End of an 8000-Mile Auto Travel Through America
Travel writer chronicles a long automobile journey across the United States from Utah to Nevada, praising road travel for intimacy with towns and landscapes. He recalls Park City Provo Canyon St George and Las Vegas heat, noting desert miles, historical markers, and the glad return to Long Beach. He reflects on readers’ support and the value of the open road.
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Ong Beach
Calif
America
Jourt
Utah
Eaving Park City
Provo Canyon
Provo
L. EB
Thad
Tere
St. George
Dixie Province
Brigham Young
St George
Las Vegas
Nevada Gambling Center
Planners Get Annexation Petition Plea
The City Council refers to the Planning Commission a Lakewood Plaza annexation petition to circulate petitions for a May election. The area runs Spring Street to Studebaker Road with defined boundaries and 1000 occupied homes, 500 more projected. consent hinges on a planning report and 25 percent signatures of qualified electors.
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City Planning Commission
Lakewood Plaza
Beyehok
Tucker Honored in Naming School for Crippled Children
The Board of Education honored Benjamin Tucker for 28 years of service to crippled children. A new school for crippled children will be built at Stearns Stane Argonne Ave and named the Benjamin Tucker School. Tucker, a retired banker and former Long Beach Chamber of Commerce president, lives at the Pacific Coast Club and chairs the hospital school board.
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Adelaide Tichenor Hospital
Stearns
Seven Back From Orient Arrive In San Francisco On Usns Gen Weigel
Seven sailors return from the Orient aboard the USNS Gen. Wiliam Weigel. Cpl. Chester Badami 1st Lt. David J. Garmony 1st Lt. Thomas G. Hartley and Theodore Robinson from nearby cities join Capt. Norman R. Rodman 1st Lt. William R. Burd and Ismael A. Ter cero from San Pedro in the homeward group.
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Long. Beach
San Francisco
USNS
Wiliam Weigel
Chester Badami
Wanda
David J. Garmony
Keynote St
Thomas G. Hartley
Corinthian Wk
Theodore Robinson
Brenner Pl
Norman R. Rodman
Compton
William R. Burd
Cinderella Girl to Return to School After Annulment
Martha Morris the Cinderella bride to Roland De Vigier seeks a simple life returning to high school. Annulment granted in Riverside after a private hearing with De Vigier alleging fraud and nonconsummation. Martha, 17, will study near friends rather than St. Anthony's High School and had spent the summer in Oklahoma.
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Martha Morris
Roland de Vigier
Bru Uus
Charles KR. Morris
Torrance
Martha
St. Anthony's High School
Long Beach
Oklahoma
Riverside
O. K. Morton
de Vigier
Edward F. Copenhafer
Acrow, Inc
Harbor City
West Coast
International
Removal Deal for Pacific Queen from Fietpoint Landing
Port Manager FE J Amar approves a sublease between Capt Frank G Kissinger and Fisherman's Wharf Inc to remove the Pacific Queen by October 15. Kissinger must pay 2000 damages if the ship is not removed. Officials call the vessel a navigation menace that interferes with radar. Kissinger sublets the berth without cost until removal.
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FE. J. Amar
Frank G. Kissinger
Fisherman's Wharf, Inc
Kissinger
Pacific Queen
Fietpoint Landing
Kissinger Lepress
Porty
Signal Hill to Vote on Skill-Game Ban
Signal Hill considers banning skill games after a 223-2 council vote to ask the Board of Supervisors to place the measure on the November 4 ballot. The move follows a petition signed by 10 percent of voters. City Attorney Ramsey estimated regular ballots cost under 350 dollars versus about 2000 for a special ballot. Some council members oppose due to another petition for unlimited licenses and draw poker. The meeting also raised the tax rate to 0 cents per 100 dollars, up 7 cents from last year to cover higher costs.
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Signal Hill
Board of Supervisors
Albert C. S. Ramsey
Nellie J.combellack
Emil B. Haulily
Horace W. Green
Lloyd J.tomlin
Lloyd S. Colson
Lafe
Bonnie C. Price
Tomlin
Colson
JM Plans New Building for Long Beach Plant
Johns-Manville Corp. plans a new 80 000 square foot addition to its Long Beach plant at 2233rd St and Alameda Blvd. A rigid steel frame U shaped building, to be completed by summer 1953, will expand insulation material production. The existing 1938 plant makes asbestos cement pipe and wool insulation and employs about 500 people. 100 more will be added with the new building.
