Education in Parking Meters Stuns Local Motorist on Fourth St
A columnist recalls helping a man unfamiliar with parking meters on Fourth Street. The man learned to use a meter for 60 minutes after the guidance, while the writer notes a nearby encounter with Bob Rife at the post office. The piece also comments on public reaction to city license enforcement and a resident's horn-blowing stance.
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Post Office
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Bob Rife
Hosmer
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Long Beach Chamber proposes five point highway plan
Gerald Desmond and aides presented a five point urgent state highway needs plan to the California State Highway Commission in Bashoa. The proposals call for Carson Street widening to four lanes, expansion of Seventh Street and Garden Grove Boulevard, extension of the Long Beach Freeway, widening of Baja Canyon Road, and quick right of way acquisitions to start the Iveda Freeway.
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Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Long Beach
Gerald Desmond
California State Highway Commission
Bashoa
Desmond
George Rockafield
Howard Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Carson St
Lakewood Blvd
San Gehbriel River
Seventh St
Garden Grove
Main St
Santa Ana
Huntington Dr
Byea Canyon
Pomona
Fullerton
Seid Desmond
Plumbers Walkout Demands Wage Hike in LA and LB
More than 1000 plumbers in Long Beach and Los Angeles staged a Tuesday walkout seeking a 35 cent an hour raise from 2.90 to 3.25, blaming union leaders for an unauthorized action and stating the move aimed at pressuring individual wage deals. A meeting of the Master Plumbers Association was set in Los Angeles to address the dispute.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Master Plumbers Assn
Ross McPherson
But All Was Well Fire Alarm In Suburban Weed Fire
Dense smoke billowed between here and Bellflower on Tuesday as a county fire abatement crew fought a weed field blaze near Center Street and Downey Avenue. Winds spread smoke but no buildings or people were endangered, and only weeds and grass were burned.
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Bellflower
Center St
Downey Ave
Bellflower Blvd
Banty Hen Hats Peacocks At Paradise Farm
Paradise Farm on Ohio Ave becomes the talk of the town as a banty hen hatchs peacocks. Owner Tommy Russell describes the scene with farm animals, traffic noises, and a wish for a swimming pond for the ducks and geese.
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Tommy
Paradise
Tommy Russell
Telephone walkouts curtailed in Southern California
More than 2600 telephone workers in five Southern California counties returned to work as talks resumed between Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co and the CIO Communications Workers of America. The union seeks a 6.2 to 33 weekly pay raise for 11,500 plant and accounting staff in 79 exchanges, while the company offers a $1 weekly boost with a $2 job premium for some roles.
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California
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Los Angeles
CWA
San Diego
Imperial Counties
San Fernando Valley
Riverside
Oceanside
Mailmen Name Watsonville 1954 Convention City
The California Rural Letter Carriers Association named Watsonville the 1954 convention city at its closing session. Stephen J. Brewer of Salinas was reelected president, with ace H. Marshall Porter of Colfax as vice president and Robert F. Lewis of Paradise as secretary for a second term. Delegates heard John W. Emeigh of Roaring Springs outline efforts to reduce overloaded routes and long hours in the state.
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California Rural Letter Carriers' Association
Watsonville
Stephen J. Brewer
Salinas
Ace H. Marshall Porter
Colfax
Robert F. Lewis
Paradise
John W. Emeigh
Roaring Springs
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
University District Taxpayers Meeting on Drive-In Theater Plan
The University District Taxpayers Association of Lakewood plans a Thursday meeting at St Cornelius Parish Hall to consider backing a drive-in theater at Spring Street and Bellflower Boulevard. They will vote on amendments to their constitution and by laws and elect three new directors.
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University District
University District Taxpayers Association of
Lakewood
Spring ‘St
Bellflower Blvd
St. Cornelius Parish Hall
Large Pacific maneuvers to be led by Long Beach ships
Long Beach based heavy cruisers will lead the largest Pacific cruiser destroyer training exercises since World War II from July 27 to August 14. Twenty four ships will participate along the Pacific coast with a Seattle stopover. Participants include Helena Los Angeles Bryce Canyon and Cacapon with over 12 000 personnel aboard under Rear Admiral Hepwood.
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Long Beach
San Diego
Herbert G. Hepwood
Pacific Fleet Cruiser-Destroyer Force
Beet Sugar Executive To Speak At Downtown Lions Club
Beet sugar ambassador and 2 rank Weaver director of the California beet sugar program will be guest speaker at the Downtown Lions Club Priday July 16 at noon in the Wilton Hotel. He will illustrate his talk with plates, charts, color photographs and cartoons. A Wisconsin University graduate, he entered the Army in 1941 serving as lieutenant colonel in Iceland, England and Europe.
