Flying Saucers to Get Full Treatment Sunday
In Sunday's Independent, Press-Telegram Arthur Edson analyzes the saucer question as the hatreds of space return this summer. Martha Ann Williams is highlighted as a featured personality in Southland Magazine. Gina Lollobrigida graces Parade Magazine cover. Colorado’s Incredible Conk tells of a prisoner running a big business. Carmelite Nuns Auxiliary fundraising dance noted for Lakewood Country Club.
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Arthur Edson
Independent, Press-Telegram
Southland Magazine
Martha Ann Williams
Xna
Gina Lollobrigida Iz
Parade
Colorado
Conk
Lakewood Country Club
Ford Raises Retirement Benefits For Key Workers
Ford Motor Co. liberalizes retirement pay for 40000 plus workers and 220 salaried staff at Long Beach. New plan pays 2.25 per month per year of service for 10 plus years, replacing 1.75. eliminates 30 year cap and increases disability credits to 4.50 per month per year. Changes apply to those retired under the old plan.
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Ford Motor Co
Ford
Detroit
Bried Worlore
Longs Beach
Dian
Jail Delays Honeymoon of Speeder
Waller A. Conway, 18, of Colorado Ave, faced four speeding violations after pleading guilty. He sought a fine to keep his wedding on schedule, but Municipal Judge Charles T. Smith sentenced him to ten days in county jail to reinforce payment of the tickets. The defendant told the judge his bride was present in court.
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Waller A. Conway
Colorado Ave
Charles T. Smith
Conway
Youth in critical condition after sidewalk fall incident
A 21 year old Los Angeles youth lies in Hoag Memorial Hospital in critical condition after evidence suggested he crawled from the street and was struck near the 3200 block of W Balboa Boulevard. Police found Irving Perrett on the sidewalk around 2 a m. The incident occurred amid a large air show by the Blue Angels at the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. Wounds include skull fracture and multiple lacerations. He left home at 11 p m to walk, spending the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvert Erwin, at 920 W Ocean Blvd. The show ran from morning to 5 pm and will be repeated Sunday. Other Navy demonstrations include the Cutlass and Banshee. Fullerton subdivision plans near Houston Street were tentatively approved by the City Council.
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Newport Beach
Los Angeles
Hoag Memorial Hospital
Irving] Perrett
W. Balboa Blvd
Los Alamitos Naval
Air Station
Blue Angels
Velar
Calvert
Win
Ocean Blvd
Navy
Fullerton
Houston St
Orchard
Basgle
Large Crowd Attends Two Hour Air Show Finals
A two hour air show drew a large crowd with jet speed races central line scale models and a model Navy carrier deck event. Winners announced include William Blanchard Hampton Vat Junio and John Albert Alsirque-que Mo Mex nen with multiple senior and junior classes across locations such as Long Beach Detroit Petaluma Lakewand City and Ourah North Carolina. Teams and open events featured racing and rubber powered classes with contestants from Albuquerque San Diego and other cities.
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International Paa
Williaml Blanchard
Hampton
Junio
Robert W. Patchin
Hawshorse
Allinson
Grenoble
Yuba City
John Albert
Alsirque-que
Bill’ Fox
Dairy
Long Beach
Michael
O'Bryan
Detroit
Mich
Gayle Clement
Walnut Ave
Canwoud
Ahen
Petaluma
Lakewand City
Ges
Eawin S. May Jr
Ourah
N. C
William
AL Cummings
Caliss
Texas
Brent Frankies
Isten
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Racingle
E! Wright
San Diego
Call for Young Women by Air Force
The Air Force recruiting office in the pose office building at 3rd St and American Ave announced a call for young women aged 20 to 26 who pass the required mental and physical examinations to be eligible for the officers' candidate school.
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Air Force
Set
Willian G. Harvey
Pose
3Rd St
American Ave
Woman 37 pinned for 20 minutes in wreck
A Friday crash left one dead and three seriously injured with 24 noninjury accidents reported. Anna Clifford 37 died seven hours after her station wagon collided with a truck at Hil Street and Magnolia Avenue. Injured: Adam DeRousse 58 and Florence Williams 43. The heart attack victim was Lewis Linn 41 found slumped over his steering wheel.
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Anna A. Clifford
Bonito Ave
Apt. C
Clifford
Hil St
Magnolia
Seaside Hospital
B. W. .Coon Funeral Home
Long
Adam_O. DeRousse
San Francisco Ave
Philip Thorstenberg
Magnolia Ave
Lewis C. Linn
Newport Ave
E. Ansheim St
Robert H.barker
Coon
Florence Williams
W. 8Th St
Earl L. Murphy
Loma Vista Dr
Milburn J. Majors
S. Figueroa St
Torrance
W. Aw St
Majors
Pearl L. Anderson
Ladoga Ave
Community Hospital
Herbert C. Arde
Addy Rolice
Pacific Coast Hwy
Bellflower Blvd
John T. Gamdreil
Stanley Ave
Sirens Given Test 14 to Be Obtained
West-side residents startled by an air raid siren test at 1601 San Francisco Ave at 2 pm Friday. Civil defense officials tested two siren types to pick the stronger decibel unit. City to purchase 14 Federal sirens for 21009 dollars, with federal payment of part. Each siren to arrive mounted on a 40-foot post for parkway installation and ready within about 30 days.
