Endearing First Day Tales From Long Beach Schools
Vera Williams JaNews reports a chaotic first day at Horace Mannis and nearby campuses. Teachers like Jean O Connor and Betty Oberstar describe students singing patriotic tunes and mispronounced words. Monitors and principals manage lunch money and language lessons as pupils echo playful misunderstandings about homework and school routines.
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Janew
Jauris
sGeorge L
Geiger
Long Beach Unified
Horace
Sang
Almerica
Shand
Longpre Indicted in Japan for accidental shooting death
Airman 3.C Peter E. Longpre, 19, of 5533 Pierce St, indicted by Urawa prosecutors for shooting and killing 22-year-old Sachiyuki Miyamura aboard a US base train near Urawa. Japanese charges allege gross negligence causing death. case previously delayed by Family Court referral.
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Airman
Peter E. Longpre
Pierce St
Urawa
Japan
Longpre
Sachiyuki Miyamura
Johnson Air Force
Taneme
Navy Man Charged in Hit Run in Fatal Pedestrian Crash
Navy fireman Francis Z Simons 122 was charged with felony hit and run after allegedly fleeing a crash that killed Paul Salerno 51 at St St and Alamitos Ave. Another suspect David Sei Joli 21 faced robbery suspicions but was released. Simons remains in custody pending preliminary hearing on October 20.
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Navy
District Attorney’s Office
Francis Z. Simons
Simons
Paul Salerno
9Th St
St. St
Alamitos Ave
Ano
David Sei- Joli
Atto
AM Municipal
Lyman B. Sutter
Carousel presented by Singers' Workshop in Long Beach
Today in Long Beach musical Carousel staged by Singers' Workshop at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium with curtain at 8 30 p m. Concert by Long Beach Municipal Band at Lincoln Park 2 p m and Wilson High School 7 p m featuring local musicians.
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Singers’ Workshop
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
Long Beach Municipal Bari
Lincoln Park
Wilson High School
Yacht Rams Rocks in Fog Sinks Near Long Beach Harbor
Ten Long Beach area residents escaped unharmed after luxury yacht To luca sank in 17 feet of water near the San Diego harbor entrance. On board were Rexford L. Welch and wife with two daughters, Me. and Nits Windisch, and others from Costa Mesa and Lakewood. Coast Guard rescued all. fog reduced visibility to about 10 feet as the vessel rammed a rock jetty during entry.
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Long Beach Area
San Diego Harbor
Rexford L. Welch
Elorado St
Susan
Jene
Wilfred Windisch
Fairwood St
Lakewood
Aohn Vitalich
Costa] Mesa
Coast Guard
William A. Pollard
Wilson SL
Costa Mesa
Frank B. Anderson
Trask Ave
Garden Grove
Richard 5. Groff
Magnolia St
Royal Farms Creamery
South Gate
Joe Dahan
Como Corp
Vitalich
New MWD Chooses Beaudry Sunset Site for Headquarters
The Metropolitan Water District voted to build permanent offices at the Beaudry Avenue and Sunset Boulevard site, rejecting Monterey Park Garvey Reservoir grounds. The decision ends a decade of site study and will house administration and engineering offices, covering about five acres of the Sunset north side with uncertain full use. The district serves seven million people from Santa Monica to the Mexican border as a $3.2 billion aqueduct expansion proceeds.
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Metropolitan Water District
Beaudry, Ave
Sunset Blvd
St Vincent's Hos
T ‘Ling
Broadway
3Rd St
MWD
Santa Monica
Endorsements Grow for Jobs for Long Beach Propositions
Three more groups back Propositions 8 and T endorsing Jobs for Long Beach. Officials name Community Rehabilitation Industries and leaders such as Dr Harold Warren and Mrs Gertrude Withers, urging support to expand local jobs and attract tourism and convention business in Long Beach.
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Long Beach Pro-O
Vries
Leo Gable
Samuel Geet Perch
Harold Putman
Charles F. Reed
Leslie Smith
George Tol
Carleton Webb
Long Beach
Harold B. Worren
Commuity Rehabilitation Industries
CRI Faectors
Anaheim St
Warren Seid
Rehab Group
SANIY
Community Rehabilitation Industries
Julius W, Feldman
Gertrude Withers
Charles FP
Reed Ard
Council OKs Bids for Basin Mains
City council moves forward on installing water mains for Basins 2, 3 and 4 with a projected cost of 83 thousand dollars. A prior contract of 54 thousand 117 dollars was authorized last week. Also approved travel stipends for 22 officials attending a state city conference. EL A Construction Co of Long Beach awarded a 75 thousand 272 dollar paving contract along Grangeage between Artesia and 70th Street.
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Alamites Bay
Council
League of California
Los Ane Geles
el& A Construction Co
Long Beach
Artesia
70Th St
Southern California Edison Co
J. F. Karns
Longs Beach
Los Angeles County
Palo Verde Ave
Conant St
Atlantic Ave
Bixby
Wardlow Ris
Chey Furthers
Herman Sederer
Henry 5
Jordan
Bureau of Franchises
State Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco
Atlantic Havec
Long Beach approves sale of water bonds with low bids
The Long Beach City Council authorized sale of 4 884 000 in municipal water bonds at an average 4 5827 percent. First National City Bank of New York led a slate of bidders with low rates. The issue funds Lakewood Water & Power facilities while bonds mature over 5 65 years and are payable from water revenues and city general obligation.
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Cy Council
First National City Bank of New York
TF Opene
Nearbrovedland Associates
Ainderhid
Bay @ New
Ooms Shore
Lakewood Water & Power Co
Long Beach
California
H. P. Beckman
Mgr
San EK
Vickers
Chase Manhattan Bank Land Associates
California Bank and Associates
Halsey Stuart & Co. and Associates
Bank of America and Associates
Ridder, Peabody & Co. and Associates
Board of Water Commissioners
Vily
Jet Plane Sonic Boom Alarms City Residents
Hundreds of inquiries flooded the police department after a sonic boom thundering over Long Beach at 3 05 p m. The blast was attributed to a military aircraft operating in the area causing alarm and confusion among residents.
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Lucky Gir
Judy Ledbetter
32Nd St
United Artists Theater
Claude Kenner
Stalf Fhoto
Jet Plane
Long Beach
the Independent
Housewife Sentenced as Forger in Big Long Beach Case
A Long Beach housewife Sandra Lou Spann, 28, was sentenced to one to 14 years in state prison after forging checks totaling about $5,000. She forged three checks drawn on a friend's bank account, altered bank slips, and destroyed evidence.
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Long Beach
Sandra Lou Spann
Cerritos Ave
Corona
Joseph M. Maltby
Aj Friend
Grass fire near Bellflower and Spring threatens bridge
Two fire companies extinguished a grass blaze near Bellflower Boulevard and Spring Street on Tuesday afternoon. The fire menaced a wooden bridge and slightly damaged its crosswalk before being contained. Barricades closed the crosswalk, and investigators said a cigarette tossed from a passing car likely started the fire.
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Bellflower Blvd
Spring St
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