Insiste Out By HARRY FULTON
Funeral services today for H S Melvin dean of this city's news photographers. Friends raised 1300 plus round trip plane tickets for Mel to visit Houston parents and later Houston friends matched with another fund drive. Mel had worked in Long Beach for 30 years and was the first full time photographer hired by the Press Telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S.melvin
Mel
Vputh
Houston
Texas
Pang
Long Beach
Press- Telegram
California
Crane
KNX
Bob
San Fernando Valley
Post Office Department
Bureau of Entomology
Washington, D.C
Washington
P.O
Meat Prices in Southland Climb as Cattle Shortage Bites
Southland housewives face higher meat costs with 3 to 4 cent per pound increases on sirloin roasts and Filet steaks. Beef prices rise from $1.38 to $2.19 per pound on some cuts as cattle slaughter shortages push costs higher, with Department of Agriculture experts noting sendings of cattle to markets earlier due to profitable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
New York
Department of Agricul
Ture
Peter Rosendale
Department of Agriculture
Sunesday
Motorist Injured in Pacific Coast Highway Collision
Police report a 48 year old Santa Monica man suffered a knee laceration when his car and a station wagon collided on the Pacific Coast Highway and the Terminal Island Freeway late Tuesday. He was treated at Seaside Hospital. The other driver Doris H Welch a 30 year old resident was cited for changing Janes legally.
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David WH. Thomas
Santa Monica
Pacific Coast Hwy
Terminal Island
Wedding Crash In Lakewood Claims Couple In Custody
A coroner's jury ruled the Lakewood crash that killed Ada Felice Baker and injured Jim Baker was an accident, freeing James Brown from criminal liability. The inquest heard Brown drove behind Baker's car at about 45 mph after a wedding at Lakewood Village Church. district attorney will decide on prosecution.
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James Brown
Lakewood
Brown
Dave Emery
Ada Felice Baker
Joe Dodd
Albury Ave
Lakewoods
James Browen
Coldbrook Ave
Flora iVista
Center Sts
Hdll- Hower
Leland’ W. Auringer
Daniel Ave
Paramount
Chapel of Memories
Norwalk
California
David Huffman
Growl
Baker
Remond Hospital
Lakewood Village
Wheather
Henry Ehrenkranz
Training Ship Golden Bear Due Mar 24
The California Maritime Academy training ship Golden Bear will arrive at Long Beach Harbor on March 24 with 120 midshipmen, 13 from Long Beach, visiting ports including the Galapagos Islands, Callao Peru, and Balboa. It will berthed at Pier B and open to visitors March 25 to 27 from 1 to 4 pm. Home ports for Long Beach area midshipmen include Donald L Allison, Edward D Morris, Edward R Allgaier, John A Herrin, and Carl E Bowler Jr.
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California Maritime Academy
Golden Bear
Long Beach Harbor
Long Beach
Galapagos Island
Callao
Peru
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
Pier B
Donald Lee Allison
Turnergrove Dr
Edward D. Morris
Orange Ave
Edward Robert Allgaier
East 25Th St. John A
Smog Bill Backed and Pay Question Sparks County Debate
County Supervisors moved to back anti smog federal controls on auto emissions while Supervisor Kenneth Hahn attacked “full time salaries” for the Air Pollution Hearing Board. Dorn led the backing of federal standards as Hahn cited auditor records showing board members earned 85050 last year. He urged more smog cases per meeting and questioned the billing as a full time job.
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Congress
Kenneth Hahn
Warrren M. Dorn
California
Paul Ky Schenck
Ohio
Hahn
William A. Sherwin
Robert L. Daugherty
Air Pollution Hearing Board
Delmas Richmond
Seawater conversion plan eyed for Catalina and county
Los Angeles County supervisors backed seeking federal funds for a 10 million dollar seawater conversion pilot plant. The board authorized County Counsel Harold W. Kennedy to present March 20 before a Senate committee as Sen Clinton Anderson of New Mexico sponsors the bill. Avalon favors Catalina Island, but other supervisors urged approval for any Los Angeles County location, noting Interior Department final say.
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Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Los Angeles County
Harold W. Kennedy
Senate
Sen
Clinton
D. Anderson
D-Nm
Burton W. Chace
Avalon
Chace
Kennedy
Kenneth Hahn
Catalina
City Council approves golf course sprinkler contract and more
The council authorized a 171,473 contract with Henry Sota Com Los Angeles to install an extensive sprinkler system for the proposed golf course east of the Municipal Airport. Costs will be funded from a 5.5 million airport bond issue. Four additional contracts were approved: Bole Wilson of Long Beach for storm drain plans up to 9,200. Crook Co of Los Angeles for a crane at 17,925.44. Dene Ida E. Cook for a car and roller delivery at 4,524. General Telephone Co for branch exchange service at Seaside Hospital. Police report a collision at Atlantic Ave and Del Amo St left a driver with a fractured left wrist. another driver was Donald L. Mertz Jr. 18 of 735 W. drd St. under construction.
