Graduation Night Idea Sparks Safe Dance Tradition
A young Army wife Mrs Carol Bowman proposed an all night graduation dance to keep teens safe after a fatal 48 accident. The idea, urged by Harold Williams, led to annual dances. Otis Vail aided after a heart attack, with a civilian woman offering cab money. A mysterious 8 year old set a Nu Pike ride record, riding the merry go round from 10am to 2:30pm. Flag Day events at Municipal Auditorium feature Lt Gov Knight, Elks emphasize honoring the Stars and Stripes.
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Polygrad
Carol
Bowman
Rose Ave
Harold Williams
Harold
Carel
James Bowman
Fort MacArthur
Nu-Pike
U. S
Betsy Ross
George Washington
Robert Morris
George Ross
Elks
Municipal Auditorium
Gov. Knight
The
Cap and Gown Time for Mom and Daughter at UCLA
Patricia Terry Allen and her mother Eva Patterson Terry are set to graduate at UCLA in a Hollywood Bowl ceremony. Pat will earn a BS in business administration while her mother receives a BA in English, with both sharing the milestone amid long careers and family ties.
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Patricia Terry Allen
Eva Patterson Terry
Ucla
Hollywood Bowl
Press-Telegram
First St
Cornish Ave
Lyewood
Allen
James Alen
Press-Telegram News
School of Business Administration
Terry
John E. Te
College of Letters and Scipices
Pat
Jim
USC
Forty five L E area men aboard cruiser Manchester to arrive Friday
Forty five Long Beach area men are among the crew of the cruiser USS Manchester which will return Friday after ten months of duty in Far Eastern waters. The ship will arrive off the breakwater at 8 am and dock at Berth B an hour later. Mayor Burton W. Chace will lead a large delegation at the ceremonies. The Manchester, noted as the Navy's fightingest ship, fired 36 602 rounds in Korea, surpassing the USS St Paul record.
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Long Beach
USS
Manchester
Far
Navy
O. H. Tallant
O. H. Tallant, Me2, 2316 Mira Mar Ave., W. F. Reynolds
CMM
Spring St
J. C. Blackwood
Sunset St
D. E. Leduc
Ashworth Ave
Bellflower
Burton W. Chace
United Nations
Los Angeles
Trio Injured in Pacific Coast Highway Crash
Three people were injured in a two car crash at Pacific Coast Highway and Pacific Avenue. William A. Moore 63 sustained rib injuries, Mabel G. Moore 65 suffered a broken collarbone and head lacerations, Alma L. Landrath 34 had head lacerations and a sprained ankle. All were treated at Seaside Hospital. The other driver Nick J. Chakires 25 of Los Angeles was cited for driving without a license or registration.
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Pacific Coast Hwy
Pacific Ave
William A. Moore
Marion Ave
Mabel G. Moore
Alma L. Landrath
Los Angeles
Seaside
Nick J. Chakires
City College to Graduate 471 Thursday
Outdoor commencement on the Lakewood campus honors 471 Long Beach City College graduates. Dr. Malcolm A. Love will speak on Education and Responsibility, with Wallace Frost delivering the class message. Scholarships announced for Jordan, Woodrow Wilson and Polytechnic High students.
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Long Beach City College
Lakewood
City College
Nberal Arts Division
Malcolm A. Love
University of Nevada
Love
J. Taverett. Hollingsworth
Wallace E. Frost
Elgar
W. I. Hall
Lakewood Village Community
George E. Dotson
Walter H. Boyd
Board of Education
Russell B. Johston
Mb. Arts Division
Royal W. Stanton
Lester C. DeNoyelles
Liberal Arts di‘Vision
Mark Salinger
Harry Fierstine
Joan Striewig
Hal Hoffman
Chich
Harry P. Johnson
Asree
Sre Barbara Friendson
Jordan High School
Shirley Gerber
Woodrow Wilson High
Dell Harrington
Polytechnic Hgh
Norma Baker
Jeanette McDonald
Sajo Kuroda
Jordan
Wilson
Polytechnic
St Anthony's High School Class of 1951 Diploma Service
The 224 graduates of St Anthony's High School will receive diplomas at 7 30 tonight at the Catholic Center Sixth Street and Alamitos Avenue. Archbishop Francis A McIntyre of Los Angeles will confer diplomas and honors. Music will be by the high school glee clubs.
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Wr Attualion
St. Anthony's High School
Catholic Center
Sixth St
Alamitos Ave
Thomas A. T. Dackweiler
Francis A. McIntyre
D.D
Los Angeles
Blood Donor Noted Ninth Year Of Generous Help
Longshoreman William A. Kelders 49 of 237 W Sunset St donated his 50th pint to the Red Cross during a TLWU Dispatch Hall visit in Wilmington. Over nine years since 1942 he averaged one pint every two months totaling 64 gallons, saying his duty aided fighting men from World War II to Korea. He concluded by returning to work on the wharves.
