Long Beach plans major auditorium as LA rejects
An unsigned column notes Los Angeles voters rejected a municipal auditorium bond, while Long Beach advances a rival 12 000 to 15 000 seat pavilion funded by tidelands oil money. The piece envisions Long Beach becoming a regional convention hub with improved traffic and transport links to LA, plus potential use by LA conventions. It also includes a Turkish month and day list and prints the Elks Flag Day toast to the American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Tidelands
Southland
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks
Six Mile Area Toll Mock A Bomb Drill Shocks Long Beach
A staged nuclear attack simulated 160 000 ton blast at Long Beach on Atlantic Ave and Anaheim St to test civil defense. The exercise evacuated schools and halted liquor stores, with city employees on 24 hour duty and 175 reserve officers plus amateur radio units deployed to manage traffic and communications and assess dispersal effectiveness.
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William J. Mooney
Anaheim St
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach Area
Long Beach
Hiroshima
Ocean
Roosevelt Rd
Judson Ave
Ramillo Ave
Harbor‘area
Signal Hill
Los Angeles River
Wardlaw
Washington, D. C
Pacific
Aalst St
Mira Mar Ave
Recreation Department
Civil Defense
Alatt
Sam FE
Vickers
Second St
Gro
Mooney
Teen wife and mate admit big heroin habit
An 18 year old Long Beach housewife Diane Lee Clark and her 21 year old husband Gordor pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to illegal possession of heroin after narcotics officers watched them for five days. She said she averaged three capsules daily and they admitted lifelong usage since marriage ten months ago. They were ordered to appear in Superior Court for sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frged Schott
Long Beach
Diane Lee Clark
Jina Obispn
Gordor
Tong Beach
Robert Shaw
Shaw
Ist
Figueroa Sty
Angeles
Loony Beach
Frank C. Charval
Superior Court
Arm Breaks in Norwalk Car Crash
Nancy L. Mallory age 21 of 1149 East First Street sustained two fractures after a chain reaction rear end collision involving three vehicles at the intersection of 7th Street and Studebaker Road in Norwalk on Sunday.
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Nancy L. Mallory
First St
7Th St
Studebaker
Admiral says servicemen neglected by system at VFW parley
Vice Admiral McIntire older Roosevelt physician turned congress candidate addressed the California Veterans of Foreign Wars convention at Municipal Auditorium. He faulted pay and fringe benefits for enlistees, warned re-enlistments lag, urged backing for hospital rebuilding, and labeled Guatemala a powder keg amid Cold War tensions. A parade along Ocean Boulevard capped events with 5000 veterans attending.
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Bud Seviere
Adm
United States Security
Ross
McIntire
USN
Franklin D
Roosevelt
Jow
California
Coronado
Navy
Congress
San Diego
Long Beach Naval Hospital
VFW
Senate
House
Guatemala
United Nations
Ocean Blvd
Cherry Ave
Golden Ave
Peter H.martinek
Army-Navy
Legion of Valor
VEW
Ladies Auxiliary
James E. Butler
W. Mountain View
Gordon H. Winton Jr
Merced
Lyman B.J. Sutter
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Frank S. Lawrance
Ta Mancaants
Bus fumes complaint prompts action near Jordan Shop
Witnesses including Mrs May Jones manager of the Bus Co. and Rich PuNG drivers reported fumes causing concerns at a downtown area near 138 W Broadway and 136 W Brand. A rule requires bus engines to be shut off when stopped longer than a minute.
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Injard Moore
Walt Ae
tolJorden
W. Broadway
Haust
Long Beach
May Jones
Motor Bus Co
Brand- Haaf
Aise
Nade Iit
Rich
Cruiser Division 5 Home From Far East
Cruiser Division 5 returns to Long Beach after serving with United Nations forces in the Far East. The flagship Rochester ties up at Berth 13 with Rear Adm. Thomas C. Ragan and staff aboard. Los Angeles docks at Berth 12 while a donation respirator is presented to Los Angeles General Hospital by crew members and polio survivor families. The ships head to Mare Island for overhaul after participation in Operation Flag still.
