Polio patient at Long Beach VA makes progress with Red Cross help
DeWayne Sudekum, 26, a paralytic polio survivor in a rocking bed at Long Beach VA Hospital, works with Red Cross Gray Ladies and a volunteer tutor to study ecology geology and algebra through a UC correspondence course. Navy veteran who served in Korea, he shows steady progress and inspires support for hospital volunteers.
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DeWayne Sudexon
Pelio
Long Beach VA Hospital
Red Cross
University of California
Sudekun
Navy Air Corps
Fie
DeWayne
Sudekan
Margaret Lynn
DeWayne Sudekum
IE Gray Ladies
DeWayne Sudekan
Gray Ladies
Gray Lady
Long Beach
Red Grays
Red Cross Board
Pink hair tint wins laughs at Long Beach show
Mrs Charlene Hossembach, 26, of 2288 San Vincente Ave, dotes on her pink hair tint chosen for the 12th annual Long Beach Beauty and Trade Show at the Wilton Hotel Sunny. She says the color flatters skin and draws compliments from onlookers, despite mixed reactions. The Gladys Morgan Beauty Salon on Orange Ave did the styling, with Lyle Hansen hosting the event.
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Charlene Hossembach
San Vincente Ave
Long Beach
Wilton Hotel
Sunny
Kim
Paris
L. B
Lorraine Whitlock
Joseph Johnson
Clara Ybarra
Pormona
Ben Weinwright
Hallywood
Long Beach Hairdressers Guild
Girl 11 Aids Father In Robbery Suspect Capture
An off duty Los Angeles detective and Long Beach officers captured a robbery suspect Sunday on The Pike after the detective’s 11 year old daughter aided by sending two women to police and identifying the suspect. Sandra Glenberg, 22, of 3926 Fairman St., was booked on robbery investigation and to be questioned by LA Robbery Detail. Her companions were released.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Phillp Barnes
Barnes
Suns
Sandra Glenberg
Fairman St
Long Beach Pilot Sets RT33 Jet Speed Record
Lt. Victor M. Matloff of Alhambra, with the 1728th Ferrying Squadron at Long Beach, flew a Lockheed RT33 from Palmdale to Robins Air Force Base in 3 hours 45 minutes covering 2200 miles at an average 585 mph winds aided, describing the mission as routine.
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Long Beach
Long Beach Municipal Airport
Madofé
Air Force
Smoke Bomb Prank Death prompts hunt for juveniles
Juvenile Superintendent M. Kenrick said today that nothing will be left undone to find the youths who tossed a smoke bomb causing the death of 56 year old psychologist Dr Burgess Humason at the Belmont Recreation Center. Assistant director Frank Harnett said investigators are pursuing all leads while B G Thomas disrupted the device to avert further danger.
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Joseph “M. Kenrick
Frank Harnett
Recreation Dept
Belmont Recreation Center
Allin St
Woman Says No to Bandits at Market Shed
A clerk, Nellie Woodside, a 35 year old, told off two bandits at C. W. Hesse Market near 463 West Ocean Boulevard. The incident occurred Sunday night as the bandits fled the scene after being confronted.
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Nellie
W. Woodside
C. W. Hesse Market
Fat
Ocean Blvd
Wilson High juniors plan city tour and meetings
Sixty members of the Wilson High School Juni Statesmen of America led by president James F. Ragan will observe City Hall and city departments in action Tuesday. They will meet at 8 a.m. and then split into ten groups to tour departments, with John Glover as faculty advisor.
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Wilson High School
Juni Statesmen of America
James F. Ragan
Imoney
Panion
Nudley N. Hose
Lapham
Arthur G. Will
City of the
Samuel E. Vickers
John Glover
Oil Man and Wife Call Off Fight in Settlement
Millionaire oil man James W. Wood and his estranged wife Helen announced an armistice in their court battle over palatial homes. Helen agreed to let Wood withdraw 80 000 dollars from their community fund to buy a home in the Bixby Knolls area, while Wood drops efforts to force sale of a Lake Arrowhead share and will install a burglar alarm at their Country Club Drive residence. Attorneys described the settlement as ending the dispute for now, canceling a 1 30 p m Tuesday hearing in Superior Court.
