State Plan to Take Residence Land Met with Resistance
Homeowners oppose a state plan to condemn and acquire part of a Long Beach airport parcel at Willow Street and American Avenue for a motor vehicles field office. Owner Mrs. Kay Daugherty and attorney Fred Riedman decry irregularities and un-American methods amid council opposition and alternative site proposals. Local officials and neighbors fear devaluation and forced sale, with the land tied to Earl Daugherty’s estate.
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Willow St
American Ave
Kay Daugherty
Earl Ave
Fred Riedman
Sacramento
Philip D. Groff
State Department of Finance
City Planning Commission
Department of Motor Vehicles
Riedman
Mrs. Daugherty
Long Beach
Dope Addict Surrenders to Police in Long Beach
Owen E. Wright, 49, of 71 Lime Ave., turned himself in after telling Long Beach police that narcotics were too easy to obtain. He surrendered a pillbox with three capsules he identified as heroin and was booked on illegal possession. Wright, a cake-salesman, said his addiction began after hospital treatment for a skull fracture and kidney injury in 1944.
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Long Beach
Owen E. Wright
Lime Ave
Wright
Foreign student to deliver Stanford senior oration
Harkjooh Paik, a 22 year old from Korea and son of a physician, will deliver Stanford University's senior class oration on June 14 becoming the first foreign student to hold the honor in 64 years. He entered on a Lions Club scholarship after a long academic and work record and will graduate with an AB in history on June 15 before entering Stanford Law School next fall.
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Palo
Alto
Yosemite Park
Advanee
Stanford University
Harkjooh Park
Korea
Stanford
Park
Lions Club International
Paik
Stanford Law School
Playhouse Fire Spares Ventura Family as Child Saves Siblings
A 10yearold Ventura girl Theresa Wimbley saved her younger brother Richard and two sisters Wanda and Debra when a backyard playhouse caught fire from matches. The blaze spread to the home causing extensive damage but left no injuries. Investigators noted nine children in the family and described the incident as accidental.
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Ventura
UPI
Richard Wimbley
Theresa
Ted
Wanda
Debra
Cardinal Newman Life Under Study Beatification Move
In Birmingham England the archbishop announced a diocesan court to examine the life and writings of John Henry Cardinal Newman as the first step toward beatification. Newman was a renowned 19th century theologian and author.
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Birmingham
England
UPI
John Henry Cardinal Newman
Cardinal Newman
Publishers Invite Convene in Los Angeles
The National Newspaper Publishers Association was invited to hold its 1959 convention in Los Angeles. The City Council extended the offer and asked Leon H. Washington Jr., publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel, to relay the city’s invitation at the 1958 meeting planned for June 15 in Philadelphia.
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L.A
Los. Angeles
UPI
Publishers’ Assn
Los Angeles
Association
Leon’ H. Washington Jr
Los Angeles Sentinel
Philadelphia
Pentagon to Host Civilian Military Leaders Meet
Washington report states the initial Pentagon gathering of civilian and military leaders will occur June 19 to 22 at the Marine Corps School in Quantico Virginia. The event aims to coordinate defense planning and interagency cooperation.
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Pentagon
Washington
Marine Corps School
Quantico
Grant to fund science instructor's six week summer program
Awarded to Armand A. Cure, a teacher at David Starr Jordan High School, the six week Institute for Science at Volley College in Maine will be attended this summer. The National Science Foundation in Washington, D C funds all expenses.
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Armand A. Cure
I David Starr Jordan “High School
Institute For Science
Volley College
Maine
National Science Foundarties
Washington, D.C
Personal Tartar Remover ad promises brighter teeth
Attractive ad copy touts a personal tartar remover for whiter teeth and fresher breath. It claims lifetime use and a money back guarantee if not satisfied, priced at four dollars ninety five plus tax, mailed to Hale Ford Laboratories in Fresno California.
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Haleford . Laboratories
Fresno
Calif
Pastaga
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Almira Hulshizer
Clarence O. Winter
George Holland
Helen Woodruff
Mario Sanchez
Gustar Ashley
E 4Th Street
Sommelier Stanford
Demero
Camarillo State Hospital
Wner
Lin
Playhouse Burns
Handle
Sebeenor
Aomirter
Victory Garage
Mountain View
Southern California Military Academy
Cherry Ave
Lorg Beach
Ken’s Hamburgers
T! A.m
Long Beach Boulevard
Broadway
Atlantic
South ST
Bellflower Boulevard
Gellow
Glidden
Texotire Vanue
U, S
Sherwin-Williams Gloss Enamel
PERVO
White House
Glidden House
FOOT
Johnson’s
Sherwin-Williams
Trlin & Tinting
White
Dooley
Sherwin- Williams
Long Beach Blvd
North Long Beach
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