Ask City to Rehire Navy Link
The city is urged to continue its contract with H. St. John Butler as Washington naval representative while increasing its share of the $20,000 annual cost. IBMA and the Employes Assn. of Long Beach Naval Shipyard seek $15,000 city support and $5,000 from each group, with a fallback to $10,000 city funding if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. St. John Butler
Washington, D. C
Independent Business Men's Assn
Washington Naval Representative
Robert F. Gilday
IBMA
Eric Walden
Naval Shipyard Employes Assn
Bauer
Butler
Walden
Colorado Project Hit by Hosmer
Rep. Craig Hosmer denounced the Bureau of Reclamation economics in the proposed multi billion dollar Upper Colorado Basin project as unsound and phony. He attacked the bureau's claims it would benefit the nation by employing workers nationwide. The article notes his appended table showing state shares and lists contracts awarded by the harbor board and local civic developments in Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Fryton
Fress-Telrorum
Lashington Bureau
Washington
Craig Hosmer
Long Beach
Bureau of Reclamations
Upper
Colorado Basin
Hosmer
Bureau
Colorado
Board of Harbor Commis
lax-Ocean Blvd
9Th St
Port Board Hires 2 Right-of-Way Agents
Ten burglaries of homes and business places were reported Thursday. Victims and their losses included Edith W. Baker at 3100 Cerritos Ave with 12 dollars missing. Randolph Engineering and Mig. Co. at 2020 W. 15th St with 200 in tools. Milton Wolfs at 4827 Myrtle Ave with 296 dollars in golf equipment. Barbara Crabtree at 452 E 38rd St ransacked with no loss. Jerry Albert Taylor at 5311 E. Carson Apt. ran sacked with no loss. Dzan at 2001 Chestnut Ave. articles worth 14 dollars. B. Warok of 4027 E 3rd St with 154.50 in jewelry. Romeo's Italian Groceries at 6057 Atlantic Ave with 1 dollar in pennies. Sent Levin at 4473 Linden Ave with 5135 in clothing and jewelry. Edward B. Drake at 203 E 46th St with 40 dollars in cash. Here and There: George Wallace White Bost 1746, Veterans of Foreign Wars hold hard-times dance and box social at 8:30 pm Saturday at 32 B Louise St. A raffle will be given for the best costume. Catalina Airlines will start operating Saturday from Los Angeles International Airport to Santa Catalina Island, replacing service formerly offered by unit 1 jed Air Lines. There will be three morning and three afternoon flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith W. Baker
Cerritos Ave
Randolph Engineering and Mig. Co
W. 15Th St
Milton Wolfs
Myrtle Ave
Barbara Crabtree
Ry FF. Dzan
Lady
RL B.warok
E. 3Rd St
I Romeo
Atlantic Ave
Levin
Linden Ave
Edward B. Drake
George Wallace White
Louise St
Catalina Airlines
Los Angeles International Airport
Santa Catalina Island
Jed Air Lines
Courthouse Lot Bought In Long Beach Site
Los Angeles County has acquired the first parcel for the Long Beach courthouse site. Supervisor Burton W. Chace announced the purchase of 33 N. Chestnut Ave from Dorothy H. Bledsoe for 28,825 dollars. Funds for construction will be in the 1855 56 county budget as negotiations continue for remaining properties along Ocean Blvd, Third Street, Magnolia, and Chestnut Avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles County
Long Beach
Burton W. Chace
Chestnut Ave
Dorothy H. Bledsoe
Ocean Blvd
3Rd St
Magnolia and
Chestnut Aves
Chace
Car Crash Injures Driver 27 Near Lakewood Paramount
Omer B. Burns 27 of 4532 Conquista Ave Lakewood suffered major injuries early today when his car left the roadway. It struck a telephone pole and plowed through about 300 feet of fence on Center Street west of Lakewood Blvd in Paramount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer B. Burns
Conquista Ave
Lakewood
Center
Lakewood Blvd
Paramount
Parents of Tots With Free Shots Asked to Donate
