Long Beach YMCA Leader Ticketed After Bus Route Incident
A Long Beach YMCA staffer, A? McCall, arranged with the traffic department to station an officer at Sixth and American to assist unloading YMCA campers from Big Bear Lake. McCall clipped a passing car while meeting late buses and received a ticket, amid recalling recent Grand Canyon air crashes.
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Long Beach
A? McCall
YMCA
McCall
Big Bear Lake
San Bernardino
Candidate Dick Nussell Hidden in Vancouver Customs
OLITICO DICK NUSSELL of Long Beach, traveling northward on semis, was confronted in Vancouver BC by a man who said he voted for him. The voter claimed a barber at Ray's on Pacific had told him the candidate was ok and marked his ballot for him last election. Nussell forgot to obtain the voter's name.
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Dick Nussell
Long Beach
Vancouver
B.C
Nussell
Customs House
L. B
Ray
Pacific
Scouts Expand Skyland Camp Acres Near Banning
Gal Scouts extend camp by 190 acres at Skyland near Banning this summer as $20,256 raised from calendar and cookie sales funds new recreation equipment. Local booster notes Janet’s weeklong recovery after surgery. Gus Copley requests a talking parakeet for company while wheelchair bound at 3800 E Sixth St, and a resident quips signals are for the birds amid traffic chatter on Los Coyotes Blvd.
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Riftwood-Le
Gal
Skyland
Banning
Janet
Gus Copley
Sixth St
Los Coyotes Blvd
Supervisors Reject Preliminary Contract for Civic Auditorium
Los Angeles County supervisors refused to approve a $51.5 million preliminary contract for a county civic auditorium and music center, calling the plan taxation without representation. The panel postponed a $175,000 Arthur D. Little contract after critic Herman Ridder argued the study ignored broader county needs and would funnel events to downtown Los Angeles, angering Long Beach officials and business groups.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Board of Supervisors
Civic Auditorium
Music Center
Arthur D. Little, Inc
John Anson Ford
Little Co
Ford
Herman H. Ridder
Long Beach Independent, Press-Telegram
Citizens Advisory Group
Ridder
Los
County
Angeles
Ridden
Long, Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach
Tax Cheat Roundup Started by IRS Supervisor
Frederick T. Chamberlen of the Long Beach IRS collection division announced a broad crackdown on tax fund embezzlement. He warned trustees who collect federal taxes for items like jewelry tickets and cosmetics must turn over funds to Uncle Sam or face seizure of property without court orders. He stressed collectors hold funds in trust for the government and urged full compliance.
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Frederick T. Chamberlen
Long Beach
Internal Revenue Service
Uncle Sam
Washington
United States
Wife Dead Man Ends Own Life in Oklahoma City Apt
Carl F. Snyder killed himself in his upstairs apartment at 845 Orange Ave about a month after his wife Mariel, 71, died. A neighbor heard groaning and found him with a slashed arm and gas smell in the room. Mariel’s burial was arranged in Oklahoma. Snyder’s body was at Mottell's & Peek Mortuary pending coroner’s exam.
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Carl F. Snyder
Orange ‘Ave
William N. Ma ‘Lone
Snyder
Mariel
Tuttle
Okla
Mabel
Oklahoma
Mottell's & Peek Mortuary
Blanket Fire Causes Smoke at City Laundry
A burning blanket in a dryer at a laundry on 547 West Ocean Boulevard produced considerable smoke but little flame. Operated by Har ret Schwashofer of 3618 Pacific Avenue, the incident occurred late Monday and caused minimal damage.
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Ocean Blvd
Harret Schwashofer
Pacific Ave
Port Board Now Headed by Daubney at Harbor Commission
Maurice W. Daubney was elected president of the Board of Harbor Commissioners succeeding John P. Davis. H. E. Ridings was named vice president, replacing Daubney, and William A. Hartington was named secretary. Davis had led the board for two years. Daubney had served nine years on the board and was a Bank of America vice president until his retirement Feb. 1, 1948.
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Maurice W. Daubney Monday
Board of Harbor Commissioners
John P. Davis
H. E
Bud) Ridings
Daubney
William A. Har Tington
F. Bishop
Davis
Bank of America
Higher Rates on Obnoxious Jobs Urged by City Employees
The City Employees Association asked the City Council for special pay raises for night workers and those in hazardous duties. A letter by president Charles Novotny cites a precedent in night-shift stenographers in the police department and seeks raises for garbage workers, cubbish or dead-animal handlers, sewer and storm-drain crews, ladder and deep excavation workers, window cleaners, and drivers of extra-large vehicles. Council referred the proposal to City Manager Sam Fickers for recommendation.
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Charles 3. Novotny
CEA
Novotny
Sam
Fickers
Nine Hart in L. B. Traffic and Drunk Driving Arrests
A string of traffic incidents in Long Beach left Mrs. Lois Seay critically injured when her car was struck on Hill Street by a vehicle driven by Jimmy Davis. Davis was cited for running a red light. Seay was treated at Seaside Hospital. her husband, a Douglas Aircraft employee, was not hurt. Other accidents involved a three wheeled electric chair car, a roadster collision on Ocean Boulevard, and multiple minor injuries from two car crashes. Firemen contained a fire caused by a hot toaster in a residence on Atlantic Avenue.
