Community Chest calls for consolidation and support in drive
An editorial discusses the need to merge multiple fundraising drives into the United Neighbors Fund to avoid a vicious circle of insufficient Chest support. It urges generous individual contributions, suggesting a model of one dollar per agency to meet the goal and sustain youth welfare programs. Local anecdotes about fires, a dog mix, and a car bidding episode accompany the piece.
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Ong Beach
Portand
Randy Randolph
Orange
Beverly Hills
Kent
United Neighbors Fund
Panama Canal
Horn
Pacific
Edward L. Luedike, Jr
Gundry
Huntington Beach
Atlantic
Harbor defense officers meet in Long Beach conference
More than 45 naval officers from harbor defense units gather in Long Beach for a training conference at the Long Beach Naval Station. Rear Adm. Bergin of the Pacific Fleet Mine Force commands the meeting with Capt. Gibson as Mine Force plans officer and chairman. The sessions cover harbor defense team composition, equipment, training, reserve divisions, and their role in defense exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert O. Beer
Navy
Charles K. Bergin
Pacific Fleet
Long Beach
Long Beach Naval Station
J. Gibson
Mine Forces
Milk cartons stolen from St Athanasius school grounds
Nine cartons of milk were stolen from a refrigerator on the grounds of St Athanasius Catholic School at 5390 Linden Ave, with police reporting the incident on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Athanasius Catholic School
Linden Ave
Kidnap Jails Paix for Life in Market Robbery Case
Rudy Enriquez and Ignacio Solorzano were sentenced by Superior Judge Beach Vasey to life imprisonment on first degree murder and kidnapping with intent to commit robbery in which the victim was injured. They killed Mildred Ellison during a store holdup on September 15 1956 and the kidnapping involved forcing an employee to walk to the back of the store and being pistol whipped.
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Fnday
San Pedro
Rudy Enriquez
Ignacia Soloréano
Beach Vasey
Enriquez
Solorzano
Mildred E. Ellison
25Th St
Junipero Ave
Towa
Girl’s Skull Fractured in Crosswalk Mishap
A five year old Long Beach girl, Susan Lynn McCoy of 1830 Stanley Ave, suffered a fractured skull Friday after being struck by a car on Pacific Coast Hwy at Temple Ave. Police cited Carl A. Owenson, 81, of 2309 Chestnut Ave, for failing to yield and inadequate brakes.
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Long Beach
Brigadoon Tickets on Sale for Tonight at Municipal Auditorium
Tickets are available at the Municipal Auditorium box office for tonight’s Brigadoon show by the Long Beach Civic Light Opera. A second performance is scheduled for 5 30 p.m. Sunday in the concert hall.
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Municipal Auditorium
Brigadoon
Long’ Beach
Storm of 1943 recalled in Southland Magazine
Long Beach was staggered by the great 1943 storm that disrupted harbor war production. Southland Magazine and Sunday Independent Press Telegram will deliver the recall in Sunday’s Parade Magazine. An expert forecasts the reception in store for the new compact Cadillacs.
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Long Beach
Southland Magazine
Independent
Press-Telegram
Parade Magazine
Stote
City Bandman Fired Over Noodling Hearing Set
Tafarella a veteran clarinet soloist with the Municipal Band since 1943 seeks reinstatement after six charges of inefficiency or improper conduct. He contends he was attentive during director Payne's instructions at a Lincoln Park concert and while the title was announced. A Civil Service Board hearing is slated for November 19 in the City Council Chamber with attorney Albert C. S. Ramsey defending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Civil Service Board
Herman H. Tafarella
Tafarella
Civil Service Board
Albert C. S. Ramsey
Charles Payne
Lincoln Park
Iowa State Society
Noodling
County to Mail Taxes Monday With Higher Rates
County Tax Collector H L Byram announced about 1 750 000 tax bills will be mailed starting Monday. The average levy rises to 2 08 per 100 of assessed value an 11 cent increase. Delinquency date for first installment is December 10 1959 at 5 pm. taxpayers urged to mail remittances early for proper postmark. current bills show tax distribution among city county schools and districts.
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Long Beach
H. L. Byram
Byram
Hill St
Los Angeles
Richmond
Lawrence elected president of osteopathic hospital group
David Lawrence administrator of Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital was chosen president of the American Osteopathic Hospital Assn at its Los Angeles convention. He also became a trustee of the California Osteopathic Hospital Assn as local physicians Drs. Fullen Scouten Ikenberry and Davis attended the surgical sessions with participants from the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons and allied bodies.
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David Lawrence
Long Beach Osteopathic Hospital
American Osteopathic Hospital Assn
Los Angeles
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
American Osteopathic College of Radiology
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists
Lawrence
Arustee
California Osteopathic Hospital Assn
Drs. P. R. Fullen
George F. Scouten
M. L. Ikenberry
Rufus A. Davis
Two wrongful death suits seek 500000 in damages
In Superior Court two cases seek 250000 each. William E Congo and Gwendolyn Congo of Wilmington sue Glen and Betty Kent over their son Steve Congo drowning last June 21. Valerie June Brown of Keynote Avenue sues for her sons Lance and Laurell Brown after their father Jack Reynolds Brown died in a June 3 plane crash near Oceanside blamed on James H Cornell Jr. Defendants include Sally Cornell as administratrix, Ocean Vista Heights Development Co. and Joel Presentt Jr.
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Superior Court
William E
Gwendolyn Congo
Jack Reynolds Brown
James H. Cornell Jr
Oceanside
John R. Kent
Electric organ on display at Hammond studio
The first electric organ made by Hammond in 1935 is shown at Pierce's Hammond Organ Studio 2188 Lakewood Blvd. It will later be sent to the Smithsonian Institution and remains on display through November 12.
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Hammond
Pierce
Lakewood Blvd
Smithsonian Institution
Pete
Trombone Stolen From Long Beach State Music Room
A musically inclined thief stole a trombone valued at 270 dollars from the Long Beach State College music room. College bandmaster John E. Green reported the theft to police on Friday.
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Long Beach State College
John £. Green
Local Long Beach Stage Listings Tonight
On stage in Long Beach venues includes Municipal Auditorium Briga doon at 8 30 p m Community Playhouse Girls in 509 at 5 30 p m Off Broadway Theatre A Hatful of Rain at 8 30 p m La Shell Playhouse The Jay hawker at 8 30 p m Multiple productions run tonight in Long Beach with showtimes and venue details.
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Municipal Auditorium
Farewell to Beacon St from a San Pedro skid rower
Reporter Bill Jones closes the “Diary of Beacon St” series with a final morning on the Beacon Street skid row. He recalls a miserable awakening, meals and missions, encounters with Little Pete and Steve, and the moment of departure back to Long Beach as dawn light and fog lift over the familiar, troubled streets.
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Beacon St
San Pedro
Fife
Long Beach
Pete
Phil
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Il.b. Parley
Beacon ST. Mission Light
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Weenn
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Freeman Ave
Robert E. Lee School
Candy
George Weeks
Osteopath
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Red
Shanghai Red
Wall St
Assembly of God Mission
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Deacon Light Mission
Steve
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