Long Beach Unified School District board approved a letter campaign to raise 12 500 to 15 000 for polio vaccines for about 5 000 children in Long Beach and surrounding areas whose families cannot afford injections. Donations fund vaccines from volunteer doctors, with private and parochial schools invited to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Unified School District
Board of Education
Long Beach Pediatric Society
Long Beach Council of Service Clubs
Long Beach
Lakewood
Ietter
Lafayette Hotel
Calif
Sam Woolington
Probe Ends of Death on Yacht Sinking Near Point Arguello
The inquiry into the Suomi yacht sinking after a collision with the Parramatta near Point Arguello concluded at Coast Guard headquarters. Sven Abrahamson testified as an engineer aboard the freighter, the Parramatta sailed at 6 pm after bond posting, and a $750,000 damage suit plus $50,000 demanded by Suomi insurers highlight the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parramatta
Coast Guard
Point Arguello
Sven Abrahamson
Times
Trans-Atlantic Shipping Co
U.S
Henry Meiges 149
San Francisco
Ithe Yecht
Laboard
Suomi
Remembering Merriam Acknowledges Grief From Political Figures
Democratic leaders and party workers mourn the death of former governor Merriam. A. C. Malone and Vice Mayor Gerald Desmond praise his honesty and service while W. Ward Johnson and Joseph M. Kenrick call him a great American and a loss to California and Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriam
Frank
Iman
A. C. Malone
Assembly
Malone
Gerald Desmond
Reiue
Desrecnd
W. Ward Johnson
Long Beach
Sales Essay Winners Set for Education Night
Winners from four Long Beach high schools will be honored Monday at the Education Night event at the Lafayette Hotel. The Long Beach Sales Executives Club contest drew 1,831 essays on two topics, with 24 winners and certificates for four AI winners. Prizes include boys’ third place at 73 and 80 dollars, with a prize announcement the same night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Dick Dixon
Wilzon
Folys
Jim Araraws
Elaine
Hellman
Ord Mar Lirfalee Sons Genzese
Feta IE Die Bithes
Jasian
Susanne ‘Tonpen
Wilson
Lynette Bi Fick
Poly
St Anteeny
Amveis Elect Son Pedron State Commander at Convention
Gardiner of San Pedro was elected state commander of the American Veterans of World War I at the state convention. He succeeds Edward Branum of Garden Grove. John W. Reed of Amveis Post 28 in Long Beach was chosen southern area commander. Arthur Priemer of Garden Grove was appointed adjutant. Oakland was selected as the site of the 1956 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalon
le Roy Gardiner
San Pedro
Monday
Gardiner
Edward Branum
Garden Grove
John W. Reed
Long Beach
Amveis
Arthur Priemer
Oakland
Court Told Payoff of 20000 for Mirador Hotel Bar License
Santa Ana court heard that a payoff for the Mirador Hotel Palm Springs liquor license may have reached 20000, with testimony from special agent James Cooper about notes from 1953. Prosecution introduced three hours of taped conversations involving Harold MacKenzie and key witnesses, including Mrs. Mickey Jones, who described the alleged bribe as inflated by operator pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Jigior
Harold MacKenzie
Superior Court
James Cooper
State Attorney General's Office
Cooper
MacKenzie
Mickey Jones
Conklin MG Time Trials Crown Winner at Costa Mesa
Conklin drove a Jaguar AEALZN to a 2 38.5 mile and a half time, besting 33 entrants in the sixth semiannual time trials held by the Long Beach MG Club at the old Santa Ana Army Air Base Costa Mesa. Top finishers included D Johnson in a Porsche 2740.7 Bob Trennert MG president in 2 42.6 and Mark Sander MG1500 in 2 43.0 Carmela Clark also in MG1500 led the women’s class with a competitive time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Conklin
Long Beach
MG Club
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Costa Mesa
Conklin
D. Johnson
Bob Trennert
Mark Sander
Carmela Clark
City Orders Study To Curb Psychologist Quacks
