LA and Long Beach Officials Dine Together at Virginia Club
Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson and city leaders met with Long Beach dignitaries at a Virginia Country Club dinner. The gathering stressed cross city understanding, with no business discussed, and was praised by County Supervisor Burton Chace and others for strengthening regional ties between the two populous cities.
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Virginia Country Club
Los Angeles
Norris Poulson
L. A
Long Beach
Burton Chace
Kuchel seeks $8 million for Long Beach VA Hospital upgrade
Sen Thomas Kuchel urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to add $8 million to the Veterans Administration budget to replace four temporary barrack-like wings at the Long Beach VA Hospital. The project would create 67 beds and serve paraplegic and quadriplegic patients, with plans for further bed improvements after phase one.
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Wesley Peyson
Washington
Thomas Kuchel
R.-Calif
Senate Appropriations Committee
Veterans Administration
Long Beach V A
Sen. Ruchel
Sen. Saltonstall
Independent Offices
Congress
Harvey V. Hig Jey
Birmingham VA
van Nuys
Long Beach
Equalization Board Officials Praise Out-of-State Audit
Sacramento official Dixwell L. Pierce lauds the states out-of-state audit program as extremely successful at a Fourth District conference in the Lafayette Hotel. He notes California maintains permanent tax audit offices in New York City and Chicago, employing about 100 staff to audit national firms. He adds eastern offices outperform local ones per audit hour but stresses only a small portion of total tax in dollars comes from these audits, as big-volume businesses base HQs in the east. Continued on Page B-2, Col.
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State Board of Equalization
Dixwell L. Pierce
Sacramento
Fourth District Board of Equalization
Lafayette Hotel
Pierce
California
New York City
Chicago
New York
East
James Ross
Santa Barbara
F. L. McElroy
A.A. Whitaker
Viggo E. Hansen
L B Teacher Pair Wins Travel Prizes
Two Long Beach teachers won Ford Foundation travel grants of 5800 each to advance education. John F. Gartner of Wilson High and Harrett J. Knoblock of Poly High will travel and study or write abroad, with Gartner planning a six month road trip and six months writing a book.
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John F. Gartner
Wilson
Seaside Hospital
Ford Foundation
Gartner
Beech
Ford ‘Foundation
Wilson High
Harrett J.knoblock
Poly High School
Miss Knoblock
Great Britain
Clark Bernard
Jordan High School
Africa
Aubrey Harter
Spain
France
Cruiser Bremerton to Visit L. B. Port
The cruiser Bremerton will dock at Long Beach Port on April 29 at Berth 18 Pier B before sailing May 4 for a Far East deployment, according to the war department.
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Bremerton
L. B. Port
Long Beach
Far East
Warfinger
Threats to Kill Wife Highlight Murder Trial Testimony
Two witnesses testified in the Tapia murder trial that the defendant 40, twice threatened his wife on February 6 at 426 Plenty Street. Nadine Rumero of 1748 East 181st Street described Tapia vowing to kill his wife if she did not return to him and saying no one else would if he could not have her.
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Tapia
Plenty St
Nadine Rumero
St. Compton
Lynn Compton
Air delivery begins Long Beach papers to Avalon Island
Dick Probert of Avalon Air Transport and John Yeager move a load of fresh news aboard an AAT plane for Catalina Island marking the first on the spot delivery of Long Beach papers to Avalon. Air delivery promises papers to the island well before any other service. Det. Atty. Albert C. Ramsey questions a witness about threats and motions in a domestic case.
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Dick Probert
Eft
Avalon Air Transport, Inc
John Yeager
Independent
Press-Telegram
AAT
Catalina Island
Long Beach
Avalon
Backfire on Pine Ave Auto Race Jails Two
Two sailors from the USS Knox were cited and jailed on Pine Ave after police stopped a speed contest south of Sixth Street at 2:85 a.m. Frank C. Spicer, 20, and Arnold F. Cameron, 25, faced $100 bail after admitting to the race.
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Pine Ave
Frank C. Spicer
Arnold F. Cameron
Knox
Sixth St
Long Beach Delays State Air Raid Siren Test
Long Beach will skip the monthly state wide air raid siren test Monday announced by Lt W J Mooney assistant director of civil defense. He said the city is switching to a dual type siren with a more penetrating pitch delaying the test changeover. Fourteen new dual type sirens will be installed with half the cost funded by the federal government.
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Long Beach
W. J.mooney
Seivil Defense
Mooney
Accident Costs Man Part of Left Ear at Yard
Homer Sullivan of Garden Grove was injured when a car slipped off a jack at City Auto Wrecking Yard on Cherry Avenue. He was taken to Bishop Chinit hospital for treatment after the accident.
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City Auto Wrecking Yard
Cherry Ave
Homer Sullivan
McCartin Ave
Garden Grove
Indoor Sports Club Luncheon and Card Party
Members of the Long Beach Indoor Sports Club will meet Monday in Machinists Hall at 728 Elms Ave in Doon for a luncheon and card party.
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Long Beach
Machinists Hall
Elms Ave
Doon
Mercy Ship Set to Sail From Long Beach Sunday
About 1500 large crates of emergency comforts for Korean children depart Long Beach Harbor Sunday aboard the Pacific Far East Line’s Indian Bear. The shipment, valued for clothing, school books, foods, and athletic gear, is led by the 40th Infantry Division and local volunteers, with a Saturday dockside ceremony and Korean consul general in attendance.