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James W. Swood
Helen
Country Club Dr
Lake Arrowhead
Wood
Woods
J. William Shea
Champagne Girl Trixie Friganza Dies at 83
Trixie Friganza the Champagne Girl of the Gay Nineties and two continents dies at age 83 in a Catholic retreat after a long illness. Her career spanned a half century in vaudeville and musical comedy with London Paris and Budapest among her stops. She retired to Long Beach, lived at Sacred Heart Academy, and remained active in theater stories and memories of a bygone era.
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Vera Williams
Trixie Friganza
Grand‘pa
Sacred Heart Academy
Flintridge
Academy
Nic
Friganza
Trixie
Lon Two Continents
London
Paris
Budapest
L. B
Long Beach
Fox
Mary Cockayne
E. 6Th St
St. Anthony's Church
Jets Tumbling Rabbits on Municipal Airport Runway
Bray hares, jack rabbits, live in a barley field at Municipal Airport amid a housing boom. Jets frighten them, prompting talks of open season or hunting with bow and arrow, while Mayor Vermillion and aeronautics director oppose dangerous shooting. Residents debate how to protect the pests and the airport.
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Don Brackenbury
Municipal
Lakewood
Rabbitvill
Long Beach
George Vermillion
Murfo
Glen Arbogast
Boy Falls From Car On Pacific Coast Highway
A child fell from a car on the Pacific Coast Highway near Santa Fe Avenue Sunday. The boy, injured with head lacerations, was taken to Seaside Hospital for stitches. Police described the left rear door as the cause. the vehicle responsibility involved the driver Ralph F. Lamb, 62, of Malibu, with no injuries to either driver.
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Sion
Frank M. Rios
Lewis Ave
Seaside Hospital
Mary
Ralph F. Lamb
Malibu
Oper
Pacific Coast Hwy
Santa Fe Ave
Hancock Oil Director Carter Bailes Dies at 68
Carter Sheridan Bailes, 68, a Hancock Oil Co director, died Sunday night at his home in Pacific Avenue. A native of New Hope Tennessee, Bailes began as a mucker in Kern County in 1915, later drilling in Arkansas and California. He joined Hancock in 1928 as production superintendent, became a director in 1935, and retired from field work. Survived by his wife Dana Lee, son Rex Spencer Bailes, brother Thomas Bailes, and sister Bertie Kyte, with two grandchildren.
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Carter Sheridan Bailes
Hancock Oil Co
Pacific Ave
Bailes
Mucker
Kern County
Smackover
Arkansas
California
Jergins Lynch- C. S. Bailes Care
Signal Hil
Calewell Construction ‘Co
Long Beach
Thomas Bailes
Bertie Kyte
Bellflower
Rex S.dr
Robert Bailes
Mottell’s and
Peek Mortuary
Flames Damage Oil Well Pumphouse Near Willow and California
A fire damaged the pumphouse at an oil well northeast of Willow Street and California Avenue Sunday night. Friction from the pump belt touching the pull wheel started the small blaze, reported Battalion Chief B C Mendenhall. The oil well is owned by Monterey Oil Company.
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Willow St
California Ave
B. C. Mendenhall
Monterey Oil Company
Traffic curve at South St and Dairy Ave sparks complaint
North Long Beach readers describe a sharp curve at the South St and Dairy Ave intersection as a recurring hazard with damaged property and injuries. Police note a 1904 non injury accident and an injury crash on Dairy Ave, while an investigator says cutting back the curve would not fix the underlying risk.
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South St
Dairy Ave
North
Long Beach
Louise Hyatt
White Line
St. Orville James
James
Dairy
Market St
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Oly Fair City
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Edison Co
Edison
James Blakemore
Seal Beach
Ralph Hedges
John Parke
L. B. State College
Weta
Tess Hill
Whittier
Bonnie Smith
Pomona
Tye
Cleveland
Princesof Pilsen
Wever Jana Fields
Hares
Gebaram
Rollin L. Barlow
St. Mary’s Hospital
Barlow
William H. Dovey
Independent
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