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Henry
Sota Com
Los Geles
Bole & ‘Wilson
Long Beach
Crook Co
Los Angeles
Park Department
R. W. Frazer
Ida E. sCook
Morningside St
al G d 'Co
Snather
Atlantic Ave
del Amo Street
Blvd
General Telephone Co
Seaside Hospital
Donald
Public Safety
L. Mertz Jr
Drd
Vinal Vote Tally Shows Charter Change Passed
Official canvass after Tuesday's March 4 special municipal election shows the city approving unitization agreements to fight subsidence by a wide margin. Total 40 618 yes 2 527 no with 58 absentee ballots counted for 31 yes and 5 no, two ballots blank.
Glamorous Contralito in Civic Music Series
Claramae Turner contralto performed at Wilson High School Auditorium in the Civic Music Association series. Her shimmering black dress and warm stage presence captivated the audience as she delivered Mahler arias, Spanish songs, and pieces by Falla and Purcell, with substitutions and a dedication to her Phi Beta sorority sisters.
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Mary Lou Fairman
Long Beach State College
Phi Beta
Claramae Turner
Wilson High School
Civic Music Assn
Mahler
Hans Und Grethe
Miss Turner
Phoebus
Hook
Niles
Richard Strauss
Deems Taylor
Purcell
George Cory
Douglass
Cross
Lilly the Llama
Kalmanoff
Nina Korel
Hall Johnson
Final Plans for Memorial Hospital OK Adopted
The Long Beach Memorial Hospital project won council approval for final plans. A five story hospital will be built on a 20 acre midtown site south of Columbia Street and west of Atlantic Avenue, with bids called immediately. Construction starts in June, runs about 18 months, and the contract estimate is 6.85 million dollars with possible omissions up to 500 thousand. The council had earlier authorized a 35,800 dollar settlement in condemnation for three Elm Avenue lots. Reno is the owner of the affected properties.
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Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Columbia St
Atlantic Ave
J. R. McHenry
PRDSE
Columibia St
Elm Ave
Reno
Frazer Seeks 18th District Democratic Nomination
Robert W. Frazer, 42, of 3387 Roxanne Ave, announces plan to file for the 18th District Democratic nomination for U.S. representative and seek the district convention endorsement tonight at the Wilton Hotel. Only other candidate Harry 5 May, of 2508 Nipome Ave, has shown intent. Frazer, a Long Beach native and World War II veteran, is an American Legion member who chaired a Citizens Committee to Reactivate the Shipyard eight years ago and later worked in Washington on the program that succeeded.
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Robert W. Frazer
Roxanne Ave
United States
Wilton Hotel
Harry 5
Nipome Ave
Frazer
Long Beach
American Legion
Washington
Dope Addict at 13 Bandit Suspect Reveals Sad Life
Alberto Ramera Villa a 23 year old bandit was questioned after being shot while fleeing with Mrs Juanita Clark's purse near 4th St and Chestnut Ave He admitted starting marijuana at 13 and becoming a heroin mainliner at 15 He said he traveled from Tucson recently to steal for drugs and used 20 capsules of heroin daily costing $5 each in Mexico He claimed the purse had little money and remarked it was not worth the crime
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Chipper
Alberto Romero Villa
Alberto Ramera Villa
Villa
Det
Fred Whitmore
Murray T. Mahan
Juanita Clark
4Th St
Chestnut Ave
Tucson
Ariz
Mexico
County weighs Seaside Hospital purchase plan
Los Angeles meeting commissions a structural survey by County Engineer J A Lambie of Seaside Memorial Hospital on W 14th Street and Chestnut Avenue to assess subsidence and suitability for county use as the old plant may be vacated within two years. The board asked the Hospital Advisory Committee to advise on purchase options while Seaside directors propose a 15 year lease at 110000 annually with a future nominal purchase, to fund the new Memorial Hospital built with a 10500000 bond issue.
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Seaside Memorial Hospital
Los Angeles
Joh A. Lambie
W. 14Th St
Chestnut Ave
Lamble
Memorial Hospital
Eyarth St
Atlantic Ave
Burton W. Chace
Long Beach
Board of Supervisors
Chace
Harbor General Hospital
Seaside Hospital
County Cldszing Advisory Hospital Committee
Seaside
Lindon
Hollinger
FONDS
L. V. Cassaday
Seaside Board of Directors
William A. Barr
County Charities
Kenneth Hehn
Hospital Fund Dinner Opens UHF Achievement Event
United Hospital Fund hosts an Achievement Award Dinner starting at 4 15 pm today at the Lafayette Hotel. Clare D Hamman president notes the dinner caps a campaign to raise four million doors to equip new hospital facilities funded by a 10 5 million bond issue authorized in 1956.
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United Hospital Fund
Lafayette
Clare D. Hamman
UHF
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