Rain cravings and quirky neighborhood notes
Local readers lament a dry spell as forecasts promise rain yet delivers none. News items recount a near miss with a desert storm, minor rainfall totals since April, and hopeful mentions of possible showers in September. Other snippets cover a jewelry window remark, a teen’s car dream and a father’s advice, a mockingbird nest protection with a stewpan, and light social notes from Riftwood about Wednesday accidents. D W Campbell's west trip in a college car and family travels wrap the column.
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Riftwood
C. P. Jackson
Wisconsin
Lakewood
D. W. Campbell
C. of C
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Ronald
Cal
Campbell
Lois Jean
Mary Edith
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Sierra
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Unions Clash Shrugs Across West Coast Ports
A jurisdictional dispute between MEBA and Isthmian Line unions expands beyond Wilmington to California ports. Picketing shuts down ships in San Francisco and Long Beach, with fistfights reported as AFL and ILWU factions picket MEBA and Isthmian ships. Crews withdraw and sail ships amid ongoing legal actions.
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Wilmington
Tne
Housing Units Rent Boosted in Long Beach Projects
Rents paid by tenants in federal housing apartments in Long Beach will rise by 2 to 11 dollars monthly starting October 1. J G Melville, director in San Francisco, cited rising operating costs as the reason. The increases affect Truman Boyd Manor Cabrillo Homes and 13 other Los Angeles County projects. Savannah Naval Housing Project remains unaffected though its 658 units will see November rent boosts based on dependancy.
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Long Beach
J. G. Melville
Public Housing Administration
San Francisco
Truman Boyd Manor
Cabrillo Homes
Los Angeles County
Melville
Savannah Naval
L. R. Hatton
Hatton
Carmelitos
Catholic School Tax Cut Fails In City Council Vote
A 125 percent reduction proposal for Long Beach parochial school property valuations was defeated in a tie vote by the City Council acting as a board of equalization. The council had previously granted 25 percent to First Lutheran Church and considered extending the same to Catholic schools amid debate on state tax ease laws.
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Long Beach
Archdiocese of
Los Angeles
Board of Equalization
First Lutheran Church
Tertain
Lyman Sutter
Carl Fletcher
James R. Seaton
Max Livoni
Five Years to Life for Bierce Slaying
Edward Bierce a 41 year old salesman was found guilty of second degree murder in the January slaying of his wife Florence and was sentenced this morning to five years to life in San Quentin by Superior Judge Fred Miller. The judge ordered the probation department to refer the man to the Guidance Clinic at the prison noting that second degree murder does not allow a probationary sentence but the report may aid the clinic.
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Edward Bierce
Florence
San Quentin
Fred Miller
Miller
Purse Theft Reported By Local Resident In Downtown Store
Mrs. Margaret Knocke reported the loss of her purse from a downtown store yesterday afternoon. The purse contained cash and personal items. the incident was reported to police and is under investigation.
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Margaret Knocke
Lomita Blvd
Health board gains Long Beach dentist member
Dr Frank C Blair Jr a Long Beach native and USC College of Dentistry graduate was appointed to the Long Beach Board of Health by the city manager and confirmed by the City Council. His term begins Sept 1 and he serves with his wife and two children.
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Frank ¢. Blair Jr
Stanley Ave
Long Beach
Cupid Vaults Army Rules In Hospital Wedding
Sergeant Robbie Bomberry, 83, from Lakewood, tied the knot with his lieutenant bride Sst Lt Carolyn Larsen, 26, after eloping to Quartzsite. They remarried in the Letterman General Hospital chapel as Bomberry recovers from war wounds and several operations.
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Robbie Bomberry
Elmer Haskell
Albury Ave
Lakewood
Bomberry
U. S
Korea
Army
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
Com
Associated Press
Long Beach
Letterman Hospital
St. Louis
Carolyn Larsen
Quartzsite
Ariz
Haskell
Danny
Taxpayers Association Backs Lakewood Mosquito Abatement District
Lakewood Taxpayers Association unanimously approved a resolution urging the County Board of Supervisors to create a mosquito abatement district in the southeast portion of the county. President Alton Parker cited attendance at a two district organization meeting in presenting the action.
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County’ Board of . Supervisors
Lakewood
Lakewood Taxpayers’ Association
Alton Parker
Rain fell across Southland with more on the way
Long Beach reports rain squalls near 1 p.m. as sprinkles moistened sidewalks and a large C4 transport circled for landing. Showers hit Anaheim briefly while the Weather Bureau forecasts occasional rain through Thursday and cooler coastal temperatures in the 70s before Labor Day.
