Living Cost Drops in August in Long Beach LA Area
The U S Department of Labor reports the August cost of living fell two tenths of one percent locally in the Long Beach Los Angeles region while the national index eased the same amount to 123 7 percent of the 1847 49 average. Despite the dip the consumer price level remains 3 2 percent above August 1957 and experts say any sustained decline is not expected in the near term.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
U. S. Department of Labor
Federal Aid Sought to Settle Craig Shipyard Strike
The Federal Conciliation Service may aid negotiations between Shipyard Workers Union and Craig Shipbuilding Co. at Water Street and Mendocino Avenue after a 250 worker walkout. Union seeks 20 cent per hour raise plus grievances on overtime and minimum pay. company offers 11 cents. Local members authorized action five weeks ago as talks failed after Aug 18 contract expiry.
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Craig
Federal Conciliation Service
Shipyard Workers Union
Aval 9
Craig Shipbuilding Co
The
Onion
FCS
Mks
James Daniels
West Coast
Public events in Long Beach this evening and tonight
Education professor Dr Wallace H Moore will discuss Our Constitution at a public meeting in the Wilson High School auditorium this evening. The Municipal Band performs at Lincoln Park at 2 p.m. On stage at 8:30 p.m. The Happiest Millionaire at Community Playhouse and The Winslow Boy at Magnolia Theater. Southern California Sunday School Assn holds a convention at Municipal Auditorium.
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Long Beach
Wallace H. Moore
Community Playhouse
Magnolia Theater
No More Kisses for This Snake
Franklin Joe Iniey High School student Pat Whelan, 13, at 1930 Gavinia St, was bitten on the arm by a pet bull snake after it escaped its cage. He received a tetanus shot and wound cleaning at Seaside Memorial Hospital.
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Pat Whelan
Franklin Joe Iniey
Gavinia St
Pat
John Maxwell
Seaside Memorial Hospital
Final Hymn for Aunt Hattie at GLASS meeting
A Greater Los Angeles Sunday School Association convention in Los Angeles records Aunt Hattie as a stern disciplinarian who inspired respect but left Sunday school with declining attendance. The three day GLASS conclave, led by Rev J Raymond Ton, calls for trained teachers and a teacher training program to bridge age groups and fit Sunday school needs.
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Greater
Los Angeles
Sumday School Assn
Municipal
Bob Jones
Torrance
Hattié
Municipal Auditorium
Haitlie
Raymond Tor
Glass
Aunt Hattie
Oldsters
Ton
Yon
Homeowner Sues Over Insurance Conspiracy Tactics
Mrs. Gonia L Crider alleges Home Savings and Loan Assn of Los Angeles and affiliated entities pressured her to drop her fire policy for a preferred insurer. Suit filed in Santa Ana Superior Court seeks injunctions, refund of double premiums, costs, and damages. Crider, who obtained a 5400 loan from Anaheim Savings and Loan, says foreclosure threats followed when she resisted carrier changes.
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Santa Ana Superior Court
Gonia L. Crider
Crestmont
St. Costa Meza
Donal Dugan
Costa Mera
Crider
Life Instance Company
Home Savings and Loan Assn
Los Angeles
National American Insurance Co
Howard F.ahmanson
Ahmanson
Celliergia
California
Home Savings
Trowbie
Jher
Wife of burned Navy man flies to his bedside
Mrs Beth Wolfe, wife of Frederick Wolfe, 34, critically burned aboard the USS Shangri La in the Formosa Straits, is flying to Japan for his bedside with Navy authorization and Red Cross support. The couple has three children cared for by the wife’s mother Opal Tudor in Long Beach.
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Long Beach
Japan
Bethy Wolfs
aAlemites Ave
Frederick
Shangri-La
Formosa Straits
Navy
Jeff
Soja
Laveta
Welfe
Mes
Opal Tudor
Orange Ave
Ford Plant Set to Open Monday After Shortest UAW Strike
Ford Motor Co. assembly plant will resume operations Monday after a one day strike by 1118 hourly workers. Telegrams asked employees to report for work as parts shortages delayed reopening. Maintenance staff were recalled Thursday and production of 1969 model Zords began last week.
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Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Detroit
UAW
Ford
Six Month Assault Case Term Ordered by Judge Pierson
A six month County Jail term was ordered by Superior Judge Ralph HK Pierson for Lyttle, 18, of 15332 Chamera Ave Gardens, after conviction of a forcible attack. Lyttle also received five years probation for an assault on a 16 year old Torrance woman, with testimony noting facial injuries including bruises and swelling.
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Ralph HK. Pierson
Lyttle
Chamera Ave
Gardens
Lytle
Merrieg Torrance
Palos ‘Verdes Hills Waune
Longpre's Mother Consoles Affected Family In Fatal Air Force Shooting
Letter from Mrs. Catherine R. Schave expresses shared grief to Mrs. Sano Miyamura after Airman 13/O Defer B. Longpre fatally shot Sachiryuki Miyamura near Johnson Air Force Base Japan. Authorities weigh manslaughter or negligence charges under U.S. and Japanese law.
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B. Longpre
Thas
Japan
Cstherne R. Schave
Pesrec St
Sano Miyaimunia
Longpre
Nhnson Air Force Base
Tokyo
Sachiryuki Miyamura
U.S
Longpye
U. S&s
Sho
Raymond
L. Smith
James
View St
Talofa
Fesa
Gaiga
Velma
Cowiey
Albury Ave
Vera Smith
Gasoline War Nearing Long Beach
Prices are falling as a price war spreads from Bellflower and Norwalk to North Long Beach and Lakewood. Independents cut regular to 20.9 and 24.9 cents a gallon, while major refineries drop to 25.9 and 29.9 cents. Most minor stations hold at 29.9 and 33.9 cents.
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Long Beach
Bellflower
Norwalk
North
Lalewood
Long Bach
Pickets Quit After Ship Leaves Port
Pickets from Teamsters Local 625 and allied warehousemen halted meat and poultry loading as the Hawaii-bound freighter Hawaiian Farmer left Wilmington. The strike action followed orders from a Teeiisies council after the union president consulted with Janes R. Jloffa, but the withdrawal came too late to stop loading.
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Wilmington
Teeiisies Council
Janes R. Jloffa
Paultry
Matson Line
Teamsters Union Local 625
Los Angeles
International T Longshoremen's
Ged
Em“Ployers Council
Haast Employers Council
Teamsters
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Water St
Mendoleino Ave
Lincoln Park
Conyyvention —Souuthern
Caliifornia Sunday School Agsn
Midget
Press- Telegram
Hemlock 2
Toney
Letkawood
Metcalf
Garden Grove
Jefferson
Hattie
Jips
White Cane
Downtown
Lions Club
Sonya Sawyer
Cheri Tones
Paula Lumer
Barbara Smith
Lakewood
Signal Hill
Wite
Gernero Baltirra
Monte
Baltirra
Lincoln Ave
Highway 39
Anaheim
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