High Sierra trek by Ray Gise from Long Beach to Cedar Grove
Ray Gise the Seal Beach mountain man writes about a High Sierra trek, sending a camp letter from Cedar Grove. He describes start and camps in Kings Canyon, pack trains, meals, hazards, and landscapes including Kennedy Pass and Lake of the Fallen Moon, inviting readers to visit.
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Ray Gise
Seal Beach Mountain
High Sierra
Gise
Cedar Grove
Fresno
George Whitefield
Kings Canyon
Deer Cave
Wildman Bleadow
Frypan Meadows
Kennedy Pass
Kennesey Canyon
Kennedy Canyon
Dead Pine Tridge
Ous Mountain
Oneverall
State Lakes
Granite Pass
King’s Canyon
Copper Creak
Foreign sailors weigh American women and culture
Foreign Navy sailors at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, part of Mine Squadron 9 training, offer mixed views on American women. French sailor Louis Sula admires independence and openness but jokes about meals. Italian sailor Ernest De Vile lauds freedom yet notes limits in marriage. Italian Ensign Carle Knight calls a woman a woman, yet observes unique American friendships. Dutch Cmdr Jan Sweltengrebel notes fewer differences.
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United States
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Mine Squadron 9
Louis Sula
Salo
Zey
Ernest de Vile
Carle Knight
Italy
Onversaagd
Cmdr
Jan Sweltengrebel
Flier Reports Red Attack on Airliner and Narcotics Burglary
In Superior Court, nar cotics addict Juanita Lentzner 39 admitted burglarizing her sister's home to fund heroin. She and two male accomplices stole about 2900 dollars worth of valuables from My and Mrs Saul Gavel ell's home in San Pedro. She pled guilty to burglary to avoid trial, seeking help for addiction.
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Juanita Lentzner
Czeer
Santa Ana
Bocuse
Joe Raycrall
Nornvalk
Drs. Lentaner
Sea Gull Delivers Unbelievable Fish Tale in Pasadena
Margeret and James Snincsak head home with a claimed 13-inch fish after a week of fishing along Belmont Pier. No proof beyond their eyewitness account, as the story ends with them eating the fish Monday night. An unrelated Long Beach report includes a British Foreign Office document on a July airliner attack by Chinese Communist forces near Hainan.
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Margaret Snincsak
James
Pasadena
Margeret
Cols
Ocean Boyd
Belmont Pier
Anichols
Michael Stinesal
Margaret
Foreign Office
Long Beach
Jim Harper
Molino
Avon
Orient
Cathay Air Lines
Phillip Brown
Hainan
Brown
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Cedric Carlton
Olin
Hainan Island
Cedric
Myself
Council Plans Lakewood Plaza lighting project
City Council adopted a resolution of intention to install ornamental street lights in Lakewood Plaza Unit No 9. Residents will be notified of a public hearing on the proposal. Financing details under terms of the State 1912 Improvement Act.
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Lakewood Plaza Unit No
City authorizes bids for Bemont Beach lot beautification
City approves bids to beautify the cast beach parking lot in Bemont Share. Project includes planting trees and shrubs and grounds work with an estimated cost not disclosed.
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Cast Beach
Bemont Share
Lost Calls Advert Summary From Independent Classifieds
Fragmentary OCR text hints at an independent classifieds style notice referencing a reward, postal Telegram style terms, and various garbled phrases about ads. No clear names, dates, places, or concrete actions are readable for a solid summary.
City Council urged to approve 25000 for new center project
Ian Stearns of the Exceptional Aldren's Foundation asked the City Council today to earmark 25000 for a proposed center at 4519 Boomstee Ian Stearns St. to support a training school for mentally served children. Local labor volunteers from Bellflower pledged free work as James Steadman and others were taken to Community Hospital after the fall.
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Boomstee
Ian Stearns
Eution
Juma Ave
James Steadman
Camntan Blvd
Bellflower
Wae
Cammunity Hospital
Burglary Interruption At Local Cafe At Ocean Boulevard
A 9 year old transient named Frank admitted breaking into the basement of a cafe at 252 E Ocean Blvd. He pried open a cigarette machine and forced an office door glass, was spotted by a private guard and held for police custody on burglary investigation.
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Frank
E. Ocean Blvd
Gatrasman
V Ey Ristine
Slashing Assault and Hit Run Charged in Pike Incident
District attorney filed charges against Robert Hodge 230 E Bist St in a slashing attack on Walter Back last Wednesday Eight others are named in the incident with A1 year old girl charged with the actual stabbing Back suffered a six inch slash across the throat requiring sixty stitches Lee a deputy district attorney noted Hodge allegedly aided and abetted the crime The hit run count alleges Wayne Miller of Garvey was fleeing when the attack occurred Other two involved have not yet faced charges
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Robert Hodge
E. Bist St
Walter O
Resedo
Lyjcho
Lee
Hodge
Heana Pa
C. Sten Seid
Wayne Miller
Garvey
Chamber OKs School Bond Ballot Issue Endorsement
The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce unanimously endorsed a proposed 32.4 million dollar school bond. Superintendent Douglas Newcombe outlined the district building program, while tax-ation chairman D. D. Coale and education chairman George If Brown backed the measure for the November 2 vote to advance the district's long term development plan.
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Long Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas Newcombe
D. D. Coale
George
Brown
Tax Reduction Seen for Lakewood City
Lakewood expects a general tax cut if the council approves a 547,203 budget for 1854-34. City Administrator Robert T. Anderson says the reduction results from the city taking over operating costs of street light maintenance districts. The tax rate would be 29 cents per $100 of assessed value on a total valuation of 84,508,200, with $100,159 in property taxes projected.
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Lakewood
Robert T. Anderson
Anderson
Andersen Raid
Ventura Defense Model Plan Picked for Civil Defense
Civil defense experts still use Ventura as a model in mapping a disaster plan for Southern California. Samamento headquarters will send a 12 man team to Ventura next month for a survey to serve as a pilot study for other cities. This survey will not duplicate a seven county study previously salient. Police Dr. William J. Moones said a decision was made to ask the state civil defense office to determine mobb able Southland A-bomb target areas and consider whether the plan for the hits platform survival is practical.
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Ventura
California
Civil Defense
Los Angeles
Samamento
Vantura
William J. Moones
Long Beach
Alk State Civil Defense Office
Weather outlook notes warmth with no heat wave in LA
Forecasts project mid to high 80s in Los Angeles and Long Beach with no heat wave. The five day outlook shows little change from Monday afternoon’s 84 degrees, despite today’s high near 91.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Long Beach postal leaders head to two national conventions
Three Long Beach postal employees were named to attend major gatherings. Dale White leads the Post Office Clerks Union and will go to Cincinnati from August 23 to 28. Donald T. Timmis, president of the California State Association of Letter Carriers, will attend a convention in Cleveland from August 28 to September 4. Prentice G. Smith will represent Long Beach Postal Supervisors at the National Association of Postal Supervisors meeting in Miami from August 23 to 25, and will also attend the AMVETS national convention in Miami from August 25 to 29.
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Long Beach
Tme
Dale White
Post Office Clerks Union Loreal
Cincinnati
Donald T. Timmis
California State Assn
Cleveland
Aus
Prentice G. Smith
Postal Supervisors of
National Assn
Miami
Smith
Amvets Narsional
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