Workshop's Presentation of Lehar's Merry Widow Opens
A Super-color production by the Singer's Workshop of Franz Lehar's Merry Widow opened Friday evening in Concert Hall. Directed by Scanlon the group delivers professional quality with a strong cast led by Pat Zieg as the Widow and Harvey Wagrier as Count Danilo. Bets Kimber as Baroness Popoff and Bill Dusan surprise with melodic tenets. The Women Septet and corps de ballet receive strong support from the pit orchestra led by Bains Ellefson. costumes and chorus enhance the show.
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Franz Lehar
Merry Widow
Ogenrl Scanlon
Long Beach
Pat Ziex
Harvey Wagrier
Danilo
Miss Zieg
Villa
Nikolf Geserve
Corps de Ballet
Albert Ruiz
Bains Ellefson
Olive McDuffee
Rites Arranged for Girl Victim of Arizona Crash
Miss Evelyn Canwel sixteen dies after a traffic accident in Yuma Arizona. Rosary at 8 p.m. Sunday at Gallaugher DeYoung Arnold Funeral Home Artesia. Surviving parents Mr and Mrs Alberty Canwel Stanfield Ariz three brothers George Joseph and Paul Buena Park and grandmother Mrs Florence Ghysels Cypress Mass. Funeral 10 a.m. Monday St Fius V Church Buena Park interment Holy Sroulehre Cemetery.
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Artesia
Evelyn Canwel
Yuma
Ariz
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Orange
Aris
Os Ars
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Stanfeld
George
Stanfield
Joseph
Paul
Buena Park
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Cypress
Mass
St. Fius V Catholic Church
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Granke
Youth Tells Slaying of Ex-Fiancee in Capitol Heights
CAPITOL HEIGHTS Md FP Police say Eugene Elmer Bryant 21 shot his 17 year old former fiancee to death then explained If I couldn t have her 70 body was going Bryant was charged with murder a hearing was set Bryant reportedly confessed after a lie detector test The girl Jean Marie Ruzen 17 a WestlWyton DC high school senior was found shot multiple times near her home Bryant had pursued her after they broke engagement earlier this year
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Poiice
Eugene Elmer Bryant
Vincent S. Froe
Prince Georges County
Bryant
Westlnyton
D. C
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Sid Bryant J
Tiryant
Signs of upturn appear in steel, autos and construction
New signs of economic upturn emerge this week in steel, autos, farm machinery, retailing and construction. Cleveland steel firms relit furnaces on new orders while Detroit car sales rose to 493000 in March. Construction spending hit a record 7.25 billion for Q1, despite ongoing layoffs in steel and rail sectors.
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Detroit
Dun & Bradstreet
Commerce Department
F. W. Dodge
Corp
Rockies
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Ind
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Federal Reserve Board
Alexander Gunther
First National Bank of Philadelphia
National Post Given Girls' Club Founder
The piece notes Mrs. J. Stowe Carney of Long Beach was named to a national board position with Girls Clubs of America. It mentions Lincoln's tomb visitors, market highs and a cautious summer sell-off, with references to thermostatic cooling units and planned renovations at the Oak Ridge Cemetery site.
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Dow-Jones
Springfield
Lincoln's Tomb
J. Stowe Carney
National Board of
Didochina
America, Inc
Carney
Long Beach
Mer and
Warteta
Oak
New York Ridge
Market rally noted as volume shifts midday
The market showed strength today with volume drying on the downside then rising in the third hour as Industrials gained 3.71 points and Rails rose 1.46. Business Week signals mixed optimism with talks of excise cuts and a potential upper turn, while economic indicators hint at a cautious rebound.
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Business Week
Washington
Economist
Smouth
Chapel Choir at Palm Sunday Service Preview
The Chapel Choir of the Re organized Latter day Saints Church will perform a prelude before the 11 a m service on Palm Sunday Peggy Herrell to sing the offertory solo At 8 p m the Long Beach and Lomita chapels will present Maunder s Olivet to Calvary Soloists include Opal Sears Peggy Herrell soprano Margaret Britler contralto Jack Craig and Al Simpson tenor Harry Penn and Norman Prosser baritone A Lomita quartet Marcella Karmelich Dorothy Moyle Al Simpson and Manford Ralston will sing two portions The combined choirs will be directed by Mary Rasmussen Annabel Sellers accompanies.
