Amateurs audition for Fox talent at Lakewood Theatre
In Long Beach area auditions sponsored by Fox Studios and Lakewood Players drew seven non professional actors and more hopefuls. Participants performed two minute readings before a 160 film test. Local talent will be judged locally then by 20th Century Fox for final selection.
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Ginger Friedman
Lakewood Players
Long Beach
Lakewood
20Th Century-Fox
Benother
Clothing Satesman
Proposal revived for dog vaccination in city
A heated meeting at 10 30 am in the City Council Chamber discussed mandating vaccination of all dogs. The plan, backed by the City Health Department and the Health Board, seeks a city ordinance to require dog immunization countywide, with 68 signatures on a public petition. Opponents argued against mandatory vaccination while officials noted rising canine rabies concerns. A letter from Dr T D Litwack, city health officer, cited county rabies cases increasing from 29 in 1950 to 136 in 1556.
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Health
Ordnance Committee
Los Angeles County
Litwack
T. D. Litwack
City Health
Prisoner Dies in Jail By Falls and Self Harm
A prisoner identified as Halry Marvin Roberts, 1447 E 20th St, died after falling in his cell at City Jail on Friday. Police say he climbed onto a lava-tory bowl and struck the cement floor to kill himself, after an earlier attempted hanging with trousers. The body lies at BL We Coon Mortuary pending coroner's exams. Roberts was found in the 1800 block of Orange Ave.
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Halry Marvin Roberts
E. 20Th St
Seasice
We Coon Mortuary
Roberts
Orange Ave
Six Injured in Head-On Car Crash on Spring Street
A head-on collision on Spring Street near the eastern city limits at 6:30 a.m. left six people injured. James H. Moore 29 of Crestwood, Ana heim driver and wife Susan 28, Gilbert R. Arciso Jr 31 of Flower Street, and Jerry Darling 25 were taken to Community Hospital after three passengers were ejected from Moore’s car. Also injured were Rudolf Copeland 31 of Sycamore Street and Frank Reese 24 of Keystone Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Moore
Crestwooden
Anaheim
Susan
Gilbert R. Arciso Jr
Flower St
Stanton
Jerry Darling
Joel Ave
Moore
Rudolf Copeland
Sycamore St
Frank Reese
Keystone St
Dimits
Spring St
Kuchel Urges Conversion of Marine Base
Senator Kuchel of California proposed converting the Santa Ana Marine base into a privately operated international aircraft trade center and museum. He said the change would save taxpayers about six million dollars annually by removing federal maintenance costs and returning the property to taxes. Black, head of a furniture chain, supported the plan after meeting with Friday, noting the Marine Corps only needs about 20 acres for helicopter operations.
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Anaheim
Kuchel
R-Calif
Pias
Marine Corps
Santa Ana
Black
Rachel Friday
Merino Corps
Roaring 20s photos sought by Press-Telegram edition
The Independent Press Telegram plans a Roaring 20s special next month and requests readers mail in action photos from the era. Include names on back, identify people, and send to Old Days Editor at 604 Pine Ave Long Beach 12 California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Press-Telegram
Pine Ave
Long Beach
Calift
Eisenhower Breakfast With Knowland Pronounced in News
President Eisenhower will hold a breakfast conference with Lea Knowland of California, a Senate Republican floor leader. White House press secretary Hagerty said California politics would not be discussed. Knowland has announced a bid for the Republican nomination for governor next year against Governor Goodwin Knight.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lea
Knowland
California
Senate
White House
James C. Hagerty
Anc
Gove Fnor
Goodwin Knight
NATO Chaplains Hear Eisenhower
In Washington President Eisenhower told 46 NATO navy chaplains that the western nations must not become complacent and must bind themselves closer together during dangerous times, including uniting religious leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Navy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Roadwork Ends Bottleneck at Alamites Grange Intersections
City traffic engineer Robert D. Dier reported Friday that redesign and reconstruction of the Alamites and Grange A with 17th Street intersections eliminates a severe bottleneck. A new traffic signal operates at 17th Alamites, revised approaches, curbing, islands, and modernized overhead lighting. Acting City Engineer B. E. McCune certified completion of the $33,014.02 Griffith Co contract. Work began July 26.
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Alamites
Grange A
17Th ‘St
Robert D. Dier
17Th Alamites
Orange
Alamitos
B. E.mccune
Griffith Co
Women Pilots State Meeting in Signal Hill
Tuesday 7 pm Long Beach Chapter of the 99s hosts female pilots and husbands at the Hilltop Restaurant Signal Hill. W Paul Wilson City College aeronautics instructor and ICAA traffic controller will discuss Weather as Applied to Private Pilot. Reservations by Mrs Paul A Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
The
Top
Signal Hill
W. Paul Wilson
City College
ICAA
Municipal
Paul A. Gibson
Lakewood
Dominguez
Tommy Goldstein
Hugh H . Goldstein
Community Chest
Alfrieda Cutler
Mail Poll on State School Chief Voted
The California Assn of School Administrators will submit a mail referendum to endorse a candidate for head of the State Department of Education. The decision came at the organization's convention here on Thursday. Previously, endorsements were typically moved from the floor and adopted, usually favoring the incumbent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Assn
State Department of Education
Sea Lion Supposedly Helped as Election Debate Rages
A chaotic report details a sea lion near the shore and a Frenchman distressed by failed rescue attempts while local politics play out. Dr Roy Georges St Germain and Dr Nolan D Pulliam are cited amid a CASA procedure to endorse a candidate by mail ballot by February 1 1958. The sea lion's behavior and the public’s concern mirror the tense political scene, with observers noting agencies’ evasiveness and a neighbor’s remark about aid.