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Long Beach Harbor
Pacific Far East iLines
California
40Th Infantry Division
National
Pier A
Southland Schools
Kenneth Kaiser
Kanyong
Korea
Hong Oh
Los Angeles
Paly and Wilson High Bands Play at California State Festival
Orchestras from Paly and Wilson high schools performed during the 19th annual California State Regional Music Festival at Pomona College in Claremont. More than 60 organizations join the two-session weekend event with another group set to compete April 30 and May 1. Wilson High will perform at 4 p.m. April 30.
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Paly
Wilson High Schools
Mona College
Claremont
Wilson High School
USS Consolation Heads Home From Korean Waters
The hospital ship USS Consolation completed its fourth Korean duty tour and is en route to Long Beach, expected to arrive around Sunday, the Navy announced. It arrived in San Francisco today.
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USS Consolation
Long Beach
Navy
San Francisco
Driver Held for Trial on Dope Charge
18 year old Rudy De La Rosa was held for arraignment May 6 in Long Beach Superior Court on a charge of driving under the influence of narcotics. At a preliminary hearing, a witness testified that his auto rammed a station wagon injuring a 7 year old. a surgeon noted needle marks but said drugs could not be confirmed as the cause. The court ruled the evidence sufficient despite the public defender's request to dismiss.
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Rudy de la Rosa
Long Beach Superior Court
Mary L. Blanchard
Los Angeles
Vista
Pacific Coast Hoyland Harbor Ave
Robert
L. L. Ziertti
de la Rosa
Zierott
Leslie Swit
Frank Charvat
Briton L B Hugh Legg Set for Long Beach Visit Dinner
Briton L B Hugh Legg economic adviser to the British ambassador in Japan will visit the Port of Long Beach Saturday and attend a dinner at Victor Hugo's Restaurant at 7 p m hosted by the Board of Harbor Commissioners. Commissioner John F Davis and General Manager J Amars met Legg in Tokyo in 1952 at an international port authorities meeting.
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Hugh Legg
Japan
Long Beach
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Victor Hugo
John F. Davis
J.amar
Legg
Tokyo
Huge milestone hits Long Beach phone exchange
The Long Beach General Telephone Co. reports its 735,000th phone reached in the local exchange this week. Company manager W. Duncan notes the milestone marks growth from 685,181, reflecting a sharp rise in subscribers and service expansion in the area.
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L.B. Exchange
Long Beath Exchange
General Telephone Co
Co. W. Duncan
Ates
Hera
Navy Sailor Charged In Pacific Ave Hit Run
A 20-year-old Navy sailor aboard the USS Herbert J. Thomas faced hit and run charges after allegedly striking a man at Broadway and Cedar and fleeing toward a one way street past the police station. Sgt. George R. Johnston dispatched a hot rod alert, culminating in the arrest at Seventh St. and Pine Ave. Victim Dallas Cooper, 57, was hospitalized with a possible hip fracture and internal injuries. Merritt said he did not know why he did not stop at the scene.
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George R. Johnston
Pacific Ave
Third St
Johnston
Clifford H. Merritt
Seventh St
Pine Ave
Merritt
Herbert J. Thomas
Cording
Poli
Broadway
Cedar Ave
Acice
John Dallas Cooper
Madanna Ave
Seaside Hospital
Nixon Lands Anti Reds Drive at L A Rally
Vice President Nixon addressed about four thousand supporters at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles praising the Brownell Hoover program and FBI cooperation to destroy Communist activity in the United States. He urged restraint over Korea and Indochina policy and touted the administration’s security measures while Sen. Kutchell spoke on tax cuts. Long Beach figures prominently as Hart Hittings and others planned postrally events before departure for Tucson.
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Nixon
Los Angeles
Korea
United States
Shrine Auditorium
Washington
Brownell-Hoover
FBI
Indochina
U. S
U.S
Thomas H. Kutchell
Long Beach
Craig Hosmer
Is Clty
U. S. Treasury
Congress
Goodwin J. Knight
Tidelands
Herbert Klockslein
Eva Emery
Hosmer
Fat Hittings
International Airport
Tucson
Pera Tucson
Richard Nixon
Forgery Charges Admit by Lease Payment in Long Beach Case
Long Beach Superior Court heard charges against Miss Lee Greene Kenneth Rollins and Daniel Nolan after they pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit forgery and one count of forgery. Bail set at 4000 each with sentencing set for May 20. Victims include the General Sheet Metal Co and Long Beach Metalcraft.
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Gene Tae
Long Beach
Lee Greene
Los Angeles
Kenneth ©. Rollins
Daniel L. Nolan
Overdue Ketch Hyindi Arrives Safely With Four Aboard
Coast Guard headquarters reports the 40-foot ketch Hyindi, overdue in Long Beach since Monday with four persons aboard, docked safely at Salle Barbara around noon. Earlier air search from San Francisco to the south aided the rescue. The vessel, recently purchased by J. X. Baillie Jr of Los Angeles, had run low on fuel. All aboard were reported safe.
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Coast Guard
Hyindi
Long Beach
Salle Barbara
Heten
Wale
Abe
J x. Baillie Jr
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Comer and Riddle Rifés to Be Held April 01
Truman Post Riddle, USN Ret., founder and chaplain of the Long Beach Navy Family Chapel, will be held April 29 at 2 p.m. at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego. Chaplain Ri died suddenly in New York while en route to Europe.
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Comer
Riddle
Truman Post Riddle
USN
Long Beach Navy Family Chapel
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