Mystery Hose Buried Deep in Downey Lawn Unexplained
Downey resident George di Fesa and his wife Ruth report a half inch plastic hose on their front lawn sinking about 13 feet with no end in sight. Neighbors, water officials, and experts weigh prank, gophers, or underground rivers as possible causes while the couple grows weary of inquiries.
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Downey
George di Fesa
Alderdale St
Warden Hose
di Pesa
di Peso
A. R. Swisher
Downey Water Co
Sheff
Ian Campbell
California, Institute of Technology Eology Department
L B Twins Driver Suspects in Holdups
Long Beach twin brothers, Leo Radar and Edward Radar, along with truck driver Russell Trussell, face charges of conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary after two market holdups. Leo Radar sought bail reduction from 25 000 to 26 000 while jailed at 27 000 contract tied to cabinet work. arrests occurred at Artesia market and FFW Market on Norwalk Boulevard.
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Long Beach
Joseph M. — Lea Radar
Redondo Live
Edward
Twins
Williams
Trussell
San Pedro
Atty
Tony Joyce
Hell Gamlens Foor Center
F&w
S. Norwalk Blvd
Artesia
Edward Radar
Russell
Pabaeh
Radar
Robert HH
Lund
Andrew H. McQan
Nell
Mudge Joseph
Mailhy
Leo
Garden Grove
Boy Walking Bike Struck in Crosswalk
A bystander aged measurements show a boy named Thomas W. Kane was struck crossing Willow Street at Eucalyptus Avenue by a station wagon at 4 36 P M He sustained injuries and was later treated at Seaside Hospital Police cited driver Ralph T Christian 40 of Atlantic Avenue for violations of pedestrian right of way A Navy serviceman James J Johnson 23 aboard the USS Guadalupe suffered a fractured leg and arm after a four car collision near Cherry Avenue south of Wartow Road He was treated at Seaside Hospital then transferred to the Navy dispensary Maurice J Allison 23 and June A Kellum 30 sustained minor injuries in separate crashes Neither were reported to be wearing seat belts or discharged from care
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Long Beach
Thomas W. Kane
Chestnut Ave
Willow Sh
Eucalyptus Ave
Willow St
Ralph T. Christian
Atlantic Ave
Navyman
James J. Johnson
Guadalupe
Cherry Ave
Wartiow Rd
Seaside Hopital
Maurice J. Allison
Sath St
Dwyer
the Cay
A. Kellum
Lordina Ave
del Ama Standary Ave
Naval Base Head Visits City Council
Capt. J. C. Woelfel, newly assigned commander of the U S Naval Base, paid his first official visit to City Hall in that capacity. Vice Mayor Gerald Desmond and council members welcomed him during a coffee break in the budget study session. Mayor Vermillion was absent due to illness. Woelfel also remains commanding officer of Long Beach Naval Station.
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J. C. Woelfel
U. S. Naval Base
Gerald Desmond
George M. Vermillion
Woelel
John J. Melgaard
Long Beach Naval Station
Groups Agree on Longer Runway at Municipal Airport
The Chamber of Commerce and City Council agreed Friday that the diagonal runway at Mu dicipal Airport should be lengthened to 10,000 feet to accommodate new type jet planes. Douglas Aircraft Co. hopes to produce here. The luncheon at the Lafayette Hotel discussed municipal budget problems chaired by H. E. (Bud) Riging Jr.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mudicipal
Douglas Aircraft Co
Int Lafayette
Samuel E. Vickers
H. E
Bud) Riging Jr
The
FBI Nabs Las Vegas Suspect in Savings And Loan Holdup
FBI agents arrested a 41-year-old man in Las Vegas on Friday and booked him on suspicion of robbing the Community Savings and Loan Assn at 15595 S. Paramount Elva Paramount June 20. He had 1500 dollars when taken into custody at a swank hotel. The Joan company gunman fled with 5004 dollars and threatened four women in the office. The FBI said Winstead will be returned to Los Angeles for prosecution.
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Las Vegas
Community Savings and Loan Assn
S. Paramount
Elva
Paramount
FBI
Thomas Tennyson Winstead
sWank
Joan Company
Winstead
Los Angeles
Opera Star Dorothy Kirsten to Wed Dr John Freach
Opera star Dorothy Kirsten reveals in Los Angeles that she will marry Dr John Douglas Freach a 44 year old neurosurgeon at Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital. Kirsten says a date is not yet set. Freach has quarters on hospital grounds. It would be Freach’s first marriage and Kirsten’s third.
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Dorothy Kirsten
Willred L. B
John Douglas Freach
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Los Angeles
Miss Kirsten
Trench
Long Beach Building Activity Drops From May to June
Long Beach building activity for June totaled 5,837,365.98, down from May 6,865,975.00, according to Edward M. O Connor, superintendent of building. Housing construction led the decline with 1,424,310 for 200 family units, a 59.88 percent drop from May. Public school construction accounted for 2,909,300 of last month’s total, with no May school projects and only 25,000 in June of the previous year.
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Long Beach
Edward M. O'Connor
Six Year Old Wounded in Accidental Gun Discharge
A six year old boy was shot in the left thumb when a revolver was discharged by his cousin. Howard L Middleton was treated at Community Hospital for a flesh wound and released. The cousin Gregory Aldred, six, said he thought the gun was unloaded. The weapon was found in a grave compartment of a car belonging to Emmer T Middleton, the father, who also believed the gun was not loaded.