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Latter-day Saints Church
Peggy Herrell
Long Beach
Lomita
Maunder
Alabama Won't Run Mixed Race School at Craig Air Force Base
Dallas County school officials refuse to operate a new federal grammar school at Craig Air Force Base citing a Defense Department ruling that it must be operated for both white and Negro pupils. The county board cannot assume jurisdiction as state law requires segregated schools. The air base school was built with federal funds and would be run by the Air Force.
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Selma
Alab
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Craig Air Force Base
Baxter Collins
Defense Department
County Board of Education
Federa
Air Force
Industrial stock strength defies selling wave on new yearly high
The Industrials slipped 2.78 points on Tuesday but GM stood out as one of the top performers. The market showed unusual resilience as the stock hit a new high for the year just before a selling wave brushed through.
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Graduates Poly High Faculty Plan Sing and Dance Event
Seniors at Graduates Poly High will participate in a Career Day April 22 on the Jordan campus hosted by Jordan Key Club and Uptown Kiwanis. About 460 graduating seniors will hear from a panel of noted speakers across fields such as secretarial work, engineering, electronics, nursing, and more, then partake in a faculty frolic May 28 themed Tuneful Twenties with performances and a tea. Proceeds from ticket sales, 25 cents, will fund the Howard H. Hicks Memorial scholarship.
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Uptown Kiwanis Club
Bithin
Engineering Grand Electronics
Jordan Foods
Armed Services
FBI
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Fairchild
Charleston
William Holder
Lucille Lucy
Howard H. Hicks
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Future Leaders Meet at Jordan F B L A Chapter
Jordan's Future Business Leaders of America hosted a joint meeting in the activity room with Poly Wilson Lynwood Excelsior Downey and Whittier El Rancho chapters. Barbara Goldsmith opened with a welcome. A telephony themed program titled Thanks for Listening was shown. Don Ashman of the Telephone Company spoke on machinery advances. A semiannual stamp assemble is planned for April 7. Last semester they sponsored the movie The Good Humor Man.
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Pomona College Student Wins Vanderbilt-Peabody Fellowship
Pomona College senior Miss Joan Freeman of Long Beach has been awarded a Vanderbilt Peabody graduate fellowship in teaching for 1954 53. She is among 37 national winners and the first Pomona student to win the fellowship.
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Atlantic Ave
Vanderbilt-Peabody
Lodge To Serve Swiss Steak Dinner Demonstrates Community Spirit
Degree of Honor Lodge 108 will serve a Swiss steak dinner from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Machinists Hall at 728 Elm Ave. Hazel Spaulding is chairman. Ruth D. Howe, recording secretary, announced. Public is invited.
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Machinists
Elm Ave
Hazel Spaulding
Ruth D. Howe
Reintroduction of Old Jim Gore 100 proof bourbon by McKesson
McKesson & Robbins, Inc announced the reintroduction of Old Jim Gore, a 100 proof bonded bourbon. The brand originated with Jim Gore and Gardner Chapin in 1850.
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McKesson, & Robbins, Inc
Gardner Chapin
High School Journalists Attend Conference at USC
High school journalists from Southern California attended the 29th Annual Newspaper Day at USC. Over 300 guests registered at Founders Hall, with remarks by Hank Abouloumre and Frederick Coonrad. Speakers included Clinton D. McKinnon and Mary Ann Collins, and the Crombie Allen Award was given to the Bellflower Blade.
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Daily Trojan
Frederick C. Coonrad
School of Journalism
Spirit of
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Clinton D. McKinnon
Los Angeles Daily News
Mary Ann Collens
S.C
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Woman's World
Crombie Allen
Bellflower Blade
Gradys Setzler
Palo Verde Valley Times
S Assn
Robert Ellis
Jordan Cat
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Wally Fisher
Judy Thorndike
Norman Satterfield
Sherri Gage
Wilson Senior Breakfast Is Set At Lafayette Hotel
Wilson seniors confirm their annual senior breakfast will be held in the Lafayette Hotel banquet room on June 16 with a $1.40 price after a ruling by Supreme Court Judge Sherry Hossam. They also plan a Catalina trip for ditch day on May 27.
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Wilson
Supreme Court
Sherry Hossam
Lafayette Motel
Catalina
JORRY TOO Official Cannot Grant Kissing Permits
Two girls asked Alabama publicity chief G C Long for kissing permits and he replied that his department does not issue such permits. The exchange shows a satirical note about official permission and social norms in Alabama.
