Swaddled in Red Tape Jack Brown Jr Becomes Citizen
A lengthy process in 1957-1963 saw Jack Brown Jr born to a Hawaiian Okinawan mother and German father struggle with migration offices. Officials first said he didn’t exist then claimed illegality before acknowledging he was a girl child and later granting citizenship papers. The Browns, who adopted him in Wilmington, endured desk-to-desk delays, finally securing naturalization after congressional contact. The family includes Rickie, a daughter, a dachshund, a cocker spaniel, and eight canaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Heard
United States
Jack Brown, Jr
Mien Atl
Jack Sr
Margaret
Mexico
Wilmington
Avalon Blvd
Immigration Office
Jack
U. S
Hawaii
Jack Jr
Rickie
Marcia Anne
Driver of Getaway Car Draws Year in Holdups
Hayes Maurice Sparling and accomplices pleaded guilty to robbery related charges after a liquor store and a delicatessen were looted. Hayes, 27, struck his son Riley during the incident at 2843 Alfred Street Lakewood. He received one year in county jail and three years probation under Judge Short.
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Fray
Gerald Francis Hayes
Alfred St
Lakewood
John Edward
Short
Maurice C. Sparling
Ave
Riley
Charles T. Smith
Hayes
E. 4Th
California Youth Authority
Ivy causes fall. woman seeks damages from city
Bertha Wadlund of 5129 Flag Stone Street filed a $40,000 damage claim with the city clerk’s office alleging ivy growth and concrete blocks in a public parkway made Junipera Avenue near Broadway uneven. She says the hazard precipitated her to the ground on January 7.
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Bertha Wadlund
Flagstone St
Junipera Avenue
Broadway
Robbery at Signal Hill Medical Center Baffles Police
A break in at Signal Hill Medical Center 1125 Cherry Ave resulted in the loss of a typewriter and an adding machine valued at 800 dollars. The incident was reported on Friday.
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Signal Hill Medical Center
Cherry Ave
Man Given Two Concurrent Five Year To Life Terms
George Everett Herrera, 20, of 982 Truman Boyd Manor, drew two concurrent five years to life terms on felony charges from Superior Court Judge Maurice C. Sparling. A jury convicted Herrera of furnishing narcotics to a minor. he then pleaded guilty to armed robbery. Police said Herrera administered heroin to a 11 month old boy Jan. 3 and took part in a grocery-store holdup at 348 Roycroft Ave last Nov. 11, loot totaled $25.
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George Everett Herrera
Truman Boyd Manor
Superior Court
Maurice C. Sparling
Herrera
Herréra
Roycroft Ave
Spring Sing Concert and Local Stage Listings
Long Beach features a busy evening with Spring Sing at Convention Hall and Municipal Auditorium at 7 30 p m. Ohio State Society meets at 6 30 p m on E Ocean Blvd. On stage options include Who Was That Lady I Saw You With at Long Beach City College Auditorium 830 p m Fair Game Off Broadway Theater 211 Lime Ave 830 p m Oh Ment Oh Women at Magnolia Theater 2400 Magnolia Ave 830 p m Lis and Hers at Long Beach Community Playhouse 5021 E Anaheim St 836 p m.
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Ohio State Society
Ocean Blvd
Long Beach City College
Ship Auction Pending as Grain Owners Decide Fate
The grounded Greek freighter Dominator faces a stalled sale as grain owners in Paris weigh whether to sell the cargo with the hull or separately salvage it. Six bids have been received for the hull, but a Paris decision is awaited. An insurance rep flew to Paris with a cargo condition report. The ship has been reefed off Palos Verdes since March 13. salvage costs exceed the hull value of about $400,000, per Transmarine Navigation Corp. president Max Linder.
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Paris
Corpe
Palos Verdes
Transmarine Navigation Corp
Max Linder
Transmarine
MTA Delays Red Car Abandonment Amid PU C Review
The Metropolitan Transit Authority votes Friday to postpone final action on abandoning the red cars until April 4 to allow the state Public Utilities Commission to rule on protests from Long Beach and Compton. The delay comes as the intercity trolley service faces scrapping and a shift to a bus system, with an April 4 decision date possibly ending rail operations. Meanwhile a city kite tournament on the beach near Molino Avenue Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach attracts hundreds of children, with registration at 1 p.m. and judging at 1:30 p.m. The event is co sponsored by the Recreation Department and Long Beach Rotary Club, featuring Miss Betty Brown as tournament director and a wide range of kite divisions.
