Douglas Aircraft plant expansion and permit totals rise
Building permits in Douglas area surged with a record 2,527 manufacturing permits in March, valued at $8.59 million for 192 housing units and a large airframe project. The plant on Lakewood Boulevard will cover over a million square feet and push total costs toward $20 million as officials note February and March figures compare to prior years.
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Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Co
Lakewood Blvd
Long Seach Naval Shipyard
Knife Murder Probe Narrows to One Suspect
Costa Mesa investigators narrowing a knife slaying case to a single suspect with strong but undisclosed evidence. fingerprints from the Avocado Street cabin and a bloodstained blade are central. a missing loaned knife remains unaccounted for. An arrest is not imminent as officers, including Army investigators, continue questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa Mesa
Pretty Oleta Johnson
Dean Pollom
Barbara Jean Jepson
van Nuys
Pallum
USO
Pollon
Johnson
Lila Miller
2 Men Jailed in Mexico Slaying Case
Mexican police arrest two American motel operators as suspects in the slaying of Detroit manufacturer Everett Barton Kennison and his wife found shot to death 110 miles north of Ciudad Victoria. Three U S students were briefly detained during the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ciudad
Victoria
William A. Shelton
Joseph O Brien
Ciudad Victoria
Ocozocuautla
Lakewood
San Pe
Nogales
Mexico
Thomas O'Brien
W. 2Nd St
San Pedro
Harold McGrath
Centralia Ave
Phil Ford
Salem
Ore
Everett Bareton Kennison
New Board of Property Owners Installed in Long Beach
A new board of directors was elected for the Associated Property Owners of Long Beach. Executive director Paul B. Wilcox announced the names of new directors and those re-elected. The office moves to 2642 Pine Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Property Owners of
Long Beach
Paul B. Wilcox
Jerry) Jacobs
Charles W. Harlow
Edward FR. Lovell
Edwin H. Richards
George E. Merrill
B. Tenny Moore
Arthur L. Oliver
Harvey Freeman
W. T. Scott
Piul Winston
James H. Nicholson
Harold Christensen
Arthur L. Jones
Sidney I. Bacon
Lynn W. Ballard
Otto Bell
Clive Graham
Parkinson Hayward
Fred A. Knight
John 4. Kraneus
M. E. Mozingo
Clark F. Story
Hale, Young
Oscar Ady
Associated Property Owners
Pine Ave
Killed and five hurt in Santa Ana crash
A 20 year old Los Angeles man, Rosario Ayala, was killed and five others injured in a rear end collision on Hwy 19L near Culver. The group from Los Angeles, riding in a car driven by George Bermudez, 34, were returning from a trip to Mexico. The truck driver Roland Jackson, 32, of San Diego was uninjured. Ayala's body was taken to MacDougall Smith Mortuary.
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Santa Ana
Los Angeles
Culver Ra
Rosario Ayala
Santa Ana Community Hospital
Lupe Ayala
Jose Ayala
Josephine Ayala
Raymond Valenzuela
George Bermudez
Firestone Blvd
Norwalk
California
Bermudez
Roland T. Jackson
San Diego
Mexico
Ayala
MacDougall & Smith Mortuary
Strang to Deliver LBCC Faculty Honor Lecture
Dr. Gerald Strang, chairman of the Long Beach City College music department, will give the second annual Faculty Honor Lecture to the college teaching staff on April 27. The talk, titled Music in America The Next 50 Years, follows the series begun by the Lakewood campus faculty with ten outstanding instructors honored last year. Strang, famed for his compositions, has been editor of New Music since 1936 and joined City College in 1937.
