Knotty pine and lumber talk in Portland and beyond
In Portland on a holiday afternoon a lumberman explains knotty pine as a design asset driving Southern California demand. Knotty pine reshaped from utilitarian to decorative, with Western Pine Association promoting patterns and grooves, boosting interior finishing trends across California and the West.
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Ortland
Ore
Long Beach
California
Western Pine Association
Western States
Black Hills
South Dakota
Redwood Area
S. C
Portland
Midwest
Nebraska
Southland
Hams Bring Cheer to Flood Victims Families
A band of amateur radio operators in Northern California relayed mercy messages to flood victims in Long Beach and other areas. Jim Raidy of Lakewood coordinated net traffic, transmitting hope and requests for food and blankets through the disrupted communications network. Messages were sent to Boise, Lincoln, and Long Beach, sustaining contact when phones and power failed.
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Jim Raidy
California
Boise
Idaho
Lincoln
Nebra
Long Beach
Rady
Raidy
Douglas Jet Sales Made to Panagra
Douglas Aircraft Co. Wednesday announced an order for four DCS jet airliners with an option for two more. Panagra placed the order, delivery to begin in 1960, final assembly at Long Beach. Backlog exceeds 650 million dollars across orders from Scandinavian Airlines System, Japan Airlines, Pan American, United, Eastern, National, and Dutch KLM. Air France ordered 10 Boeing 707 Stratoliner jets with an option for more.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Panagra
Pan American-Grace Airways
Long Beach
Douglas
Scandanavian Airlines System
Japan Airlines
Pan American
United
Eastern
National
Dutch Klm
Air France
Boeing
Seattle
Winan Monet
Laundromat Looted in Early 1960s Radio Code Era
Police traced a burglary at Silverado Laundromat on Santa Fe Ave where a back window was broken to gain entry. The thief took 73 pennies from the item while a radio code system used by amateurs linked to the Amateur Radio Relay League is noted. Clothes valued at $500 were reported missing. Stock valued at $142,500,000 noted in the article.
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Isosnee Silverado Laundromat
Radio Relay League
Santa Fe Ave
Watch Night Services at Churches Across City
Traditional watch night services run from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. ending as the new year begins. Churches including Salvation Army citadel Burns Memorial Evangelical First Lutheran Belmont Heights Methodist and others plan programs, communion and candlelight rites with varying start times and activities for adults teens and families.
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Clark Ave
Donald G. Schwenker
Spencer Crump
Long Beach
Ave
Burns Memorial Evangelical
United Brethren Church
Temple Ave
Linden Ave
Long Beach Population Seen Reaching 325000 in 1956
George Weeks reports the Long Beach City Planning Department predicts the population will grow from about 316000 to 325000 during 1956. The estimate reflects ongoing urban expansion and residential development in the city.
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George Weeks
Long Beach
Hill
City Planning Department
Two in Car Fire Twice at Worker A
A 38 year old oil field worker was shot at twice while driving home from work in Los Alamitos. Police report the man, Ted Powell, described a window gunfire episode as he crossed Park Avenue, with details from a year end census update noting Long Beach population growth and annexation activity since 1950. The piece also cites projected city expansion and multiple annexation plans affecting South Lakewood and areas east of Tog Alamitos Park.
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Riftwood
L. A. Rams
Cleveland Browns
Rams
Oregon
Los Angeles
Norm van Brocklin
Woody Lewis
University of Oregon
Ram
Teade
Ted Powell
Howard St
Los Alamitos
Warner Auch
Park Ave
Aueces
Long Beach
South Lakewood
Tog Alamitos Park
Hawaiian Gardens
Vandals Smear Paint on 17 North Long Beach Homes
Stealthy vandals smeared green paint on 17 homes along North Long Beach streets including 7th Street and Highway 101 and dumped garbage. A resident named Powell pursued a suspected car but police found no decisive clues as paint covered multiple Olive Avenue and Lime Avenue addresses.
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North Long 7Th St
Hwy. 101
Powell
Los Altos
Lime Ave
Long Beach
Elizabeth A
Amaral
Kenneth G. Warnes
Olive Ave
Local man admits theft from party and burglary
Detectives recover 81172 in coins carried by Joseph Louis Richetti at a police station. The 26 year old confessed blaming a Christmas office party. He described attending a Los Angeles vending job event and returning to steal from a locked office, storing the coins in suitcases before hiding them at a Daisy Avenue address. He says fear prevented return of the money.