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Metropolitan Transit Authority Board
Friiday
State Public Utilities Commission
Ernest R. Gerlach
MTA
Vdi
Long Beach
State Commission
Gerlach
IPUC
Compton
Pacific T
Electric Railway Co
Rtel
Molino Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
Recreation Department
Long Beach Rotary Club
Betty Brown
Gloria Smith
Sunset Young Republicans
Young Republicans
Los Angeles County
Lafayette Hotel Panorama Room
Panair do Brasil Receives Two DC8 Jets in Miami
Panair do Brasil, the Brazilian flag carrier, took delivery of two Long Beach built Douglas DC8 jetliners in Miami. The Series 30 DC8s, powered by Pratt and Whitney JT-4 engines, mark the carrier as the 18th to gain DC8 deliveries, raising Long Beach totals to 122. The first aircraft flies to Rio de Janeiro today and the second is slated for March 28. Notably, both jets carry a fifth pod housing a spare engine for Miami to Rio operations.
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Panair Do Brasil
Pratt and Whitney
Miami
Panair
Long Beach
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Gas Prices Show Sporadic Increases In Long Beach
Gas prices rose sporadically Friday in Long Beach as Texaco and Shell stations led the way. Los Angeles reported general increases to 25.9 cents a gallon for regular and 28.9 for premium, but Long Beach outlets posted uneven changes amid a month long price war. Operators expect area based increases and a final gap of about 2 cents between major chains and independents.
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Long Beach
Texaco
Shell
Los Angeles
Planner Aids City in a State Weeks
Bennett who heads his own consulting firm was retained Friday by City Manager John R. Mansell. He will report early next week at a fee of $3,000 and work with planning commissioners and Director Werner Rudhti on the revised plan due to the Council about May 31. Public hearings will be held prior to submission.
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Bennett
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Planning Commission
Mansell
Ruditi
Burglar Strikes Restaurant Receipts From Home
Reva J. LaSain told police her Daw son Avenue home was burglarized Friday with 370 dollars taken, the day’s receipts from her restaurant reported missing.
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Reva J. LaSain
Dawson Ave
Navy ships search for submarine near San Diego
Destroyers and the Long Beach based aircraft carrier USS Yorktown searched 100 miles northwest of San Diego for an object believed to be a submarine. The carrier picked up a contact from an unidentified vessel during routine operations as a committee planned to nominate members for a high school journalists event at the Long Beach Naval Base.
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Long Beach
Navy
Yorktown
E. Stearny St
Long Beach Naval Base
Brayton Avenue and 59th Street Closed to Traffic
Police report Brayton Avenue and 59th Street near Sut's Hut will be closed to north and southbound Long Beach bound traffic until next Friday. Burglary at Sut's Hut. repairs cost 136.81 dollars.
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Brayton and
59Th
Brayton Avenue
59Th Street Wall
IBC Girls in Show Eight Beauty Queens to Appear in Manila
Eight Miss International contenders join the World of Fashion show in Manila at Araneta Coliseum on April 5. Stella Marquez of Colombia Miss International and Miss Iceland Lirry Geirsdottir plus Miss England Joyce Kay are en route from Southern California. Other entrants include Miss India Iona Pinto Miss Japan Michiko Takagi Miss Singapore Christ D Cruz Miss Borneo Elizabeth Woon Miss Philippines Edita Vitaly.
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Manila
Stella Marquez
Colombia
Iceland
Lirry Geirsdottir
England
Joyce Kay
Orient
California
Araneta Coliseum
Iona Pinto
Japan
Michiko Takagi
Singapore
Christ] D'Cruz
Borneo
Elizabeth Woon
Philippines
Edita Vitaly
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Long Beach Police Department
Public Safety
Williamt Mooney
James Welch
Jack Brown JR
Browns
Mrs. Brown
Gilbert Lapid
National Council of Jewish Women
Pittsburgh
Charles Hymes
NCJW
Municipal Auditorium
Linda Goodart
Associated Students Business Office
Long Beach State College
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
Brazil
Sut
Lirry Geirsdottir Miss
IBC
Annm Oscar Meinhardt
Charlie Lee
Mies International
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