City notes on dust storms planes and penicillin quirks
Local readers relay tales from a windy day with dust on everything and a bomber practicing night landings over a crowded area. A memory feat at a Long Beach meeting, reflections on illuminated Christmas trees for oil derricks, and a penicillin units myth debunked by a doctor. A ballot result and a charity toy program at United Artists Theater wrap up the items.
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March Field
Long Beach
Geomeone
L. A
Craig Hosmer
Wash
Signal Hill
Christmas Cheer Program Seeks Help For Needy Families
A Long Beach mother battles $90 monthly for four as Christmas nears. The city wide Christmas Cheer program, run by the Community Welfare Council and Junior Chamber of Commerce, seeks donations to adopt families and provide canned food, toys, and used clothing to stretch budgets and ensure gifts for two small girls on Dec 25.
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Long Beach
Korea
Community Welfare Council
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Ave
Atlantic Ave
Wings Over the Nation Program Meets Dust Delay
Wind and dust at Municipal Airport delayed JC Wings Over the Nation plans by nearly an hour as 11 airline stewardesses were to arrive for the 50th anniversary of powered flight. A Lockheed Lodestar brought the ladies from Los Angeles. Mayor Sutter gave keys to the city at a noon luncheon, with a Lafayette Hotel banquet to follow. The show culminates Sunday with an airport air transportation display from three to five in the afternoon.
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Municipal
Junior
Chamber of Commerce
Maceo Construction Co
Paramount
Robert Hanley
Los Angeles
Wilton
Lyman B. Sutter
Lafayette Hotel
Kenneth G. Farrar
Long Beach
Douglas
U.S
Coastline aid fight as Seal Beach and Surfside seek relief
Seal Beach and Surfside officials urged residents to flood the White House with telegrams after President Eisenhower reportedly denied immediate federal disaster aid. A Kuchel office telegram claimed public laws preclude funds, while Army Engineers proposed a permanent coast line cure to be sent to Congress next month.
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Eisenhower
Seal Beach
Surfside
Frank Shufelt
Seal Bazach
Stuart Briges
White House
Kuchel
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Shufelt
Briggs
Navy Property
Huntington Beach
Army
Congress
Navy
Civil Defense
Small Business Administration
Actress Dorothy Lamour Challenged In Spreckels Trial
Santa Ana defense attorney provoked Dorothy Lamour by calling her a former actress during testimony in the Spreckels trial over alleged abuse of Kay Williams. Lamour, linked to the case as a witness for Williams, refuted the label and noted she acted in three films this year. The trial resumes Monday with Spreckels’s defense.
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Santa Ana
Filmi
Dorothy Lamour
Adolph B. Spreckels I
Spreckels
Kay Williams
Balboa Island
Daniel Schnabel
Miss Lamour
William Howard
Miss Williams
Carmen Castleberry
Anna Warner
Big Christmas party planned for 150 village children
Seventh- Day Adventist Church students at 4851 Ore Bon Ave gather and ship nine luggage boxes filled with clothes toys candy dried fruit and nuts for a Christmas party in villages near Seoul They plan games a dinner a movie and presents for the children aided by letters from an Army X-ray technician and a local teacher and principal notes the eighth grade school has 153 students.
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Robert EL Grant
Seoul
Seventh- Day Adventist Church
Ore
Bon Ave
Earl Grant
Daisy Ave
43Rd Surgical Hospital Overseas
E. Lowry
Church School
Grant
Bob
Frank W. Wallstrom
Wedding Ring Set Lifted From Store
A young engaged couple, about 19, visited jeweler William E. Shaulis at 5630 Atlantic Ave. He showed a front-window wedding set and a pricier top-display set. After the pair left for work, Shaulis found the $147.69 wedding rings missing from the front display.
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Wiilliam E.shaulis
Shaulis
Shalllis
Atlantic Ave
Shanlis
Dope Jails 2 Seamen After Ship Drug Find
Dope jails two seamen from the steam ship Yorkmat after U S Customs officers found marijuana in their quarters aboard the ship berthed at Pier 154 Long Beach Police report Charles Jones 26 a utility steward and John Marwin Asemore 29 a mess man were booked for narcotics possession Jones claims Asemore’s cigarets belong to him and he knows nothing of the marijuana Police said the discovery occurred during a routine inspection aboard the vessel late Thursday night.
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Yorkmat
Panorma
U.S
Charles Jones
John Marwin Asemore
Asemore
Jones
Pier 154
Long Beach
Rolice
Navy Commissary To Stay Open In Local Base
Defense Department announced the local Naval Base commissary would be kept open among 38 metropolitan outlets. Rep. Craig Hosmer cited price comparisons from Long Beach families as a key factor in the decision.
