Long Beach TB mobile unit gives 2000 free chest X rays
Over 2,000 chest X rays were taken in Long Beach and Lakewood last week by the Long Beach Tuberculosis and Health Association mobile unit. Workers at Pacific Valve Corp and Arthur Murray's Dance Studio plus guests at the Japanese American Citizens League Picnic were among those scanned. Also noted are honors for Long Beach students at Stanford University and various local civic items including scouts awards and Civil Service exams.
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Long Beach
Lakewood
Square Dance Clubs Plan 15 Programs
Fifteen member organization of the South Coast Assn. or Square Dance Clubs will host dances this week starting at 8 pm. Schedule includes Wednesday events with Tanglefooters Sunny Hills Fullerton led by Larry Davidson and others at multiple locations. Thursday pairs include Levy Eights and Twirl & Whirl with several callers. Saturday lists FunSquares Jeans & Calica Los Amigos and more with various venues and callers across Norwalk Orange La Habra and Wilmington.
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South Coast Assn
Excelsior Square
Nork
Lefty Davis
Midway City
Lerry Davidson
Redondo Ave
Buzz Brown
E. Ocean
Jack Minas
Jeans
Buffum Kin Rites Held in Glendale
Funeral service was conducted at noon today at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale for Chester R Upham 62 who died Saturday in his Palisades home He was the father in law of Mrs Robert Buffburglary and had ties to Long Beach A suitcase theft at a bar on Long Beach Blvd involved George Northrop and James Richard with John Austin as owner The community mourns Upham a former mineral wells Tex native who built gas systems and helped Texas Panhandle development He was president of Chester Upham Gas and Oil Producing Corp Texas and a Southern California neon sign company Surviving wife Ida sons David and Chester and mother Mrs Margaret Upham
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Chester R. Upham
Pacific
Palisades
Robert J
John William Austin
Long Beach Blvd
George M. Northrop
James F. Richard
Long Beach
Austin
Brown
Nice
Mr. Upham
Mineral Wells
Tex
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Upham
Chester Upham
Bar patrons pursue and capture thief in bold roadside chase
A bar owner and patrons pursued and captured a 48 year old ex convict after spotting him steal a satchel. The incident occurred Monday night near the bar, with witnesses naming the thief and detailing the quick pursuit and arrest by bystanders.
Four-year-old Jerry Copfer Found Safe After Missing
Four year old Jerry Lee Copfer was found safe in Long Beach after a 71 hour disappearance. Granat found the boy near Barton School in the early hours and brought him to the juvenile department. Authorities said the boy, who cannot speak, had been missing since Sunday evening.
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Jerry Lee Copfer
Long Beach
Jerry
Charles W
Rose Marie Copfer
Wanda
Juvenile Bureau
Ronald
Granat
Ocean Bly
Annie McGary
Carmelites
Robert Summers
Los Angeles County
Escapees From Orange County Jail Face Felony Charges
Seven of eleven inmates who fled the four story jail late Saturday were arraigned in Santa Ana Municipal Court on felony escape counts and returned to custody. Others include Kenneth McLean on crutches for a double heel injury, Loyal Biggs with a hurt heel, Richard Vega on kidnapping and assault, John Donohue with a back slash, Frank Laurent linked to murder, and Ernest Alumbaugh charged with bad checks. An eighth escapee, Edward Shields, surrendered to Santa Barbara authorities.
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Orange County
Santa Ana
Edward Bailey Shields
Santa Barbara
Kenneth Ray McLean
Garden Grove
Loyal W. Biggs JR
Alamitos Ave
Richard Vega
el Modena
John Richard Donohue
6Th St
Frank M. Laurent
el Madena
Ernest F. Alumbaugh
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Shields
Cleatis Lamar Ball
Compton
Hugh Carmen Barclay
James Eugene Barrett
Shreveport
Six arraigned after Anaheim free-for-all raid
Six defendants charged with conspiracy to violate prostitution laws and assault with a deadly weapon following a raid on an Anaheim area house of prostitution. Two police officers injured. bail set at 2500 each. Names include Luddie Woods and Evelyn Rosa, plus Constance Wilson, Maxine Vaughn, and William Henry Harrison. others at large. Preliminary hearing scheduled Friday. warrants and escapes noted.
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Luddie ‘Woods
Evelyn Rosa
Anaheim St
Constance Wilson
N. Gulf St
Wilmington
Maxine Vaughn
Lalso
Anaheim
William Henry Harrison
California Ave
Companion Robs Texan of 100 Dollars on Street
An 18 year old El Paso youth told police a man he met on Linden Ave. robbed him Monday night. The assailant twisted his arm behind him and forced him to surrender 80 in signed travelers checks and a 20 bill.
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el Paso
Tex
Poice
Charles Richard Rudd
Linden Ave
Rudd
Slayer Gets 5 to Life in Wife Death
Dennis O. Loudermilk was sentenced by Superior Judge Joseph M. Maltby to five years to life in state prison for the June 8 murder of his wife Eleanor Loudermilk. He withdrew an Innocent plea and admitted second degree murder after firing a single shot into her head as she lay in bed at their home on East St. He fled to Mexico the day of the crime and returned to surrender to police the following day.
