Scramble at intersection and Miss Lebanon pageant note
Pedestrians cling to walk signals, then dash just before change. Dr LeRoy Leafart hosts locals at Myrtle Ave home. Myrtle not through street. debate Marshall vs Roosevelt routes. Miss Lebanon pageant gains prestige with Lebanon’s L Orient backing. Ensenada theft tale ends with bar keeper guarding a stranger’s ring and watch. Millard Canyon hike draws Cub Scouts and others, praised by George Nichols. Naples School games see teacher dominance and a scorching home run by Principal Laurance Scott. Luxury liner Kungs Holm incident ends with late arrivals aboard.
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LeRoy Leafart
The
California Optometric Association
Myrtle Ave
Myrtle
Marshall P
Roosevelt Rd
Marshall
Teddy
George Nichols
Millard Canyon
Altadena
Nichols
Fair Oaks Ave
Pasatena
Loma Alta
Chaney "Crail
Laurance Scott
Naples
Pny
Scott
Schoct Activities Fund
Robert E. Jones
Jones
Pay Boost to 500 in Schools Asked
A survey firm recommended raising pay in the Long Beach Unified School District’s classified positions by 10 percent, with some tied to lower pay categories for future hires. The plan would end the current merit based four step system and pay overtime at time and a half for non supervisory staff over 40 hours weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Unified
Sebo
Louis J. Kroeger
Board of
Eeducation
Knoll
Long Beach City
Long Beach Chorus Sings The Seven Last Words Today
Long Beach Civic Chorus presents a free performance of The Seven Last Words at Poly High School Auditorium. directed by Rolla Alford with 200 voices, Dorothy Alford on piano, joined by the Long Beach Philharmonic Orchestra under Robert Resta. Rev J Wesley Neal narrates. soloists Rosalie Barker Arthur Bradley and Robert Larsen. Sponsors include the Long Beach Council of Churches and the Recreation Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beaes Civic Chorus
At & Pm
Poly High School
St. Ane
Atlantic Ave
Rolla Alford
Dorothy Alford
Long Beach Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Resta
J. Wesley Neal
Rosalie Barker
Arthur Bradley
Robert Larsen
Long Beach Council of Churches
the Recreation Commission
Courthouse Move OKd in Long Beach
The Board of Supervisors ordered immediate condemnation of a 3.4 acre downtown Long Beach site bounded by Ocean Blvd Magnolia Ave the prolongation of 1st St and Chestnut for a county courthouse. Supervisor Burton W Chace reported about 950000 available for acquisition and planning with 2500000 in next year’s budget for construction. a contract hoped within a year with a July 1 1958 target date.
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Board of Supervisors
Tadly
Long Beach
Ocean Blvd
Magnolia Ave
1St St
Chestnut Vee
Action Agas
Burton W. Chace
Long Brach
Hanning
Chace
Campbell Elected Head of California School Health Assn
Dr. Campbell Elected Head of California School Health Assn at Riverside meeting. Long Beach district health services director Dr CC Campbell Jr chosen president while Pauline Thompson PHN named county board secretary. Legg, Legiganization attendees include Evelyn Skinner and Mildred Riebel. Legg suffered mild heart attack earlier and took rest weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CC. Campbell Jr
Long Beach Unified
California School Health Assn
Herbert C
Evelyn Skinner
Short
Hospi
Mildred Riebel
Long Seach
Long Beach
Woman pursued by city judge after car crash
Municipal Judge Lyman B. Sutter chased a red light running driver for over two blocks at Willow and American Ave, stopping Wilma Lovena McDermott 38 of 2291 Lewis Ave. Police cited her for hit-and-run and running a red light after she claimed juveniles in a car chased hers. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman B. Sutter
Willow
American Ave
Wilma Lovena McDermott
Lewis Ave
Sutter
Albert E. Smith
W. 8Th St
Willow St
Harbor Board Considers Record 1955 56 Harbor Budget
The Harbor Commissioners reviewed a proposed 1955 56 budget totaling 28 371 063 with an additional 30 million needed from the city and a 15 329 697 harbor fund balance as of June 30 1955 The plan increases salaries and supplies while listing 24 776 826 in capital outlay and potential projects including land purchases for the town lot area and the 9th Street bridge plus a possible 8 563 310 for Pier A extension and other tidal and upland works
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Public Improvement Fund
Ief
Murray
Courson
Water St
Seaside Blvd
Los Angeles River
9Th St
Pier A
Harbor Reserve
6Th St
Pico Ave
Ocean Blvd
Harbor Reserve Fund
Rain Storm Delivers Thunder and Snow to Southland
A mid afternoon atmospheric disturbance shifted southward bringing rain thunder and snow to the Southland including Garden Grove Lakewood and Artesia. Downtown Long Beach saw brief heavy rain raising the season total to 7.74 inches. Forecast calls for clearing with possible showers in southern mountains and interior sections and no rain expected for the next five days.
