Remarkable Knife Collection and Civil War Bullet Tale
A tale of a Long Beach man Pete Davis receiving a belt knife from his son, Charley Liest buying a multi tool knife in Japan, and other readers' curiosities. A Lore of a 1855 San Pedro trading post sketch sold for 25 dollars, plus a reflective car incident and a Civil War bullet found by Mrs. Ella Kraus’s family.
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Pete Davis
Long Beach
Eimer
Longfellow
Coronado Ave
St. Louis Ave
L. A
California
Robert B. Honeyman
Pasadena
Alexander
Banning
San Pedro
Ella N. Kraus
Massive 50 000 Boy Scouts Jamboree Planned at Irvine Ranch
Ray H. Bryan announced a July jamboree for 50,000 scouts at Irvine Ranch Newport Beach with 30 000 tents 5 168 kitchens 300 tons of charcoal and 75 000 seat arena. The event runs July 17 23 and is self liquidating with a 2 300 000 budget. Pauline Fischer cited as Woman of the Week.
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Irvine Ranch
Newport Beach
Empire State
Ray H. Bryan
Chamber of Commerce
Wilton Hotel
Santa Ana
United States
Bryan
America
Pauline Fischer
Harold Ketchum
Seal Beach Death Case Deliberations Begin
In Santa Ana, Mrs Frances C Thorpe faces jurors who will decide if her husband Herman T Thorpe was fatally shot by the 41 year old nurse on Thanksgiving Day. Prosecutor Kneeland argued a 22 caliber wound and a gun 12 inches from the body refute self harm. the defense prepared to argue as deliberations were set to start after court instructions.
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Santa Ana
Frances
C.thorpe
Herman T
Seal Beach
Raymond H. Thompson
Division of Superior Court
Robert P. Kneeland J
Thorpe
ZB. West
S. B. Kaufman
Kneeland
Airport Club Head Called in Hearing
William Robertson, operator of the Seal Beach Airport Club poker parlor, was subpoenaed before a federal grand jury in Los Angeles to produce records. An assistant attorney general said Robertson is a local witness in a bankruptcy related criminal conspiracy case, and he is not alleged to be involved beyond testifying.
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William Robertson
Seal Beach
Los Angeles
Robertson
Watch Stolen From Rooming House at Cedar Ave
A $75 watch and $23 in cash were taken from a room in a rooming house at 445 Cedar Ave during a burglary early today. Clarence W. Adcox reports the incident.
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Cedar Ave
Clarence W. Adcox
Subdivisions Get Approval in Los Angeles County
Three new subdivisions in unincorporated areas north of Long Beach won county regional planning commission approval. The largest tract will cut 72 acres into 434 lots south of Imperial Highway and west of Studebaker Road in Norwalk, subdivided by Hirsh Edmunds Co. Downey sees nine acres north of Florence Avenue and west of Lakewood Boulevard divided into 39 lots by McAllister Construction Co. Paramount area covers three acres split into 19 lots south of Flower Street and west of Lakewood Boulevard, with Bjorklund and Smith as subdivider.
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Long Beach
County Regional Planning Commission
Los Angeles
Imperial Hwy
Studebaker
Paramount
Flower
Lakewood Blvd
Bjorklund and Smith
Union Sells Canada Pipeline Holding in Vancouver
Union Pacific or Union UW Go of Carolina announced in Vancouver B C that it sold its interests in the Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline between Edmonton and Vancouver at a profit. The company said it considered buying a refinery site near Everett Washington but will instead expand its refineries in California and Montana.
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Union UW Go
Lakewood Plaza Annexation Ballot Samples Mailed
City Clerk Margaret L Heartwell began mailing sample ballots to 2711 registered voters in the Lakewood Plaza area for a March 12 special election on annexation to Long Beach. Three polling places will operate from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Ostrom, Ladoga and Knoxville avenues. The proposed annexation area is bounded by Spring Street Studebaker Road Sigrene Street and Palo Verde.
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Margaret L. Heartwell
Lakewood Plaza
Long Beach
Ostrom Ave
Ladoga Ave
Knoxville Ave
Spring St
Studebaker Rd
Sigerne St
Palo Verdeve
Income Tax Filings Top 1982 Figure
Federal income tax returns filed are about 25 percent higher so far this year than last year. F. T. Chamberlen, head of the Long Beach bureau, notes a March 16 filing deadline without penalty and urges use of the local office for processing. State deadline is April 15 with office hours listed.