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Howard L. Middleton
Pareantry Ave
Gregory Aldred
Conant St
Young Middleton
Emmer T. Middleton
Sailors Attacked in Los Banos Alley Incident
A 48 year old sailor was knocked down and beaten in an alley between Magnolia Avenue and Surt Gnell south of West Oregon Boulevard. Two USS O'Brien sailors, Tommie E. Owen and Paul J. Fizer, 22, were attacked by motorists who drove up from behind as the men did not step aside quickly enough, police said.
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Magnolia Ave
Surt Gnell
W. Orean Blvd
Tommie E. Owen
Paul J. Fizer
USS. O'Brien
Loudspeaker Robbery Arraignment Scheduled
A 20 year old suspect in a $69,000 loudspeaker stickup at Market Basket on Spring Street and Bellflower Boulevard will be arraigned on robbery charges Tuesday detectives said. Jack Merritt 143 E 10th St was arrested after the holdup as he tried to exchange cars at Long Beach Municipal Airport. Police recovered $2,600 in cash and $66,000 in American Express money orders. The note demanded no one move and warned of danger. A box boy a taxi driver and an assistant manager aided in the capture. Merritt claimed gambling debts and planned the robbery for money. An armored truck delivered $30,000 ten minutes after the crime.
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Spring St.r
Bellflower Blvd
Jack Alden Merritt
10Th St
Long Beach
Amercian Express Co
Charles Lounsberry
Moniaco Rd
Lounsberry
Evelnest
Schofield
Marritt
Lon Bellflower Blvd
Conant SL
Lakewood Blvd
Merritt
Csd
Loundsberry
Marina City and Pacific Electric Near Agreement on Rail Abandonment
City officials announced a tentative accord with Pacific Electric Railway to abandon a Huntington Beach rail segment and accelerate the Alamitos Bay Marina project, saving about a year and 350000 dollars. The plan includes city funding to remove rails, Navy approval, and Metro coach line adjustments while PE retains salvage rights.
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Huntington Beach
Loma Ave
San Gabriel River
Marine Stadium
P. E
Metropolitan Coach Lines
Metro
Alow Metro
American Ave
Ocean Blvd
Broadway
7Th St
Tee Fairbanks Yard
Forty Men Imported to Run Winches Harbor Relief
Forty winch drivers from San Francisco San Diego and Port Aneneme mobilized Friday to unload ships in Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbor. The move, urged by Local 13 and the Pacific Maritime Association, aims to ease port manpower shortages. Local Longshoremen agreed to work without days off until the harbor is cleared.
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San Francisco
San Diego
Port Aneneme
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Local 13
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
The
Pacific Maritime Assn
Adrian Fineh
Local 12
Object Enters Eye of Motorcycle Officer
Gilbert E. B. Smith 37 suffered a foreign object embedded in the cornea Friday night. An eye specialist was called to Seaside Hospital to remove the irritation after the injury on American Ave near 6th Street. He lives at 1957 San Anselmo.
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Gilbert EB
Smith
Seaside Hospital
San Anselme
American Ave
6Th St
Lakewood Battle May Be Filmed Over Annex Vote
Lakewood city officials discuss filming a story on the Lakewood annexation conflict with Long Beach. Councilman William J. Burns says a studio screenwriter has investigated Lakewood and spoken with public relations chief Guy Hafferty. Universal-International involved.
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Lakewood
L. B. Annex
Hos
Long Beach
William J. Burns
Guy Hafferty
Universal - International
Cloak-Dagger Chief Gives Fourth Message
Alien W. Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, issues an Independence Day Message in the Parade section of Sundays Independent, Press-Telegram. A Parade feature asks if Joan Crawford has left Hollywood. Southland Magazine recounts Judy Garland and her birth name Frances Gumm. Judy promotes a benefit road show in Long Beach on July 1. Molly Mayfield addresses teenage dating issues in the Women's Section.
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Alien W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Independent, Press-Telegram
Joan Crawsford
Hollywood
Southland Magazine
Judy Garland
Frances Gumm
Judy
Long Beach
Molly Mayfield
Youth 19 Pleads Guilty to Dana Point Car Theft
Robert E. Patterson, 19, of 758 Via Wanda Long Beach, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to stealing a car at Dana Point after a pursuit that captured him and a 16 year old companion. Probation hearing set for July 13 by Judge Robert Garde ner. The juvenile was sent to Juvenile Court. Readily earlier the pair were accused of taking a car from Odis Hart of Long Beach and abandoning it before stealing another from W B Sorcelis Jr of Laguna Beach.
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Robert E. Patterson
Wanda
Long Beech
Dana Point
Jude Robert Gardener
Odis Hart
Anaheim St
Long Beach
W. B. Sorcelis Jr
Laguna Beach
Auto Turns Over Injuring L B Couple Near Yakima
Ivan Deckert and his wife Loma, residents of 2410 Fine Ave, were injured when their car rolled over near Yakima Washington after swerving to avoid a turning hay truck. Deckert, a senior engineer for the Air Pollution Control District, was identified by officers.
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Ivan
Deckert
Loma
Fine Ave
Yakima
Wash
Air Pollution Control District
Softball Player Fractures Ankle in Wild Slide
Oward M. McKenzie, 30, fractured his right ankle Friday sliding into second base during a softball game at Recreation Park. He received treatment at Community Hospital and was released. McKenzie resides at 525 Los Fiores St and played for the team The Nine Old on.
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Oward M. McKenzie
Recreation Park
McKenzie
Los Fiores St
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