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Southland
Nevada
Arizona
Garden Grove
Lakewood
Artesia
Hai
Long Beach
San Diego
Pb. Conception
Gorman
Bishop
Weather Bureau
California
Los Angeles
Seavon
al Kut
Wintersburg
Daylight Saving Time Set For California Summers
Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on April 11 marking the fifth summer in California under state law. Adopted by referendum in November 1849, the period runs from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September each year.
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California
Auto racing permit approved by city council for Veterans Memorial Stadium
City council approved a permit by the American Legion Convention Corp for afternoon auto racing at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The six to two vote sets 16 racing days from May to September with times 1 to 6 30 p m and requires mufflers, a 5060 dollar bond, and 15 percent gross receipts to the city. Key supporters were Ahern Reese Wick Baker Vermillion. opposed by Kealer Bach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Memorial Stadium
The
American Legion Convention Corp
Hank Russo
Williams Moxray
Francis R. Crawford
Pat Ahern
Lewis B. Reese
Toby Wick
John F. Baker
Virgil Spongberg
George Vermillion
Raymond C. Kealer
Ruth H. Bach
Gerald Desmond
Woman Foiled Kidnap Try by Navy-Uniform Attacker
Joyce-Marie Hohnwood, 28, escaped a kidnapping attempt at her apartment on 431 Bonito Ave when a man in a Navy uniform grabbed her from an alley. She screamed, fought back, and alerted police. she was unharmed. The assailant had a gun hidden under his hat and fled before officers arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce-Marie Hohnwood
Bonlto Ave
Vietlir
Liege
Film Projector Stolen From Lans Beach State College
A movie projector valued at 473 dollars was stolen from a classroom in a new building at Lans Beach State College. Police reported the incident on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lans Beach State College
ILWU Drives to Aid Bridges in Deportation Fight
The ILWU outlined a hard hitting program to save chief Harry Bridges from possible deportation as the union opened its biennial convention in Municipal Auditorium. An officer's report said the task is to expose and defeat the Fifth Amendment frameup. The government will try Bridges for the fifth time on charges of denying Communist Party membership starting January 20 in San Francisco. The report blamed U.S. policies and Chiang Kai-shek for rising tension with Red China and urged world leadership in disarmament and peaceful atomic use.
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Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Bridges
Communist Party
San Francisco
ILWU
United States
Red China
U. S
China
Chang
Kai-shek
Signal Hill elects Vaughan as mayor and craftsman
Frank Vaughan 41 a Douglas Aircraft design engineer and longtime Signal Hill Council member was chosen by peers to serve as mayor for the coming year. He designs his own furniture, owns a 41 foot fishing boat, and hopes his daughters Willa 14 Diane 12 and Patricia 5 will attend Poly technical High School. Vaughan served in World War II and previously worked as a newspaper delivery boy for the Press Telegram.
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Frank B. Vaughan
Signal Hill
Louise
Patty
Diane
Willa
Ben Zinser
Frank
Vaughan
Douglas Airwest Co
Santa Monica
Gundry Ave
Salvation Army
Wilson
Manila
Poly
Philippine Islands
University of Philippines
Douglas Aircraft
Douglas
Marines
South Pacific
The
Press-Telegram
Douglay
Hill
Long Beach
Polytechnic High School
Willa D
Diane E
Patricia WL
Two Car Collision Ends in Arrest for Drunk Driving
Early today at Anaheim St and American Ave a two car crash left Patrick F P Marchions 25 with a minor facial laceration after his car overturned. The other driver James E Wilson 34 of 1221 E 6th St was arrested for drunk driving.
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Anaheim St
American Ave
Patrick FP. Marchions
YMCA
6Th St
James E. Wilson
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Oscar Meinhardt
Government of
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L'Orient
Beirut
Meinhard
Ensenada
B. Cfa
Alfredos
Carlos Avila
Avila
Los Angeles County
Kungsholm
Plier
Ter
Ow Nes Ee
Wita Malcolm Epley
Celearam
Great New
FT. Mac Arthur
Olaf H. Kyster
Jelt
AAA
Ft. MacArthur
Lloyd C Leedom
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Board of Directors
Wilton Hotel
Long Beach Unified School District
Douglas A. Newcomb
Board of Education
Newcomb
L.B. Chorus
Legg
Dr. Campbell
Port
Mark
Cherry Ave
Artesia St
Glenn Allen
Wilmington
Samuel West
63Rd St
Joe Risinger
Chiang
Formosa
UC. Ne
Germany
Councie
New Signal Hill Mayor
Hawaii
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Municipal Auditorium
Dormeyer
Giacimente
Fress- Telegrem
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