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Tey
Carey
Vessel in Distress Seaward Search at Sea Sport
Coast Guard extended a search after a distress call from the Sea Sport at 5:45 am yesterday. Aircraft and surface crafts scoured waters five miles off China Point at San Clemente Island as reports tied to a San Diego vessel named Sea Sport with two men aboard headed north.
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Coast Guard
Sea Sport
China Point
San Clemente Island
San Diego
New City Rules on Trash Fires
The City Council authorized changes to the fire prevention code to curb open burning and nuisance from trash fires. Bonfires are illegal on streets or private or public property without fire department permits and allowed only within specific daytime hours. Incineration is allowed during certain periods with or without permits, and industrial trash burning requires a permit between 6 am and 4 pm.
Supervisors Set Dec 2 for Water District Vote
Los Angeles County supervisors fixed December 2 as the election date to decide on forming the Central Basin Municipal Water District. The district would span from Los Altos south to Whittier Blvd north, with a five district map for electing directors. If created, a second vote would seek annexation to the Metropolitan Water District for Colorado River water.
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Moters
Los Angeles County
Central Basin Municipal Water District
Board of Supervisors
Herbert C. Legg
Los Altos
Whittier Blvd
Metropolitan Water District
Stabbing Suspect Surrenders After Assault Claim
Richard Gallegos, 23, of Seabright Avenue, turned himself in after police linked him to the stabbing of his wife Elmer L. Gallegos, 32. She was treated at Seaside Hospital for a severe abdominal wound and a thigh wound, and the couple had been separated about a week. Police booked Gallegos on assault investigations.
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Richard Gallegos
Seabright Ave
Elmer L. Gallegos
Seaside Hospital
Lack of Sidewalks Near Burroughs School Prompt Action
The school board calls the Warilow Road sidewalk deficit a real hazard to children near Burroughs Elementary. They authorized School Business Manager A A Knolls to ask City Manager Samuel Vickers for serious consideration. Only about half of the street on the portager and south sides between Atlantic and Cherry Aves has sidewalks, drawing protest from Sassonet PTA. In 1930 Vickers said resolving the issue is complex as property owners would bear most of the construction costs.
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Warilow Rd
Burroughs Elementary
Mgr. A. A. Knolls
Samuel Vickers
Knoll
Porter
Atlantic Ave
Cherry Ave
Burroughs
33Rd St
Orangel Ave
Sassonet
PTA
Het
Vickers
School Board
Two Car Crash Hurts Three In Long Beach
Three people were injured in a two car crash on Arbor Street near Santa Fe Avenue in Long Beach last night. Arthur H. Gavigan, 34, of Wilmington, sustained spinal injury. A. Codeene, 20, suffered a sprained right knee and possible nose fracture. Wanda L. Palmer, 20, from Los Angeles, had possible nose fracture and abrasions. Gavigan’s car was rear ended by Car Lee Adams, 18, of Los Angeles, who was cited for driving without a license. Codeene and Palmer were passengers in Adams’ vehicle.
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Long Beach
Bivd
Arbor St
Seaside Hospital
Arthur H. Gavigan
S. Graces Ave
Wilmington
A. S. Codeene
Santa Fe Ave
Wanda L. Palmer
Los Angeles
Gavigan
Lee Adams
Adams
Codeene
Miss Palmer
Daughter Finds Mother After Thirty Year Gap
After 30 years of searching, Barbara Ann Milne, 9, and her mother Mrs. Esther Milne reunite with Katherine Cassidy in Denver. Milne, who grew up in a Denver orphanage after parental separation, learned her birth name and traced family through a relative’s tip. The emotional meeting ended with plans for future visits as both women cherish the newly found mother-daughter bond.
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Alexander Millne
Alamitos Ave
Barbara Ann
Alexander Milne
Alamitos. Ave
Miline
Denver
Katherine
School District Receives One Dollar Rental Payment
A lone one dollar check arrived from Los Angeles Airways Inc for a month’s rental of school property used as a heliport. The district rents vacant Pine Ave and Willow St land to land helicopters and deliver mail.
