Long Beach News Bits And Scout Rama Plans
A Long Beach article notes a Republican dinner at the Wilton Hotel with a keynote by Thornton of Colorado. It mentions a private matter about a paper map ripped by a nearby woman and a grounded Cessna 140 at Fullerton airport due to a sparrow nest with four eggs. Also covered is a cancer crusade canvasser who faced door refusals, and a huge Scout-4-Rama planned for June 2 at Long Beach Memorial Stadium with about 10,000 Scouts and 225 booths. Readers are urged to keep Boys rotating duties, plus remarks on local letters about city life and a street paving project near Sixth Street.
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Malcolm Epley
Wilton Hotel
Sov. Thornton
Colorado
J. W. Sellers
Fullerton
Sellers
Sollers
Long Beach
Long Beach Memorial Stedium
Somme
Preens
Minister Edson Dies After Heat Attack at Memorial Service
Dr Winfield Edson 48 pastor of First Baptist Church died after a heart attack last Thursday. The memorial at 10th St and Pine Ave drew 1600 attendees. He once led the American Baptist Convention in 1953 54 and was praised for decades of ministry and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Edson
First Baptist Church
Ameria Baptist Convention
10Th St
Pine Ave
America
Edson
Sendford Fleming
Berkeley’ Batist Divinity School
Fleming
Jesus Christ
First Baptist’ Church
George A. Downing
Southern California Baptist Convention
Enson
James
Travia
Hearing Set for L B Kingpin of Narcotics
A 21 year old Anaheim youth shot three times April 13 after fleeing narcotics officers was arraigned in Municipal Court on a charge of selling marijuana. The suspect named Tufes Toman B Sutter set.
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Anaheim
Toman
B. Sutter
Police describe suspect as kingpin dope peddler in Belmont Shore shooting
Sanders, arrested amid claims he earned about $15,000 from drug sales last year, told the court he was broke and sought City Public Defender Dani Farnham. He was shot by Signal Hill officer Robert Honeycutt while fleeing a Belmont Shore apartment, treated for gunshot wounds in Los Angeles General Hospital, then returned here by officers Friday.
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Sanders
Dani Farnham
Signal Hill
Robert Honeycutt
Belmont Shore
Los Angeles Genjsret
Meats and Groceries Stolen From Drugstore Owner’s Garage
A burglary at the home of druggist Ralph P. Cancer on Virginia Road saw frozen meats eight cases of canned goods and vegetables stolen from the garage. The victim reported the loss, valued at $125, to the police.
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Ralph P. Cancer
Virginia Ra
Delire Sanlaay
Man Fires At Wife In Hungerford Street Home
Police report William Raub, 35, fired a .45 caliber pistol at his wife after she refused to turn out the light in their home at 3723 Hungerford Street. The couple reportedly argued early Sunday morning. no further injuries were described.
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Wiliam Raub
Hungerford
Raub
Armed Bandit Pair Rob Lone Girl Clerk at Store
A pair of gunmen entered a Jepartment store at 1041 E. Artesia St at 10 30 am today and escaped with 60 in cash. Clerk Salenclerk Hotel Kull 1533 E. 65th St told police she was alone when the bandits pulled revolvers and forced her to open the cash register. Witnesses copied the license number, and the abandoned car was found about an hour later in front of 6772 Lemon Ave.
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Jepartment
E. Artesia St
Vl Salenclerk Hotel
Kull
E. 65Th St
Lemon Ave
Downtown in Bloom Contest Opens With 1500 Prize Pot
The first annual "Downtown Is In Bloom" contest runs Tuesday to Thursday with a 1500 prize pool for amateur and professional gardeners. Long Beach Retailers Associated sponsors the event as 80 downtown stores display window decorations by pros while amateurs arrange floral displays inside stores. Ivy geraniums will line Pine Avenue from 8th Street to Ocean Boulevard with Lovell Swisher serving as contest judge.
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Long Beach
Associated
Pine Ave
8Th St
Ocean
Lovell Swisher
Udge
L B Man to Seek Bond Vote at State Colleges
Dan M. Muchmore, longtime administrator at Long Beach State College, is named special assistant to Roy E. Simpson state superintendent of public instruction and chief of the California Department of Education. He will work on presenting a statewide bond issue to improve facilities at the 10 state colleges. Muchmore will maintain offices in Long Beach and Sacramento and represents Simpson on the bond matter and related activities.
