Queen Mary Collision Cost 338 Lives In 1942 Run
Wartime radio reports falsely claimed the Queen Mary sank an escort cruiser after a collision 40 miles north of Tory Island. On Oct 2 1942 at 2 19 pm the Queen Mary struck Curacao, causing the cruiser to split in two and sink with 439 aboard. Only 140 survived. Court findings split blame between the cruiser commander and the Queen Mary's captain.
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Tory Island
Donegal
Curacao
John Wilfrid
Oil Group Seeks Harbor Standards Raising Feasibility
Western Oil and Gas Association asked Long Beach to provide technical data prompting the council to push higher inner harbor water standards. Henry W Wright of WOGA warned the move may be costly for oilfield brine dischargers and questioned whether water quality would improve. The LA Regional Water Quality Control Board had raised inner harbor uses to include propagation and sustenance of marine life.
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Western Oil and, Gas Association
Long Beach
Inner Harbor
Henry W. Wright
Land and Water Department
WOGA
Edwin W.wade
Wright
Los Angeles
Services Planned Friday for Percy W Miller 85
Percy W Miller 85 founder and commander of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 54 in Seal Beach dies. He lived at 13350 St Andrews Drive Seal Beach Leisure World with wife Tena. Born North Dakota, wounded in France in World War I, moved to Southern California in 1920. Survived by two sons Robert of Newport Beach, daughter Marilyn Patten of Gonzales and seven grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 12:30 pm in Disday Family Mortuary.
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Disday Family
Percy W. Miller
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 54
Seal Beach
Miller
St. Andrews Drive
North Dakota
France
California
Robert
Newport Beach
Marilyn Patten
Gonzales
Calif
Council OKs Four Million Park Land Bond Sale
Cerri Tos City Council authorized a bid sale of four million general obligation bonds to buy park land and fund city improvements. The plan speeds acquisition of land for neighborhood parks across 11 zones, with initial purchases near Arte-Sia Norwalk Boulevards and Coyote Creek areas, plus a regional facility with Los Angeles County.
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Ralpit McClurg
Cerritos
Tony Cordeiro
Arte- Sia
Norwalk
South Street
Coyote Creek
San Gabriel River
Pato Verde Avenue
Allington Street
Los Angeles County
First Day Classified Ad Sells Car Quickly
Independent Press Telegram classifieds report a 1951 Ford sold to the first caller on the ad's first day. The seller John Leal received 14 inquiries. Adverts urged readers to place their own sale ads and provided multiple contact numbers for different areas.
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John Leal
Ford
Hoon
Fron
Bellflower
Lakewood
Garden Grove
Eye Problems Discussion For Medical Staff In Long Beach
A noon meeting on eye problems among the aged will be described for doctors nurses and other medical personnel in the Greater Long Beach area. The session at Long Beach General Hospital features speaker Dr Sidney W Penn a Long Beach eye doctor and vice president of the Long Beach Medical Association.
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Long Beach
Long Beach General Hospital
Sidney W. Penn
Long Beach Medical Association
Torrance approves library bond to Wells Fargo Bank
The Torrance City Council awarded a $1 550 000 library bond issue bid at 4.26 percent interest to Wells Fargo Bank. Construction of the new Torrance library beside the Police Department is set to begin early next spring.
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Torrance
Wells Fargo Bank
Century Freeway lands Paramount start next year
State engineers say the Century Freeway will begin land acquisition in 1971 with construction starting in 1972 and completion targeted for January 1975. The 17 mile route will run from LAX to the San Gabriel River Freeway passing through Lynwood, South Gate, Downey and Paramount. Public meetings at Paramount council discussed bids opening November 8 and hearings November 19 for street improvements on Oliva Avenue.
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Land Bay
Paramount
Division of Highways Engineers
Tom Lammers
Dave Roper
Lynwood
South Gate
Downey
Los Angeles International Airport
San Gabriel River
Norwalk
Central Avenue
Los Angeles
Paramount City Council
Services Set for Victim of Crash
Final rites 1 30 pm Friday at the Church of Our Fathers Forest Lawn Cypress for Dorothy Huston 19 of Hawaiian Gardens the third victim of April 2 traffic crash on Artesia Boulevard near Obispo Avenue Also killed were Mary Aguirre 16 and Anthony Crownover 21 Suspected to have slammed into a parked truck trailer Survivors include mother Velva Huston father Donald L and sister Kathy Figueroa all of Hawaiian Gardens
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Church of Our Fathers
Forest Lawn Cypress
Artesia Boulevard
Obispo Avenue
Dorothy Huston
Violeta St
Hawaiian Gardens
Signal Hill
Miss Huston
Mary J. Aguirre
Anthony C. Crownover
Artesia
Velva Huston
Donald L
Long Beach
Kathy Figueroa
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Long Beach County
Ocean Boulevard
Chestnut and
Magnolia Avenues
Kenneth Wing
Warsihp
Oil Group
Evie
P-T Ad
Breis
Ren Idays
Breis-Telegram
Weaesdays
Ae Afancy
Lakewood A. i Iene Nesoesike
Bdoogley
RCA Victor
PHONO
REA Volta
Mond Styme
Dooley
Dooley’s Hardware Mart
Oliva Avenue
Chester
Vans Streets
Harry C. Sand
Neal Irving
Irving
James Cames
Ronald M. Devisch
U.S
Philip Blatberg
Reader’s Digest
First State Bank
Atlantic Ava
Lamwood
Hil & Hill Preferred
Rancho
Southern California
Rancho California
Kaisar Aluminium & Chemical Corporation
Kaiser, Industries Corporation
Macco Corporation
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