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Gerald Strang
Long Beach City College
Lakewood
Strang
America
Streng
Lsted
New Music
Dr. Strang
City College
Nephew of Local Woman Killed in Riverside Crash
R Eltle Croy age 49 resident of Idyllwild and nephew of Mrs Mabel Croy 1581 Park Ave died in a Monday auto crash near Riverside. Funeral services were held today in Hemet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Eltle Croy
Idyllwild
Mabel C. Croy
Park Ave
Riverside
Hemet
School Fire Cuts Students Day At Local Campus
A fire in an equipment storage closet on the second floor forced a quick evacuation and early dismissal for students at the 259th Place School in Lomita. The blaze caused about 50 dollars in damage and was put out by a custodian before firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lomita
259Th PL
Stanton Car Crash Injures 2 Year Old Boy
Robert Clayton Stanton aged 2 suffered severe head bruises in a two car collision on Stanton Avenue near Orange Avenue tonight. Police report no other serious injuries and the cause is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
Robert Clayton
Stanton Ave
Orange Ave
Council May Soon Get Ordinance on City And Amendments
The council's ordinance committee approved minor changes to concessions within the city hall ordinance draft. Amendments raise minimum venue rents for the convention hall and Exhibit Hall, with no shift in policy on free use for the convention. Other actions include sending proposed pool and drive-in fencing back to planning for hearings and considering parking and electrical code amendments at the May 7 committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning Commission
Samuel E. Vickers
North Long Beach Commercial Club
Wight
Toby Wicks
Electrical Contractors Assn
Chamber of Commerce
City frets over park styling across Long Beach
Long Beach city officials from the Recreation Planning and Park Commissions met to discuss uniform park building design. They noted a Spanish style adjacent to a 20th century building and urged single style per park while awaiting examples from other cities. A $4.9 million bond for park improvements funds the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Recreation, Planning and
Fark
de- San
Robles
Circus wowS kids as Beatty tours coast with Cisco Kid
Long Beach area items report hospital notices and school board remarks. The Long Beach district discusses a student personalization program boosting morale with more counselors, fewer social living classes, and a new activities director. A circus review highlights Clyde Beatty at Veterans Memorial Stadium with Cisco Kid, elephants, and aerial acts captivating local audiences.
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Clyde Beatty
Poodles Hanneford
Hanneford
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Long Beach
Board of Education
W. Odie Wright
Wright
Douglas A. Newcomb
Rai
Nubian Lions
Royal Bengal Tigers
Beatty
del Amo
Lakewood Blvd
Duncan Renaldo
Cisco Kid
Cisco
Hugo, Zacchini
French Foreign Legion
Hugo
Tiny Gallagher
Zsa Zsa Gabzor
Tiny
Southpaw
Lon
Allumbaugh Installed as Ellis' Leader
Frank William Davidson, 69, of Daisy Avenue, died Sunday. Surviving are wife, two sons, sister, brothers, and a host of relatives. He had served as manager and operator at local harbor facilities and was a member of the Long Beach Elks Lodge. The article covers his life and role in harbor operations.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Morday
Portmanjeaer GL
Vickers
Panorama Landing
Pier A
Fisherman's Wharf
Long Beach
Pierpoint Landing
Will Davidson
Frank Williams
Davidson
Daisy Ave
Ton
William Nott
J. E. McAlice
Delbert
Stanley
Clintock
Grace Devis
John
Charlie
Panorama
Norman Allurabaugh
George
Charles Stilwell
Coolidge St
Norwalk
Funeral Home
Water
Long Beach Elks Lodge
Panorama Tease
Gerald Descontinue
Tease
McClintock and
Nott
Allumbaugh
Vickers Said
L. A
Fey" Lewis
Anaheim Lodge
Charles C. Stratton
Ellsworth M. Beam
Edwin W. Hyke
George Quinn
PER
Freeman W. Sinclair Jr
Roy “Dutch” Miller
Tyler
Harry Jordan
Esquire
Don P. Davis
Charles Walker
Bernard Gelder
Jess W. Grundy
Charles Smith
Harry Kayajanian
Lester Colvin
Keeney Sepring
Three Long Beach students win Firestone scholarships
Three students from Long Beach area high schools were awarded college scholarships by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. They are Bill Ann Reinhardt of Huntington Park High, Gary L. Taylor of Santa Ana High, and Robert W. Wells of Lynwood High, all sons or daughters of Firestone plant employees. The grants cover full tuition fees and living costs, renewable annually with scholarship standings maintained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Area
Firestone Tire and
J Rubber Co
All Sons and I Daughters of
Los Angeles
Firestone
Bile Ann Reinhardt
Howe St. Paramount
Huntington Park High School
Gary L. Taylor
Valencia
St. Santa Ana
Santa Jana High School
Robert W. Wells
Louise St
Lynwood
Obituaries: Lucetta Stokes and Stella King Pass Away
Lucetta Stokes of 231 EB Ti 56th Sv died Monday. Survived by sons Fred Frank Lee and Roy and daughters Verla Taylor and Ruth Rose. Service Wednesday 1 p.m. at Long Beach Second Ward Chanel Spangberg Mortuary in charge. Stella M King of 701 Linden Ave died Friday. Survived by sister Florence O M era and brother John L. Service held today at Mattell's and Peek Mortuary.