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Los Angéles Airways, Inc
Pine Ave
Willow St
Realtors Outline Beach Parking Plan
Realtors propose dredging sand from Rainbow Pier lagoon edge and moving it to widen the west beach by 500 feet. The extra area would be converted to auto parking with entry from Locust Ave near Seaside Blvd. The plan, put forward by Dick Racine for the Board of Realtors, was referred to the city manager for study.
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The
Rainbow Pier
Rainbow Lagoon
Dick Racine
Board of ‘Realtors
Leity
Racine
Pine Ave
Municipal Auditorium
Seaside Blvd
Locust Ave
Board of Healtors
Costs of Freeway Span Plans Sought
Port Manager E. J. Amatn and Chief Harbor Engineer Robert R. Shoemaker seek engineering costs to prepare plans for a $6,000,000 diagonal bridge over the Los Angeles River from Ninth to Seventh Streets. The harbor board requests estimates from multiple firms, not just Moffatt & Nichol, after reviewing a sketch. The diagonal design aims to reduce traffic congestion anticipated with the Long Beach Freeway completion in the harbor district.
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Los Angeles River
Ninth
Seventh Sts
E. J. Amatn
Robert R. Shoemaker
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Moffatt & Nichol
Pee St
Harbor Board
Long Beach
Harbor District
Nurse Faces Dope Charge for Forging Prescriptions
Mrs. Morrel M. Fueger a 31 year old nurse of 2472 Cedar Ave was charged with four counts of forging prescriptions to obtain narcotics She appeared before Municipal Judge D Wallace with 1500 bail and a preliminary hearing set for next Monday Police said she admitted filling the prescriptions after a hospital official reported stolen blanks The arrest followed a Wednesday home raid by officers Fred L Good and Pat Paris citing the hospital connection to the alleged thefts
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Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Morrel M. Fueger
Cedar Ave
D. Wallace
Next Monnday
Fueger
Fred L. Good
Pat Paris
Two Men Injured in Pacific Coast Highway Collision
A traffic crash at Pacific Coast Highway and Pacific Avenue injured two drivers and a passenger. Herbert H. Barker, 69, of Fresno, sustained minor injuries while Lester G. Drew, 43, and a passenger, Fred Z. Jensen, 619 Obispo Avenue, suffered more serious head injuries. Emergency responders treated the wounded at Seaside Hospital.
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Pacific Coast Hwy
Pacific Ave
Macinne
Herbert H. Barker
Fresno
Lester G.* Drew
City, I
Chestnut Ave
Barker
Fred Z. Jensen
Obispo Ave
Seaside Tal
Committees Push Army Engineer Head Report On Alamitos Bay Marina
Citizens and a group press Lt General Pick to release the Army Engineers feasibility report on developing Alamitos Bay into a marina. Local officials vow to publicize the findings and seek support from Rep Doyle and Senators Knowland Nixon while outlining federal approval steps and jetty extensions to curb silting.
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Alamitos Bay
Lewis A. Pick
U.S. Army Engineers
Washington, D. C
Clyde Doyle
U. S
Willam F. Knowland
Richard Nixon
Fiels
Los Angeles
Ager
Samuel E. Vickers
W. R Schuler
Lewis D. Reese
Leland RB. Schenck
Naples
Congress
Bay
Pr Duce
Lewis Wit Sparks
James R. Saul
Pleasure Boat Owners’ Association
Leland R. Schenck
M. F. Roche
S. V. Muniz
J. D. Gidkerson
A. Lynn Parmley
Reese and Schenck
$4500 Vanishes From Ship's Safe
Federal authorities said they are without a clue today to the theft of 4500 dollars from the purser's safe aboard the American President Lines refrigerator ship Lightning between Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor and San Francisco. The money was stolen Saturday night or Sunday morning while the ship was en route north. Purser Richard Leslie said the theft occurred during his brief absence and the safe had not been forced open.
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American President Lines
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
San Francisco
Richard Leslie
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Tucker
Board of Education
B. F. Tucker
Orient
Cinderella
By Baxter Omohundro
Hunt
Gebaram
Army
Will
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