Ice cream music saves girl in kidnap attempt
A Long Beach reader recounts how the music from an ice cream truck driven by Ed Braden frightened a kidnapper who had just abducted Joyce Lee Pike in Compton, prompting Braden to rescue and guard the girl until authorities arrived. The grandmother Roberta Pike praises the ice cream music. The column muses on migration westward due to weather and disasters, suggesting possible nationwide service or volunteer reallocation ideas. It also notes San Diego considering a municipal auditorium plan funded by bonds and mentions local figures Tom Thorpe and Ed Braden.
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Roberta Pike
Cade St
Ed Braden
Braden
Rietwood
Hale Champion
San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
Long Beach
Champion
Tom Thorpe
Thorpe
Bill Hoffman
San Jose
Capitol
Chuck Miller
San Diego
Stanford Research Institute
Louisville
Jersey City
Navy Plane Stays Aloft for 22 Hours
A Navy patrol bomber crew from Alamitos landed at El Toro after 22 hours 31 minutes aloft testing economy fuel use. Cmdr Lee Roy Whitsherd led the flight to push fuel limits, despite a partial fuel-system issue, with 450 gallons remaining and consuming about 3,494 gallons overall. The crew included Lt Rekbert Hubenett and Lt David Cannon, along with naval technicians and two LAPD members.
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Navy
Alamitos
el Toro
Lee Roy E. Whitsherd
Ba Crescenta
Los Alamitos
Long Beach
Lighthouse
Newport Beach
Rekbert N. Hubenett
Monterey Park
Los Angeles
David F. Cannon
North Hollywood
C. L. Kennedy
W. C. Bishop
Phoenix
Ariz
D. C. Roark
Sunland
Roark
Valley
Colton
Roar
Air Reserve
Vp-77t3
Boy Killed in Tumble From Tree in Torrance
A 10 year old boy, Charles LeRoy Cleveland Jr, of 4619 Ave C, died after falling from a tree near his home on Septiveda Blvd, two blocks from his residence. He was playing in a tree house with his 16 younger siblings when a limb bent causing the fall. He died en route to Harbor General Hospital. His parents and seven siblings survive. The body was taken to White and Dey Mortuary.
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Torrance
Charles LeRoy Cleveland Jr
Ave. C
Ben
Harbor General Hospital
Howard
Ray
Charles LeRoy Cleveland Sr
Septiveda Blvd
Hawthorne Blvd
Charles
Michael
Dennis
Timothy
Beverly
Coast Guard Rescue Calls Warn of Weekend Drowning
A drowning victim, E. J. Anderson, 48, of Brigham City Utah, fell overboard from Jet 1 about 20 miles off Newport Beach. Coast Guard logged 39 other calls for aid over the weekend. Anderson’s body not recovered. life rings failed to rescue him as others aboard tried to help.
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Coast Guard
E. J. Anderson
Brigham City
Utah
Newport Beach
R. W. Baker
Anderson
B. W. Facklin
A. Knowlton
Costa Mesa
Robert G. Morrison
Maidstone Ave
Johm Jeffries
Nava St
Norwalk
Run for the Hills Abandoned in Civil Defense Plan
A revised Los Angeles and Orange Counties civil defense survival plan urges people to head home and stay with families during attacks or disasters. It envisions rapid neighborhood rescue by trained personnel with emergency supplies and adjacent units aiding devastated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Orange
Residents deny hostility to Major Lee neighbor bid
Telegr am from Lee Lane residents to Maj. Lee states they do not oppose him living on the street and will welcome him as a neighbor. Miller defends families amid controversy, noting three of four houses on Lee Lane are occupied and no one objects to Dr. Lee living there. Gov. Susan Wyllie returns from Girls State with reflections on Washington visit and meeting officials.
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Lee Lane
Garden Grove
Force Tne
Sammy Lee
Lee
Sugar Medical Corps
Ft. Carsonisaster
Dr. Lee
Robert Miller
Miller
Maj. Lee
Lee Lare
Susan Wyllie
Long Beach
Washington, D. C
California
Long Beach Driver Wins $1000 at World Series of Drag Racing
Lloyd Scott of Long Beach won a $1000 scholarship at Lawrenceville Illinois for breaking his own drag race speed record. He hit 151.007 mph in a quarter mile from a standing start in the Bustle Bomb powered by an Olds engine front and Cadillac rear. Scott, a former pro racer now an amateur, said he prefers the safer, more relaxed field of this event.
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Lloyd Scott
Lawrenceville
Ill
Scott
Orange County
Santa Ana
Lyons
Cadillac
Day
Tait
National Art Arfons
Akron
Ohio
Group Takes SAE Bid East
Long Beach State College students head to Chicago for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon convention to seek affiliation with SAE. A two thirds vote by 136 active chapters will decide the petition during the gathering, with local and alumni representatives attending on behalf of Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Safety Council Award for Procter and Gamble
The National Safety Council will award Procter and Gamble Manufacturing Co. a plaque for three million hours of safe operation. Presentation is Tuesday afternoon at 3:05 p.m. on the plant diamond in Long Beach. Jack Berjworthy, president of the Long Beach Safety Council, will present. P A Nicol will accept for the factory. The record pertains to the Long Beach soap factory at 1601 Worth St.