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Stokes
Lucetta
Fred
Frank
Lee
Roy
Verla Taylor
Ruth Rose
Long Beach Second Ward
Chanel
Spangberg Mortuary
Stella M
Linden Avé
Florence O'Mara
John L. Service
Mattell's & Peek Mortuary
El Toro Educator to Address CC Breakfast Forum
Willard A. Long Jr., training superintendent at El Toro Marine base, will speak at the Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Forum at the Wilton Hotel. He will outline and demonstrate speed returning to industry and discuss his aircraft manufacturing and teaching roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L el Toro
Willard A. Long Jr
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Chamber of Commerce
Wilton Hotel
Long
Long Beach
Bursank el Segunda
Gio Downey
Hawk Jthorne
San Diego
Cal Poly College
Santa Ana
Auxiliary Meeting Notice at Jagisk Community Center
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Ber yard and Milton Saal Jewish War Veterans Post 593 will meet at 8 15 p m Wednesday in the Jagisk Community Center located at 2026 Pacific Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryard and
Milton Saal
Post 593
Jagisk Communing Center
Pacific Ave
Would-Be Robber Feiled Police Told Compton
Davie Brown a Long Beach service station attendant reported seeing a youth with a rifle exit two cars at a gasoline station on 2g20 E. Olive St. He ducked out of sight and fled before a hold-up could be completed. Brown told police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton
Davie Brown
Ocean Ave
Long Beach
Olive St
Brown
Pole
Last Rites Set for Johnson L B Real Estate Man
George Brank Gustave Johnson 55 real estate broker and director of the California State Board of Realtors will have services at 10 a m Wednesday in Motell s Peck chapel officiated by Reuben L Anderson He died Sunday at home A native of Jamestown N Y he had lived here 25 years Surviving wife Ruth son George Elis Long Beach daughter Miss Charlotte I Ann Johnson Fresno brothers Walter San Jose Thure A Hanford Arthur H Ojai and sister Mrs Dera Duydu Santa Cruz
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George Brank
Gustave Johnson
California State Board of Realitors
Mottell's & Peck
Reuben L. Anderson
Johnson
Jamestown
N.4
First Christian Church
Long Beach
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Pollom
Army Criminal Investigation Detachment
F Pollom
Auto Court
Henry Garcia
Harold’ S Lloyd Johnson
Houston
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Board of Property
LBCC
L.B. Woman
Ircus
Harbor
Benneti
Rue E
Olive Ave
Blake
Maude L
George Freeman
Mottell's & Peok Mortuary
Bob Houser
Stark
Clyde
Ellis
LA Plant
Carolyn Fayatta
E. Ocean Blvd
Doris Scott
Louise Lisherness
Thelma Shannon
Fred Shannon
Mottell's & Peel
Mortuary
Nicholas J. Danny
EE Vukovich
Garfield
Burbank i
Winnew Auto
Los Altos Shopping Center
C. A. Scoggins
George Kidd
Los Altos Center
Diego Vaca
Sehesién
Orange
Icoast College
Navy
Bernard G. Ale
George Baumgardner
Vuelta Grande Ave
Chamber
Virgil B. Gillespie
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Menzanilio Mexican Pet Co
Agri Cope
Southern California
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Aeson
Minnesota
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Vaneau
Iyrple Mountain
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Atte
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Maines
Willatoa
Paulsboro
Derrett
Bendletoh St
Winnemucea Ie
Aire
Menzanilone Ci
Poingeiphts
Fastoy
Az Pan
Xokohama Een
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Yokonama
Ryan Meri Sexi
UTKA
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Shipmaster
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