San Pedro tuna boycott hurts local fleet and prices
The San Pedro boycott now in its fourth day hits 52 percent of local fishermen and most vessels, as Star Kist cuts tuna prices to 250 per ton amid import competition. Federal officials note imported fish rising, while fishermen’s union leaders push for price safeguards and possible Congressional probes after talks with cannery executives.
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San Pedro
Star-Kist
Terminal Island
California
Califoria Department of Fish and Game
U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheres
San Diego
San Pedro Can
Joseph Bogdanovich
Star- Kist Tuna
Américan Tunaboat Association
Don Loker
Star Kist
Laker
John Royal
Fishermen's Local 33
TLWU
Intertropical Tuna Commission
Senate
House Foreign Affairs
Anthony Nizetich
Nizetich
Royal
Trutanic
John Xiteo
Westgate
Xiteo
Ilwu Union
Nick Rogich
St. San Pedro
Ann
Juste
Stemper
Antonio Accetta
Centre St. San Pedro
Hotel Motel Bed Tax Gets Final Approval From Council
The Long Beach council approved a four percent hotel mot el bed tax after a tense session. Mayor Edwin Wade and several councilors opposed it while Andrew Baird supported the measure, arguing for the tax to fund a year round promotional program. Proponents say funds go to a promotional fund with extra city revenue to support tourism.
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Edwin W. Wade
Comenen
Raymond C. Kealer
Lewis Reese
Virgil H. Spongberg
Andrew Baird
Roben F. Crow
Emmett T. Lethvan
Baird
Ita
Bers
Jorney John Paap
Paap
Tel Association of
Long Perch
Long Beach
Concerts in Long Beach Tonight Multiple Venues
Today's Long Beach listings show the Lenz Beach Municipal Band at Lincoln Park Cedar Avenue and Ocean Boulevard at 2 30 pm. On stage Nature's Way at Magnolia Theater 2400 Magnolia Ave 8 20 pm Star Dust at Community Playhouse 5021 E Anaheim St 6 30 pm A Taste of Honey at Off Broadway Theater 2 E Lime Ave 8 30 pm.
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Lenz Beach Municipal Band
Lincoln Park
Cedar Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
Nature’s Way
Margnolia Theater
Magmolia Ave
Stardust
Community Playhouse
FE Anaheim St
Lime Ave
Murder charge trial date set for Clarence Steward
Clarence Steward, 69, of 147714 Myrtle Ave, pleaded innocent in Superior Court to a murder charge. He is scheduled to be tried October 18 for the death of David Rice, 25, during a drinking bout on August 8 in Myrtle.
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Clarence Steward
Myrtle Ave
Superior Court
Steward
David Rice
Myrtle
Vice Mayor Bond Hospitalized With Bronchitis
Vice Mayor Bert B. Bond of Long Beach is confined to St. Marys Hospital with acute bronchitis and laryngitis for an indefinite period. The Democratic candidate for State Assembly from the 3rd District is under orders not to speak during a US Rally observation period.
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Bert B. Bond
St. Mary's Hosital
Bond
Long Beach
Royalist Warship Arrives In Long Beach On Seven Day Visit
New Zealand Navy’s 5,900 ton cruiser HMNZS Royalist arrives in Long Beach for a week long visit. The ship joins joint US Pacific Fleet operations and goodwill tours to America and Canada. Captain J C Ross says NZ forces are small but meet alliance commitments. Royalist carries 40 Maoris among its crew and has a storied history including Jutland and the South of France.
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Lou Jobst
New Zealand
Long Beach
Pacific
América
Canada
J. OC. 'Ross
Royal New Zealand Fleet
Captross
SEATO
Capt
Ross
Southeast Asia
South Pacific
U_S_ Navy
U.S. Navy
Kew Zeslard
Webster
Jutland
France
Aev
Gean
Borna
Tirpitz
Later Night Hours Sought for Heartwell Park Golf
Heartwell Park three par course draws 117 players to petition for extending closing time from 10 to 11 45 pm. Local residents fronting the course back the change and a city lease amendment is sought. E C Loesch of Vello Inc cites 35 percent of field revenue after 6 pm and a projected 16000 added annual city revenue.
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Long Beach
Heartwell Park
Golf Park
Mar-garet Heartwell
E C. Loesch
Vello, Inc
Losch
Loech
Fishermen's Fete Begins Amid Price Disputes and Uncertain Wages
Fishermen press for better tuna prices as Star-Kist and cannery interests cluster in San Pedro. Union leaders note limited agreement among San Diego boat owners, while crewmen like Stemper and Accetta lament reduced earnings and ongoing job insecurity. The island fete continues through Sunday with a boat parade and civic dignitaries in attendance.
Mourning Boy Hangs Himself in Long Beach Garage
A two year old Long Beach boy, Ralph Prather, hanged himself in his garage using a bowstring and a barred door, apparently driven by despondency over his father's past suicide. He had argued with his sister earlier, threatening to kill himself, with family dismissing the threat. The body was found by a neighbor and taken to Christensen-Pino Mortuary.
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Long Beach
Ralph Prather
Walnut Ave
Christensen-Pino Mortuary
L B Area Men Remain in Tijuana Jail
Evidence against two Orange County men arrested in Tijuana on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $10 bill was reviewed Friday by a Mexico federal district attorney's office. Robes L. Wright, 23, Westminster, and Ray Eakens, 37, Anaheim, have been held without bail since their arrest Sunday. They claimed they did not know the bill was counterfeit. No Mexican decision on action or charges had been announced. officials said no bail could be set until formal charges are filed and a court hearing is ordered.
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Orange County
Tijuana
Mexico
Robes L. Wright
Westminster
Ray ‘Eakens
Anaheim
Three Arrested in $5,000-a-Day Bookmaking Ring
Sheriff vice officers with Gardena and Compton police raided a bar and two homes arresting Leonard Duncan Vernon Jackson and Lois Maxine Carey in a $5,000-a-day bookmaking operation. Duncan identified as ringleader. raids followed two weeks of undercover bets. bags of betting markers and scratch sheets seized.
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Gardena
Compton
Leonard Duncan
S. Collins Ave
Vernon Jackson
W. Laurel St
Lois Maxine Carey
Mrs. Carey
Jackson
Two Nations Praise Long Beach Beauty Pageant
Officials from India and Nicaragua commend the Miss International Beauty Pageant in Long Beach. India's consul general Anthony Meneses and Nicaraguan national assistant Guillermo Jang send endorsements praising Mayor Edwin W. Wade for fostering friendship through the event, with a gift and a key to Manipus.
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India
Nicarazca
Tol
Edwin W. Wade
Long Beach
Anthony George Meneses
Entit
San Francisco
Meneses
England
Cambridge University
Guillermo Jang
Aisister
Manipus
Wade
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Biz Star-Kist
Lexal Bestooners
Loker
Everthing
StarKist
South America
Samoa
Puerto Rico
Concest
Panama Canal
Monterey
Victor Samson
U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Fish Harbor
Cannneries
Frank Pisang
Neem
AST
Remem
Los Angeles
Frank Stemper
18Th St. San Fedro
Stiner
Santa Rita
Accetta
Edmund G.pan Brown
L.B
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