Missing Compton Boy Found Safe in Williams California
A 13 year old Compton boy Bill Llewellyn was found safe in Williams California after a runaway episode from his home on Saturday. Compton police traced a tele type message from Williams police indicating the boy was picked up en route to Seattle. The search involved over 20 officers 16 auxiliaries and Boy Scouts, with items from his plaid shirt found at 138th and Grandee Streets. The boy returned home by 8 40 p m Saturday as his father Floyd Llewellyn and stepmother Frances left for Williams to assist in the manhunt.
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Compton
Williams
Calif
Williams Polire
Bill Llewellyn
Seattle
Young Llewellyn
Floyd Llewellyn
Maple St
Frances
Police Peli
Llewellyn
138Th
Grandee Sts
Bill
Mra Naoma Hobert
Canoga Park
Enterprise Junior High School
Willams
Sacramento
Lake Claim Sgt. Colson of Compton Drowned in Blue Lake
Compton track star Air Force Reserve Sgt Robert G. Colson, 23, of 60% S Mayo Ave, drowned Sunday in Blue Lake near Lakeport, California. Coroner says body not recovered. Colson, attached to Hamilton AFB, was with fellow airman Charles Nunnemaker when they swam 200 yards from shore. Nunnemaker saw Colson disappear. Colson planned to marry Bonnie Jean next January after four years service. He attended Mayo Avenue, Compton High, and Compton College where he ran track. He was son of Mr and Mrs Robert S Colson, residents of 29 years. survivors include sisters Patricia Nelson and Nancy Colson. He worked at an auto agency.
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Compton
Compton College
Air Forte
M‘sat
Robert G. Calson
S. Mayo Ave
Blue Lake
Lakeport
California
Robert A. Kinleyride
Sirman
Air Force
Charles Nunnemaker
Colson
Nannemaker
Air Force Reserve Training Corps
Hamilton Air Force Base
Bonnie Jean
Mayo Ayemud
Compton High School
Stassen To Report Findings Abroad On Trade Talks
Harold Stassen, foreign operations administrator, returns from Europe after discussions with French and British officials on east west trade with Soviet bloc. He plans to present recommendations after meetings with administration officials and appears before the Senate Appropriations Committee to back funding for the new foreign aid bill of 3.1 billion dollars.
Sultry Dancer of Tropics a Model and Mannequin
A fragment from a photo shoot depicts Myrna Louise Smith 18 and Evelyn Andrade 18, Miss New Hampshire and Miss West Indies respectively, posing in tropical dance stances. The teens discuss modeling, romance, and future plans amid trappings of the contest and travel, with casual remarks about love, shoes, and homes.
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New Hampshire
Myrna Louise
Smith
Evelyn
Miss West Inctics
Ty Gosht
Myrna Louise Smith
Jans
West Indies
Evelyn Andrade
Tam
Kingston
Fishing Lake Slated at Whittier Narrows
The Board of Supervisors budgets 170000 for Whittier Narrows recreation. Of this, 150000 funds a fishing lake and 20000 to 2500 prepare an overall plan for other facilities in the San Gabriel Valley project led by County Supervisor Herbert Legg.
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Whittier Narrows
San Gabriel Valley
Herbert
Legg
Tod
Board of Supervisors
Whittier
Heath dies after stop for siren beating suspect sought
Henry F. Heath, 49, was found dead after a Sunday incident near Garfield and Willow Streets. Cutshaw, 30, reported being dragged from his car and severely beaten by a man about 25 who fled in a second vehicle. Police noted possible jaw fracture and said the body was sent to Loper Funeral Service.
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Jake Anderson Cutshaw
Garfield Ave
Hollydale
Willow St
American Ave
Cutshaw
Be‘hind
Henry F. Heath
Arle Aye
Carpton
Miss Philly to sue Miss Universe pageant over Pennsylvania choice
Miss DuFeen of Philadelphia said she will file suit against the Miss Universe Pageant alleging irregularities in the Miss Pennsylvania selection. She claimed judges were intoxicated and that the contest was a publicity trick while insisting she faced a rigged contest and potential earning losses. She prepared to submit photographs and evidence and will sue Dor O Carroll and Charles O Connor in Pennsylvania courts.