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Weaver
California
Lions Club
Wilton Hotel
Karren Ishan
University of Wisconsin
Army
Iceland
England
Europe
Wounded Wife Testifies in Rousseau Gun Shooting Case
Wounded wife Ruby Rousseau testifies reluctantly that her estranged husband Joseph A. Rousseau threatened her with a gun just before she was shot in the Marine Room bar at the Robinson Hotel. She recalls grabbing his hand before collapsing with a bullet wound to her left thigh as Rousseau faces three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and related charges.
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Ruby Rousseau
Umdyu
Joseph A. Rousseau
Long Beach
Rousseau Atirst
Marine Room
Robinson Hotel
Dep
Ted P. Shield
Rousseau
Finger bitten and finger sewn back after dog attack
Police report Winifred Stephenson, 41, attempting to break up a dog fight outside her home at 928 beside, was bitten so severely a doctor considered amputation but sewed the finger back on. The dog owner remains unidentified.
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Winifred ,Stephenson
City OKs Sketch for $20,000 Old Aircraft Building
City Council approved an artist’s sketch for a $20,000 building at Municipal Airport to permanently house a 1909 Bleriot plane owned by Mrs Kay Daugherty. The hangar at the airport now stores the aircraft. Sketch by Edgar Marriotte of the city engineer’s staff.
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Kay Daugherty
Edgar Marriotte
More Police Filings Asked For Patrol Man Applicants
The police department reported 85 applicants filed with the civil service commission for patrolman positions. They seek over 100 applicants to allow for eliminations by tests. Filing closes July 15 with exams set for July 24-25. Salary ranges from 318 to 386 dollars, ages 24 to 41, height 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet 5 inches, weight 120 to 225 pounds. A high school diploma or GED is required. Applicants may live outside Long Beach but must relocate inside after appointment.
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Civil Service Commission
Police Department
Civil Service
Ottal Faulkner
Long Beach
Officials Debate County Leases In Grand Jury Probe
Three Los Angeles County supervisors and a probe into two negotiated lease deals for the Welfare Building and Health Building are reviewed before the grand jury. Charges allege bribes connected to lease approvals. officials defend the deals as economical or criticize negotiated methods. The grand jury resumes tonight to pursue Mrs. Bean’s allegations.
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Herbert C. Legg
John Anson Ford
Kenneth Hahn
Bessie Bean
G. Marvey Mydland
Lege
G. Harvey Mydland
Michael J. King
Ford
Hahn
Grand Jury
Anita O Day Arrest Details Opens Dope Trial
Anita O Day faces heroin possession charges as the dope trial opens in Sugehary Court. Policewoman Ann Jolly McLaughlin testifies she picked a packet from a Samoa Cafe ladies room ledge on March 14. The witness described the packet as powdery and declined to identify it. Defense attorney George Shibley begins cross examination as jury selection completes. Superior Judge Thomas J Cunningham presides.
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Anita O'Day
Sugehary Court
Long Seach
Ann Jolly McLaughlin
Samoa
Dept. Dist Atty
Lynn Compton
Miss O'Day
George Shibley
Shibley
Compton
Thomas J. Cunningham
Los Angeles
Oil report hush hush fuels Long Beach council talk
Long Beach officials and harbor committee members debated keeping a confidential oil assessment private. Councilman Raymond Kealer pressed to discuss the report on offshore tidelands and possible subsidence, while some members urged filing it as public. The session closed without releasing details, with further confidential briefing anticipated.
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George Eres
Long Beach
Cottneibnen
Raymond Kealer
Ribbed Kealer
Alk
Ervil Garrison
All Committee
Kealer
Carleson
Council
Harhey Department
Air Committee
Harbor Engineers
Keater
Pixie
Carl Fletcher
Ray
Tidelands
Oil Committee
Boy 18 Hit by Train Near Fullerton Plant
An 18 year old, Javier Chavez Vasquez of 555 N Cypress St Orange, stopped for a train at Commonwealth Ave near the Munts Foad Plant and was struck by a 40 mph Santa Fe train. He was hurled 30 feet, suffered a broken leg, several broken ribs, possible concussion and multiple lacerations. Shoes flew 45 feet. He was taken to Fullerton General Hospital.
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Fullertomn
Santa Fe
Commonwealth Ave
Munts Foad
Javier Chavez
Vasquez
555
Cypress St
Orange
Fullerton General Hospital
Anaheim driver training class fills most sessions
Five summer sessions for a high school driver training class directed by William D. Hicks are listed with all but the final session August 10 to 21 filled. The course meets for five weeks with a five dollar fee and a zero minute daily format.
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Anaheim
William D. Hicks
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