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Beschen
Jendorse
Roy Georges St. Germain
E.E. Simpson
Alocean
Dent
CASA
Heap
Germain
Simpson
Bel
Fullam
Conclave Will Hear Campbell at California School Boards Banquet
Campbell to speak on Business and Education partnership at a California School Boards Assn banquet in the Lafayette Hotel Grand Ballroom. Boyd Campbell, ex-Chamber of Commerce leader, will headline with Bert W. Levitt presiding. Dinner guests include past presidents, State Board of Education members, and Assemblyman Porter.
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California School Boards Assn
Boyd Campbell
United States Chamber of Commerce
Lafayette Hotel
Bert W. Levitt
San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education
Associaton
Levitt
Association
State Board of Education
Cadley V. Porter
California Ad Administration
Arthie F. Corey
Calufar‘i Teecners' Assn
California
Seven Bail Out Pilot Lands C97 at March Air Base
ECL7 aerial tanker crew of seven parachuted Friday after the craft lost a nail. The incident occurred at March Air Force Base as the crew escaped without injury.
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March Air Force Base
Friday
Camporee Canceled After Rain Snow Disrupts Flight
A four engine Boeing tanker encountered trouble after takeoff as rain and snow closed roads and caused a fuel line issue. District Commissioner Harold Snell canceled the Lakewood Camporee for 500 Scouts, while Lt Donald Wittevrongs oversaw a safe uneven landing in the Angeles National Forest after seven crewmen bailed out.
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Ee Peeler
Abietol
Air Force Base
500 Lake
Thewood District Bove
Tao
District Comrage
Harold Snell
Donald Wittevrongs
Snell
Kewane
Angeles National Forest
Fireball Data Turned Over to Air Force
NORFOLK Va UP a line formation concerning the mysterious fireball that narrowly missed a Wortalk based Navy plane near Myton Utah Thure Way has been turned over to the Continental Air Defense Command Hit the Navy reported Fri 1 The Continental Air Defense Command has the defense of the nation as its responsibility The Navy emphasized however that turning over the indebieentions to the Air Force was no reason to believe that the fireball was anything other than a natural phenomenon The fireball was spotted by crew members of a four engined RGD flying from Alameda Calif to Norfolk
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Norfolk
Myton
Utah
Continental Air Defense
Navy
Continental Air Defense Command
Air Force
RGD
Alameda
iCalif
Sailor Stricken by Sleep Sickness Aboard Glacier
A U S Navy icebreaker Glacier 2000 miles southwest of Honolulu raced against brain inflammation threatening Fireman Apprentice Larry Lee Darling of Effingham. Chloromycetin and dextrose were air dropped from a Shackleton bomber via Christmas Island. British aid offered after Pearl Harbor radioed for help. Darling’s mother Mrs Bela Brown of Effingham is notified.
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Honolulu
Royal Air Force
Effingham, Qm
Larry Lee Darling
Glacier
Antarctica
Christmas Island
Pearl Harbor
C. T. Weir
Hickam Air Force Base
Darling
Bela Brown
Effingham, DL
Three Navy Fliers Die in Alaska Crash
Three Navy fliers were killed and two were missing after a patrol bomber struck the runway and plunged into icy waters near Adak in the Aleutians. Five men were pulled from the sea with minor injuries. the dead are Lt jg Delbert L. Brown Lt jg Jack C. Zenor and Neil W. Downing. Missing are Batth R. Aveneil and John E. Hardy. The P2 Neptune attempted a landing in darkness, became airborne, then sank a thousand yards off shore. crash boats rescued survivors as authorities investigated.
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Phytis A. Zenor
Alameda, Callt
Neil W. Downing
Rantoul
Batth R. Aveneil
Grand Rapids
Mich
John E. Hardy
Birmingham
Ala
Navy
Bering Sea
Tanker Salvage Underway After Grounding Off Honolulu
Salvage crews began work on the 5700 ton tanker after it ran aground northwest of Oahu. Bearings were planned in Honolulu to determine grounding cause. Thirty four crewmen, including skipper Percy J. Countryman, were rescued by an LST and taken to Midway. An eight man salvage party remained aboard the Mare Reef reef near Mare Reef as the tanker, chartered to the Navy, grounded Tuesday night.
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Honolulu
Pacific Ocean Reef
Mission
Navy
Reclaimer
Mare Reef
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Indy Reach
Sorensen
Hopelil
Spon
20Th Century Fox Studios
Mary Jaco
Electtric Ave
Seal Beach
Wilton High School
Don Wilson
Royal Palm Blvd
Garden Grove
Donna Borrege
Pierce St
Marvin Westmoreland
Palo Verde Ave
Jane Sare
Peabody Ave
Pilots
William Cartwright
Gaviota Ave
Roosevelt Rd
Shelley Heath
Ocean Blvd
Georges St. Germain
Ocean
Casa Board of Governors
St. Germain
Griffith Parke Zoo
St. Germain's
Alaska
Svery Dey
Saterman
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