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Dennis O. Loudermilk
Joseph M. Maltby
Loudermilk
Eleanor Loudermilk
E. St. St
Mexico
Port Fund to Remain Under City Harbor Rules
City Council committee rejected abolishing the Harbor Reserve Fund but backed using its money for all harbor projects. A two-thirds council vote needed for final change. Proposals affect allocations from oil revenues and state law, with partial fund redistribution and charter amendments to voters in November.
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Herter Department
Lhe
Charlee
Sskeds
Mallon
Public Improvement Fund
Long Beach Oil Development Co
Harbor District
Richfield Oil Co
Harbor Zone
Tidelands Oil Fund
Richfield
Harbor Reserve Fund
Harbor Revenue Fund
Long Beach
Bids Sought on Ninth Street Bridge Project
The Board of Harbor Commissioners approved plans and specifications for the Ninth St Bridge over the Los Angeles County Flood Control Channel and authorized invitations to bid on the estimated 6 500 000 project. Channel piers were completed in March 1955 and work paused due to tide disputes. The plan includes the Seventh St underpass and the project will exceed two years. Most costs are to be reimbursed by the county flood control district with possible state participation in subsidence remedial expenses related to freeway and harbor operations.
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Board of Harbor Commiisioners
Ninth St
Los Angeles County
Seventh St
Robert R. Shoemtaker
Youth Burglary Stalker Sentenced to 5 to 15 Years
A 20 year old Fullerton youth named Joan Marvin Sedore admitted staging more than a dozen burglaries. He was sentenced by Superior Judge Joseph Maltby to 5 to 15 years in state prison for one burglary charge involving $47 and a watch taken from a Norwalk home on May 31. Sedore pleaded guilty on July 9 and acknowledged a prior burglary conviction. Deputies said he also admitted breaking into homes in Bellflower San Fernando and Santa Ana.
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Fullerton
Joseph M. Maltby
Joan Marvin Sedore
Norwalk
Bellflower
San Fernando
Santa Ana
Last of Season Grunion Run Kicks Off Four Night Spawning
Grunion season ends with a four night run in Southern California waters starting at 11 13 pm tonight lasting one hour. The following three nights mark the close of the 1956 open season with no nets or buckets allowed and no limit on catch for license holders over 16. Spawning grunion dance from surf to sand to lay eggs then return to sea. timing varies by location from Baja California to Santa Barbara.
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California
Bedches
Department of Fish and Game
Baja California
S Sata Barbara
55 Cents Taken From Boy Strong-Arm Robber Suspect Arrested
Garden Grove Joe F. Trammell 21 of 2692 Hazel St was booked in Orange County for strong-arm robbery against an 8 year old neighbor boy. The boy was ordered to keep walking while 65 cents was taken as witnesses saw Trammell threaten the youngster. Deputies found Trammell in a bar on Garden Grove Blvd after the incident.
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Garden Grove
Joe F. Trammell
Hazel St
Orange County
Jerome 1. Slagles
Magnolia Ave
Trammell
Garden Grove Blvd
Kuchel and GOP leaders set Long Beach rally for Aug 15
Incumbent U S Senator Thomas H Kuchel will headline a major campaign outing at Long Beach s Bixby Park Aug 15 as part of the Republican women s council picnic. Adm Leslie Gebres and lawmakers Craig Hosmer Herbert R Klockstein and William S Grant are among scheduled supporters with 1500 expected attendees. Kuchel seeks re election against Democrat Richard Richards.
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U. S
Thomas H. Kuchel
Long Beach
Bixby Park
Herbert R. Klockstein
Williams
Grant
Ruchel
California
Richard Richards
Anaheim
Kuchel
Senate
Barl Warren
Platt Denies Brutality in Police Case
In Superior Court Sgt Willis E Platt refuted Millicent A Wilson’s 1953 claims that he and Officer Donald E Phelps manhandled and falsely arrested her after a drunken accusation. He said force was only used to subdue her as she resisted being placed in a patrol car, and that she appeared intoxicated. Wilson seeks 30157 dollars in a civil suit over the alleged assault and age misstatement.
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Torrance
Superior Court
Willis E. Platt
Millicent A. Wilson
Donald E. Phelps
Relph K. Pierson
George Johnston
Wilson
Richard Wolfe
Dmrs. Wilson
Loffia
Cherry Ave
Anaheim St
Platt
Watchman Recovers Signal Piece After Car Drags It Down
Earl Levings, 56, of Cherry Avenue, stopped by a scraping noise on Willow Street Monday night. A top section of a three phase traffic signal hung from his cart, traced to his car at Locust and Willow. Levings, a former Hughes Aircraft security aide, was booked for investigation of drunk driving after the incident.
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Earl Irvin Levings
Cherry Ave
Willow St
Locust Ave
Levings
James Barrett
Oak St
Long Beach Ave
Hughes Aircraft Co
Ing
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