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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1959

Page

2

Group criticizes Long Beach over Carmelites inadequacies

The Los Angeles County Housing Authority chairwoman charged Long Beach cannot police or provide recreation for Carmelites Housing Project. She said annexation seems unlikely and questioned council responses while officials seek a meeting to resolve the issue. A flood control project near Lindbergh School may finish within a year, removing a footbridge used by nearby youths.

Los Angeles County Housing Authority Long Beach Helen Wysong Lindbergh Ste Carmelitos S Housing Authority NER Milton B. Arthur Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Commission Loren Cannon Mc Cannon D. A. Loucks Long Beach, Council of Parents and Teachers E. M. Findlay California Congress of Parents and Teachers Herbert Fenn Burton Chace Lindbergh School Camnelitos Groud Iiiter

Combing trip to the Netherlands and Idaho plan

The writer mulls travels to the Netherlands amid a vacation near Idaho, promising a report later. Meanwhile notes include Desa Drury observing odd driving behavior and a Las Vegas robbery of Lester Lawson’s car, plus musings on traffic vs football crowds at the Coliseum and police ticketing practices.

Etk Eunting Idaho Lester Lawson EBL Las Vegas Lawson Union Pacific Los Angeles

Mystery Bird Spotted Near Misome By Lawyer Pray

Bird experts discuss a large blue bird with a long slender orange beak, described as macaw like but not as big, seen around Misome by Lawyer Russell Pray. The note hints at other local wildlife mentions and odd details about elk tagging near Adsho.

Misome California

Gideons Hold Bistate Convention Here This Weekend

The Gideons International convenes a packed session this weekend at Lafayette with principal speaker Jacob Stam of Paterson NJ serving as international vice president and state president Dave Hofer Jr. of Dinuba noting the 42 million Bibles placed in hotels motels hospitals prisons and transportation systems across 43 countries.

iformia-Nevada Gideons Internation Cnnawal Bistate Lafayette Jacob Stam Paterson NJ Dave Hofer Jr Dinuba

Ship Bids Visitors to Los Angeles Heavy Cruiser

The heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles will be open for public visiting from 1 to 4 p.m. today and Sunday at Mu pal Pier C, inviting visitors to tour the vessel and see its features.

Los Angeles Mu‘pal Pier C

Garden Grove Mourns Detective Sgt Myron Trapp Heroic Slain Officer

Funeral honors for Detective Sgt Myron Trapp of Garden Grove after he was shot while answering a disturbance call. Relatives city and county officials and many police from surrounding agencies attended. His badge number 9 is retired and interment was at El Toro Cemetery near his boyhood home.

Garden Grove Orange County Guy Friday Myron Trapp Sgt. Trapp Alamitos Friends Church FT. Eugene Coffin Coffin Reece Ballard el Toro Cemetery el Toro Trapp Westminster Stanton Santa Ana Buena Park

Fugitives arraigned in Tallahassee on federal car theft charges

Three Southland fugitives seized at an Apalachicola motel were arraigned in Tallahassee on federal car theft charges. The trio, linked to a cross country span with two Montana teens, escaped from a California jail and a King City camp before stealing a pink 1953 Pontiac in Snohomish and driving to Apalachicola. The four were jailed on bond. The Montana girls were not taken to Tallahassee and return to Helena.

Southland Apalachicola Fla Montana Tallahassee George Romanians Frank Henry Spicer Lynwood City Sotedaal Slack Canyon King City Newport Beach Lynwood Frank’ Erwin Fister San Diego Snohomish Wash lApalachicola FBI Thera Liter Helena, Mont

Stabbing Costs 10-Year Term in State Prison

Dennis Eugene Coleman 34 admitted breaking into a stranger’s home and stabbing the 23-year-old Donald Foster in Bellflower last July. Superior Court Judge Joseph Maltby sentenced Coleman on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon to a term of one to ten years in state prison.

Dennis Eugene Coleman Bellota St. Parlimoent Coleman Donald Foster Burton Ave Bellflower Superior Court Joseph M. Maltby

L B Woman Wins 50000 Estate Suit

A 42 year old Long Beach housewife, Dorothy Herendsen, won the $50,000 estate of her uncle Frank Rivolo in Oakland. The jury found she was his adopted daughter, after rivals claimed rights as other relatives. Herendsen, reared by the uncle from ages 8 to 18, lives at 2760 Chestnut Ave. Her husband is a Long Beach car salesman.

Long Beach Oakland Dorothy Herendsen Chestnut Ave Frank Rivolo Herendeen

Motorist Injures Youth Rally Attendee in LA

Police said a station wagon struck a car on Pico Avenue near St Pauls Cathedral in Lost Angeles injuring a 29 year old motorist and 25 youths from the Diocesan Youth Rally of St Lukes Episcopal. Joseph E Stubbs 29 was identified as the driver.

Joseph E. Stubbs Vista St St. Luke's Episcopal Pico Ave St. Paul's Cathedral Lost Broadway Angeles

Long Beach Stage Listings and Movie Highlights

Community Playhouse stages 503.7 E Anaheim St and Off Broadway Theater at 211 Lime Ave host The Girls in 5037 and Tobacco Road at 8 30 pm. Long Beach venues present The Jayhawker at La Shell and When Was That Lady I Saw You With at Magnolia. Long Beach Museum of Art begins daily film series through May 1960 with Wild Oats. Lincoln Park Municipal Band concert at 2 pm.

Community Playhouse Anaheim St The Lime Ave Tobacco Road la Shell Playhouse Long Beach Bivd the Jayhawker Magnolia Theater Magnolia Ave Art Feilm Long Beach Museum of Art Ocean Bird Fermandel Lincoln Park

Trial Dates Set for Two in Slayings

Two alleged murderers pleaded innocent in Superior Court and will be tried by jury next month. Lilli Caldwell, 47, of Anaheim Street, is scheduled for Nov. 30 for stabbing her husband Henry, 54, during a Sept. 3 argument. James Fleisher, 52, of Van Buiten Street, Bellflower, faces trial for fatally beating his wife Lillian, 59, at their residence in September.

Superior Court Lilli Helga Caldwell Bie Anaheim St James Clarence Fleisher van Buiten St Bellflower

Cimarron Set to Return Home to Long Beach

The veteran fleet oiler USS Cimarron, oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy, is scheduled to arrive home in Long Beach today.

USS Cimarron Long Beach

Lost IL B Couple Sought by Ojai Police Over Bad Checks

Naples couple Katherine Ruth Starkey and Jack Baynton Starkey both 40, missing for 14 days, wanted by Ojai police for cashing bad checks including a 363.44 hotel bill at Oaks hotel. Starkey, an automobile salesman in Los Angeles, has prior arrests. They were last seen after staying Sept 25 at Oaks hotel and planning a weekend trip to visit in Ojai by the husband’s previous marriage.

Naples Ojai Katherine Ruth J Jack Baynton Starkey E 2Nd St Oaksotel Pala Springs Belmont Shore Starkey Los Angeles Long Beach Polite Starkeys A. R. Wikeland Inglewood

Fall Garden Number Guides Southern California Planting

Sunday I, PT Southland presents Fall Garden Number with advice for year round planting and best timing for maximum spring blooms. It covers what and where to plant and how to plant for top results. Also features Parade Magazine cover story on Faybian and sections on Eisenhower's Soviet visit and Christopher Columbus look.

California Independent Press Telegram Southland Magazine Parade Fay Bian Russia Eisenhower Christopher Columbus America

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