Thought of Others Never Himself in Hewlett Case
Editor notes the Hewlett family consented to interviews about the mystery surrounding banker George Hewlett's death by suicide. Reporter Vera Williams relays family impressions and notes $3,714,710.96 allegedly moved over five years, Hendrickson's alleged involvement, and Hewlett's final hours, fears, and funeral services with large floral tributes.
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George Hewlett
Vera Williams
John RB
Hendrickson
San Rafael
Long Beach
Hewlett
United States National Bank
North Long Beach
Esther
Birs
Kenneth Brown
Long Peach Sheet
U. S. Atty
Constine
U. S
Joeph Karesh Walt
Hewlett's
Tornadoes Sweep Wisconsin as Severe Storms Spread
Reports from Wisconsin describe tornadic winds battering several communities, damaging buildings and propelling a heavy truck trailer into a house. Two funnels were seen near Eau Claire, with additional twisters crossing the Mississippi from Minnesota. Other states report tornadolike winds and heat as storms extend from Minnesota to Texas.
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Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Mississippi
Minnesota
Rochester
Texas
Kansas
Iowa
Auditorium Work Plan Is Revived
City Councilmen began steps to revive the long dormant Auditorium Exhibition Hall project and related improvements. The Advisory Public Improvement Committee will re evaluate the Annex and the Auditorium to promote it as a site for conventions and trade shows. The council cited new hope for tideland funded improvements and asked the city attorney to prepare applications for funding beach facilities and lifeguard HQ.
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Auditorium
William T. Calessi
Council
Dalessi
Gerald Desmond
State Supreme Court
Armed Services Ymca
Tideland
Walbfred Jacobson
Attorney General
State Lands Commission
Recreation Commission
Douglas Design Approved for Ballistic Missile Study
The Air Force gave Douglas Aircraft Co of Long Beach official approval to proceed with its ballistic missile design. Douglas has about six months to provide performance and cost data, after which further studies will be based on that information. The requested missile would have a range of 1,000 to 1,500 miles beyond the carrier aircraft. The Douglas plan was chosen over competing designs from other manufacturers.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
Air Force
Pentagon
Douglas
I‘ Vy
Nakers
Weatherman's assistant gains strength after bully encounter
The assistant explains he was a 97 pound weakling who became a 187 pound mass of muscle after facing a 197 pound bully. He then notes another heavy bully despite his gains, leaving him unhappy with his lot.
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Phon
Dishonest Judges Hit Iby Probers
A California Senate report by Sen. Edwin J. Regan details corruption cases in superior courts. It cites evasion of orders, false affidavits, and late salary receipt schemes, noting room for improvement in appointments, removal, and supervision of judges.
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Iby
Sacramento Lpj
California
Sen
Edwin J. Regan
D. Weaverville
Joint Judiciary Committee On Administration of Justice
Hendrickson Surrender Tied to Bank Heist Probe
San Rafael businessman John R. Hendrickson faced a post bail scene after auditors tied him to nearly 3.7 million dollars allegedly juggled from East Long Beach branch funds of U S National Bank. Federal officers disclosed a second suicide note from George A. Hewlett and details of a cashiers check cache found at Hewletts Cerritos Avenue home.
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San Rafael
John R. Hendrickson
Long Beach
George A. Hewlett
East Long Beach
U.S. National Bank of San Diego
Hendrickson
San Francisco
Hewlett
Long Beach National Bank
Harbor officials to discuss labor problems in Long Beach and L A
Harbor officials of Long Beach and Los Angeles will huddle on critical labor problems. Two small boys were found strangled in a parked car near San Diego, described as a tragedy and a disturbing event on Tuesday.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
San Diego
Lynching Victim Mack Parker Shot Dead in River
A coroner's jury in Pearl River County heard witnesses as FBI and state officers probe the lynching of 23 year old Mack Charles Parker. He was dragged from an unguarded jail and killed by high velocity gunfire before his body was hurled into the Pearl River near the Mississippi Louisiana border. District Attorney Vernon Broom filed murder charges against unnamed mob members. No arrests yet.
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Miss
Mack Charles Parker
Mississippi
Pearl River
Mississippi- Louisiana
Parker
FBI
Pearl River County
Vernon Broom
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