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Miss Philadelphia
Miss Pennsylvania
Flaine
O Long ‘Beach
Teishe
Helen ‘Vidovich
Pennsylvania
Miss DuFeen
Robinson Hotel
Pittsburgh
Clair
Dor O'Carle
Charles O'Conner
Miss DuFee
Donald PF. Lene
Oil Fire Put Out in Time at Paramount Installation
A tube in a retort furnace ruptured at the Douglas Oil Co. on Compton Boulevard causing a brief blaze Sunday. Firemen confined damage to about 3,000 dollars. Assistant County Fire Chief Harvey Crutchfield said kerosene flowed into a burner and ignited. Five county engine companies responded.
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Douglas Oi Co
Compton Blvd
Paramount
Harvey Crutchtfield
Fiye County
Miss U Safeguards Too Strict Stifling Pageant Girls
A Latin American chaperone in Long Beach says Miss Universe safeguards are too strict and limit the girls. She notes hostess rules, interviews blocked by hostesses, and late private parties exhaust contestants. Several entrants privately complain of the pace and restrictions amid ongoing pageant protections.
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Miss U
James Phelan
Long Beath
Jhheck
Girs
Strick
Long Beach
Jon
Tides and Temperatures FOR Tuesday July 20 1954
Weather and tidal data for July 20 1954 include sunrise at 6 56 a m sunset 8 02 p m moonrise 20 51 moonset 10 53 p m tides high at 12 08 a m and 4 09 ft with other readings. Foregoing statistics supplied by the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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Lowe
U. S. Coast Bat Geodetic Survey
L B Printer Heads Union Re-elected At Southern California Meet
Long Beach Typcore Union president L B Printer Hobart M Hall led the Southern California Conference re election at a midsummer gathering in Ontario. New officers include Wilhelm Martin first vice president Milford Maitland second vice president Lying Tandy third vice president David Fleming secretary Earl Millican and James Kennedy on the executive committee. Hall was named a delegate to the AF L state convention in Santa Barbara with the fall meeting set for Los Angeles.
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Hobart M. Hall
Long Beach
Kenneth Prairie
Ventura
Elternace
Hall
American Federation of Labor
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Sea Tragedy Bottle Note Declared Hoax
Coast Guard suspended search for a supposed distress note found by lifeguards near Centre Saturday claiming seven aboard Eileen I sinking five hours from San Diego. A cutter and seaplane searched off Southern California but no vessel or survivors could be confirmed, and the note was deemed a hoax.
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Coast Guard
S¢a
San Diego
California
Death Club Search Fails in Cleveland Case
Detectives and an Army sergeant used a mine detector behind a Bay Village home as part of the probe into the murder of 31 year old Mari lyn Sheppard, wife of an osteopath. Coroner Samuel R. Gerber estimated the pregnant woman could have lived five to 39 minutes after her head was struck. The instrument used remained undiscovered as searches continued.
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Cleveland
UFI
Lake Evie
Bay Village
Marilyn. Sheppard
Em Army
Samuel R. Gerber
Torrance man killed in area air crash near Elsinore
David Vonderahe, 20, of Torrance, the pilot, died when his single engine PT22 crashed after takeoff near Elsinore. His passenger James Rabb, 20, Harbor City, was hospitalized with head injuries. Witnesses said the plane banked sharply and flipped, tearing loose the engine. Vonderahe died at Riverside County General Hospital and was transported to a Torrance mortuary. The pair had attended an Riverside air show before the crash.
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Harbor City
Elsinore
David Vonderahe
Paul Vonderehe
Engracia Ave
Torrance
James Douglas Rabb
Rolfing Knolls
Riverside County General Hospital
Arlington
Riverside
Sheriff's Deputies
Vondershe
Vonderahe
Independent, Press-Telegram
Finn Twins Leave Diet in Los Angeles Hospital
Gaeries and George Finns gain weight while eating freely at La Brea Hospital after a 23 day hunger strike protest. Doctor Frank Cutler said they must stay another week for observation. They were arrested and convicted for handcuffing U S Attorney Laughlin Waters in a citizens arrest over a War surplus C 46 transport seized by the government.
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Los Angeles
DNL
Gaeries
George
la Brea
Frank Cutler
Atty
Laughlin Waters
Bakersfield
City Admits Electric Cars Pose Regulation Problem
City officials admit regulating small electric cars is difficult as state laws block municipal control. City Manager Vickers recalls a prior failed effort after Legislature rejected a city bill. Council member Desmond wants more urgent issues addressed before pursuing further action. Traffic experts warn sidewalk bans could raise street accidents.
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J. J. Beamsley
Freeman Ave
Samuel E. Vickers
Gerald Desmond
Vickers
Tre City
Benefit Card Party at Holy Innocents Parish Hall
Holy Innocents parish at 20th St and Pasadena Ave hosts a benefit card party this evening at 8 p.m. in the parish hall to support church needs and activities.
