Miss Welcome to Long Beach contest tale and tale of faith
A Long Beach columnist reflects on the Miss Welcome to Long Beach pageant with jokes about judging, praising Joan Kelly as 1963 host, and noting the emotional toll on judges. The piece highlights community involvement by the Junior Chamber and Jaycees, and shares a sonnetlike prayer from Leanne Parker for her late brother. It also reports a traffic gripe and a Washington voting note on tide lands with California representatives Moss and Condon voting no.
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IHF
Long
Beach
Tve
Jeri Miller
Joan Kelly
Unior Chamber OF Commerce
Tie Jaycees
Ron
Robert L. Condon
Walnut Creek
Long Beach
Craig Hosmer
Clyde Doyle
23Rd
Ex War Prisoners Society Meets in Long Beach
Ex Prisoners of War from California gather for the first state convention in Long Beach at Municipal Auditorium. Veterans describe captivity on Corregidor Bataan Java and in Germany and share hopes to aid current prisoners. Activities include a banquet dance at the Lafayette Hotel and a POW style meal on Linden Avenue.
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Corregidor
Bataan
Java
Germany
Long Beach
California
American Ex- Prisoners of War, Inc
Hank Shippey
Los Angeles
Fred C. Moffitt
Salinas
Batran
O'Donell
Cabanatuan
Davao Prigans
Municipal Auditorium
Jimmy McGarrigle
Lyman B. Sutter
Ruth Atkins
Harbor
Lafayette Hotel
Linden Ave
Lafayette
Miller Appointed to Chest Post
Clarence F. Miller, Walker's general manager, is named vice chairman for the 1953-54 Community Chest campaign as H. E. Ridings Jr, drive chairman, organizes readers for the effort. Miller, a former retail division head and Chest board member, aims to base the campaign on Red Feather agency needs to provide essential services for the community.
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Clarence F. Miller
Walker's
Community Chest
H. E
Bud) Ridings Jr
Miller
Chest Delves
Chest
Reeds
Red Feather
Local region to get clouds but no rain forecast
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness in Long Beach and vicinity over the weekend with little temperature change. Scattered clouds and sun are expected Saturday, then more low clouds Sunday. Snow flurries were reported in the Tehachapi Mountains with light showers forecast tonight and Saturday. Rain fell today from San Francisco to Fresno, but weekend outlook favors fair weather.
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Long Beach
Tchachapi Mountains
San Francisco
Fresno
Junior C of C Elects Board
Seven incumbents and Don Lee dom were elected to the eight vacancies on the Junior Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Thursday night. The board on April 21 will elect officers. Leedom, with EF, F. Hutton & Co., has been active in Jaycee affairs for some time. The incumbents returned to the board are Lionel Dyck, Ernest Glaser, Wilton Hotel, Irland Engleman, Robert Mulvey, Dr. Godfrey Parnell, Oliver Speraw, and Kelly Williams.
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Don Leedom
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Leedom
Oliver Speraw
Kelly Williams
Price Cut 3 Cents On Coffee In Long Beach Markets
Long Beach area markets prepared to reduce coffee price an average of 3 cents per pound. Some stores cut today from 92 to 89 cents for major brands while others expect more cuts by Monday following wholesale drop from 112 to 2 cents. The decline ends a three week rise after price controls were removed. A market executive said underselling may become rarer as prices even out, with the 5 cent cut likely the full local move.
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Long Beachy
Long Beach
Store Burglarized at Downey Road Grocery
George Reed owner reported Friday that burglars broke into his grocery store at 6401 Downey Rd. stealing sheet coffee and cigarettes valued at more than 900 dollars. Police were notified by Reed.
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Downey Rd
George Reed
June 22 Deadline on Annexing Pleas
Lakewood groups must complete petition circulation by June 22 to join Long Beach and gain Metropolitan Water District membership without back taxes. Officials from Long Beach, Metropolitan, and Central Basin met to set deadlines, with six areas under processing and seven total seeking annexation to Metropolitan.
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Lakewood
Long Beach
Dan EU
Tee
Long Beath
Central Basin
North Lakewaoe
Lakewood Gardens
Lakewood Crest
North Lakewood Association
Hey
Metropolitan
Distriet
Warren Butler
Charles Cooper
Central Basin District
H. E. Robinson
Carl Fossette
Milo Dellman
Ralph Helm
Navy Reserve Leaders Visit Los Alamitos Air Station
Two veteran officers head the Navy and Marine Corps reserve training program and visited Los Alamitos Naval Air Station for a prelude to the annual military review. Rear Adm. Daniel V. Gallery and Brig. Gen. Frank H. Lamson-Scribner inspected six companies, conferred with personnel, and praised the unit’s readiness. The evening program featured a Marine Band concert, a welcome from a senior Navy official, and a public inspection for more than 3,000 reservists and families nearby.
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Bob Swanson
Navy
Marine Corps
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Daniel V. Gallery
USN
Frank H. Lamson -Scribner
USMC
Marine Air Detachment
Adm
Gen. Lamson-Scribner
el Toro
U. S. Navy Department
John F. Floberg
Independent Press-Telegram
Marine Corps Reserve
Naval
Marine
Los Alamitos
E. Z. Drew
Daniel ¥. Gallery
Frank H. Lamson-Scribner
Los Alomitos Naval Air Base
Gallary
Long Beach High School Site Plan Awaits Regional Panel Vote
Three conditions govern approval of a 35 acre Long Beach junior senior high site west of Palo Verde Avenue and south of Spring Street. Regional Planning Commission action Tuesday in Los Angeles will require county planning board sanction prior to site conversion from residential and agricultural use.
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Long Beach
Palo Verde Ave
Spring St
Regional Planning Commission
Los Angeles
Long Beach Board of Education
County Planning Board
Palo Verde Avé
Los Cerritos Channel
Court rejects suit to block tidelands fund spending
A District Court of Appeal ruling spurns a bid to stop the city from using tidelands oil money for upland improvements. Attorney Charles C. Stratton plans an injunction in Long Beach Superior Court to halt $57,941,464 in public improvement fund disbursements and return funds to three tidelands accounts. The decision delays final resolution for months as appeals proceed. voters had approved $38.4 million in public works from the fund, with two projects, Alamitos Bay harbor and Municipal Auditorium Annex, unaffected.
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Tidelands
District Court of Appeal
Atty
Charles C. Stratton
Public Improvement Fund
Long Beach Superior Court
Stratton
Felix Malson
District Court
Matlan
Frank W. Brejeha
Arbor Revenue
Harbor Reserve
Thomas P. White
Los Angeles
Joseph B. Lamb
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Stratten
Lamb
CI Council
Alamitos Bay
Municipal Auditorium
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Ray Unvwood
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Earl Phillips
Ruba Rathjen
Los Altos
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Roy L. Diaz
Paul Menetrey
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Gordon L. Smith
Barstow
Chris Henry
Seth R. Chauvet
Folsom
William H. Walker
Jasper Nutier
Vera Williams
Marine Reserve
Los Alamitos Air Station
L.B. High School
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George Weeks
C.H. Holloway
Cocoa Beach
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