The City Council unanimously asks its ordinance committee to study a proposed ordinance to eliminate untrained psychologists. A letter from Richard Laux of the Long Beach Psychological Association urges enactment, noting any person can set up practice with a $20 license and warning of possible dangers. A five member commission would issue emergency certificates to applicants, modeled after a 1948 San Diego ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Laux
Long Beach Psychological Association
Press- Telegram
Jam Phelan
San Diego
Gas odor prompts multiple emergency calls citywide
A today safety report records gas smell reports triggering emergency responses across Long Beach Artesia Willow and surrounding areas. Fire crews, ambulances, and police attended incidents at locations including Magnolia Avenue Linden Avenue Seabright Avenue Paddle Avenue and MacArthur School with alarms at 3:08 pm and 4:43 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Fire Department
I. Artesia St
Mysile
Market Tre
Damae
Magnolia Ave
Bats
EL Seinae Waahine
Fine
Pacific Cosi
Sana Forest
Ambu- Biel P. On
Staodiy
Linden Ave
Ambu- Nance
California
Seabright
Ambun Lanre
Obituary notices for Long Beach figures and veterans
Obituaries list Frank J. Kimes 82 former Wiscon school head. Maggie Lou Wilson 77 native of Ohio. William G. Fricker 64 restaurant owner. Cora May McElwee 76 former Wisconsin teacher. Alta Lillis Jordan 78 longtime Long Beach resident. James Jordan and several others. multiple services scheduled, with details on chapels, interment and veterans affiliations. Surviving relatives named include nephews, daughter, and granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Maggie Lou
Locust Ave
Long Beach S
Esta
Ohio
Mount
Vernon
Long Beach
Methodist Church
Mozelie Kelst ‘Ley
James O. Blue
George Shields
Mottell
Jordan
Alta Lillis
4Th “St
Longs Beach
Osborn County
Kan
East Side Christian Church
PEO
Ray ‘Jordan
Louise Grier
Harry Burgeson
Glenn
Leo Hayes
Coon Funeral
John William Hanna
Sunnyside Memorial Park
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Ask City
Navy Link
Utah
Wyoming
New
Mexico
Reclamation Bureau
Pesee
More Harbor Board
Graham Brothers, Inc
Eta-Hokin & Galvan
Royal Product Co
Dorothy Duppman
Pacific Sportfishing
Long Beach Gill
Development Co
Gaunell Oi
F Pacific Railway
Alamitos Bay
Marine
Joseph E. Mason
Armed Services Commission
Long Beach State College
Ball
Audichestra
Civil Service
Bertram McGarrity
W. Broadway
Gluck
Mozart and Humperdinck
T ‘Opera Workshop
David Vazquez
Marth
Port Board
Long Beach City College
Bobbie Thum
Carolyn Riley
Ann Faust
Bonnie Myers
State College
Sil
Pedron
Los
Ant Angeles
Mirador
America
Lakewood Center
Broadway
Los Angeles
Bevenly Hiliz
Bong Beach
Arcadia
Glendaie Huntington Fark
Studio City
Highland Park
Burbank
Robert F. Dilday
Independent Businessmen's Assn
Charles C. Hartman
11Th Naval District
Conklin Cops Council
Planning Commission
South Lakewood
Heartwell Park
Palo Verde Ave
Conant St
Woodruff Ave
Ovis Caussus
Sec
Lakewood Cenmity
St. al
MacArthur Scho
Rimes
Frank J. Kimes
Wiscon
Cedar Ave
Sin
Nepha
Long Beach Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
West
Patterson
Long Beach Camp
Borden Garrison
Army & Navy Union of
The
Fred Simes
Fricker
William G. Fricker
Grand Ave
Apple Valley
Holton
Belmont Heights Methodist Church
Arthur St. Peterson
American Legion
Vera
Elmer
Walter
Lawrence
Clarence Fricker
Sylvecte Andres
May Bradley
Ida Schermer
Patterson & Snively Chapel
Grover C. Bagby
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Round Table
Pine Ave
St. Clair
Demeclle
Bernard DeMuelle
Obispo Ave
Cornwall
Ontario
Canada
Olive E
Berbice M. Sanderson
F. Augustus Martyr
Mottell's & Peek Mortuary
Charles Stell
S & Peek
Spencer
Benjamin D. Spen
C. Bagby
Incer
Long Beath
Westminster
Christensen Memorial Park
Pine
Milton G. Gabrielson
Sunnyside Membories Park
Heck
Nessie Pet Heck
Dls
Dudley
West Coast Industries
Steel Corp
South Gate
Californy
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