Five Injured in Long Beach Traffic Accidents
Five persons were injured in multiple Long Beach traffic accidents. A motorist, Frederick M. Jefferson, was held on suspicion of drunken driving. In one crash at Long Beach Blvd and 4th St, Leo D. Holmes suffered a possible skull fracture and internal injuries, with passenger Wilburn W. Barnes and Robert Lloyd also injured. A driver Stephen L. Norris collided with Barnes while Barnes turned left. Michael G. Sommers and Jacqueline Sommers were injured in a separate crash at Carlson St and Clark Ave. Rudy C. Perry was not injured. The injured were treated at Seaside and Community Hospitals.
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Frederick M. Jefferson
Long Beach
Venice
Long Beach Blvd
Samuel F. Holland
Mihanna Ave
Seaside Hospital
Leo D. Holmes
Linden Ave
Wilburn W. Barnes
Loma Vista
Holmes
Barnes
Robert Lloyd
Fanwood Ave
Stephen L. Norris
Weill Ave. Beil
Long, Beach Blvd
44Th
Michael G. Sommers
Josie St
Carlson St
Clark Ave
Jacqueline B. Sommers
Rudy C. Perry
E. St. St
Buena Park
Barker’s Man Tops Fantasy Prize at Long Beach Show
Bryan Walter of Barker Brothers led the entries as the Landlarks hosted the Christmas Fantasy decorat show at the Wilton Hotel. Frank Lovejoy presented awards. pieces were for sale with proceeds benefiting the society and park nursery and other winners included William Abate Wesley Harrison and Dr. Charles Latshaw.
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Bryan Waller
Frank Lovejoy
Waller
Lovejoy
Jie
The
Landlarks
Chistmas Fantasy Decorat
Long Beach Guild of Children
Home Society of California
Wilton
Gal
Ciety
William Abate
Park Nursery
Wesley Harrison
Entrey
Floriet
Charles ‘Latshaw
Ferry Plans Approved for Carquinez Strait Project
Plans for a new ferryboat designed by Forster Shipbuilding Co. of San Pedro were approved by the State Legislature. The vessel will operate in the Carquinez Strait between Martinez and Benicia. Final approval rests with the State Highway Commission meeting December 14. Bid opening for construction is set for January 12.
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Forster Shipbuilding Co
San Pedro
Carquinez Strait
Martinez
Benicia
San Francisco
State Highway Commission
Flashing Lights Prompt Coastwide Buzz Over Air Force Flare
Dozens of Long Beach residents reported bright flashing lights in the northeastern sky on Friday night. An Independent Press Telegram reader described them as “like the Aurora Borealis.” The lights were identified as Air Force flares.
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Long Beach
Independent Press-Telegram
Air Force
Rebekahs to Meet at YWCA for Business Session
Long Beach Rebekah Lodge 560 will meet Wednesday at 5 30 p m in the YWCA for a business session followed by an election meeting at 8 p m Potluck dinner will be served during the business session says Addie Bul Jock chairman.
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Rebekahs
Long Beach
Rebekah Lodge
YWCA
Addie Bul- Jock
Pair Robbery At Ita Bit Cafe On Pacific Coast Hwy
Two men ordered coffee then robbed the Ita Bit Cafe at 3720 E Pacific Coast Hwy of $20 early today. Tra M Tarbutton, 42, owner of 3626 E Pacific Coast Hwy, said one thief pressed a .38 revolver and he escaped to a restroom he locked himself in. He heard the bandits open the cash register and flee in a car as witnesses watched the quick holdup.
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Pacific Coast Hwy
Ownar
Wings Over Nation Dance Hosts 12 Stewardesses Tonight
Twelve airline stewardesses will attend the Wings Over the Nation celebration in Long Beach tonight at 8:30 in the U S Army Reserve Armory. The three day observance is sponsored by the Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce, with guests from Flying Tiger Line United Air Lines and more.
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Long Beach
Judy Bell
Denise Gartner
Beth Kibler
Neva Nixon
Marge Hill
Wings
Wester Airlines
Elizabeth
United Air Lines
Joelin Lafayette
Singleton
Qantas Airlines
Phillip Geary
Australia
Marze Hill
Ameri
Ant
Jean Krlines
Trans World Airlines
Rock Strike Threat Looms Over Pacific Coast Shipping
Matson Navigation Co reports four freighters on schedule despite threats of ship tieups by AFL firemen in a vacation-pay dispute with shipowners and the API Sailors. The union vows a no voyage, no crew policy on Pacific and Hawaii trips, while not all West Coast routes are affected.
