Money Party Hit by Ziffren at Long Beach
Democratic activist Paul Ziffren denounced the GOP as the money party and urged local Democrats to lead on home problems like subsidence and smog. He linked post office boondoggling to banking favors, urged tax relief and production boosts, and demanded clear facts on defense and economics. Local speakers included Christopher and Lutericon Club members.
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Fayette
Assembly
Par W. Weinberger
GOP
California
Paul Ziffren
San Francisco
George
Long Beach
Christopher
Patrratic
Ziffren
Democratic Party
Zifiren
Lions Chuir Award Recalls Election Tone At Club Meeting
The Downtown Lions Club contest featured remarks recalling Governor Goodwin Keight as immature and lacking political integrity and predicting a Democratic sweep in 1968. Speeches by Kenrick and Prof. Richard Wide preceded results for Poly High students Alon Cranston and runners-up Gloria Seiler and Carleton Wood, who spoke on Community Service A Way of Life at Wilton Hotel.
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Goodwin Keight
Joe Kennick
Zufven
Kenrick
Richard Wide
Long Beach State College
Alon Cranston
Harry McDeen
Polytechnic
California
Oregon Ave
Long Beach Contest Winner Advances to Lions District Four
The winner qualifies to enter the Lions District Four competition with high school speaker contestants from California and Nevada. First prize is a 1500 college scholarship. Last year's Long Beach winner Marty McNair, a Polytechnic student, won the district championship and the scholarship and is now enrolled at the University of California Berkeley.
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Lions
California
Nevada
Long Beach
Poly
Marty McNair
University of California At
Berkeley
Ahern pushes city to post larger public works signs
Councilman D Pat Ahern urged advertising of public improvements with bigger billboards after ground breaking for the Public Safety Building. He condemned the lack of a sign at the site while director Fielding said a billboard was ordered three weeks prior but not delivered. Council approved two large signs facing Ocean Blvd and Broadway, though Ahern criticized the size and lack of building silhouettes.
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D. Pat Ahern
Ahern
Fielding Comes
Ocean Blvd
Broadway
New GOP Club Holds Meeting at Lafayette Hotel
A newly formed Republican Men's Club of Long Beach and Lakewood held its first day in Lafayette Hotel with Robert Finch as speaker. Finch urged general tax cuts to boost the economy, noting Democrats hold numerical superiority in California. Dr Ryland Madison is president and Donald Leedom secretary-treasurer. Membership dues are $3 annually. Next meeting set for 7:30 a.m. April 1 at the East?
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Republican Men's Club
Long Beach
Lakewood
Lafayette
Robert Finch, Charman
Los Angeles County
Republican Central Committee
Finch
California
Ryland Madison
Donald £. Leedom
Leedom
E. Broadway
Bank Chief Named East Long Beach Branch Manager
Robert E. Cole 81S East Franklin Whittier has been named manager of Security First National Bank East Long Beach Branch on Los Coyotes Diagonal near Trat Tie Circle in an announcement by Board Chairman James E. Shelton.
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Robert E. Cole
East
Franklin
Whittier
Security
First National Bank
East Long Beach
Los Coyotes
James E. Shelton
Sacramento reporters briefed on city subsidence peril
Nine members of the state Capitol press corps visited Sacramento to see subsidence damage in the harbor district and Naval Shipyard on the eve of the Legislature special session. They heard from city officials Assemblymen Grant and Moekstein and Rear Adm Ralph E K James at a Chamber of Commerce press conference and viewed a graphic shipyard presentation.
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Ralph K. James
Long Beach Naval
State Capitol
Guesis
Independent
Press-Telegram
Naval Shipyard
East Beach
William $. Grant
Norbert
Moekstein
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph EK. James
Henry i F
Hank) Burmester
Lafayette Hotel
Malcolm Epley
The
Press -Telegram
Capitol
Employment Decline Shows Slight Gains in L A Metro
Total employment in the Long Beach Los Angeles metropolitan area declined only slightly in December and January according to a monthly Summary at Business Conditions released Friday by Security First National Bank's research department. Manufacturing employment fell from 722,800 in December to 710,000 in January, down 7.2 percent from last January's level.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Research Department of Security-First National Bank
Realty Board Backs Yes Vote on March 4 Charter Amendment
The Long Beach Board of Realtors representing over 1,000 brokers endorses the charter amendment on the March 4 city election ballot. President Larry Miler and education committee chairman John Bohan call it essential to maintain property values and halt land subsidence by allowing reprerssurization of the Wilmington oil field.
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Long Beach
Larry Miler
John Bohan
Educational Committee
Wilmington
Judge Grants Probation for Roberson Theft Charge
Bakersfield man Robert Roberson, 25, was granted two years probation after a grand theft from the person conviction. He stole a purse containing $18 from Ruby Hopkins, 71, of 436 W. 8th St, on December 5 and has been in County Jail since that date.
