Uncouths Victim Testifies in Rape Trial
A 19 year old Navy wife testified in Superior Court that five defendants including Quan nia A Baker and Roger Van Hook assaulted her and forced her into sexual acts on Feb 2 and 4. She described threats of throat-cutting and a bayonet, and said she stayed because she had nowhere else to go until her husband’s allotment check arrived.
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Don Maddock
Fred Miller
Quannia A
Big Red) Baker
Roger
Daddy Cool
van Hook
Jerry
Spider) Burke
James D
Crazy Jim
Life of a Writer in a Time of Libel Threats
At a Beach Writers Conference in Los Angeles, writers discuss venture novels and the dangers of using real people as characters. Jane Ardmore faced a libel suit over a biography based fiction forcing 15000 copies of her book to be dumped, prompting her to rewrite. Jesse Lasky Jr recalls Hollywood’s atmosphere as he travels and writes, illustrating the precarious life of a writer in mid career.
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Los Angeles
Tan
Jesse Lasky JR
Hallywood
Vine Street
Water Board Approves 7,626,700 Budget in Long Beach
The Board of Water Commissioners approved a revised annual budget totaling 7,626,700 for the Water Department effective July 1. They cut capital outlays and adjusted personal service and nonpersonal expense lines, transferring 1,943 to the General Purpose Fund and noting a 4 percent water rate cut will modestly reduce expected water revenue.
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Board of Water Ieee
Absort
Long Beach
Tooley pledges Wilton revamp to ease conscience
William L. Tooley, San Diego hotel operator, said he will fix up the Wilton Hotel and Park Lane in a $3 million purchase, admitting a past sale of Long Beach hotels and expressing enthusiasm for future Catalina development and water transport plans for Long Beach. He praised Long Beach leaders and noted the Wilton’s decline from its former status.
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William L. Tooley
San Diego
Wilton
Tooley
Park Lane
Denver
Massaglia Hotels
Joseph Massaglia Jr
Long Beach
Hilton Chain
Hilton
Vilna Riviera
Villa Riviera
Catalina
George W. Trammall
Downtown
Long Beach Associates
Long Reach
County Pay Raise Requested for 37000 County Employees
County Manager L Hollinger urges a 4 1 2 percent pay raise for about 37000 employees, boosting the average worker’s monthly check by roughly 40 15 dollars. The Board of Supervisors will hear the proposal at the next meeting with public hearings set for Wednesday.
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L. Hollinger
Board of Supervisors
Coe
Southern California
Inglub Fleed
Cantral
Tsunumist
Sanety
Coina
Will Hollinger
Mooge
Hodge
Alsheviks
Lantic Ave
Attorney Sues Long Beach Over Rear End Collision
Lakewind attorney Mar sig Shechter filed a $15 100 damage suit against the city of Long Beach alleging injuries from a rear end collision by a city truck on April 4 at Long Beach Boulevard and Ninth Street. He said the impact caused neck back and shoulder pain.
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Marsig Shechter
Long Beach
Shechter
Long Beach Boulevard
Iifith Street
MTA Cuts Sign Up Sites for Senior Fare Plan
The Metropolitan Transit Authority restricts registration sites for the senior citizen fare program to the Main Library and two self-serve kiosks. Eligible applicants must be 62 for women or 65 for men, provide zone proof of age and a photo, sign up during limited hours on specified weekdays. About three thousand enrollments have already occurred in Long Beach.
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Transit Authority
Citi
Long Beach
Ind
Long Beach concert and library events headline city notes
Today in Long Beach Downey Revel Aites and the Far Western District Chorus win the championship. A kidney disease foundation fundraiser features an American Cancer Society bus and cancer information at Piarth Street and thne Avenue. Marl Taylor from USC leads a speed story hour with folk songs at Los Altos Branch Library. On stage: Speaking of Murder at 2:40 pm, plus shows at Manioha Theatre and Broadway Theatre with Kokpan and others.
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Downey Revel
Britton Ave
Anaheim
Manioha Theatre
Magnolia Ave
Broadway Theatre
Lime Ave
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Sanford M. Helm
Long Beach State College
Helm
California Woodwind Quintet
Bakersfield
LESC
Little Theater
George Robeson
Marshall Junior High
California
Lyndon Johnson
Roger Cvar
Harry Moore
Sertoma Club
Downtown Optimist Club
B. B. Howell
Stanford Junior High School
Moore
Downtown Optimists
Water Board
Reobert Shaw
Mrs. Laskey JR
Jane Ardmore
Laskey
Jim McCauley
L.B
MTA
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