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San Francisco Ave
Civil Defense
Polio Victim of Year Named in Santa Ana
Ten year old Harry Blair Jr of 1305 E. 15th St Santa Ana named Orange County's 24th polio victim of the year. Dr Edward L Russell county department head said the Sunday attack was non paralytic and Blair is under home treatment.
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Santa Ana Bay
Santa Ana
Harry Blair Jr
15Th St
Orange Countty
Edward L. Russell
Russell
Young Blair
Long Beach Families Escape Death in Yosemite Landslide
Two Long Beach families missed injury when a cloudburst at Leevining cask in Yosemite National Park triggered a landslide Friday. Mr and Mrs Martin Vein and their 4 year old daughter from Wardlow Road were vacationing at Mono County camp and had Reno plans, but their cabin and belongings were lost. John Uebele of Walnut Avenue arrived at the lodge, escaped in time, and drove to safety. Uebele is the brother in law of Weir.
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Long Beach
Leevining
Yosemite National Park
Martin Vein
Wardlow
Mono County
Reno
John Uebele
Walnut Ave
Ucbele
Weir
Flames ruin old Torrance school on Sepulveda and Anza
A one story frame building at Sepulveda Boulevard and Anza Avenue in Torrance, once a school for Japanese American children, burned Friday. Firemen suspect children playing with matches started the blaze. A brush fire of 50 acres east of Madison Avenue burned with undetermined origin and was halted before reaching the Torrance Police Pistol Range.
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Torrance
Sepulveda Blvd
Anza Ave
Madison Ave
Torrence
Drunk Driver Fined In Compton Court After Plea
Hubert Charleston, 49, of 13312 Riddle Ave Los Angeles pleaded guilty to drunk driving in Compton Municipal Court. Judge Ralph Dills fined him 200 dollars and suspended a 180 day jail sentence placing him on one year probation.
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Compton
Cameton
Ralph Dills
Hubert Charleston
Riddle Ave
Los Angeles
Pills
Insurance Chiseling Brings Fine in Municipal Court
Miguel Gutierrez of 2154 Lucein Street faced a $100 fine after pleading guilty to insurance chiselings while employed. Judge Donald Dunbar placed the 55-year-old on probation following the admission in Municipal Court Friday. Gutierrez had received $117 in unemployment payments during his employment.
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Lumerlun
Miguel Gutierrez
Lucein St
Donald Dunbar
Realty Man O'Farrell Dies After Docking Boat
Frank O Farrell 58 of 227 Roycroft Avenue died of an apparent heart attack Friday while docking his 26 70at cabin cruiser in Wilmington He had just returned from a cruise with his wife Hazel and had purchased the craft recently He collapsed as he stepped from the vessel onto the dock
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Frank O'Farrell
Roycroft Aver
Wilmingston
O'Farrell
Hazel
Long Beach Lags in Traffic Safety Ranking in 1955
Long Beach placed 12th among 18 cities of its population class in traffic safety for the first five months of 1955 per the National Safety Council. The city logged 11 fatalities and 22 deaths per 10,900 registered vehicles, slightly above the national average of 2.0, with Oklahoma City first and Birmingham 18th.
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Long Beach
National Safety Council
Oklahoma City
Birmingham
Als
GE Public Safety
Council
Purse Lost by Buffalo Visitor in Lakewood Area
Mrs Kevnenne L Armstrong of Buffalo New York visiting her mother Mrs L A Winend of 3371 Abbeyfield Ave Friday lost her white box shaped brass trimmed purse in Los Altos or Lakewood The item contained money checks keys and her driver license.
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Kevnenne L. Armstrong
Buffalo, N.Y
L. A. Winend
Abbeyfield Ave
Los Altos
Lakewood
Ill-Fated Mazatlan Crew Rescued by Canadian Consul
A troubled voyage ends with 97 Canadian sailors from the SS Mazatlan housed ashore at San Pedro. The crew, unpaid after a 30 day Acapulco cruise, evacuated the ship as the line cuts meals, while a Canadian vice consul arranges bus transport to Vancouver. Attorneys threaten admiralty action to impound the vessel until crew claims are settled.
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Mazatlan
San Pedro
Acapulco
YMCA
Margo-Pacific Ship Lines
Seilors
Vancouver
Finland Plans Lakewood style model community in Helsinki
Eino M. Lavisto, chief engineer of Finland's Housing Foundation, announced a sister model community for 20 000 residents near Helsinki. The 600 acre project began in 1952 and should finish by 1961, featuring apartment living and a large swimming pool complex. A fire at a nearby home caused partial damage, but did not halt plans for Europe’s Lakewood concept. Lavisto, guest of the State Department, outlined aims amid talk of a Finnish Lakewood in progress.
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Eino Lavisto
Finland
Lakewood
Bobbe Frankenburg
Lakewood Center Corp
Helsinki
Eino M. Lavisto
Housing Foundation
Lavisto
San Francisco Ave
Fred
Heatweec
Ulrich
Monroe
Cludes
T, Lavis
United States
State Department
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Gelearam
Sweden
Hillevi Rombin
CLO
United Auto Workers
Speeder
Margit
Germany
Nunke
Maribel
Salvador
Arrieta
Miss Rombin
Maureen
L.B
Jin Hub
Realty Man
L. B. Traffic Safety
Vacouver
Att Iiue
iDan Fagel
Los Angelegy
U. S. Marshal's Ofice
Vic Counsul
Lhe Len
BR. C
San Francisco
Mantlan
Acafialea
Boosters
Scott Aero Service
Spring St.John
Paap
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