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Hilled
Robert Roberson
Bakersfield
Superior Court
Traffic deaths in January dip nationally and in California
January traffic fatalities totaled 2,730, five percent below a year earlier and eight percent under January last year. Long Beach reported no deaths, while California’s toll fell seven percent from the prior year, with a slight toll change across regions and months as overall traffic safety improved.
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Long Beach
National Safety Conrert the Bank
California
Zinn Heads California School Employers Meet in Portland
William H. Zinn head caretaker at Polytechnic High School and state president of the California School Employees Assn leads a California group attending a meeting in Portland Oregon today.
Bids Approved for Long Beach Street Improvements 1958 59
Long Beach City Council approved twelve street improvement projects funded by state gasoline tax for the 1958-59 fiscal year. Major work includes Appian Way widening and tideland money efforts, with other paving, drainage, and right of way purchases on streets such as Paramount, Sasta Fe, Willow, and California Aves. Desmond urged extending 10th Street and Tem ple Avenue eastward to maximize impact and widening plans.
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Long Beach
Gerald Desmond
Jess PD. Gilkerson
10Th ‘St
Alamitos
Walnut Aves
Desmond
Temple Ave
Appian Way
Nieto Ave
San Mateo Dr
Alamitos Bay Area
Pacific Electric
Long, Beach Marina
Gilkerson
Apfian Way
ApPigg Way
San Diego Freeway
Paramount Blvd
Candlewood St
South St
Sasta Fe Ave
Spring St
Wardrow Rd
Westinghouse Electric Supply Co
Buster
Jess D. Gilkerson
Bill Jones
San Francisco Ave
Westinghouse
Baker
Henry C. Soto Corp
Los Kapeies
Whaley Park
Paramount
Admiral “Kidd Park
Veterans Memorial Park
USS Midway Open House Schedule Amid Mixed Notices
The USS Midway announces open house today and Sunday with 4 p.m. start both days. A bridge construction project near Spring Street over Palo Verde involves $36,000. Long Beach dockyard updates show vessel berthing and civic notices including local widening projects and regent elections linked to the American Revolution seshion in Los Angeles.
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Midway
Palo Verdessiria
USS
Implicit
Dunlop
Dunlop Elected |Structing’ « ‘BellNower Riva
H. Parker Dunlop
Los Cerritos Chan
Long Beach
California
Clark Ave
Western Pacific
Diety
Daughters of the
Atherton
Stearns St
Pier 1
Long Beach Sion
Los Angeles
John
Hellflower
Naval Shipyard
Wacre
V. Champleux
Alhambra
Stedrns
Willow
Traffic Jam at Long Beach Rabies Shot Deadline
Frantic pet owners jammed streets in front of the Long Beach Animal Shelter on Willow Street as 700 to 1,000 cars waited for state required rabies shots. Police reported standstill traffic, with officers needing to walk in. Today is the deadline to buy dog licenses without a $1 penalty and inspectors will canvass owners Monday to verify renewals.
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Fido
Long Beach
Willow St
Trartig
Charged as Bookies After Raids
Four persons charged with bookmaking after sheriffs raids. Joseph William Stewart and wife Nannie Alberta Stewart, both 51 and 44, arrested at their Cherry Avenue bar. Minnie Tackett Rohner, 45, and Dorothy Jane Foley, 53, charged after arrests at their homes and a Woodruff Avenue address. Deputies say they ran horserace-beet phone-relay stations.
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Istrict
Joseph
William Stewart
Nannie Alberta
Gaviota Ave
Cherry Ave
Minnie Tackett Rohner
Bonito Ave
Dorothy Jane Foley
W. Broadway
Losers Put Up Battle Over Public Works Bids
City Council approves six public works contracts totaling 1.42 million dollars amid lobbying claims. Largest project is a giant gas holder for El Dorado Park near the San Gabriel River, awarded to General American Transportation Co of Los Angeles.
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el Dorado Park
San Gabriel River
General American Transportation Co
Los Angeles
Pat Anern
General American
Hev
Abra
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Sacramento
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J. Behrens
Clineg
San Francisco Chronicle
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Henry MacArthur
Capitol News Service
the Landsberg
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Jimy Anderson
United Press
Imanager
Fred Rupp
Donaws Service
Jack Cooper
San Diego Union
Dan Thomas
Oak sland|Tribune
Magner White
Los Angeles Examiner
Sid Kossen
Sacramento Legislative Co
San Francisco News
Realty Board
Redondo Ave
Lakewood Blvd
California Ave
20Th
Eleanor Johnson
Olive Ave
George Weeks
M. A. Nisbrian
Stacey Manufacturing Co
Baltimore
Koppers Co
Johnny Baker
Pacific Ave
Pacific Coast Jawy
Easter Electric Co
Ray F. Hess
Buena Park
M. A. Nishkian & Co
Lonig Beach
Counc
Western Ave
Crescent
Golden Ave
3Rd St
Sam E. Vickers
Huntington Beach
Signal Oil & Gas Co
Southern California Edison Co
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