Luncheon Launches United Crusade In Long Beach Area
The Long Beach Area United Crusade opened with 200 leaders at a YMCA luncheon as 33 United Way agencies serving Long Beach Signal Hill Lakewood Bellflower Paramount join forces with the Red Cross to raise 1 541 500 a 24 percent rise from last year. Early gifts totaled 3 000 from Bellflower. Chairman Robbins and Vice Chairman Hindley presided as goals were outlined by area and by impact group with Bellflower Lakewood Long Beach Paramount and Signal Hill among the cities.
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Long Beach Area
United Crusade
Armed Forces Ymca
United Way
Long Beach
Signal Hill
Lakewood
Bellflower
Paramount
American Red Cross
Arega Crusade
Roland Robbins
Stanley Massey
Bellflower Community
Advance
Robbing
Bank of America
Lewis N. Hindley
New York Life Insurance Co
Chemical Plants Face Investigation Continues
Residents near unincorporated South California chemical plants discuss gas leaks and safety. Officials examine American Chemical and other firms after a chlorine pipe rupture and reactor incidents. County inspectors consider improved shutdown procedures and preventive measures while plant leaders cite lightning as a potential cause and hire experts to guard against further trouble.
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Marian Burchfield
S. Pantine Ave
Torrance
Charles Wiley Jones Chemical Co
Borden Ave
Martin
American Chemical
Aubrey Blackwell
American Chemical General
Blackwell
Coast Guard airlifts injured deckhand from ship offshore
Miguel Suarez, 22, was struck in the head by a bucket on the Stolt Berra 20 miles offshore. He was airlifted unconscious by helicopter to a hospital at Vandenberg AFB. The Coast Guard reported the incident near Santa Maria. In Los Angeles, Long Beach attorney Kaesman, 36, was found guilty of grand theft from a client and transferred to Dept. 105 for trial, with proceedings continued to Thursday after a no contest plea on July 25. The theft involved $6,000 from a settlement related to an auto accident.
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Coast Guard
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Santa Maria
Miguel Suarez
Long Beach
Dept. 105 of
Superior Court
Los Angeles
Kaesman
Aivlis St
Slide Lecture Friday at Service Bureau
Edward C. Purnell executive at Mottell's Mortuary and a Council of Churches official will premier a color slide lecture Problems of Our Day and Age Friday at the Senior Service Bureau 535 Pacific Ave starting at 10 am. The program includes group singing a Nadine De Laplaine musical presentation a travelogue film and games.
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Service Bureau
Edward C. Purnell
Mottell’s Mortuary
Council of Churches
Senior Service Bureau
Pacific Ave
Nadine Delaplaine
Dodge for sale ad sparks quick response in Independent
George Lehrs praised his 1960 Dodge sale in the Independent Press Telegram Classified Section saying it sold quickly. The ad urged readers to place their own quick, easy classified notices by calling HE2-5939 or local numbers TO 6-172, ME 3-0764, or JE 7-9120 from Bellflower Lakewood and Gardert Grove.
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George Lehrs
Independent, Press-Telegram
Bellflower
Lakewood
Gardert Grove
Nye Appointed SCAG Director in Los Angeles County
George Nye Jr vice mayor of Lakewood was elected to SCAG board of directors for two years representing the cities of Los Angeles County. He has served as an alternate director since 1965 on the six county planning organization.
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George Nye Jr
Lakewood
The
Southern California Association of Governments
SCAG
Nye
Harry Christensen
Long Beach
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
Civic League
Christensen-Pine Mortuary
Dispay Family Funeral Directors
Christensen
Dilday's
Training Sessions for Crusade Leaders in Lakewood
United Crusade district and block leaders will attend training sessions at Lakewood locations on Wednesday and Thursday. Sessions start at 7 30 p.m. at the Lakewood Sheriff's Station 5130 Clair Ave or Bloomflett Park 21420 Pioneer Blvd inviting all interested community members.
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United Crusade District
Lakewood
Crusade
Lakewood Sheriff's Station
Clair Ave
Bloomflett Park
Pioneer Blvd
Nude Nurse Rescued From Car Trunk In Torrance
Police freed a frightened 19 year old practical nurse found nude and beaten in the trunk of Edward Hall's car after responding to a disturbance call at 4139 West 180th Street Torrance. Hall, 22, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping assault with intent to commit murder and related charges. The nurse, from Hawthorne, was treated at Mary Hospital and released.
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Torrance
Edward Arleigh Hall
Hawthorne
Little Company of Mary Hospital
John Peterson
Eugene Guest
Hall
180Th
Péterson
Tawthorne
Driver Survives Car Plunging Off Sea Bluff
A Lakewood woman survived a 150 foot plunge down a San Pedro ocean bluff in a foreign sedan. Jon Scott, 43, suffered cuts bruises and internal injuries when the auto missed a curve on Paseo Del Mar and plunged half a mile west of Point Fermin. Harbor firefighters carried her to Kai ser Hospital where she was treated at 7 p.m. Battalion Chief Harold Inlow said she was thrown from the car at the bottom as bystanders offered aid.
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Lakewood
San Pedro Ocean
Jon Scott
Hayter Ave
Paseo del Mar
Point Fermin
Kaiser Hospital
Harbor
Harold Inlow
Crash Kills L B Woman Injures Man Near Yreka California
A Long Beach woman, Roberta Jane Howard, 28, was killed and her husband William, 39, seriously injured when their car was struck and ran over an embankment on Interstate 6 near Yreka in Siskiyou County. The couple from 1943 San Francisco Avenue, Apt B, were en route to visit relatives. Mrs Howard formerly worked at Disneyland as a mule skinner. William Howard was in serious condition at Siskiyou County Hospital in Yreka.
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Long Beach
Interstate 6
Yreka
Siskiyou County
California Highway Patrol
Roberta Jane
Bobby) Howard
William
San Francisco Ave
Apt. B
Oregon
Howard
Disneyland
Siskiyou County Hospital
J. M. Kinsey
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Earl Griswold
Sional Hill
Robbins
Sme
AIC
Marvin Cloyd
Laura Killingsworth
Bellflower Area
John L. Kaes
Hart
Sertlers EE
Swosprwmznr
Heine
Detolan
Baretes
Walker
San Diego
Greyhound
Vaca
Westminster Memorial Park
Mortuary — Cemetery
Veterans Lawn
Beach Blvd
Westminster
Twinoaks
Jefferson
Driver
L.B
Harry R. Christensen
Harry
Disday
Dilday Family Funeral Directors
Long Beach Chapel
Pacific Avenue
Lakewood Chapel
Woodruff Avenue
Dooley
Jn Garden Shop
Barkamericard
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