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F. T. Chamberlen
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Long Beach
E. Fourth St
Chemberlen
Long Rench
AML
F. Widaman
Weariwell Bldg
Pine Ave
Edison Permit Before Board Approves County Franchise
Edison seeks a new Los Angeles County franchise for its steam generating plant in Long Beach harbor. The Board of Supervisors weighing whether to adopt Edison’s drafted franchise or that of county counsel. Negotiations focus on past due obligations dating to 1936 and funding for a $70 million expansion through nationwide securities.
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Southern California Edison Co
Long Beach Harbor
Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors
Edison
Salse
Edison .Com
Thomas Flying West for Navy Inspection
Thomas is slated to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport tonight and will tour west coast installations. The party includes Vice Admiral GoW. Fox, Rear Admiral J. Cary Jones, and Commander J. W. McConnaughay among others. Charles Thomas, undersecretary of the Navy, will inspect Thursday morning.
Boys With Matches Blamed for Blaze
Police say two young boys playing with matches likely started a fire that destroyed a small frame shack behind the home of Sue Berta Chapman at 1071 East 21st Street Tuesday afternoon. Authorities investigated the incident and confirmed the cause as accidental.
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Sue Berta Chapman
21St St
Death crash trials test drivers testimony under fire
Youthful Pete Nieto 19 of Artesia takes stand in Long Beach Superior Court as prosecutors press to prove perjury in a fatal crash that killed a Norwalk mother and her young daughter. He says he followed a friend and was traveling 40 to 45 mph before the collision, while witnesses say 65 to 70 mph and a head-on impact near Carson Street and Woodruff Avenue. He cites his wife’s pregnancy as a factor in his speed. The judge admitted his statement to the CHP officer, where he claimed not to pass.
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Pete Nieto
Long Beach Superior Court
Nieto
Artesia
Carson St
Norwalk
Tory Joyce
Bellflower Blvd
Joyce
California Highway Patrol
George Francis
Carson It
Woodruff Ave
Preggant
Frank Tausch
Anaheim
Woodrutt
Reva Parke
Farina
Sandy
William F. Parke
Speed
Hospital Bed Shortage Warned at Long Beach Meet
Long Beach faces an immediate need for 400 hospital beds as officials warn overcrowding runs 100 persons daily. Gordon Cummings, chief of the state bureau of hospitals, and panelists from the Community Welfare Council discuss funding of up to 16.38 million dollars for expanded facilities, slated for the April 3 ballot.
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Long Beach
Gordon Cummings
State Bureau of Hospitals
YWCA
Cummings
Community Welfare Council
W. G. Durnin
Donald H. Root
R. M. Husted
D.D
Howard Hatfield
Bruce Mason
J. Herbert Davies
Emmett Mulholland
Hosmer Pushes Long Beach Yard Lobbyist Hire
Congressman Craig Hosmer urged the Shipyard Employers Association and local groups to hire a full-time Washington lobbyist to defend the Long Beach Naval Shipyard amid adverse talk from rival yards. He noted Navy officials intend to retain 11 yards, with Long Beach seen as replacing the prewar Cavite yard in the Philippines.
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Washington
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Craig Hosmer
Long Beach
Hosmer
California
Navy
Navy Yard
Naval
iCavite
Philippines
Civil Defense Groups Drill Across Cities
Long Beach and Signal Hill CD groups carried out a regional control center drill Tuesday night as part of a Los Angeles and Orange county series. Ernest Dixon, regional OCD coordinator, briefed officials with two assistants on proper procedures. Set. L. R. Kearney chaired the Long Beach session.
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Armed Services Chiefs
Long Beach
Signal ‘Hill Civil Defense
Los Angeles
Orange Counties
Ernest 3. Dixon
Office of Civil Defense
Set. L. R. Kearney
Theater purse theft and arson fire report
Auguste E Kabitels of 205 West Third Street reported a theft of her purse and at least $100 from a theater seating area. Sheriff’s officers said an arsonist set five empty box cars on fire at a Southern Pacific siding near Patton Road in Downey, with the fire discovered at 11 p.m. and quickly extinguished by Downey firemen. Damage estimated at about $500.