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Matson Navigation Co
Pasific
Pacific Maritime Assn
AFL
API
Sam Bennet
Firemen’s Union
Hawaii
West Coast
Mass Vote Set Sunday on AFL Teamsters Proposal
Fourteen thousand five hundred AFL Teamsters locals members in five unions vote Sunday at 1 50 p m in El Monte on a proposed contract ending a 61 day strike over pensions and wages The chair of the union negotiating committee warns of non concurrence unless improvements occur before the meeting The U S Mediation and Conciliation Service is pushing for a do pass recommendation while a separate contract proposal reaches with 600 operating engineers and their employers for a wage increase of 15 to 17 cents per hour The broader strike has idled about 100 000 construction workers and halted roughly half a billion dollars in major projects.
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AFL Teamsters Asilon
Rock Products
el Monte
Asse Pute
APL
Local 12
Bandit Robs Store Head Near Bank
A Lakewood market manager was robbed of 2800 dollars Friday after leaving the Paramount Bank of America branch on Paramount Blvd. Deputy sheriffs arrested George Mascero, 43, of Bellflower as the alleged robber who fled in a car with an accomplice after forcing the manager to surrender the cash and lie down inside the vehicle.
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Lakewood
Paramount
Bank of America
George
Mascero
E. Fairton
Bellflower
Mas*cero
Aged Bureau Holds Open House Here
The Social Security Administration Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance held an open house Friday afternoon at its new quarters at 1318 Pine Ave. The local office serves 43,000 people with a monthly distribution of 1.8 million dollars.
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Social Security Administration Bureau of Old Age and Survivor's Insurance
Pine Ave
Beakie the duck tops 70 eggs in 73 days
Beakie a North Long Beach pet duck laid 70 eggs in 73 days before her nest was moved by owners which disrupted the streak. The Grays say Beakie acts like a dog when not laying eggs and enjoys daily washings from Billy after school, while neighbors often watch the playful duck.
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Beakie
Sandra Gray
Bill
North Long Beach
Beake
Robert Gray Familly
Cerritos Ave
Mrs. Gray
Intoximeter Passes First Test in Long Beach
In Long Beach the police intoximeter survived a first trial by jury. Clifford L. Holmes of Garden Grove was found guilty of misdemeanor drunk driving after a four hour deliberation. The defense pressed for an actual in-court test, but the jury accepted the breathalyzer results showing zero point zero percent alcohol. Holmes faced a $200 fine or 30 days in jail.
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Long Beach
Frank C. Charvat
Clifford L. Holmes
Jackson St
Garden Grove
Holmes
Redondo Ave
Willow St
C. 5S
Ramsey
Echnician
Ralph J. Simonds
Simonds
Tom Zeiger
Charvat
Navy Patrol Planes to Defend S E From Enemy Sub Attacks
Alameda Naval Air Station will base VP50 seaplane patrols aboard USS Whiting and USS Onslow off Long Beach next week. Ten Martin Mariner planes conduct Operation Final Exam to prepare for Far East duty, led by Cmdr C J Emon mou with AD Jack L Kenney among crew and families listed at 6280 Los Santos Dr.
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Alameda
Naval Air Station
Long Beach
VP50
Far East
Whiting
Onslow
Cmdr
C. J. Economou
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Jack L. Kenney
Los Santos Dr
I Boomerang Man Seized Selling Fake Dopé Packet
A 24 year old man from Los Angeles, Jesse I Schiele, became Long Beach’s first narcotics arrest for offering to sell a narcotic substitute. Police arrested him as he delivered a white powder to an undercover officer at Ocean Blvd and Chestnut Ave, laughing that it was harmless. Lab tests showed no narcotic, yet he was booked for delivering a substitute for narcotics.
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Friday
Long Beach
Jesse I. Schiele
Los Angeles
Lloyd Berry
R.P. Shaw
Schiele
Police Department
Ocean Blvd
Chestnut Ave
Long Beach Chorus to Present Messiah on Sunday
The Long Beach Civic Chorus conducts The Messiah at 5 p.m. Sunday in Municipal Auditorium. Under the baton of chorus director Rolla A Mord, the free concert is sponsored by the Long Beach Council of Churches and the Recreation Department.
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Municipal Auditorium
Long Beach
Witness Tells Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Catastrophe In Long Beach
Sunday features tell the Pearl Harbor story with two Long Beach men aboard the USS Arizona among the 1 500 crew, with a leading feature in the Sunday Independent Press Telegram. Also highlights Southland Magazine Parade and Women’s Section commentary and child education notes.
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Pearl Harbor
Long Beach
Arizona
Sunday Independent
Press-Telegram
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Gelearan
ART
Bryan Walter
Barker Bro
Mandair
Judy Beil
Aviation
Oliver Speran
Harbor Transpormation Club
Airport Boosters Organization
Stenesses
Frank Wessels
Los Alamitos
Catalina Island
Newports Beach
Southern California
Avi Breakfast Club
Lafayette Hotel
Ted Merrill
Bart J. Ruddy
U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Bandit
Aged Bureau
Billy
Bealde
L. B
By Bob Swanson
Navy
S.E
Iboomerang
L.B. Chorus
Southland Magazine
Parade Magazine
Dick Emmonson
Josephine Lowman
Angelo Patri
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