Precocious Young Swimmer Drowns in Private Pool
A 3 year old boy Thomas LeRoy Schneider of 6908 San Juan Ave Paramount drowned in his family's 30 by 15 foot backyard pool Friday evening. Found by his father Harold 27 he was fully clothed and apparently scrambled into the water while playing. The fire department and sheriff deputies attended but he was pronounced dead on arrival at St Francis Hospital Lynwood. The father said he last saw his son five to ten minutes before and the boy had been inside with him. He was said to be a proficient swimmer who had learned to dive.
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Paramount
Thomas LeRoy Schneider
San Juan Ave
Schneider
Harold
Aveil
Thomas
St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
Jailed for neglecting children amid furniture throwing
A Navy wife Mary Browning at 1706 W Burhett St was jailed for disturbing the peace and child neglect after neighbors reported three malnourished children aged 7, 5, and infant, found scantily clothed and dirty under a cluttered, garbage-covered apartment. Police said she had been drinking and her husband, Harold, was stationed nearby.
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Mary
L. Browning
Browning
W. Burhett St
Ronald
Norman
Maxine
Joycett
Ae Harateo
Alpang
Harold
Jean Francisco
Lmer
Five traffic accidents injure five in Long Beach
Two police officers were among five injured in Friday traffic incidents in Long Beach. Officers D K Sheely and William F Strook suffered minor injuries when their patrol car was hit by Barbara K Facobsen. Facobsen, 93, of 4133 San Anselmo Ave, faced a charge for failing to stop at a boulevard stop sign. Sandra Jo Isle and Kenneth Isle, eight months, escaped with minor injuries in a crash at 7th St and Alamitos Ave. Drivers Della J Isle and Fred C Pattin were uninjured. Dean Richard B Hays, 19, of the USS Princeton, suffered a broken leg after a hit and run on Seaside Blvd. Dorothy L Colton, 35, of 6115 Rosebay St, sustained a neck injury in a collision on Cherry Ave north of Spring St with Donald A Carlson, 35, of 5842 Pageantry St. Carlson was uninjured.
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Long Beach
D. K. Sheely
William F. Strook
Barbara K. Facobsen
San Anselme Ave
Market St
Locust Ave
Sandra Jo Isle
Kenneth Mr. Isle
Westminster Ave
Westminster
7Th St
Alamitos Ave
Della J. Isle
Fred C. Pattin
Orange Ave
Downey
Dean
Richard B. Hays
Princeton
Seaside Blvd
Dorothy L. Colton
Rosebay St
Donald A. Carlson
Pageantry St
Cherry Ave
Spring St
Carlson
Teamster Loyalty Showdown Hits Local Labor Councils
Local and national labor bodies clash over Teamster expulsions with Long Beach and Los Angeles Central Labor Councils weighing continuance of dues and a county merger plan. Local 88 572 692 listed in good standing while merger plans are rejected locally and county-wide units face external directives.
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Teamsters
Aflcio
Central Labor Council
APL
Long Beach
CLC
Los Angeles
AFL Central Labor Body
CIO
M. FR. Callahen
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Ppions
Teamster
Teamsters Union
W. J. Bassett
L. A
Neamsters
Long Beach Central Labor Council
Oe Ee
Cashier's Dive Foils 2 Bandits
Agnes Miller a 37 year old cashier at a Lakewood grocery store shielded herself and customers when two men attempted a holdup at 4155 Viking Way. One man presented a check claiming to cash it while the back bore the threat this is a holdup. The cashier dived to the floor as police were alerted.
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Lakewood
Viking Way
Agnes Miller
Coast Guard Trains in Harbor Area
Coast Guard conducts routine radiation checks on small fishing boats and other craft in West Coast harbors to deter smuggling of atomic devices. Cmdr Davison notes checks aid training and are not prompted by a specific threat, with similar scans at San Diego and San Francisco ports under district command.
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Coast Guard
Long Beach
Cmdr
Acthue M. Davidson
Coast Guard District
U. S
Davison
STACG
San Diego
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
12Th District
Whooping Cough Cases Rise in Long Beach and LA
Long Beach and Los Angeles report rising whooping cough cases with 11 in the area this year, marking a marked increase from last year. A 2-year-old Los Angeles boy, Gustavo Almada Martland, died from the disease after autopsy linked fatal pneumonia to whooping cough. Health officials urge early immunization for children under age 3.
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Long Beach J
Los Angeles
Iark
Litwack
Gustavo Almada Martland
27Th St
Vote Slated on Vacancy in Union
A special election is set to fill the unexpired term of Jack Arnold as executive secretary of Local 684 Long Beach and Orange County Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union. Nominees James T. Stevens and Clayton Smith will compete with voting Mar 24 in Santa Ana and Mar 25 at the union headquarters. Arnold served over 21 years and led about 5,000 local members in Long Beach and Orange County.
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Jack Arnold
Long ‘Beach
Orange County
James T. Stevens
Ed S. Miller
Cincinnati
Clayton Smith
St. Santa Ana
St Paus
Arnold
Long Beach
Compromise Likely on Subsidence Bill
A compromise bill retaining a provision for ownership and compulsory features is planned to emerge next week after lengthy conferences in Sacramento and Long Beach. The measure would allow unitization with economics and reimbursement details, including funding from city or state sources, while preserving the major objective of controlling subsidence.
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Sacramento
Long Beach
Assembly Committee
Raymond C. Kealer
Sem E
Walhfred Jacob
Ijurad
Pacific Coast Hwy
Ana Harbor Blvd
Grover McKnigt
McKnight
Fenton
E. Jones
Spring Garden Number and Parade Fashion Preview
The Independent Press Telegram promotes its annual Spring Garden Number with planting tips and timing guidance. Dodgers spring training coverage appears as sports columnist George Lederer provides behind the scenes notes. Parade Magazine fronts Easter fashion with new bonnets and features Gina Lollobrigida, a potential moon rocket, and Nelson Rockefeller.
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Dodgers
George Lederer
Parade Magazine
Milady
Gina Lollobrigida
Nelson Rockefeller
Parents Clinic for Teeners Addresses Gang Influence
A Norwalk discussion led by Dr. Robert Hass of UCLA gathered about 20 parents to analyze nine questions on teen gang influence. The group urged parents to seek outside help if needed and to listen without betraying trust. They defined gangs as often a mix of acceptable and problematic peer groups and urged setting early family codes of conduct.
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Norwalk
Excelsior
Fearager
Robert,Hass
UCLA
Car Mishap Fines Hit Local Driver Involved Incident
Lee Wayne Stanchfield 30 of 3414 Colo redo St received a $100 fine and 10 days in City Jail after a battery charge. Municipal Judge Kenneth By Sutherland presided following officers’ report of a Tuesday arrest for the incident near Olive Avenue and E Broadway, with Albert Frank Broz 40 of 2145 Ivaslta Grande Ave involved.
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Lee Wayne Stanchfield
Coloredo St
Stanchfield
Kenneth By Sutherland
Ificers
Albert Frank Broz
I Vaslta Grande Ave
Olive Ave
E. Broadway
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Norman Browning
Georot
Pomona
San Pedro-Wilmington
Clcs
AFL
Veterans’ Hospital
Giboney Houck
American Legion
Legion
Lydia Briggs
Barbara Woodin
Harbor Area
James Douthit
Leaside
Janette Gorden
Metropolitan Stevedore Co
Marine Ave
Wilmington
Independent
Press-Telegram
By Bill Duncan
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