Death suit seeks 150000 in Malibu accident case
The Malibu widow and three children sue Lake Mountain Club and others for 150000 after Harold P Thoreson 42 died when he dived into a Jake dock area and was electrocuted following a May 21 accident at the Lake Mountain Club Malibu recreation area. The case names Caton Enieon Co and contracting firm as defendants and cites the southern California incident.
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South
Caton Enieon Co
Malibu
Los Angeles
Lakeside Recreation Club
Lake Mountain Club
Harold P. Thoreson
Lakedust
Jake Guest
Jake
Heroic Rescue By Long Beach Crew Off Crescent City
Captain Harry Peachy and a two-man Kanak crew spent hours near the sinking crane barge Point Loma off Crescent City. They cut free the tows, kept the Kanak within 50 feet of danger, and hauled four men aboard on a line. Engineer Hugh Davidson and Seaman Carl Koontz served seven hours straight. Peachy endured 30 hours on watch amid a raging sea. The rescued were Pat Hogan, George Johnson, the cook, and Blackie Burgan. Kanak headed back today.
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Harry Peachy
Long Beach
Point
Loma
Crescent City
Point Loma
Peachy
Hugh Davidson
Carl Koontz
Bergstrom
Pat Hogan
George Johnson
Cook
Blackie Burgan
Bank to Build 11 Story Office Tower in Los Angeles
The Bank of America plans an 11 story bank and office building at Vermont Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. Board Chairman A J Gock said the $5,000,000 structure will be completed in about 20 months.
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Los Angeles
Bank of America
Vermont Ave
Wilshire Blvd
A. J. Gock
Cheery Mac to Stop Riding Bus After Aug 1
Walter C. Mc Laughlin known as Mac retires after years of service to Los Angeles and Long Beach as Pioneer building inspector and city employee. He started in 1904, helped erect the Hamburger Building, worked on the Wentworth Hotel, led Hotel Virginia project, and has ridden the same bus daily, greeting passengers. He served as president of the Sons of the American Revolution and will focus on fraternal activities and pardoning.
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Third St
Walter C. McLaughlin
Mac
McLaughlin
Pioneer
Los Angeles
Hamburger
Eighth St
Broadway
Wentworth
Pasadena
Long Beach
Virginia
Pittsburgh
Terraine Ave
Cansengers
Sumer
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Monorail Plan Outlined by Valley Times Editor
John M. Wright editor of the Valley Times will speak at the Chamber breakfast in the Wilton Hotel. He will discuss monorail transportation as rapid mass transit for Southern California linking Long Beach and San Fernando.
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John M. Wright
Valley Times
North Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce
Wilton Hotel
Willard Lee
Wright
Southern California
Southland
Long Beach
San Fernando
Los Angeles
Causes of Deafness Told in Free Booklet Available to Public
Free booklet from Audivox Inc successor to Western Electric Hearing Aid Division explains causes of deafness and how to help the hard of hearing. The guide, compiled with Bell Telephone Labs input, offers simple steps and is available by mail request from Audi vox Inc Dept No 50K 25 West 4th Street New York NY 1.
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Audirvox, Inc
Western Electric Hearing Aid Division
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Audivox. Inc
Dept
New York
Seal Beach Airman Assigned To Carrier Duty
Robert L. Vargas of Seal Beach has been transferred to the 27 000 ton USS Philippine Sea after a year of duty with a fleet aircraft service squadron at Whidbey Island Washington. Vargas joined the Navy on July 24 1948 and trained at the U S Naval Training Center San Diego.
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Robert L. Vargas
Eighth St. Seal Beach
U.S. S. Philippine Sea
Whidbey Island
Wash
Navy
Vargas
U.S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
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Midtown
Continental Consolidated Corp
Continental
Wilmington
W. C. McLaughlin
Transport Plan
Seal Beach
Desoto
Fowermaster
R Dentars
Tom Howard
GBS
Marshall & Clampett
Steele
Drake
Atlantic
de Soto
Harris, Evans
Irvin
E. Artesia Avenues
Munce & Kendall
Avalon Boulevard
Campbell
Dr. Campbell
Pine
Webster
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