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Dan M. Muchmore
Long Beach State College
Roy E. Simpson
California, Department of Education
Muchmore
Simpson
Tam
Leaana
U. & Senate
National Institute of Public Affairs
Washington
Willis W. Bradley
UCLA
San Diego State
Long Beach State
Long Beach
Sacramento
Hit Run Crashes Hurt Two Sailors In San Pedro
Two sailors from the USS Marin County were hit by a hit and run on Harbor Blvd near 4th Street, taken to USS Haven with minor injuries. A separate Sunday crash injured four people when Mrs Eva Martinez lost control retrieving a cigarette. car struck a parked auto and a tree, then rolled onto a lawn.
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Long Beach
Seisecs
San Pedro
Jesse Laxton
Paul Herman
Marin County
Harbor Blvd
4Th St
Haven
Pacific Ave
Phillips
Herbert’ Chowell
6Th St
Leopoldine Chowell
Philips
John M. O’guin
E. Crean Blvd
Cathen Lez Rowden
Compton
Clabon
Rainbow Pier
Sea Roundup Locates 42 Boats Lost in Heavy Fog
A large flotilla of 209 small craft set out from Santa Monica to Catalina for an annual race and 42 boats were found safe after a fogbound search. U.S. Coast Guard, private boats, planes, and blimps joined a 27 hour air sea hunt.
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Capr
H.E. Reincecke
Santa Bar
Baraen
U.S. Sportsmen, Inc
Southland
Tillingham
Roy Rogers
Santa Monica
San Pedro
John Derek
Tha Capri
Catalina
Santa Barhara
Long Beach
Coast Guard
Bud
Doyle
Winter Haven
Fis
Palos Verdes
Arthur M. Davison
Fred Tillingham
Las An
Naval Reserve
Avalon Harbor
Beauty- Relates. 2 Assaults By Walker In Court
Donna Schurr Brett testified before Superior Judge John Shea in Santa Ana detailing two knife attacks by Jack King Walker, 25, in 1955 and 1956. Crowded courtroom with 68 seats filled and 609 spectators standing as she described the assaults near the Orange Drive theater and her Garden Grove home, leaving her with minor cuts. Walker sat attentive but yawned at times during the testimony.
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Bob Swanson
Santa Ana
Donna Schurr
Brett
Jack King Walker
Wraith
John Shea
Walker
Orange Ave
Taylor Trial Opens on Insurance Fraud
Dr George Taylor former meat market owner and his wife Sylvia Taylor 41 36 face Pas Superior Court charges including insurance fraud and grand theft tied to a December 12 holdup alleged as fake. Prosecutors expect about a month of testimony with jurors questioned as trial begins. They reside at 9581 Royal Palm Or Garden Grove.
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Sylvia
Pas Superior Court
Cal Defense Atty
Kenneth E. T .Lynch
Los Angeles
Lynch
Dep
Anthony Joyce
Dr. Taylor
Public Schools Week Crafts Exhibit Opens In Long Beach
Public Schools Week kicks off with an Industrial Arts exhibit of over 1,200 items from Long Beach schools. The fifth annual Vocational Arts Awards open house runs 7 to 10 pm at the City College Business and Technology Institute, 1305 E Pacific Coast Hwy. A separate North Long Beach observance at Lindbergh Junior High Auditorium starts 7:30 pm with participation from four high schools. Over 5,000 visitors are expected to tour Open houses continue Tuesday for elementary schools, Wednesday for senior highs, and Thursday for junior highs as the 37th Public Schools Week proceeds across district facilities.
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Public Schools
Long Beach
Business. and Technology
City College
Institute
Pacific Coast Hwy
Af Public Schools
North Long Beach
Lindbergh
Long Beach Lakewood
Hill and Avalon
Falls From Auto Wservice Holeoma Injures 55
Falls from a car making a U turn in the 5200 block of East 2nd Street injures 55 year old resident Holeoma of 4130 3, 2nd Street. The driver was 48 year old William T. McCauley of 457 Panama Avenue.
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Wservice Holeoma
2Nd St
William T. McCauley
Panama Ave
Downey Flier Killed in Surf Crash Near Huntington Beach
An Army GI Bill student pilot, Arthur V. Johnson, 27, from Downey, died when his light plane crashed into the surf near Huntington Beach minutes after takeoff from Long Beach Municipal Airport. Witnesses described uneven wings and a plunge into the sea as the craft exploded on impact amid fog banks. Johnson had alerted the control tower before descending toward the water.
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Huntington Beal
Long Beach
Municipal
Arthur, V.johnson
Ivo St. Downey
Aircraft Associates Flying Service
LeRoy Downing
Wilmington
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Jim Medvitz
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