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Auguste E
Kabitels
Southern Pacific Railroad
Patton Rd
Downey Tuess
Downey Station 10
FAST ENTRY FLAMING EXIT HITS PUMP AND STARTS FIRE
A woman driving an old model car sped through Lakewood Boulevard and Stearns Street at about 8 am, cutting a traffic light and knocking over a gasoline pump. The pump exploded into flames but the driver fled the scene. Lakewood firemen extinguished the blaze. damage to the pump estimated at $100. Station owner is John Ksizyk of 4908 Barlin Avenue.
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Lakewood
Lakewood Blvd
Stearns St
John Ksizyk
Barlin Ave
Two New School Sites Picked by Lakewood Board
Lakewood Board of Education selected sites for two new school units to relieve overcrowding. A Palo Verde Avenue high school near Spring Street will be built with a Van Alstine and MacLean design firm contract valued at about 2.15 million dollars plus a 5 percent fee. Condemnation actions covered a 12 acre Helen Keller site south of Conant Avenue and east of Studebaker Road, also Irvine Estate owned. Discussions noted yearly enrollment growth of about 5,000 pupils and the need to hire 2,000 teachers, with salary boosts and a proposed propaganda film to recruit staff.
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Palo Verde Ave
Spring St
James Irvine
Conant Ave
Studebaker Ra
Helen Keller
Lang
Irvine
Leland Stanford Junior High School
Sepulveda
Bellflower Blvd
van Alstine
MacLean
Long Beach
George L. Geiger
Midwest
Ben Supt
Gladys Potter
Two Hitchhikers Robbed by Teens on Coast Highway
Two hitchhikers were robbed by four teens after accepting rides on Pacific Coast Highway near Seventh Street and Atlantic Avenue. Patrick Glynn, 24, Marine from Camp Pendleton, reported losing 24 dollars to two assailants, one armed, who forced him from the car and searched his pockets. David Strainbrook, 17, of 469 Osgood Avenue, said the youths demanded his cash after a ride from South Street to Seth Street and Linden Avenue. he had 50 cents and was driven away.
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Patrick
Glynn
Camp Pendieton
Pacific Coast Hwy
Seventh St
E. Willow St
David A. Strainbrook
Osgood Ave
South St
Atlantic Ave
Seth St
Linden Ave
Robber Strikes While Sleepy Man Rests
A burglar entered Clarence Wadcox’s room at 445 Cedar Ave Tuesday night while he slept. The thief ransacked the room and took a $75 watch and a $25 billfold. the empty billfold was found in a bathroom wastebasket as police investigated.
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Clarence Wadcox
Cedar Ave
Leer Assault Case Conviction Overruled in Raleigh
The North Carolina supreme court overruled a conviction for assault by frightening a teen girl based on leer conduct. Willie Jean Boswell testified that Mack Ingram frightened her by leering from a car as she walked along a rural road, but the court found the old statute vague and insufficient to prove assault.
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Raleigh
WN. C
Supreme Court
Mack Ingram
Anis Ming
Ingram
Willie Jean Boswell
Caswell County
Bar
Gardena Collision Injures Two Nearby Residents
Hubert Sloan, 27, of Long Beach and Nora Chism, 40, of Gardena were hurt in a Tuesday afternoon collision at 132nd Street and Budlong Avenue, north of Gardena. Sloan was a passenger with Peter J. Berger, 40, of nearby Berendo Avenue, while Chism drove the other car. Both sustained minor injuries per California Highway Patrol.
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Hubert Sloan
Pacific Coast Hwy
Long Beach
Nora Chism
S. Berendo Ave
Gardena
Budlong Ave
California
Highway Patrol
Sloane
Peter J. Berger
Chism
Forecaster Is Undecided On Short Term Weather
A weatherman wavers on the forecast saying increasing cloudiness with a chance of showers tonight and Thursday morning. He predicts high cloudiness tonight with coastal fog and low clouds at night and morning, and his certainty grows for the second forecast. He notes little rain expected through Friday or Saturday.
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Charley Liest
Bank of America
Japan
Pete
Liest
Charley
Korea
Palow
Om Chestnut Avs
wseBeach
Dusty
Melissa Miller
Long Beach Press
Celearam
Airport Club
Union Sells Holding In Canada Pipeline
Lakewood Plaza ‘Folk
Melissa
Mom
Max &. Miller
Janice Sr
Steff
Bert Resnik
Thomas Flying
West
Navy Inspection
Tausch
Dist
Anthony Joyce
Wieto
L. B
Board of Education
iLoots
Thug
Sleepy Man
Hurtlin
Gardena Collision
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