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Naval Base Commissary
Defense Department
Craig Hosmer
Long Beach
Long Beach Area
Ihe Department
Long Beach City College Honor Band to Pasadena Parade
Long Beach City College band, famous for its winning streak in the Junior Rose Bowl, enters the Saturday parade as an honor band after gaining permanent possession of the John Henry Lyons Memorial Trophy. Lester C. DeNoyelles leads the group which recently won first in the Huntington Beach Santa Claus parade and majorette Anjoha Puzey earned top drum majorette honors.
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Long Beach City College
Pasadena
John Henry Lyons
Huntington Beach
City College
Anjoha Puzey
Wells Show Hope for System
Harbor Department gas injection into eight wells shows a leveling off in oil production decline. Nearly 7.6 million cubic feet of gas daily pumped into seven LBOD wells, with one Richfield well in Block 6 Upper Terminal Zone. Officials caution it is early, but leveling off is encouraging as the program aims to boost secondary recovery by 5–10 percent.
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Don Brackenbury
Harbor Department
George Hilty
Richfield of
Copp
Long Beach Oil Development
Hilty
LBOD
Ailey
Fier A
Santa Anna Star Stranded as Aqua Parade Folds Abroad
Elizabeth Eliott, 23, Santa Ana College actress, part of Aqua Parade water ballet troupe, stranded in Basel after two misfortunes, following Las Vegas appearances and prior Balboa Bay Club show. The group, once led by Johnny Weissmuller, faced prop seizures for unpaid hotel bills amid Italian financing issues.
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Santa Ana
Basel
Switzerland
Aqua Parade
Brunet
Elizabeth Eliott
Santa Ana College
Balboa Bay Club
William Eliott
Aqua Parades
Johnny Weissmuller
Las Vegas
Busltrape
Germany
Hotel Hills
Harbor Freeway segment to start by next summer
Work on a three mile section of the Harbor Freeway in the San Pedro Wilmington area is to begin early next summer. The stretch will run from north of Pacific Coast Highway in Wilmington to Battery Street in San Pedro. Nearly all right of way has been secured and the State Highway Commission allocated 4.65 million dollars for the project. Upon completion the Harbor Freeway will be 22.8 miles long.
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Harbor Freeway
Highway Department
San Pedro-Wilmington
Just
Pacific Coast Hwy
Wilmington
Battery St
San Pedro
State Highway Commission
Home Furnace Fire Causes $1000 Damage
A Thursday night blaze at Vera Jordan’s home 1033.1 Marcellus Street caused over $1000 in damage. Police reported the incident and began an investigation into the fire origin.
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Vera Jordan
Marcellus St
Golf Course Building Underway at Recreation Park
Construction work began today on a 27,454 capacity building at the nine hole golf course in Recreation Park as crews move forward with the new facility.
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Recreation Park
Long Beach City Funds Show Big Investment Totals
Long Beach officials report investments and cash total 161 million across government bonds and bank deposits. Oil funds approach 92 million spread over four accounts. annual cash receipts near 57 million with 40 million disbursed. Finance director cites reforms in fund structure assessment taxation licensing and harbor investments, plus tighter budget control.
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Long Beach
S. M. Roberts
Associated Property Owners
Cal
Public Improvement Fund
Harbor Reserve Fund
Harbor Revenue Fund
Tideland Oil Fund
Finance Department
Harbor Department
Bae Hee
Del Amo reopens after paving along Del Amo Boulevard
Newly paved Del Amo Boulevard between Atlantic and Orange Avenues opened to traffic today at a cost of 51 348. A new traffic signal at Atlantic and Del Amo began operation. Sully Miller Contracting led the paving for three projects to smooth the east west artery. Ansco Construction Co. won a contract for paving from Orange to Cherry Avenues. The city seeks right of way to extend the street from Atlantic to Long Beach Boulevard.
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del Amo
Atlantic
Orange Aves
Sully-Miller Contracting
O.ield
East West
Ansco Construction Co
Orange
Cherry Aves
Long Beach Blvd
Catholic Teachers Institute Held for 120 at St Gyprian School
An institute for 120 teachers from 12 Catholic elementary schools in the Long Beach area was conducted today at St Gyprian's School in Lakewood. Morning sessions featured class demonstrations and general sessions with group discussions planned for the afternoon. Rt. Rev. Patrick J. Dignan, superintendent of schools for the Los Angeles archdiocese, attended this afternoon's sessions.
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Long Beach
St. Gyprian's School
Lakewood
Patrick J. Dignan
Los Angeles
Dissolution Expected in Lakewood Village Disposal District
Joseph Blackburn discloses today that dissolution of the Lakewood Village Garbage Disposal District is expected by December 31. Petitions are circulating asking the county board of supervisors to dissolve the district. The area is eligible for Long Beach disposal service since annexation to the city.
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Lakewood Village
Dew
Joseph Blackburn
Harvey Way
County Board of Supervisors
Long Beach
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