Beauty Delays Vows for IBC Competition in August
Jonna Dyer, a Lima executive secretary and newly crowned US delegate to the International Beauty Congress, postpones her wedding to August 3 to remain eligible for the IBC and Miss National Press Photographer titles. The plan shifts ceremony from Tuesday as she navigates Navy leave, fiance David Hilty’s schedule, and prior social calendar commitments. The Navy duties and travel orders may affect later plans in Guam and California.
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United States
JoAnn Dyer
Jima
Ohio
National Press Photographer
Wichita
Kaw
Dyer
Navy Ens
David Hilty
Findlay
Lima
U.S
JBC
Kars
Jonna Dyer
Miss Dyer
International Beauty Congress
Miss National Press
IBG
Long Beach
IBC
Ail
Lina
Navy
Triday
Pensacola
Fla
Alameda
Calif
Guam
NPPA
Ensign Hilty
Three Charged in Burglary of Poor Box
Richard C. Unruth, Gregory J. Cardoza, and Virgil E. Schuette were charged with burglary in a district attorney’s complaint. They appeared before Municipal Judge Charles T. Smith and were jailed at $2,100 bail each with preliminary hearing set for June 29 after priests at St. Barnabas Catholic Church reported the attempt to open the church poor box on Wednesday.
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Richard C. Unruth
Gregory J. Cardoza
Oildale
Virgil E. Schuette
Bakersfield
Charles T. Smith
St. Barnabas Catholic Church
Orange Ave
Australian to Speak at Anti-Red Rally
Dr. Fred Schwarz of Australia is slated to address an Anti-Communist Crusade rally in Seal Beach before the regular meeting of the Seal Beach Property Owners Association. The event, at 8 p.m. tonight, will be held at the association hall 1816 Figueroa Street. The local gathering is open to the public and follows a similar rally planned for Disneyland Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Fred Schwarz
Aus
Seal Beach City
Tralia
Ernest Brashear
Patri
Seal Beach
Otc
On Stage in Long Beach Tonight
Today in Long Beach lists three stage shows at Community Playhouse Anaheim Street and Magnolia Avenue plus Off Broadway Theatre. Shows include The Time of the Cuckoo Dark at the Top of the Stairs and Witness for the Prosecution with matinee and evening times plus a dog show at West Grounds Municipal Auditorium.
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Community Playhouse
Anaheim St
Magnolia Theatre
Magnolia Ave
Lime Ave
West Grounds
Municipal Auditorium
Bar Owner Convicted of Murder
Phillip Angela DePasquale 48 of 5467 Atlantic Ave convicted Friday of second degree murder for fatally knifing patron Douglas Sloan 27 at his bar after an argument on Atlantic Ave. Sentencing set July 21 by Superior Court Judge Maurice C. Sparling. penalty five years to life. Jury deliberated from 11 am Thursday to 10:30 am Friday.
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Yar
Philip Angela DePasquale
Atlantic Ave
Depasquale
Superior Court
Maurice C. Sparling
Douglas
Sloan
Engineer Edgar Marrattee to resign from City Service
Edgar M Marrattee will resign June 30 from the City Engineering Department. An architect, Marrattee helped design many naval installations on Terminal Island.
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Edgar M. Marrattee
City Engineering
Andarchitect
Marrattee
Terminal Island
Indian advertising official hails U S methods during tour
Laj R. Nair, 53, director of advertising and public publicity in India, on a six week U S visit funded by the State Department, praises U S advertising and institutional public relations. He notes India’s growing economy, with 66 percent industrial activity rise and 42 percent agricultural output, and calls for expanded people to people exchange as 22,000 American tourists visited India last year. He also visited The Independent and presses in California and plans to finish his tour in Hawaii.
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India
United States
Laj R. Nair
U.S. State Department
Herman H. Ridder
Independent
Press-Telegram
Nair
Committee Seeks Public Help to Revise City Charter
The Charter Revision Committee invites written ideas for amendments by July 10 with debate over hearings. Some favor at least one hearing while others oppose. Committee plans to keep the council manager form, and Finance Director Samuel Roberts outlines proposals to simplify city finances and allow revenue bonds for the Gas Department.
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Virgil H. Spangberg
William T. Calessi
Marvin Fincher
Cochairman
Samual M. Roberts
Gas
Roberts
Discoverer hydrofoil takes 79 mile San Diego to Newport test
The first passenger hydrofoil built in the United States completed the San Diego to Newport Beach run in 2 hours 31 minutes, averaging 31.4 mph. Owner Ira Dowd, an Orange County marine transportation executive, said sea sharks limited top runs and that the craft reached 50 mph during tests. Dowd plans 25 to 30 larger models for offshore and island waters and a public demonstration in Long Beach within three months.
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United States
San Diego
Newport Beach
Ira Doved
Dowd
Orange County Marine Transportation
Cos
Avalon and
Island Navigation Companies
Hydro-Capital Corp
Western Pacific
Chaffee Machine Co
San Diego Bay
Long Beach
Brethren conference urges JFK to extend ban on nuclear tests
Delegates at the Brethren conference in Long Beach urged President Kennedy to continue the ban on nuclear bomb testing. The report supported the Peace Corps as non political and people to people, and called for faster desegregation progress. The General Brotherhood Board was authorized to fund relocating Bethany Biblical Seminary 18 miles west of Chicago.