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California
Long Beach
Municipal
Anaheim
U. S. Weather Bureau
Youth 15 Admits Burglary of Store
A juvenile escapee from the Santa Cruz Juvenile Home admitted burglary of J C Penney in the 3rd floor after climbing a guy wire. James W Davis 15 arrested near midnight in the amusement zone confessed to robbing the department store and other amusements. Duffy's wallet found on him. He said he and a friend traveled to Los Angeles in a stolen car after escape. YWCA clerk saw a boy slide down the wire with a suitcase. Davis wore part of $30 in clothing taken from the store.
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Santa Cruz
J. C. Penney
James W. Davis
Blyd
Davis
Duffy
Los Angeles
YWCA
McCracken Murder Trial Continues With Expert Witnesses
In Santa Ana jurors hear impeaching tactics as defense seeks to undermine Sheriff’s Capt. Thomas R. McGaff and criminologists Cadman and Greene. The case centers on the Buena Park death of 10-year-old Patricia Dean Hull amid alleged beating and sex attack.
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Henry Ford McCracken
Roger Greene
Sina
Suan
Robert Gardner
Santa Ana
Thomas R. McGaff
Identification Bureau
George Chula
McGaff
Chula
Iron
Cracken
Greene
Cadman
Bellflower to House New Municipal Court in Bellflower
Los Angeles County Supervisors establish Bellflower Civic Center at Flower and Bixby for the Los Cerritos Municipal Court. Lakewood Taxpayers Association favored Lakewood, but the court will serve Bellflower and Lakewood as annexation talks and growth trends influence location.
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Los Angeles
Lakewood
Bellflower
Legg
Long Beach
Bellftower
Local Firm Secures Navy Contract At San Nicolas Island
Guy F Atkinson Co of Long Beach was awarded a contract worth 708500 dollars for Navy work at San Nicolas Island. The Naval District office disclosed the award covers various facilities and related construction tasks.
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Guy F. Atkinson Co
Long Peach
Sat Nicolas Island
Ith Naval District Office
Navy facility site eyed for Long Beach hospital
Rep Clyde Doyle plans talks with Navy Secretary Dan Kimball this week over the Long Beach Naval Hospital site funded by Congress. Doyle seeks consideration of using vacant space at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital Seventh Street and Bellflower Boulevard for the new institution.
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Clyde Doyle
Navy
Dan ‘Kimball
Long Beach Naval Hospital
Doyle
Long Beach Veterans Administration’ Hospital
Seventh St
Bellflower Blvd
Adm
Homer Wallin
Bureau of Ships
Western Pipe and Steel C O
San Pedro- Wilmington Rd
Wilmington
Wallin
Helicopter Mail Service Held Up After Crash
A crash of an air mail helicopter near Lynwood killed pilot Carl Crew, 24, prompting suspension of all helicopter mail service in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area. The four routes will be resumed later this week with ground delivery by "egg-neaters" across Long Beach, Compton, Newport, Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Bellflower. A Civil Aeronautics Board hearing at Ensatiipecis International airport will review the incident with Sikorsky engineers, though current craft are not believed damaged.
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Lynwood
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Clarence A. Bellini
Los Angeles Airways
Bellini
Compton
Newport
Santa Ana
Anaheim
Bellflower
Hearin
Inios
Ensatiipecis
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Aeronautics Board
Sikorsky | Company
Long Beach Faces Net Property Tax Cut for 1951 52
County supervisors cut four of six real estate tax rates while keeping city and district rates, yielding a net reduction of about 29 cents per 100 on Long Beach property for 1951 52. The new total rate is 5.8194 per 100. former 6.1082. Major cuts occurred in county rate to 1.6391 and flood control to .1878, with small increases in Long Beach Unified School District to 2.5638 and metropolitan water district to .30. city municipal rate estimated at 93.6 cents per 100.
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Long Beach
Lon Beach
Board of Supervisors
Long Beach Unified
Bulk Conveyor Relocation Contract Awarded
Smith Wike Derrick Barges Inc wins a 29850 dollar contract to shift the port bulk conveyor from Barth 34 Pier D to Berth 28. Ship schedules are being arranged to permit the move and re establishment at the new berth in the Indiana period.
L B Man Killed in Auto Crash
James D. Jones a 24 year old man from Long Beach died yesterday when his car collided with a truck near Santa Hedge Cottage Hos. The crash occurred on a rural road outside Santa en.
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L. B. Man
James D. Jones
Long Beach
Cay Ahaha
Santa
Hedge
Santa Én
Police Chief Cautions Labor Day Drivers
Long Beach police urge caution during Labor Day weekend to avoid injuries and funeral parlor calls. Chief William H. Dovey warns pedestrians to not rush across streets and reminds officers to keep a full overtime shift on duty. Authorities emphasize no drinking and driving and reduced speeds to protect lives during the holiday period.
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Labor Day
Aliveloe
Idd
Mipst
Willam E. J
Widow of the Tate Clerk Sits at Desk in January
A brief item notes the widow of the Tate clerk remains seated at her post in January, continuing duties at the office despite personal loss.
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Tate
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