California Tourist Drives West and Returns as Modern Pioneer
A travel profile of a Californian tourist who wanders from Taos to Santa Fe, El Paso and Tucson, chasing scenery and prosperity. He embodies a westward identity, chasing rugged landscapes yet settling into fast highways, smog, and Southern California influence as a defining cultural role.
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Santa Fe
Tucson
el Piso
California
Kansas
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Junction
Tex
el Segundo
Yellowstones
Grand Canyons
Black Hills
Police Nab Suspect Over Dope Crop On Terminal Island
Police found a marijuana crop near Naval Shipyards Gate 1 on Terminal Island after a Navy witness reported plants hidden in brush. Officers staked out the site and arrested 33-year-old longshoreman Matthew Olivas Sias of Lomita after a 24 hour surveillance. Sias denied ownership, claiming he was merely looking around.
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Matthew Olivas Sias
21St St. Lomita
City
Jack
Robert
jt/Faultner
Naval Shipyards
Seaside Blvd
McMahan
Faulkner
Sias
St.eens
Woman Hits Car Then Crashes Into Porch In Hit and Run
A 20 year old woman, Marjorie Ann Lucero of Sunset Avenue, fled after striking a taxicab at Alamites Avenue and 4th Street Saturday night. She later crashed into a house porch at 517 East 10th Street and was hospitalized with chest injuries. Taxicab driver Chester Boyd Harbert, 53, of Fairbrook Avenue, followed the fleeing vehicle after his cab was damaged. Police filed a hit and run report naming Lucero and Harbert as involved parties.
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Alamites Ave
4Th St
Marjorie Ann Lucero
Sunset Ave
Seaside Memorial Hospital
Chester Boyd Harbert
Fairbrook Ave
Harbert
3Rd
Richard M. Dallas
Olive Ave
10Th St
Man Found Guilty in Death of 23 Month Old Daughter
Phillip J. Brommel, 22, a Anaheim paint factory worker, was found guilty by a seven woman five man jury of second degree murder in the death of his 23 month old daughter Deborah Jean. The child died December 28, 1957 at Fullerton Hospital from a ruptured kidney lungs skull fracture and multiple injuries claimed to be the result of brutal beatings. Brommel faces a five years to life term with sentencing set for September 26 and a possible new trial request by his attorney.
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Phillip J. Brommel
Deborah Jean
Brommel
Anaheim
All Fullerton Hospital
Joyce
Superior Court
Robert Kneeland
Sam Hurwitz
Conventions mean more dollars and jobs across cities
Nationwide cities push convention and tourism spending with new facilities. The piece cites IACB data showing delegates spending about $113.61 per person per trip and total outlays near a billion dollars, boosting jobs. It notes plans in Pittsburgh, Portland, Minneapolis, St Paul, Indianapolis, Columbus, Fort Wayne, and Long Beach ballots proposing improvements to attract visitors and create employment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County
U.S
The
Interna
Royal
W. ‘Ryan
New York Convention and Visitors, Bureau
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
M. Banhs
Portland
Ore
Givelin
Willamette River
Ing
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Pau
St. Paul Municipal Auditorium
Indkimapolis
Ind
Franklin County Veterans' Memorial
U. S
Fort Wayne
Allen County Memorial Coliseum
American Bowling Congress
Wallace J. Oberlender
Long Beach
Ocean Blvd
Golden Ave
Alamitos Ave
American Ave
Océan Blvd
Willow St
Municipal Auditorium
Jnew
New York City
Rabies alert after dog bites two year old girl
Debra Burt, two, of 4828 N. Fidler Ave, was bitten by a white Samoyed male dog with black markings near her home. The child faces rabies inoculations unless the dog is found for observation at the Long Beach Animal Shelter. Her parents request the dog be reported to them for monitoring.
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Debra Bu
Roy Burt
N. Fidler Ave
Long’ Beach
Red-Head Blonde Twin Sets Victors At Huntington Beach
A pair of red haired Los Angeles twins won the sweepstakes in the 20th annual Huntington Beach twin show. Warren and Wayne Fish of La Habra, 16, led the men, while Doradee and Loralee Stanasuk of Los Angeles, 14, captured the women’s title. About 5,000 spectators watched 223 entrants as Aldo Ray crowned the winners.
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Los Angeles
Huntington Beach
Te Warren
Wayne Fish
Angeles
Sion
Aldo Ray
Fish
Stanasuk
Drowned Skindiver during heat wave near Pt Vicente
A 21 year old Marine from El Toro drowned while skin diving off Pt Vicente as 150000 beachgoers crowded Southland shores to escape heat. Companions reported breathing trouble from equipment before he began to sink. Coast Guard helicopter ferried him to Pacific View Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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el Toro
Pt. Vicente
Southland
Pic
James Gerald
el Toro Marine Air Base
Conlin
William Ridgway
Trwingrove
Santa Monica
Manhattan
Hermosa
Venice
Playa de] Rey
Limb of Tree Falls Across Top of Car
A large limb crashed onto the car of James H. Wilson, 30, from 1867 Myrtle, at about 10:35 pm Saturday in Maizuru Japan. He reported a 480 repatriates group aboard the Hakusan Maru had arrived from Molansk via Sakhalin, with a pepper tree limb toppled onto his vehicle.
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James H. Wilson
Maizuru
Japan
Jeans
Molansk
Sakhalin
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Bob Whearley
Taos
N.M
East St. Louis
Cleveland
Dubuque
Brummel
Phillie J. Brommel
Ben ‘Zinser Rire Ina Herles
Tional Assn
San Francisco
American Medical Assn
Atlantic City
N. J
American? Legion
Southern
Auditortum
Toi Bitien
Southlend
Victors
Warren
Doradee
Loralee Stansauk
Fress-Telegram
Hemy Jack
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