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Kennedy
Brethren Conference
Long Beach
Resolutions Committee
Morley Mays
Huntingdon
Peace Corps
Municipal Auditorium
General Brotherhood Board
Bethany Biblical Seminary
Chicago
Lakewood Man Dies After Year’s Fourth Fatality
Lakewood mourns Harry J. Rockwell 78 as fourth traffic fatality of the year. He died at Artesia Hospital after being struck by a car backing from a driveway three months ago near his home on Autry Avenue. Survived by two daughters and siblings. rosary Sunday and Requiem Mass Monday at local churches.
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Lakewood
Artesia Hospital
Sheriff's
Harry J. Rockwell
Autry Ave
Rockwell
Mary M.tickwilh
Phyllis Briner
Long Beach
Stickup convict gets nine months in county jail
John Paul Hubbard, 27, of Inglewood, was sentenced by Superior Judge Maurice C Sparring to nine months in County Jail as part of a five year probation for robbery. Hubbard was convicted of taking part in an $80 stickup last December 17 at a liquor store located at 16629 Pioneer Blvd Artesia.
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John Paul Hubbard
Inglewood
Maurice C. Sparring
Hubbard
Jiquor
Pioneer Blvd
Artesia
California papers win ads awards at 36th CNAA confab
The Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram topped winners at the California Newspaper Advertising Executives Association awards in San Diego. Plaques for outstanding work were given at a dinner at the Catamaran Hotel during the CNAA 36th annual conference. The Press-Telegram won best promotional design for retail advertising, sharing honors with Garden Grove Daily News Burbank Daily Review and Van Nuys News and Green Sheet.
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Long Beath Independent
Press-Telegram
Frieday
California
California Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Catamaran
San Diego
J. PT
Garden Grove Daiy News
Burbank Daily Review
van Nuys News
Chub Giving TV Set to USS Long Beach
The Independent Men's Association of Long Beach votes to present a television set to the USS Long Beach crew upon commissioning in September. President Paul R. Bioth will lead a delegation to Quincy, Massachusetts to make the presentation.
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Chub
USS
Long Beach
Independent Men's Association of
Paul R. Bioth
IBMA
Quincy
Mass
Mother Pleads Insanity in Baby’s Death
A Lakewood mother of seven, Mary Virginia Schmahl, 33, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in Orange County Superior Court to murdering her 13 month old daughter, Priscilla Diane. She was arrested April 28 after showing the infant’s body, in a plastic bag, to a Anaheim teacher. Police gave no motive.
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Lakewood
Orange County Superior Court
Santa Ana
Mary Virginia Schmahl
Adenmoor St
Anaheim
Priscilla Diane
Lafayette Hotel appoints Paulus as sales manager in Long Beach
John McKennon, Lafayette Hotel general manager, announced the appointment of Gordon E. Paulus, formerly a sales executive at hotels in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, as sales manager for the Lafayette Hotel in Long Beach today. Paulus brings extensive hospitality experience to the role and will oversee sales strategy and client acquisition for the property.
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Lafayette Post
Gordon E. Paulus
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Lafayette
Long Beach
John McKennon
Downey Group To Hear Lt Governor Dinner Speech
Lt Governor Glenn M. Anderson will speak at a dinner dance of the Downey Aerojet General Management Club at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lafayette Hotel.
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Downey Group
Guv
Glenn M. Anderson
Downey Aerojet General Management Club
Lafayette Hotel
Long Beach Seeks Tax Base Equalization Across City
City Manager John R. Mansell announced a new equalization program to align city assessments with county values, aiming to erase widespread under assessments. Major properties with shopping centers and other ventures will face higher scrutiny as owners are called in for conferences on sudden assessment increases. The plan uses up to date sale figures to guide valuations, with some older sections showing declines that may lower taxes. total assessed value is set at 670.14 million for 1061-62, including Douglas Aircraft inventories, up from 716.55 million this year.
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Long Beach
John R. Mansell
Mansell
Mansell l
JJ R. Cole
Douglas Aircraft Co
New Bus Stops for North Long Beach Established
The Metropolitan Transit Authority announced Friday the northern Long Beach will gain three new bus stops on Long Beach Boulevard at San Antonio Drive Market Street and Artesia Street. The stops will be served by Route 33 and the Long Beach Freeway Flyer Route 36 in the Long Beach Compton Los Angeles lines.
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Long Beach
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Long Beach Boulevard
San Antonio Drive
Market
Artesia Street
Harbor Cities Kennel Club Show Draws 2500 Entries
The Harbor Cities Kennel Club all breed show and obedience trial opens in Long Beach with 2500 plus entries, the largest judging exhibition in the West. Prizes total at least $10,000 as 42 breeds compete including dachshunds and bulldogs. Obedience trials run today and Sunday. Junior handlers under 16 compete at 1 p.m. today. Akitas from Anita Powell of North Long Beach are among the notable entries.
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Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
Harbor Cities Kennel Club
David H. Upright
Waticn
Upright
Long Beach
Akitas
Anita Powell
Orizaba St
MTA Sells 32 LA-LB Red Cars for Scrap
Thirty two Red Cars formerly used on the Los Angeles Long Beach interurban line were sold Friday by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to the National Steel and Metal Co of Terminal Island for 1777 dollars each.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Metropolitan Transit Authority
National Steel and Metal Co
Terminal Island
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Groom Wilson
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