Russian Space Jokes Spur Catnik Satire In Local Paper
The paper parodies space race by joking Russians send a small cattle satellite and a Saintalk Christmas satellite, while a reader note raises real concerns about animal space flights and propaganda. It also features a local poem about space and appeals for help for Donald Wells and Jack Muller, including donation contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuruold Sor
Mutthilx
Jin
Fieds
Siberia
Gaceh
Ant
Beards The Middle Aged Debate At LBCC Campus Becomes
Four Long Beach City College men stage a playful true life beard growing tale in Beaver Valley. They argue women cannot grow beards and discuss how beards affect dating, life choices, and social ease while a few professors and classmates weigh in on the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Wells
Beaver Valley
Long Beach City College
Korea Veteran Ll B Man Wins Miss U S A Titlist
Cariene Johnson of Rutland Vermont 24 year old Miss U S A winner entered Miss Universe as Miss Vermont in July 1956. She worked in California as a public telephone clerk and model while dating Lawrence Harold Drake 28 of Riga Alta Canal who runs a marina repair facility and chairs a small boat company. They announced plans for marriage in Rutland Vermont with a date not yet set. Drake served in Korea with the 452nd Bomb Wing and has one prior marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cariene Johnson
Lawrence Harold Drake
Riga Alta Canal
Mondiy
Rutland
Norman Johnson
Vermont
U.S.A
California
Drake OT Urates
Th Alamitos Bay Marina
Drak Craft, Inc
Wilmington
Larry
East
Esther Drake
Glendora Ave
Miss Johnson
Scandinavian Airlines System
Los Angeles International Airport
Drake
Korea
Wile Wins Trip to London Paris
Mrs Evelyn Prentice of 2165 Chestnut Avenue won an expenses paid trip for two to London England and Paris France announced by Thrifty Drug Stores. She and her husband Navid Will travel to Europe via Pan American Airways. The prize was the first prize in Thrifty Daley three act comedy Dream Contest presented next weekend.
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Evelyn Prentice
Chestnut Avey
London
England
Paris
France
Thrifty Drug Stores
Navid
Europe
Pan
Pacific Lutheran College
Atlannorma
Wash
Tle Bird
Hospital Favorite Dies of Fibrosis After Homecoming
Nancy Drew Perry age 24 died early Monday from cystic fibrosis eight days after returning home from Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital. She was one of four Perry children, living at 6218 Oakbrook St. Richard died Feb 4 1952 at seven months. Funeral arrangements by Patterton Snively Mortuary with private graveside services at Westminster Memorial Park Wednesday at 1 pm.
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Nancy Drew Perry
Nancy
Paul
Lois Perry
Oakbrook St
Richard
Drew
Karen
Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital
Don Leiter
Sherman Oaks Mather
Patterton & Snively Mortuary
Westminster Memorial Park
City College
John G. Teevan
Orange Ave
Jimmy E. Lauverman
Plymouth Ave
Teevan
Community Hospital
Seth St. Laverman
Long Beach Building Volume Jumps 121 Percent
Volume in Long Beach rose 121 percent in October with a valuation of 3,793,475 from 2,764 permits. Residential permits reached 192 units valued at 1,041,605, a 7.12 percent rise from September. Building activity across all categories surpassed October 1956 levels, with total up 25.83 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Edward M. O'Connor
Father wins dismissal in interfering-with-arrest case
Benjamin Potter, charged with interfering with an arrest in a traffic matter, had the charge dismissed by Municipal Judge Charles T. Smith. Potter urged that police could not take his son to jail. the judge said he would serve ends of justice by dismissal. Potter, represented by William Began, was arrested Oct. 22 after advising his son Jesse Potter not to sign a speeding citation.
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Benjamin Potter
11Th St. W
Charles T. Smith
Smith
Potter
William Began
Jesse Potter
Young Father Wins Race Then Loses Home To Fire
A young sheet metal apprentice named John Sawyer helped wife Marlys Saw yer deliver a son at Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital after labor began unexpectedly. He then returned home to find a fire destroyed or damaged much of the house at 65 Roycraft Avenue, with three years’ time and several thousand dollars in losses. The family will live with John Sawyer’s father while seeking new lodgings and furnishings.
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Donald Wells
California Ave
Don
Wes
Stork
Marlys Sawyer
Roycroft Ave
John
Sawyer
Wendy
Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital
Ace
John D. Sawyer
Burt
H. J. Wilson
Roycraft Ave
John Sawyer
Bakery holdup yields $1,245 to gunman
A masked robber described as a 23 year old Black man, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 159 pounds, wearing a thin mustache, forced four employees to lie on the floor at Wheat Bakery on 11th Street and fled with about $1,245 in cash after threatening manager Edward L. Johnson. He used a short barreled revolver and escaped in an old car, while Johnson tried to pursue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petzer
Edward L. Johnson
Fine Ave
Johnson
Uniform height limits approved for city residential districts
The ordinance committee approved a proposed uniform height limit of 85 feet for buildings in R1 R-2 and R-3 districts. Action on anti rabies dog inoculation ordinance was postponed for one month. A draft ordinance set lumber criteria allowing utility grade lumber for floor sheeting and 15 percent luprights pending city inspector approval.
Long Beach Schools See Gains in Science and Math
A curriculum expert told Long Beach Board of Education members that science and mathematics instruction is paying dividends. Enrollment figures show large shares of full and part time students at Long Beach City College and local high schools in pre engineering and college preparatory science and math courses, with expansion planned for advanced math and five year science tracks.
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Tiphess
Melleholr
Melehpir
Melchoir Seid
J College
Scrools
Douglas A.newcomb
Charles Samuel
Long Beach Federation of Teachers
Samuel
Teachers Assn. of
Long Beach
TALB
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Pine Ave
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Jack Muller
Las Coyotes
Jack
LBCC
Beavers
Phil Crawford
Crawford
Wendell Miller
Eleanor Turner
Cerritos
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Acrec
Eleanor
Turner
Gether
Strance
Granford
Wales
Mexico City College
Don Williams
Coldbrook Ave
Lakewood
Paul Turner
W. Pleasant
Tucner
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Cranford
Bill Pearson
Raeleen Hill
Sandra Pearson
Ll.b. Man
Carlene Johnson
Wile
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