Community letters spark ideas and plans across towns
Readers send notes with prize ideas and civic suggestions. Mary Kennedy offers a bike and porch contest for newsboys while Mary notes a Chicago boy hitting a 12 foot target from 60 feet. Maybelle Cox backs Engwood Allen’s city beautification but fears too many pools. Dale and husband seek more YMCA Indian Guides coverage. Frederic Walker imagines Buena Park’s electric fountain display. Jewel Kimberlin notes Buena Park money orders. Garden Grove readers push parking at Long Beach VA Hospital and propose using landscaped grounds for lots. Tax deadline nerves trigger a ramble about last minute filers. Frank Snyder shares his daughter Darlene Joyce’s 47 teeth at age one and jokes about bottle use.
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Thataway
Mary Kennedy
Chicago
Mary
Garden Grove
Seventh St
Bellflower Blvd
Police State Probe Completed by Justice Dept Report
The Justice Department finished its investigation into the Long Beach Police Department tied to a case involving Patrick Irvine. Justice officials declined to reveal contents while noting the potential criminal offense of violating civil rights. The Supreme Court justices debated whether police used a "police-state" method to obtain evidence and arrest Irvine, with possible action against officers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brownell
Jackson
Long Beach
Justice Department
Irvine
Ling
Warren
Jacks
Olney III
FBI
Writ Instigated by Couple Halts South Lakewood incorporation bid
A South Lakewood couple Olga and Earl Easterla win a Superior Court writ to halt incorporation studies for South Lakewood and to set a court date May 5 in Long Beach. The case questions whether proceedings began Dec 24 or Jan 19 and seeks to block annexation to Long Beach. The complex dispute covers about 20 000 residents bounded by Clark Ave Wardlow Road and the county line. The Easterlas claim the Board lacked jurisdiction and demand a halt to Increment 107 proceedings amid a June hearing to fix boundaries for an incorporation election.
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County Board of Supervisors
South Lakewood
Long Beach Superior Court
Beach Vasey
Olga
Earl J. Easterla
Long Beach
Clark Ave
Orange County Line
Wardlow Rd
Auwal
Fasterlas
Attys
Alfred D. Willants
James J. Baker
Board of Supervisors
Ape
Santa Barbara
Atty
Williams
Easterlas
Board of Suppervisors
Palo Verds Dr
Keynote St
Studebaker
County Supervisors OK Lakewood Service Plan
Lakewood will receive most city services from the county under five year contracts or district taxes. The county provides fire protection street lighting maintenance sewer work and related services while the city handles police fines and some licenses. The plan outlines contracts for law enforcement tax collection ambulance planning and other services with the city government to formalize the shift. The Lakewood City Council meets at 5044 Faculty Ave with officials including Angelo Jeaboni Gene Nehecker William Burns George Nye Jr. and Rob Baker expected to take seats and elect a mayor.
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Lakewood
Board of Supervisors
Faculty Ave
Pition
California Highway Patrol
Angelo Jeaboni
Gene Nehecker
William Burns
George Nye Jr
Rob Baker
Union barber shops vote on 9 am opening hours
Union barber shops in Long Beach voted Friday night to open at 9 am with immediate effect. An exception will be Saturday when shops will open at 3 am.
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Long Beach
No Sun No Rain for Easter Rites Forecast
Overcast conditions may block Easter sunrise services as clouds and fog persist. The weatherman today said no rain is expected over the weekend and for the next five days, with early morning fogs and low clouds continuing.
Long Beach TB X-ray program keeps fatalities down
Long Beach residents saw stable tuberculosis deaths as the city grew to about 400000. The Long Beach Tuberculosis and Health Association credited the X-ray program, noting 33816 screenings last year. Harmon F Gum led the group with six directors elected for three years and Dr Horace R Getz spoke on nutrition's role in care. The organization funds work mainly through Christmas seals at a 20 to 45 year old sanatorium.
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Long Beach
Fenn
Philip“Lefkin
T. E. Scully
Evelyn Skinner
James K. Wood
Gun
Horace R. Getz
Altadena
Dr. Getz
Charles Cook Hastings
Health Association
Easter Bunny Visits Three Day Nurseries
Easter Bunny with Rotarians visited three Long Beach Day Nurseries delivering a Faster party for 180 children aged 2 to 7. Rotarians led egg hunts in playgrounds and supervised ice cream and cookies as Mrs. John Riley joined the festivities and directors assisted.
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Long Beach
Lon E. Peek
Peek
George McLean
George Maris
Edson Davis
Fred Curtis
David Root
Ray Gillingham
John Riley
Rotary
Nelle Loder
Mildred Devine
Barties
Nacsa
Murrery
Spaulding Bt
North Nursery
City collects 15.9 million in oil royalties from Signal Hill leases
City auditor Mansell reports 15,917,027.25 in royalties from three Signal Hill oil leases over 33 years. Monterey Wilmington, Richfield Hill, and Shell Cherry Hill leases contributed totals with varied royalty rates from 16.61 to 30 percent. Production fell by 41,489.92 barrels to 480,372.96, and revenue declined by 10,631.34 from last year.
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Signal Hill
John R. Mansell
Monterey-Wilmington Associates
Richfield
Reservoir Hill
Shell
Monterey
Peale Sermon on Christ and the H Bomb
Dr Norman Vincent Peale prepares a dramatic Easter message for readers of the Independent Press Telegram The Marble Collegiate Church pastor delivers a provocative sermon linking Christ to the H Bomb in a landmark editorial feature prepared for publication on Easter Sunday
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Norman Vincent Peale
Independent, Press-Telegram
Temples Observe Passover Observances Across Communities
Rabbi Maurice Schwartz at Temple Beth Shalom leads Passover events from Friday night through April 25 including family services Seder and Shabbat Hagadol. Temple Sinai’s Shalom Ravetch announces children’s demonstration Seder and a weekend schedule of First and Second Day services with congregational Seders at the temple.
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John W. Teed
Press-Telegram
Egypt
Eberattors
L. Cohn
Membe
Temple
Temple Congregational
Schwartz
Yizkor
Shalom Ravetch
Temple Sinai
Seventh St
Molnie Ave
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