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Holy Innocents Parish
20Th St
Pasadena Ave
U. S. Plans No Japan A Bases
U S Air Force sources say no current plans to use Japan or the Philippines as bases for atom or hydrogen bomb carrying planes. Japan is ruled out after government pressure against such weapons. Aircraft from these locations could support retaliation bombers from Guam or Okinawa, with big tankers refueling high bomb carriers.
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Tokyo
U_S
United States
Japan
Philippines
Yiot
Air Force
Pases
Asneri
Guam
Okinawa
Obituary notices Garvin Varley and others in Long Beach
The infant son of Beach Garvin is listed with service at 10 a.m. in Motteil's Chapel. Interment in Green Hills Memorial Park. Surviving grandparents and relatives named. Also listed are Paul T. Young of Torrington and service details for a disposition in Dispay Mortuary Chapel. Varley Thomas Harold Varley 63 of 3963 Gardenia Ave died Sunday in a Long Beach hospital. He owned a dental supply company and belonged to multiple fraternal orders. Survived by wife Marie A a son Jack a brother and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Mortell's Mortuary.
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Garvin
Beach
Herman E. Garvin
Motteil’s Chapel
Seaside Blvd
Green Hills
Long Beach
Memorial Park
Ital
Herman EB
New Albany
Ind
Richard Tibbetts
San Francisco
Sunnyside Memorial Park
Paul T. Young
Torrington
Conn
Dispay Mortuary Chapel
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Varlehy
Thomas Harold Varley
Gardenia: Ave
Ohio
Fremont
Ellsworth Lodge
F&am
Cleveland
RAM
Frémont Commandery
Knights Templar
Toledo
Scottish Rite Freemasons
iAlleppo Temple
Mystic Shrine
Boston
Mass
Fai
Bellflower
Tohn George Fair
Olive Se
East Cramlington
England
United States
The
Richfield of Co
Margaret
Edward
Norwalk
John
Thomas Fail
Elite Percy
Minnie Brockman
Susan Abbott
Gertrude Fail
REAMS
Mary GC
White Funeral Home Chapel
Robert A. Burns
Rose Hills Memorial Park
Bella
Whittier
Pauline Rice
Dallas
Texas
Anna Thresher
Los Alamitos
Joseph Paul
Holy Innocents Church
Altar Society
Sheelar- McFadyen
All Sols Cemetery
Calif Welfare Chief Named to U S Post
Eisenhower nominated Charles Irwin Schattland of Los Angeles to be commissioner of social security in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Schattland, 57, would replace John W Trambute, whose resignation was accepted, as Tramburg returns to Wisconsin. The move follows budget estimates timing for Wisconsin welfare.
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Washington
Mottell
Inter- Eisenhower
Sunnyside
Charles Irwin Schattland
Losmorial
Angeles
Department of Health, Education
Scnottland
California Department of Social Welfare
John W Trambute
Tramburg
Wisconsin Public Welfare
Wisconsin Welfare Department
Sanderson Abraham Sanderson Los Angeles obituary item
Sanderson Abraham Sanderson 45 longtime Long Beach native died Saturday in Los Angeles He was born in St Paul Minn and belonged to the Los Angeles Motorcycle Club He leaves his mother Mrs Sedie Sanderson of Long Beach four sisters Mrs Jean Rose of San Pedro Mrs Tessie Uhrine and Mrs Mollie Keever of Long Beach and Mrs Henrietta Smith of Astoria Ore three brothers Nathan Los Angeles David Paramount and Harold Long Beach area survivors listed with hometowns
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Plender
Elizabeth M. Plender
SGGL
Norton
Cambridge
Neb
Long Beach
John R
Donald H. Stapp
Compton
Darre
Eb, Stapp
Gerber
Calif
Vera Childs
Fortland
Ore
Will Heater
Babe Hester
Eustis
Hed ‘Heater
Curtis, Neb
Sunnys Memorial Park
Hunter Mortuary
Ray C. Mason
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New Jersey
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Zeaumont
Geneen
T. Ever
Bae Ag
L. B. Printer Heads Union
Death Club
Finn
Avina Pe'er
Moshe Alon
Locust Ave
U. S
U. S. Post
Winifred Walton Young
Ninth St
New York City
N.Y
First Congregational
Aimmar
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Stade
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Askany
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Wallen
Pork & Shop
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