly stayed two days. A Riverside coroner said the death result is from all heating.
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Riverside
Felicitas E. Nicholson
Suspijoer
Long Beach
Heide
Vacation Out Window With Her Suitcase
Mrs Fina B Cols 9 Alamitos Ave plans a two week vacation but a taxi driver left her suitcase containing 175 dollars worth of clothes in a safety zone on American Ave at Broadway. The bus pulled away and the red sedan sped off as a hand disappeared with the suitcase. Police note the loss canceled her trip.
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Fina B. Cols
Alamitos Ave
American Ave
Broadway
Lovelies Reign at Banquet Hilton Hosted Miss Universe Trio
The Beverly Hilton hosted a exclusive Miss Universe banquet for 93 guests in the LEscoffier Room. Guests included Miss USA Charlotte Sheffield and Miss Australia Hiater Melcher with Hilton family members, hotel manager Fred Hayman, and Larry Collins Jr. chairing the Long Beach organization.
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Larry Collins JR
Long Beach
Long Beach Independent Press-Telegra
Carol Morris
Iraci
Puerto Rico
Mapita Mercado
Lee
Gardena Man In Serious Condition After Plunge Incident
Lloyd W. Robinson, 29, of Kg6ll 5 Mariposa Street Gardena, is reported in greatly improved but still serious condition at Seaside Hospital after being found unconscious in the Nu-Pike Plunge pool at about 8 30 p m Friday. Swimmers pulled him ashore. it is believed he struck his head on the pool bottom.
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Mariposa St
Gardena
Seaside Hospital
Robinson
Ren Matry
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