Woman littering on streets and a Navy crew mix up
A reader lambastes women for littering with tissues and religious leaflets while praising a school bus stop crowd. The column recounts Arcadia Cub Scouts visiting the submarine Sawfish aboard the USS Frontier mix up, then dinner aboard. It also shares jokes, puzzles, and local anecdotes about residents in Belmont Shore and Los Angeles.
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JAVX
Arcadia
USS Frontier
Belmont Shore
Frontier
Arcadians
Giant Pacific naval exercise with 21 L. E.-based warships
The heavy cruiser Bremerton and 20 other Long Beach ships join 21 L. E.-based vessels in a Pacific Coast training exercise by Navy Task Force 12 from February 15 to 27. San Diego boats and Pearl Harbor units also participate. Rear Adm. Curts leads, with Vice Adm. Phillips commanding First Fleet.
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Bremerton
Navy
Naval
Pacific
San Diego
Pearl Harbor
Maurice E. Curts
Curts
William K. Phillips
First Fleet
Lakewood Park Buys Heilman Ranch Lands for Subdivision
Lakewood Park Corp announced it purchased 183 acres of the Heilman Ranch in Seal Beach for subdivision at $4,000 per acre, totaling $732,000. The land bounded by Coast Hwy, Bay Ave, and Bolsa Ave was previously tied to a Marina Highlands plan. City officials say no start date set and the city was not consulted. The sale followed an Ajax construction plan canceled after a dispute and a suit later settled.
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Lakewood Park Corp
Heilman
Seal Beach
Heilmen
W. K. Glixburg
Orange County
Ruby McFarland
Coast Hay
Bay Ave
Bolsa Ave
Lakewood Park
al Leonard
Marina Highlands
Ajax Construction Co
Hellman
Ajax
W. H. Beck
Police Officers Back From Traffic Course
Capt. W. of the police traffic bureau and Lt. Ray Kersh returned today from a one week supervisory course on traffic control at the University of California Los Angeles. The UCLA program was conducted in cooperation with the Northwestern University Traffic Institute of Evanston Illinois.
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W. . Summer
Police Traffic Bureau
Ray Kersh
University of California At
Los Angeles
UCLA
Northwestern University Traffic Institute of
Evanston, Dl
Polio Tests Planned for Some Long Beach Schools
Long Beach may participate in polio vaccination trials, says city health officer Dr. I. D. Litwack. Trials planned in California schools before June 1 with vaccine given over five weeks to first through third graders in high incidence areas per state health director Dr. Wilton L. Halverson.
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Long Beach
I. D. Litwack
California
Wilton L. Halverson
Lincoln’s Birthday Balloon Fete At City Hall Today
Fraternal Order of Eagles Lincoln’s Birthday program planned in 1540 cities. Local Aerie 791 will release three helium balloons at 2 p.m. from City Hall to symbolize messages behind the Iron Curtain. Walter J. Jones urges support for the Crusade for Freedom. Ladies auxiliary drill, pledge of allegiance, brief remarks by Eltan Elis and Mayor Lyman B. Sutter. Air Force weather personnel manage balloon releases.
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Order of Eagles
Aerié 791
City Hall
Walter J. Jones
Aerie
Eltan Elis
Lynan B. Sutter
Earl CG. Edge
Air Force Weather Ration
Record Summer Heat Persists in Long Beach Area
Heat wave continues across Long Beach region with 85 degree noon reading and forecasts of several more hot days. Beach crowds exceed 100000 at Redondo Manhattan and Hermosa beaches as firefighters warn of higher fire risk in foothills.
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Long Beach
Weather Bureau
Mercury
California
Redondo
Manhattan
Hermosa Beach
Culver City
United States
Los Angeles
San Gabriel
Torrance
Thermal
Newport Beach
Burbank
el Centro
Banker Nabs Burglar but Knife Wins
Bank executive George C Finley, 44, chased a burglary suspect Sunday night at 5251 Vista Ave. Finley found the man crawling through the den window and overtook him in his car. The thief fled after Finley drew near and the stiletto was brandished with a warning.
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George C. Finley
Finley
Finnley
Vista Ave
Finey
Nurse, 58, Beaten by Husky Thug
Mrs. Nora Carson of 17 a E 134th Pl Compton was assaulted Sunday night by a husky blond burglar about 22 who forced a screen, beat her with a chair, and fled without stealing. Neighbors notified police. she was treated and listed as not seriously hurt.
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Compton
Nora Carson
C. R. Duncan
Hilbert Gort
D. W. Tally
Texas Tax on Calif Gas Voided
The U S Supreme Court ruled Texas cannot tax natural gas from Texas to California and 27 other states. Justice Clark said allowing such tax would revive customs barriers and undermine the commerce clause, affecting rates for California consumers and pipelines.
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Texas
Calif
U.S. Supreme Court
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Pines
New
Justice Clark
Volunteers Told '53 Best Expansion Year
The Volunteers of America reported its greatest growth in 1953 during the western area convention at Wilton Hotel. Col Ida N Sniess described expansion, with about 100 delegates from 14 cities in nine states attending, noting plans for a Sunset Club for the Aged in Sacramento and a youth day care program in Portland. A related panel discussed narcotics transport by a 10th grade girl and a suspect’s plea in a Long Beach court.
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Volunteers of America
Ida N. Sniess
Portland
Ore
Jher
Wilton Hotel
The
Col. Spiess
Long Beach
Sacramento
VOA
San Pedro
California
Wilton's
Henry Aguilar
Sepulveda
Sui Suva
Aguilar
Poly High School
Dev
Long Beach Superior Court
Hit and Run Charges on Mrs Lamb in Downtown Den Case
A felony hit-and-run complaint was filed against Alice E. Lamb 264 Lowena Dr for allegedly striking a 7-year-old girl at Fourth St and Orange Ave Den. Dist. Atty. Ted Sten urged no bail and release on recognizance. arraignment date pending.
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Alice E. Lamb
Lowena Dr
Fourth St
Orange Ave. den
Dist
Ted Sten
Lamb—mather
Asst
Joseph B. Lamb
Lamb
Barbara McChristin
Long Beach
Juvenile Bureau
Louise Messey
Willard St
Santa Fe Ave
Birth in car as Harrells welcome baby boy
Mrs Laura B Harrell of 1700 W 25th St gave birth to a boy in the family automobile near Lincoln Blvd and Stanton Ave at 4 21 am en route to Corona Naval Hospital. Husband James served as midwife until ambulance and doctors arrived. both mother and son were reported doing fine.
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Laura B. Harrell
25Th St
James
Harrells
Corona Naval Hospital
Harrell
Lincoln Blvd
Stanton Ave
Buena Park
Ernest Crane
Ronald Vollman
Mrs. Harrell
Scout Week Observed By Long Beach Troops
National Boy Scout Week is marked in Long Beach with unit level activities. Troop 163 began the observance by camping out over the weekend on Carson Street and Woodruff Avenue, with 34 Scouts setting up 17 tents and a large staff test.
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Long Beach
Carson, St. and
Woodruff Ave
Jaycee President Injured in Yacht Fall Off Newport Beach
Newport Beach report says Stephen D. Gavin, president elect of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, injured his shoulder after a fall on a companionway aboard the 47-foot motor cruiser Espada about 10 miles offshore. Gavin was taken to Hoag Memorial Hospital.
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Newport Beach
Los Angeles
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