Long Beach Notes on Population and Phones
A column reviews that Long Beach population figures may be outdated after AT&T consolidation merged the city with Compton for long distance calls. It also covers the fight to preserve exchange prefixes, a charity call for Plain and Fancy babysitting help, Miss California Terri Jenssen (mistakenly tied to Santa Monica), and Detective Whitmore recalling a barber’s memory of sending someone to prison.
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American Telegraph & Telephone Co
Longs Beach
Compton
U.S. of A
Long Beach Civic Light Opera Co
Harvey Waggoner
Mayoral Lead Shifts in San Francisco GOP Poll
In San Francisco, Mayor George Christopher tops a statewide GOP poll, with former Gov. Goodwin Knight a distant third. Lt. Gov. Harold Powers leads Knight. Christopher insists he is not running. Knight had criticized city officials over City Hall rioting during HUAC hearings.
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UPI
George Christopher
Goodwin J. Knight
Southern California
Harold J
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Knight
Bart Christopher
Noti
Los Angeles
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Goodie Knight
Christopher
U.S. Senate
Thrift dental repair kit promises at home plate work
A garbled ad promises a home dental plate repair system called PLATE-WELD with claims of clear and pink plates and simple flow application. It touts low price points and broad applicability though the text is fragmented and difficult to parse.
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Prio
Mosk Calls Dope Flood For Southland Demand Federal Action
California Attorney General Stanley Mosk warned at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention that narcotics smuggling from Mexico has reached disaster levels in Southern California. He said marijuana and heroin are moved in large quantities, depressing prices, and urged federal cooperation with Mexico to halt the traffic. He cited a Los Angeles bail jumper now operating as a major wholesaler in Mexico, identified as Robert Hernandez known as Big Brother.
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Mexico
Mosk
California
Los Angeles
Robert Hernandez
Big Brother
Population shifts leave L B and L A second in nation
Among 225 central cities surveyed, 153 gained population while 72 declined. The Far West led with a 37.4 percent rise, surpassing the national average. Large cities with three million plus grew 2 percent, but central cities fell 0.6 percent as suburbs surged 68 percent.
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Far West
Grace to Fly to Funeral for Monaco Princesss Father
Grace Kelly plans to fly to Monaco for the funeral of her father John B. Kelly Sr. The Philadelphia born bricklayer turned contractor and Olympic rower died Monday after abdominal surgery. Survived by widow Margaret Major and children including Jack and Lizanne, the Kellys were a prominent Irish American family with deep ties to Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
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Philadelphia
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Women's Medical College Hospital
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Lizanne Levine
Kally
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Ireland
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Weler
Virginia
George
Craig
John B. Kelly
Schuylkill
Brussels
England
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Swort
Beresford
Henley
Thames
Kelly Green
TV Award Winners Listed
Tollywood wins top honors in the 12th annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards for the 1960 season. CBS and NBC programs feature across categories with actors, directors, cinematography, and technical achievement recognized. Frank Stanton receives a Special Trustees award for advancing television as a free medium.
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Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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Hanna
Barbara
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Georad
Gardin Sand
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Gack” Benny
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New York
Serias
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Tanigst
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Oh Art Siresilon
Seamié Easton
Ralph Berger
Frank Smith
Poe Ze of
Charles Straumner
Eta
Ben 4
Ray
Jer. L. Swanson
Itoward Smith
Ay Westin
Exuvision
Fullerton Addition to Beckman Plant
Beckman Instruments Inc builds a 500000 dollar addition to its Fullerton California headquarters plant. The 28000 square foot expansion will be finished in November and will house administrative sales and engineering staff of the scientific and process instruments division.
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New York
Beckman Instruments Inc
Fullerton, Calif
Nixon Outlines Five Point Farm Program in North Dakota
Vice President Richard M. Nixon spoke to about 5,000 at a Republican rally in Minot, outlining a five point farm program focused on surpluses and world hunger. He avoided commenting on current price supports and called for storage research and expanded uses for farm products.
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N.D
GPL
Richard M. Nixon
United Nations
Nixon Losi
Nixon
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Grant Plains
Congress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Accidental Bat Swing Kills Girl in Hollywood
A one year old girl named Anna L. Chahin of 1115 North New Hampshire Avenue was killed when a neighbor boy accidentally struck her with a baseball bat. The bat broke her neck as she chased a plastic container in the driveway near her home.
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Hollywood
Cns
Five year old girl drowns in Castro Valley pool
A five year old, Marie Hatcher of Castro Valley California, drowned after slipping through an inner tube in a swimming pool on Monday. The incident occurred at the pool facility and authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
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Reno
Marie Hatcher
Castro Valley
Calif
Girard's Sour Vinegar Dressing Highlights Sugar Free Taste
An ad copy touts Girard's One sweetened Ury Wine Vinegar Dressing as sugar free to preserve Burgundy flavor. It promises a distinct zesty profile and invites customers to taste the difference, noting the product comes in a white tub variant.
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