Angelita Too Big for Santa Monica Yacht Harbor
Trujillo Navy returns to free Los Angeles harbor after a 5 mile sortie into Santa Monica Bay. Four young women boarded the Angelita and left at dawn, the yacht failing to enter Santa Monica yacht harbor. A changing-of-the-guard ceremony aboard marked Trujillo Jr’s promotion to full general. Zsa Zsa Gabor teases a July 8 yacht party at Beverly Hilton, though Beverly Hilton officials are unsure.
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Santa Monica
Angelita
Santa Monica Yacht Harbor
Beverly Hilton
Patt Higgen
Outdated court reporter secretly plays piano in car
John S. Murdock, a Los Angeles Municipal Court reporter and night law student, solves his busy life by installing a piano in his 98 Oldsmobile, letting him play during rare free moments while worrying about waking his young daughter Susan. His wife jokes about reporters being odd. At Magnolia Theatre, rehearsals for Gigi begin with Paul Wade stumbling over English lines as Vanessa Brown leads the cast. Belmont Shore’s Conner shares a Fairbanks Alaska clipping by Guy Okakuk, an Eskimo writer known for his distinctive Puglish style, highlighting reader-friendly errors in his column.
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John S. Murdoce
Los Angeles
John
Murdock
Susan
Ma i Formant
Magnolia Theatre
Gigi
Vanessa Brown
Jone
Paul Wade
Paul
France
Aute EB. Conner
Belmont Shore
Fairbanks
Alaska
Barrow News
Guy Okakuk
Conner
Guy
Okakuk
Council OKs Vote on 2 Annexations
City council approves two annexation elections near Long Beach with hearings extending two weeks. Protests were not filed for one area, while another section near Wardlow Road and Monlaco Road has a 775 resident estimate and awaits an additional hearing and possible ordinance filing.
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Womeil
Walhtred Jacobson
Theacca
Mit
Sueane Ra
Mgr
Sam £. Vickers
Barclay St
Hotel Transfer Case in San Francisco Budget
City funds shifted within departmental lines to balance a hotel project in San Francisco with a parallel lesson in budget flexibility. A provision permits the city manager to move money between personal services non personal expenses and capital outlay within any department.
Two San Pedro Men Saved From Cave-in
Two San Pedro workmen were rescued after dirt buried them in a 20 foot deep hole beneath the Jergins Trust Building near Pine Avenue and Ocean Boulevard. Victor Torres and Charles Werner, both of Long Beach, were freed as others worked to stabilize the site. The incident prompted a budget discussion and a proposed real estate deal involving property near Crest Hotel and 180 Mason Street.
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San Pedro
Silverio Torres
First St
Charles Werner
Beverly Hills
Oak
Vickers
Eighth St
Long Beach
Torres
Hertz Shoe Clinic, Inc
Werner
Herman
Paul Hertz
Jergins ‘Trust
Sanitation - District
S Inc
Figueroa St Crest Hotel
Mason St
Francisco
Marina progress outlined for Long Beach harbor expansion
City Manager Sam E. Vickers told the City Council that a multimillion dollar Long Beach Marina expansion is making good progress. Plans for construction north of the right of way are nearly finished but some revisions occur due to land access from the McGrath Estate and a bridge approach for J H Davies Bridge. Deeds from Pacific Electric Railway Co. and San Gabriel River Improvement Co. clear the way for the small craft harbor project. Councilmen filed the report and approved a new city street speed ordinance and confirmed William M. Ramsell as city treasurer tax collector effective July 1.
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Long Beach Marina
Mgr
Sam E. Vickers
Pacific
McGrath
J. H. Davies
Vickers
Parific Electric Railway Co
San Gabriel River Improvement Co
William M. Ramsell
Whale of a debut Squirt dives into show biz
At Marineland a two year old whale named Squirt makes her first professionally staged appearance in the Oceanarium's forty thousand gallon tank. The rehearsal draws a small crew and no crowd while veteran Bubbles looms as the established star.