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Lois Seay
21St St
Russell
Atlantic Ave
Hill St
Seay
Jimmy Paul Da|vis
St. Davis
Davis
Seay? Gar
Evelyn Joye Mulholland
Linden Ave
William Albert Isbell
Ocean Blvd
54Th
Community Hospital
Marianne Siler
Hayter Ave
Isbell
Donald D. Robertson
Ladoga Ave
Stuart D. Robertson
Benjamin Goldberg
Orange Ave
6Th St
Locust Ive
Tne
Tartar Freeman
Magnolia Ave
Jelen M. Moore
Ethela Moore
Charles Q. Hartley
Toledo
Jacqueline M. Wilson
Toaster
Gundry Ave
Seaside
Atlantic
Arne Zahl
11Th St
Fluoridation Issue Sent to City Committee
City Council moved the fluoridation debate to the committee of the whole after Mrs. Jack Frampton urged action. She distributed health pamphlets advocating fluoride, noting education officials blocked school distribution. The mayor said briefing on fluoridation may come later, but many items top the agenda.
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George Weeks
Jack Frampton
Cerritos Ave
State Department of Public Health
Frampton
Board of Education
George Vermillion
Rampton
Bookie Ferries a Fine in Lomita Case By Judge Vasey
Floyd Corzine 56 of Luzon Avenue Wilmington was fined 250 by Superior Judge Beach Vasey for bookmaking offenses. He was arrested February 14 after officers checked his parked car in Lomita and he pleaded to the charges based on the arrest report.
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Vasey
Floyd Corzine
Luzon Ave
Wilmington
Beach Vasey
Corzine
Lomita
Launch Scholarship Fund for Air Victim
The Mary Ellen Lytle Scholarship Fund is created at Family Service 1214 Cedar Ave to honor Mary Ellen Lytle killed in a Grand Canyon TWA AA air crash. Executive director Joseph McDonald says the fund will train a future topnotch social worker, with contributions directed to Family Service or in care of McDonald.
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Mary Elen Lytle
Family Service
Cedar Ave
Miss Lytle
Case Worle
TWA
Grand Canyon
Mary Ellen
Joseph
McDonald
Mary Ellen Lytle
Price Control Blocks Bids on School Milk
Long Beach School District rejected six bids for a 386000 milk contract after state price control officials warned the bids may be illegal. Two bids were identical and two more differed by only 439 dollars, but the board must accept identical quotations under price-fixing law. The board voted to extend the 1955-56 contract with Mountain View Dairies indefinitely despite opposition.
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Long Beach City
Board of Education
Arthur A. Knoll
State
Mille Control Division
Pyta Board
Knell
Mountain View Dairies
Walter H. Boyd
Burned Boy Fights Price Fixing Debate At Seaside
A partially garbled report describes Veotha Spratt Jr. defending small dairy interests against alleged price slashes by larger farms. A fire incident is noted as Spratt’s shirt caught when matches were used at home near Alamitos Ave. The district’s dairy purchasing costs and potential price reductions are discussed, with Seaside Hospital mentioned in connection to the event.
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Veotha Spratt Jr
Berns
Knell
Alamitos Ave
Pital
Shoes Lost in Downtown. Parent Warns of Risks
Mrs. Farry Shimbko reports a lost size 12 D orthopaedic shoe set from a plain box found in the downtown area on Saturday. She fears another child may try them and endure potential injury due to the improvised corrections on the shoes.
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Farry Shimbko
Delta Ave
Richard
Texan Seeks Navy Release Cited by Judge
A Texas man and accomplice faced probation after a lapsed attempt to obtain discharge from the Navy. Superior Judge Beach Vasey noted the Navy must decide their fates. Clarence Bowing and Donald Cox, both 19, were arrested in San Clemente on May 27 and given three years probation. they are stationed in San Diego.
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Navy
Beach Vasey
Clarence Lee
Donald Franklin Cox
San Clemente
Vasey
San Diego
Charter Clarifying by Election Urged
City voters should decide on amendments to clear obsolete charter sections at an early election. City Atty Walnfred Jacobson urged council action and noted timing for November propositions and a study of Harbor Revenue and Harbor Reserve Funds to update the charter.
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Walnfred Jacobson
Jacobson
Har
Water Ski Field May Set Record At Grand National Race
Perfect weather anticipated for the 8th annual Grand National Water Ski Race from Magnolia Pier to Catalina and back. A record field of 100 skiers is expected to start the non stop 58 mile course at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Bill Williams leads the Long Beach Boat and Ski Club as sponsor. weather bureau promises calm water and light winds. Coast Guard and civilian boats guard the course. planes helicopters and a blimp will monitor. The current record of 1 hour 42 minutes, set last year by Chucky Stearns, 16, of Bellflower, may fall with favorable conditions. Willa McGuire of Cypress Gardens will reign as queen. Preston Foster to official start. Prizes awarded at Villa Riviera Hotel at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Magnolia Pier
Long Beach
Catalina
Bill Williams
Long Beach Boat & Ski Club
Coast Guard
Williams
Chucky Stearns
Bellflower
Willa McGuire
Cypress Gardens
Fla
Preston Foster
Villa Riviera Hotel
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Atmenac
Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
Zuni
N.M
John W. Powell
Aalcolm
Epley
L. A
Chemberlen
Revenue Service
Chamberlen
Seaside Hospital
Maurice W. Daubney
John Davis
Hart
Recreation Park
Harry Ruffridge
Iowa Assn
California
Park Department
Bill Engle
Anaheim St
Municipal Auditorium
Gebearam AY
Finder
Tidelands
All State College
Xeg
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