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William A. Kelders
Sunset St
Red Cross
America
Kelders
TLWU
D St
Broad, Ave
Wilmington
Long Beach
Korea
Red Cros
Dorothy Cowan
Red Cross Blood Bank
Golf clubs stolen from Lakewood garage burglary
A set of golf clubs was reported stolen from a rear garage at the George G. Riff home 4501 Hazelbrook Ave Lakewood. Deputies were told the garage door was unlocked at the time of the burglary.
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George G. Riff
Hazelbrook Ave
Lakewood
Sheriff's Deputies
Riff
British Woman Is Dog Show Judge En Route to Long Beach
Miss Fisher M. Croucher of Berkshire England prepares to judge at the 16th annual Long Beach all Breed Dog Show June 23 and 24 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. It is her first U.S. trip to celebrate the Irish Wolfhound Club of America 25th anniversary with over 20 Irish wolfhounds entered from across the country.
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Berkshire
England
Long Beach
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
Fisher M. Croucher
Croucher
United States
Middle West
East
Jack Bradshaw
Long Beach Weather Forecast Then Sunny Afternoons Expected
The weatherman predicts dreary mornings and brighter afternoons in Long Beach through Thursday. Night and morning cloud cover to linger with gradual clearing by afternoon and warmer temperatures ahead. Winds will be light but shift from east to west during the day, 12 to 18 miles per hour.
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Long Beach
Assembly Votes Freeway to State Incorporation Plan
The Assembly approved a bill to incorporate the Sepulveda Freeway into the state highway system replacing equal miles of other roads in Orange County. The Long Beach route would start at Belhart St bridge and run to the Orange County line, then toward Culver City. The path continues southeast to Santa Ana connecting with Route 101, totaling about 38 miles.
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Orange County
Long Beach
Belhart St
Garden Grove Blvd
Lone Beach
Culver City
Santa Ana
Tools Stolen From Truck on West 12th Street
Police report a theft at 1340 W 12th St where a person crawled under a truck, pried up steel boards, and took a box of refrigeration tools valued at 125 dollars. The truck and tools belong to Stephen H. Powell of Pomona Ave.
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W. 12Th St
Stephen H. Powell
Pomona Ave
L B Man Named to Planning Post
Earl J. Esse, 54, of 4504 Elm Avenue, was named deputy director of planning for Los Angeles County by the Regional Planning Commission. A 22 year veteran, Esse will serve under Arthur H. Adams, director for three years. He joined as an engineering draftsman in 1929, moved to the commission, became regional planner Grade 1 in 1936, Grade 2 in 1943, and Grade 3 in 1948. He is married with two married children and is a World War I veteran.
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Gree
Pat
Compton
Lynwood
Lynwood Press
Consolidated Steel Corp
Maywood
Douglas Kirschke
Jack Kirschke
Elaine Terry Kirschke
Terry
Patricia Kirsche
Nebraska State Teachers’ College
LCLA
Earl J. Esse
Elms Ave
Regional Planning Commission
Los Angeles County
Esse
Long Beach
Arthur H. Adams
County Surveyor’s Office
Alienist Notes Bierce Lane at Staying Time
Edward B. Bierce, 46, stands trial for the mutilation murder of his wife Florence after testimony by Dr. Carl Dwankowski that Bierce had no diseased mind but displayed sadism. Psychiatric records show past manic depressive diagnoses. the case, heard without a jury, includes recordings of Bierce admitting violent acts during a drunken rage.
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Edward B. Bierce
Florence
Carl Dwankowski
State Hospital
Norwalk
Bierce
Fred Miller
Dwankowski
Blerce
Fred
Whichello
Philip E. Foppler
H. Leslie Wiley
Flying the Flag Honors Those Who Fought for It
Long Beach observes Flag Day with civic displays and a reflection on past and present battles. The piece notes Wilson designated Flag Day in 1915 and explains flag etiquette while urging Americans to honor those fighting for democracy at home and Korea.
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United States of America
Congress
Daxaely
Korea
Wilson
Long Beach
Woodrow Wilson
Continental Congress
Vermont
Kentucky
Orean
City to study traffic signals at Seventh and Junipero
The city manager's office will study the need for signals at Seventh St and Junipero Ave, prompted by a resident petition. The manager will also consider removing street dips at Chestnut Ave and 17th St after a 42-signature petition. Attorney Rolland Truman asks removal of the Market St stop sign at Walnut Ave, citing corrective work on the dip.
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Seventh St
Junipero Ave
Chestnut Ave
17Th St
Rolland Truman
Market St
Walnut Ave
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E. Carson
Pine Ave
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P.T
L.E
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Long Beach Press
Telegram
Jetty Rogers
San Diego Hospital
William Rogers
W. Williams St
Bobo the Clown
Esther M. Croucher
Assembly
L.B. Man
Bierce Lane
By Bill Conway
Junipero
Press - Telegram
Kampton Gall
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