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Oceanarium
Harbor Hospital Plan Approved for 15.4 Million Rebuild
County supervisors approved a 15.4 million re building program for Harbor General Hospital financed by a voter approved bond. Delays and cost overruns earlier stalled the project amid a 434,163,547 county budget for 1958 59 as part of a 542 243 184 spending program. Final vote 3 2 with Hahn and Dorn opposing tax rate increases. A separate plan proposed by John Anson Ford called for a jail on stilts linking the Hall of Justice to the Los Angeles Civic Center.
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Harbor:General Hospital
Harbor General
General
Warren M. Dorn
Kenneth Hahn
Hahn
John Anson Ford
Hall of Justice
Los Angeles Civic Center
Big Sums Asked in Crashes Damages Sought in Three Auto Accidents
Several injury suits were filed in Superior Court seeking 728000 in damages. Dr Dahar Cary Jr of Huntington Park seeks 500000 after an alleged broadside collision with Michael F Mooney 16 of Torrance near Ward St on Pacific Coast Hwy. Cary’s attorney cites leg hip rib and other injuries. The Waldrops Navy man James Leon Waldrop 35 Mermaids his wife Anna and their sons seek 110060 after a rear impact on Pacific Coast Hwy near Huntington Beach causing a head on crash. Edwe rd Weberg and wife Mary are named defendants. A further suit by Mildred Gotcher Artesia seeks 118000 for whiplash from July 9 incident at South St and Bellflower Blvd against Antoinette Mastren.
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Superior Court
Dahar Cury ,Jr
Huntington Park
Michael F. Mooney
Torrance
Pacific Coast
Ward St
Cary
Virgil V. ‘Becker
Charles
Pacific Coast Hwy
Huntington Beach
James Leon Waldrop
Anna
Robert Franklin
Donald Patrick
Edwi Edward Weberg
Los Angeles
Waldrop
E. Fred Lightner
Young Robert
Weberg
Mary
von Fahmey
Mildred Gotcher
Roseton Ave
Artesia
South St
Bellflower Blvd
Antoinette
Mastren
Camerino St
Lakewood
Parents Challenge Curfew Law in Superior Court
Three Wilmington parents Gregory Ramos Mary Ramos and Frank Figueroa arrested for children out past 10 pm seek injunction to stop city from enforcing the curfew measure. They face trial Monday on charges of allowing sons to violate curfew while Figueroa’s wife Betty served time after pleading guilty. Attorneys L Wirin and Grover Johnson file the petition, arguing due process under US and California constitutions.
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Wilmington
Gregory Ramos
Mary
West D St
Frank Figueroa
W. F St
Superior Court
Figueroa
Betty
Sevager
Ring Lost by Mrs Owen Worth 750 Dollars
A diamond ring valued at 750 dollars disappeared Monday from Mrs Harry HL Owen of 2335 Ocean Boulevard. It may have been lost at Hill Street and Atlantic Avenue or Pierpoint Landing, according to police reports.
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Harry HL Owen
Ocean Blvd
Hill St
Atlantic Ave
Pierpoint Landing
Hancock Oil Fire Claims Near 8000 Homes
Insurance groups report about 8,000 homes damaged by the Hancock Oil Refinery blaze with total claims between 2.5 and 3 million dollars. Lyle Huggins, president of the Insurance Assn, says settlements are underway with adjusters from outside areas aiding the process.
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Hancock
Long Beach
Huggins
Lyle
Luggins
Association
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L.A. Berth
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Proud
Papa _ Trujillo
Dominican
Republic
Confu
Sion
Trujillon
Makeuverie
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Bsa
Latin America
Harry Fulton
Council Oks
South Lakewood
Ted
Genhood
Wardlow Rd
Coun- Woodruff
Monlaco Rd
S.F
L.B
Mitzi
Daryl Keener
Hwy
Bryan Hodgson
Marina
Independent
the Southland
California
Squirt
By Lou Jobst
Bubbles
Marinelend
William F. Monahan
Monahan
Harbor
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