Beach Debris Sparks Tidelands Legal Debate at Long Beach
Local beach cleanup after heavy rains yielded seven strangers items including four seals and four dead dogs among debris. City manager says volume stems from flood channels not flushed for years, tying to inland waters rulings and San Pedro Bay boundaries. A special master will resume hearings Feb. 20 in Washington to determine tidelands ownership along the coast.
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Mgr
Sam Vickers
Bay
Tidelands
Long Beach
San Petro Bay
Supreme Court
Chearings
Washington
San Pedro Bay
Pt. Fer
Newport Beach
Grandma Tops Valentines Purchases in Cupid Study
A sidestreet stationery shop survey finds grandmothers buying more valentines than any other group. Middle age and elderly women purchase for grandchildren and young nieces, with makers marketing cards for babies, granddaughters, grandnieces, and darling grandnieces.
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Cupid
YMCA Launches Drive Tomorrow in Long Beach
The Long Beach YMCA starts its annual membership campaign with a kickoff breakfast at the Lafayette Hotel tomorrow. The drive runs to February 22 with report meetings on February 14, 15, 18 and 20 and a victory dinner planned for February 22. The goal is 80 new members, with local units participating and a structured division setup led by HH Delacy and division chiefs Corcoran and Beebe. Harold Judson heads North Long Beach and Adm. George McMillin leads Lakewood. Each division contains five sections, each with four teams, captains and five workers per team. Section leaders include Engle Randolph and others in Division 1. Arthur Cox and others in Division 2. kickoff speaker will be William M. Fisher of San Bernardino.
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Long Beach
Lafayette
HH. J. Delacy
T. P. Corcoran
Edson Beebe
North Long Beach
Harold Judson
Lakewood
Adm
George McMillin
Engle Randolph
D.W. Frank
Edward Clapp
Clive Graham
Ben Paine
Arthur Cox
James Gordon
Sel Derhle
Pon Davis
Planes to Land on Outer Harbor Begin Three Day Run
Navy flying boats will land and take off in the outer harbor for three days starting Wednesday according to a Coast Guard notice to mariners. An emergency landing area is buoy marked, and four aircraft will be moored north of the landing near the Naval Air Station when not operating.
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Grandma
Navy
Coast Guard
Naval Air Station
End of 3652-Mile GAR Highway Marked in Long Beach
A ceremony in Long Beach marked completion of the Grand Army of the Republic Highway on U.S. 6 from Provincetown, Massachusetts to Long Beach. Veterans Douglas Story and William Magee attended as guests. speakers included Lyman Sutter and John Wilson. the ribbon was cut by Dr. Ralph Barrett as the road was designated the longest highway in the nation.
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Long Beach
Sons of Union Veterans
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
American Ave
Municipal Auditorium
William L. Anderson
Anderson
Massachusetts
Douglas ‘T_ Story
William A. Magee
Los Angeles
J. Elmer Wohlgemuth
J. Emer Wohlgemuth
Vernon E. Cheney
Highway Committee
Ralph R. Barrett
Huntington Park
Press-Telegram
Juvenile Bureau Open House Scheduled at City Hall
Judge William B McKesson of the Los Angeles juvenile court Karl Holton director of the California State Youth Authority and Chief County Probation Officer John Zuck will inspect renovated city juvenile bureau offices in February 1 open house at City Hall from 7 am to 3 pm Superintendent Joseph M Kenrick announced the event is sponsored jointly by the bureau and the Long Beach Council of Parents and Teachers.
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William B. McKesson
Juvenile Court
Los Angeles
Karl Holton
California State Youth Authority
John Zuck
City Juvenile Bureau
Joseph M. Kenrick
Bureau
Long Beach
Hardware Conclave to Attract 6000 Delegates
Approximately 6000 delegates will attend the 30th annual Southern California Retail Hardware Association convention and durable goods show February 19 to 21 at the Municipal Auditorium. Events include opening luncheon at the Wilton Hotel with remarks by A. Kammeler and speakers Carl Miller Bruce Burgess and Hugh Tiner. An exhibit across three floors opens to hardware traders.
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Municipal Auditorium
Kammeler
Burton W. Chace
Wilton Hotel
Arthur B. Green
Long Beach
Irvin C. Forter
Carl A. Miller
Kendallville
Ind
National Organization
Bruce Burgess
Columbus
Ohio
Union Fark and Hoe Co
Hugh M. Tiner
Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
Rain Delays Hit Greens Revenue at Recreation Park Courses
Rain halted both Raif courses of Recreation Park for 11 days last month causing January revenue to dip below the prior year. The greens committee reports last month revenue at 83458 versus 4834 in January 1951 and 7038 rounds played compared with 11,533 the previous January.
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Raif
Greens Committee
Spring Time Gardening Tips In Southland Magazine
The Press Telegram's Sunday supplement Southland Magazine offers gardening guidance for spring. It features formative articles with illustrations on what to plant how to plant it and how to make it grow.
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Southland Magazine
Press-Telegram
Hare
P T Man's Work Wins Prize Again
The Culver City Citizen edited last year by Newt Todd now serves as Press Telegram real estate and business editor. The California Newspaper Publishers Association prizes include best front page, general excellence, typography, special editions and editorial page. A 1952 bicycle tag sale earns a $500 check honoring city inspectors this week. Todd joined the Press Telegram staff four months ago amid contest events at Muir and Bargram.
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California Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Culver City Citizen
Newt Todd
Press-Telegram
Citizen
Todd
Grant Freedoms Foundation
Lindbergh
Wednes- Todd
Muir
Bargram
Ien
Lincoln Day Tribute Planned by Long Beach Republicans
Republicans of the Long Beach area host Lincoln Day luncheon tomorrow at the Lafayette Hotel. The 18th District GOP central committee chairs the event with Rep. Frank Bow of Ohio as speaker. The theme emphasizes party unity for Lincoln Republicanism in upcoming campaigns.
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Long Beach
Lafayette
18Th District
GOP Central Committee
Archie Tower
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Lakewood
18Th
Central Committee
North Long Beach
Republican Assembly
Republican Ey
44Th Assembly
City priorities focus on steel copper for public works
E H Danbar, a cost accountant in the city engineering department, is identified as a “priority man” handling paperwork for approvals from multiple federal agencies. He notes stock for several projects including storm drain pump station work at Long Beach Freeway and Cowles Street, a diagonal runway reconstruction at Municipal Airport, an incinerator plan, Belmont Jer job copper wire delivery, culvert extension, and animal shelter steel and copper needs.
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E.H. Danbar
Danbar
Long Beach
Cowles St
Dunbar
52Nd St
Atlantic Ave
Lin
Banks Close for Lincoln's Birthday State Holiday
Lincoln's birthday is a state holiday in California with state offices closed but federal offices and post offices open. City and county offices shut, regular trash collection continues, and the City Council meets the following day.
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California
Lincoln
Washington
Wasington
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