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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1968
Page
13
A aging inmate speaks softly of a life spent behind bars from age 15 to 58. He traces a pattern of forgery robbery burglary and kidnapping with multiple releases and returns. He recalls a turning point prayer and a vow to pursue a humane life ending a long cycle of crime and imprisonment.
A Long Beach man recounts a life shaped by early privilege and later crime. Born 1909 in Pocatello Idaho he grew up with a grandmother in a prosperous Mormon community. He recalls stealing milk bottles for easy money and bootlegging whiskey during Prohibition and surviving a roadblock shootout.
Long Beach Symphony opened its 34th season at City College Auditorium with Albert Bolet assuming leadership. The Cuba native and former Bibao Symphony director inspired morale and higher instrumental standards, delivering a demanding first program despite a conservative stance on contemporary works.
Long Beach sees growing use of private security police by night to guard business and industrial sites. Police deny crime rise, citing higher business activity and security focus. Firms like Fox's Security Patrol and Newton Security Patrol report expanding rosters from the 1950s to present, with hundreds of officers deployed for warehouses, gates, and traffic control.
Terrie Rin nert, ten, was killed in a two car collision at Imperial Highway and Woodruff Avenue Sunday night. Her brother Walter, 19, and driver Eugene Carriere, 19, of Bellflower, sustained minor injuries. The article also discusses private security firms in Los Angeles County and licensing requirements.
Emil Wohlgemuth delivers Oak Glen’s apple country tale and urges midweek trips this season for light traffic. Oak Glen sits on the San Bernardino Mountains south slope, a mile high canyon valley accessible via Bryant Road from Yucaipa.
An elderly man at Hollywood Park wins about $1 000 on a $12 investment as the No 8 horse finishes first. A passerby warns him to seek hospital care, while others joke about the spectacle. A police helicopter at the Good Ol Days fiesta sparks reader quips.
Becket won the audience favorite for the Community Playhouse eight productions at the Petroleum Club awards banquet. Ed Cotter and Pat Dempsey shared top acting honors for Becket while Laura Killingsworth and Susanna Tomecko earned best leads and best bit part respectively. Special Playhouse and President’s awards went to multiple staff, with Nadine Connor as guest of honor.
A reminder lists two admission free events in Long Beach. At 7 p.m. Bancroft Junior High School hosts World of Women in the Forum at 5301 Centralia Street. Also at 7 p.m. Long Beach Exhibit Hall at 270 East Seaside Boulevard hosts a community program.
Milt Arthur, born 1896 in New York, dreamed of major league baseball but WWI and WWII halted those aims. He later built success as a theater chain owner and long‑time Long Beach recreation official. A self described civic pupil, he left Stuyvesant after a lunch break clash and started working to support his family.
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