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National Safety Council
Proc ‘Ter & Gamble Manufacturing Co
Jack Berjhower
Long Beach Safety Council
P. A. Nicol
P&g
Long Beach
Rth
Three Cruisers Return Home From Far East Voyage
The USS Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Rochester docked at Long Beach Naval Shipyard after seven months in the Far East. They discharged 3,500 officers and men, delayed by fog, with a crowd of about 1,000 cheering as the ships tied up.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
USS Baltimore
Cruiser Division 5
Far East
Rem. F. B. Warder
J. W. Waterhouse
C. G. Christie
Baltimore
W. W. Wilbourne
Rochester
Seal Beach
Naval Shipyard
Boy Scout Troop Aids Long Beach Fund Drive
Long Beach Boy Scout Troop 43 volunteers to canvass homes in the Navy Housing area along Hill Street west of Santa Fe Avenue for a statewide multiple sclerosis drive chaired by Eugene G. Atkins. More than 100 volunteers are sought to cover blocks 7 to 10 pm Friday, with downtown volunteers and a Lakewood storefront collection point also planned. Contact information and new co-chair Jean Thornton are listed for volunteer inquiries.
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Boy Scout
Long Beach
Eugene G. Atkins
Navy
Hill St
Santa Fe Ave
Colle: Point
Leonard Sherkin
Lakewood
St. Louis Ave
Birs
Jean Thornton
Pepperwood St
Iway
Ner
Man and Wife Hurt as Car Rams House
A car crashed into a house injuring a man and his wife Sunday night. 3rd Lt. Trewin M. Stevens and Nellie B. Stevens, both from 3040 1st St, were treated for minor cuts and bruises at St. Mary's Hospital after the 1955 Cadillac accelerator stuck and fire erupted from tires. The Stevens car collided with another driven by Carole Ann Mass, 20, of Bellflower, at 2nd St and Zaragoza Ave, then hit the home of deputy Mowward L. Clark, damaging the fireplace and siding.
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Trewin M. Stevens
Nellie B. Stevens
St. Mary's Hospital
Carole Ann Mass
Bersten St. Bellflower
2Nd St
Orizaba Ave
Stevens’ Auto
Vard
Mowward L. Clark
Aviation Club meeting at Long Beach Air Force Base
The Southern California Aviation Breakfast Club will meet at 10 30 a m Sunday at the Officers Club on Long Beach Air Force Base Viola Olii Glendale reports as president of the group The notice notes the venue and time for this local aviation club gathering.
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Southern California Aviation Breakfast
Clu
Officers' Club
Long Beach Air Force Base
Viola Olii Glendale
Grosp
Long Beach man killed in mountain highway crash
Erroll Donald Murphy aged 26 of Long Beach died Sunday when his motorcycle collided head on with a car driven by Harold Walter Lemke of Redondo Beach on State Highway 18 near Snow Valley in the San Bernardino Mountains. Murphy, a son of attorney Elizabeth D. Murphy, was delivering subpoenas and planning to resume law studies. Eight month old Barbara Lemke was bruised. autopsy pending. Survived by mother, grandmother Florence Murphy and brother Milo Murphy. Murphy served in Korea and Merchant Marine.
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Long Beach
Erroll Donald Murphy
Ximeno Ave
Harold Walter Lemke
Redondo Beach
California Highway Patrol
Snow Valley
San Bernardino Mountains
Murphy
Elizabeth D. Murphy
Pacific Coast University School of Law
Florence Murphy
Barbara Lemke
Sacramento
Wilson High School
Long Beach City Colege
Korea
Merchant Marine
Milo Murphy
San Bernardino
Woman pleads innocent in infant murder case
Mrs. Marian Kearney, 23, pleaded innocent and not guilty by reason of insanity in Superior Court to a charge of murdering her 3 month old son, John Patrick, by striking him with a nursing bottle. Judge Maltby set trial for Oct 18 and ordered mental exams. bail set at 45000 with her husband Edward present.
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Marian i Kearney
Joseph M. Maltby
Dayrel D. Smith
Marcus D. Creahan
Karl
von Hagen
Kearney
Almada St
John Patrick
Malthy
Downey Woman Held on Slaying Charge
Mrs Exma Hurst Broadhurst 29 of 9086 46th St Se Bellflower was held to answer in Superior Court on a charge she murdered her husband Richard 41 on August 12. The preliminary hearing was at Downey Municipal Court before Judge A D Boone. She was ordered to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court Department 41 in September. The shooting happened at a Downey Avenue garage where the victim worked.
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Bowney
Exmahurst
Bell Flower
Richard
Tarhop
Downey
A. D. Boone
Broadhurst
Department 41
Los Angeles
Sus
Downey Ave
Firestone Blvd
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Keith Monroe
Newport Harbor
Pyramid Cove
San Clemente Island
San Pedro
William C. Storie
Banner Dr
Perseus
Catalina Island
Roy
Dutch) Miller
Martine Stadium
Bob 1. 'Trene
Cedar Ave
Tran Trene
Seaside Hospital
Lew Allison JR
Susan
H. W. Wyllie
Bixby Rd
Marjie Hickoff
Gil Hickoff
Rutgers Ave
Girls State
Capital
Mt. Vernon
Capitol Building
White House
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Eisenhower
Ivy Baker Priest
U.S
Congress
Richard Nixon
Sen
Thomas Kutchel
R-Calls
Washington
Nixon
Assembly of Girls
Poly High School
Arlington Cemetery
Tock Pictures
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SAE Bid East
Vic Davis
Tim Henney
Gene Reilly
Bob DeWeese
Lyndon Rader
Frank Johnson
Art .Doornbos
Dan McClain
Tom Beck
Paul Herney
Jim Cockrill
Harold Caveness
John Wilseft
Fred Mack
Larry Bonnet
Don M. Machmore
Los Altos Ave
Safety Council
Procter & Gamble
Stevens
Aviation Club
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