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Ala
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G. C. Long
Alabama
Scholarship Fete Set For Wilson Class Of Fifty Four
A select group of Wilson seniors will receive scholarship lamps at the annual Scholarship Banquet on April 21 at the Lafayette Hotel. One hundred ninety attendees are expected, with forty seven seniors qualifying to receive lamps. Seventeen more will be eligible in another category and twenty five Phi Beta Kappa graduates will be announced. Entertainment features include Meister singer group and two soloists Sue Davis and Sharon Ballough, with Dr Irving Alquist of Long Beach State College as guest speaker. Scholarship Society committee members are Margaret Breckenridge chairperson and others.
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Lafayette Hotel
Sane
Sil
Phi Beta Kappa
Meistersinger
Sue Davis
Sharon Ballough
Trving Alquist
Long Beach State College
Scholarship Society
Margaret Breckenridge
Elaine Butterfield
Barbara Copeland
Margaret Desmond
Terry Flanders
Toerill Jones
Bob Peyton
Bruce McCandress
Bob Thompson
Bill Sweningsen
Thone
Girnea Admme
Joe Aor Beckstrind
Marie Bell
Menthe Bink
Elaine Butterfiald
Bev Cherin
Barbaras Copmland
Sandra
Cotler
Marynp Croshaw
Virinia Sue Davis
Janice Downs
Warren Urham
Geraldine Fairchild
Joan Firmen
Jeanna Garverlek
Darlene Giguette
Virginia Hayes
Brooke Hearsons
Sherry Hossom
Jo Anne Johnson
Dori Jones
Barbara Led
Jean Feenernev
Isathy Venton
Sue Waddelow
Erin Whitman
Terry Woll
Troan
Dalton Bordner
Carole Clinkhingham
Stanley Fox
Kay Garner
John Gilmore
Martin Hare
Anne Hughes
Barry Jacob
Ted Lynan
Sally Moods
Carol Newmaier
Dick Parlen
Joanne Tipps
Jackler Skeinay
Bill Swetingaen
Roserwitson
Wilson La Fuente Is Published
Wilson La Fuente, the school magazine, hits the streets with a new full color cover and fiction features. About 1000 copies were printed and distributed during second-hour classes. Coeditors Dick Bach and Nay Gartner, the La Fuente staff, and Scripters Club held the annual banquet at Welch's. Scripters begins tryouts for next year, asking members to submit manuscripts.
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Willson
Dick Bach
Nay Gartner
Scripters
Welch's
Four Wilson Delegates Chosen For State Assembly
Wilson juniors Kenneth Iver son Ed Dreyer William Beard and Joan Bailing are named as delegates to Girls and Boys State. Sponsored by local American Legion posts they will travel in mid June and join party assignments to one of 30 city governments to participate in elections, conferences, and county restrictions before selecting outstanding youths to visit Washington D C.
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Kenneth Iversen
Glendora Ave
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Ed Dreyer
Savona Wk
S. H. Dreyer
William Berd
Fidler
Jean Balling
Ora Dr
Garden Grove
Edwin E. Balling
Kenneth Iverson
Willam Beard
Joan Bailing
American Legion
William Sullivan
Nimrod
Lakewood
Girks
Boys State
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Bill
Long Beach
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Washington D. C
Pomona Ditch Day Trip With CSF to Pomona College
CSF organizes its annual Ditch Day for Wednesday April 29 with a trip to Pomona College and a visit to the Scripps Institute. Students tour laboratories and exhibits, have lunch on campus, and return to Poly by 3 10. Price is 1 20 with director Myrna Kelly urging attendance.
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Joan Morrison
Kiya Ishii
Molly Hubbell
Paul Smith
Bill Gray
Carolee Houser
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Finale Follies at Wilson Senior Talent Show
Wilson high school presented its senior class revue Finale Follies on April 1 featuring nine acts from the class of ’54. Performers included Dis Whitman, Joan Flamer, Jim Murdock, Gene Oster at piano, Sue Davis, Pat Powelson, John Gray, and the Senior Boys Quartet with Tirza Baird on marimba. Ted Lyman noted the challenge was selecting acts to fit the theme from many strong tryouts.
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Wilson
Dis Whitman
Joan Flamer
Jim Murdock
Gene Oster
Sue Davis
Pat Powelson
John Gray
Tirza Baird
Ted Lyman
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