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Joseph Louis Richetti
Linden Ave
Apt
Ricghetti
Los Angeles
S. Daisy Ave
Daisy Ave
Richetti
Communion Service Scheduled at Autosat Drive In
The autosat drive in theater near the Santa Ana Freeway between Anaheim and Santa Ana will host a communion service at 11 a m led by Rev Robert Schuller of Garden Grove Community Church The Sacrament will be conducted as two church organs play hymns in Southern California
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California
Robert Schuller
Garden Grove Community Church
Orange Drive-in
Anaheim
Santa Ana
Post Office to Close Sunday and Monday Holiday
Two Long Beach post offices and all branch offices will be closed Sunday and Monday, January 1 and 2, Postmaster George J. McMillin said. The usual holiday mail path and dispatch will be made, but there will be no mail deliveries.
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Long Beach
George J. McMillin
Rotary Gives $1500 Flood Aid to Northern California
Long Beach Rotary leads local flood relief with a $1500 cash gift to the American Red Cross Western Flood Disaster fund. Checks should be made out to American Red Cross, Western Flood Disaster. Donations also collected at banks in Long Beach and Lakewood and at Red Cross HQ.
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Northern
California
Red Cross
Long Beach
Lakewood
Bach
W. Broadway
American Red Cross
Yuba City
Santa Cent
Eureka
Lawrence A. Collins
Rotary
State Chief of Finance Visits Long Beach Shipyard
John M. Peires state director of finance and State Lands Commission member conducted a four hour visit to Long Beach Naval Shipyard to review subsidence effects and discuss potential legislation for compulsory repressurization of oil formations in the Long Beach Wilmington area. He was accompanied by Col. Rufus Putnam and Franjo Hortig from the commission and met Capt. Ralph K. Tames, Mayor George Vermillion, and City Manager Sam Vickers during the tour.
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John M. Peires
State Lands Commission
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Gov
Knight
Long Beach-Wilmington
Peirce
Navy
Col. Rufus .Putnam
State
Civic League Elects Don Pratt President In 1956
In Long Beach the Civic League elected Don Pratt president for 1956 at a meeting of officers including Lon F. Pratt Mattie M. Paine Blanche Collins Lynn W. Ballard and Clyde G. Roseberry. Final voter tabulations for the Feb 9 special city election show 129229 registered residents as of Nov 30 with registration closed Dec 17.
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Long Beach
Ben S. Hite
Civic League
Lon F. Pratt
Mattie M. Paine
Blanche Collins
Lynn W. Ballard
Clyde G. Roseberry
Sailor Robbed Near Beach by Three Attackers
Seaman Donald L. Burkett of USS Guadalupe reported being beaten by three men at 1 10 a m near Magnolia Avenue beach in Japan. Wallet holding 100 yen was taken.
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Donald L. Burkett
Guadalupe
Magnolia Ave
Party affiliations and registration totals for 1954 and 1964
The record lists Noy tabulations by party: Democratic totals 68,678 and 91,658 in two sets, Republican 36,574 and 66,093, Prohibition 126 and 160, miscellaneous 654 and 512, decline to state 3,197 and 5,256, with a state primary registration total of 153,699. City election shares show Democrats 53.14 percent and Republicans 43.17 percent, similar to June 1964 figures 53.12 percent and 42.95 percent.
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NOY
Prohibition
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Qombng
Ee Alcolm Epley
Anthony Sofi
Grange Ave
Sofi
Gelearam
Ham
Dick Friend
Long Beach Area
L. B
Mloptad RS
Eee
N.L.B
Shire Ave
R. K. Roberts
L.B. Rotary
Roland Bach
The
Collins
Treasury
City of
City ‘Council
Frank Sandemar
Los Angeles District Council
Long Beach Air Force Base
Sacramento
Marysville
Xuba City
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Campaign
Men's Social Service
Alamitos Ave
Arines
Marine Corps
Terminal Island
Buddy
Mayo
Don Pratt
Japan
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