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Don Brackenbury
Long Beach
United Nations
Far East
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
USS
Rochester
Division 5
M. C. Heine
US. Naval Base
Thomas C. Ragan
Second St
Deine
R. E. Wigan
Los Angeles
Pier B
William W. Outerbridge
Carson St
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Fred W. Fitzgerald
Azusa
Navy
Berman Phoebus
Anchorage
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Adm.Ragan
John Quinn
Adm
Ragan
Iwo Jima
Far
Twaddi
Pacific
Long Beach Students Win USC Scholarships 19 Named
Nineteen Long Beach area students are among 117 USC scholars. Recipients include Frank S. Bole Gerald A. Hight and Margaret S. Waddelow. Others from nearby communities are Maryanne L. Hammatt Nancy A. Porter Charlotte A. Mueller Lynwood Euchi Kamiya Gardena and many more.
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Long Beach-area
University of Southern California
Long Beach
Frank S.bole
Gerald A. Hight
Margaret S .Waddelow
Maryanne L. Hammatt
Ansheim
Nancy A. Porter
Bellflower
Euchi Kamiya
Gardena
Charlotte A. Mueller
Lynwood
Larry L. Sipes
Norwalk
Ernest ¥. Nacif
Marilyn ¢. Frick
Orange
Mary Lee Hutchinson
William T. Stewart
Redondo Beach
Stephanie Clerk
Rolling His
John R. Trammelo
Santa Ana
Donald B. Kite
South Gate
Willam A. Whittington
Frank M. Sheffield
Warren L. Bennett
Torrance
James J. McGrath
Wilmington
Banker Appointed Chairman of Red Cross Fund Drive
Virgil B Gillespie named chairman of the 1955 Long Beach Red Cross fund campaign by retiring chapter head Dr. Stirling G Pillsbury. Gillespie, VP at Security First National Bank, cites Red Cross scope and volunteers, stressing aid to military personnel, disaster relief, civil defense, first aid, water safety and nursing. He lives at 645 Cerritos Ave with wife Freda and children Virgil Jr and Janet. director and treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the Long Beach Clearing House, and co-president of the Long Beach Area Boy Scouts council.
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Virgil B. Gillespie
Long Beach
American Red Cross
Stirling G. Pillsbury
Gillespie
Security-First National Bank
Red Cross
Cerritos Ave
Freda
Janet
Virgil Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach Clearing House|Assn
Long Beach Area
Boy Scouts# council
Coat Stolen From Apartment Burglary Report
Police report a burglary at Goldie Rothblatt's apartment 4681 Banner Dr. Sunday night theft included a $1,000 fur coat, $20 in cash, a $13 pearl strand, and about $100 in clothing. Miss Universe Flies to Latin America for a monthlong visit from Los Angeles to Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Goldie Rothblatt
Banner Dr
Latin America
Christiane Martel
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Venezuela
Trinidad
Interac
Park Lantern Gift From Yokohama Heads to Long Beach
A 1944 pound stone lantern gifted by Yokohama mayor arrives aboard Shinsei Maru No. 3 and is expected to be placed east of Federation Drive in Recreation Park. Park officials consider cherry tree setting and will seek a formal site recommendation from the park commission. The lantern carries a friendship inscription and follows the exchange of rose bushes earlier this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Yokohama
Federation Dr
Recreation Park
Lyman B. Sutter
Park Commission
Japan
Ernest R. Barker
Barker
Sutter
Ryozo Hiranuma
Long Beach Harbor
Police Fail Death By Own Action Case On Faculty Ave
Officers B E McGregor and James Folks found a one year old Lakewood City boy inside a car on Faculty Avenue near Cat ion Street with a green garden hose end near his face. He was unconscious and the men said the incident appeared to be a death by own action attempt. He was taken to Community Hospital and later jailed for investigation. He spoke only of a call from the Lord upstairs.
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B. E. McGregor
James
Faculty Ave
Cation St
Lakewood City
Community Hospitel
City Jail
Aolice
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