Gold Star Mothers Convention Shapes Memorial Home Control
The American Gold Star Mothers Inc national convention in Chicago votes to regain control of Memorial National Home Foundation. The foundation recently bought Truman Boyd Manor housing from the federal government and adopts amendments broadening eligibility to include parents of WWII service members who are not Gold Star Mothers.
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American Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Chicago
Memorial National Home Foundation
Truman Boyd
Foundation
Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Gold Star, Mothers, Inc
American Cold Star Mothers, Inc
Amercan Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Margaret Winter
Girl Testifies About Joining Church After Alleged Incident
A 14 year old Redondo Beach student testified in Long Beach Superior Court that she joined Rev Estil Harlan Fischer's congregation about a month after he allegedly molested her in a church study. Fischer 47 faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. trial resumed after a Friday recess.
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Redondo Beach
Estil Harlan Fischer
Long Beach
Rev. Fischer
Fellowship Baptist Church of
Albert C. S. Ramsey
Ramsey
Fischer
Bank Executive Will Be Speaker at Dinner
Byron Reynolds Jr, vice president of Citizens National Bank of Los Angeles, will be guest speaker at Woodruff Community Church Father-and-Son banquet Wednesday at 6 45 p m. He will discuss The Influence of a Good Family Relationship.
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Byron Reynolds Jr
Citizens National Bank of Los Angeles
Woodruff Community Church
Fire department responds to multiple calls in Carson, Bellflower area
Fire crews reported car fires with no damage, grass and palm tree blazes, occasional ambulance calls, and one oven fire at El Roble. Units from Siren and Lakewood districts logged scattered incidents Sunday night into Monday morning, with minor property impacts and no injuries noted.
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Pacific Coast
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Carson St
Beliflower
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Pacific Coast Hwy
Juie Ave
American Ave
A. mi
Sonoma
Wow
Kibo el Roble
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Alamitos Ave
Pacific Ave
Atzantia Ave
Palm Tree
Bellflower Blvd
Carson Stigrins
Ag Dam
Grange Ave
Lionday
Wardrow Rd
Limeint Ave
Locust Ave
Stanley Ave
Ambu
Lakewood
Harvey, Way and Homing Co
Arniva
Obituaries from Long Beach area honor several residents
Obituary notices for Martin M Schultheis 67 of Los Angeles former Long Beach resident, Katherine Evans 69 of Wilmington wife of William P Evans and active AFL Cement Masons official, Billy M Pierce 51 longtime Long Beach resident, Andrew Bauer 60 Long Beach accountant, Jane Pear Smith 73 of Long Beach, Carrie Mattison 87 of Long Beach, Susie Zablow Jr of Long Beach, Civita Lo Albo 22 Long Beach, and Alvin L Odell 59 Long Beach contractor. Graveside and church services set across Westminster Green Hills Sunnyside All Souls Eagle Grove with local mortuaries directing.
Six Lakewood Areas Seek Annexation Before Deadline
Six Lakewood areas have filed annexation petitions to join Long Beach ahead of a one week deadline amid a Central Basin council plan to adopt a joining resolution on July 1. Petitions in University District Plaza Units 1 and 2 Plaza Unit 6 Heartwell Wardlow Lakewood Village and Carson Gardens edge toward a special election while anti annexation groups claim to block votes with protest petitions. The district could incur millions in back taxes if Metropolitan joins are delayed, prompting legal actions and council reviews.
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Metropolitan Water District
Long Beach
Lakewood
Central Basin Municipal Water District Board
Snenitgl
Central Basin Board
Metropolitan
Central Basin District
Nelson
University District
Plaza
Plaza Unit
Heartwell-Wardlow
Lakewood Village
Carson Gardens
West Lakewood
Rowland Eley
Bixler Ave
Arthur J. Compton
Centralia St
Long Beach Annex Plan Won't Take Compton School
Long Beach annexation plans for Mark Keppel School at 18630 E Rose St faced concern but a new state bill limits automatic annexation of school property for two years. Compton district officials noted the measure shields the district despite redrawn boundaries around the Los Angeles River area near Compton Blvd Paramount Blvd Garfield Ave Olive St.
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Compton
Long Beach
Mark Keppel
Los Angeles
Seas Assembly
Henry McKay
McKay
Compton Blvd
Garfield Ave
Paramount Blvd
Olive St
E. Rose St
Nab Youth as Peddler of Heroin
San Pedro police arrested Henry L. LaFrance, 17, at a liquor store on Beacon Street at 1 a m. He is charged with violating the narcotics act and reportedly tried to swallow drugs during a scuffle. Officers said four packages were recovered, and LaFrance admitted peddling heroin while on probation for an Oregon burglary charge.
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Harbor
San Pedro
Henry L. LaFrance
12Th St
LaFrance
S. Beacon St
Chris Wuetrich
O. L. Green
LaForce
Oregon
Boy Dies From Tetanus in Santa Ana
Santa Ana reports the death of 12 year old John Chairez from tetanus, the first lorckjaw case in the area this year and the second tetanus death in Orange County in 1953. He passed Saturday at Orange County General Hospital. Police note Ray Jones, 12, of 7085 Ohio St, Anaheim, was admitted Sunday with an ailment possibly polio or meningitis.
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Santa Ana
John Chairez
Edward Lee Russell
Orange County
Harper St
Here
Orange County General Hospital
Ray Jones
Ohio St
Anaheim
Mishap Injures Foot At Seaside Place
Claude R. Tyler aged 19 of 2142 Pacific Ave suffered a foot injury Sunday when struck by a sightseer’s tram car on Seaside Place near Linden.
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Claude R. Tyler
Pacific Ave
Seaside Pl
Linden
Tiny Gas Flame Fatal to Lookout Man at Gilman Peak
Yorba Linda California report details the death of 72 year old lookout David McKinzie from a small gas flame in his tower. His 67 year old wife Myrtle was found unconscious beside him. she later survived. The couple had been stationed at Gilman Peak in Carbon Canyon since April 17 for the season. Their son Donald remains in Port Orford, Oregon. McKinzie’s body was taken to Eudaly Mortuary in Orange and wife hospitalized at St. Joseph in Orange.
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Yorba Linda
David McKinzie
Myrtle
Joe Sherman
Grange Headquarters
State Division of Forestry
McKinzie
Gilman Peak
Carbon Canyon
Baldwin
Lookout Tower
Bath
McKinzies
Ismall Tower
Port Orford
Ore
Skin Diver Sought in Laguna Bay
Divers resumed the search for Don McLaughlin a Santa Ana resident who disappeared near Crystal Cave north of Laguna Beach after entering the water around 3 a.m. in a frogman suit with snorkel and oxygen. His car and some gear were found beside the vehicle but no trace of him. He was due to meet friends at 1 p.m. but did not appear.
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Laguna Beach
Don McLaughlin
Crystal Cave
Here
McLaughlin
18Th St. Santa Ana
Oscar Stein Rites Slated
Oscar N. Stein aged 66 of 203 Stews art Way founder of Long Beach Store Fixture Co. died Sunday and will be buried Wednesday at Bev Olam Cemetery Hollywood after a 10 a.m. funeral at Mottell's chapel officiated by L Elliott Grafman. He was a Harmony Lodge 142 AF&AM life member and Ta'nai B'rith Gold Menorah, formerly in Milwaukee, with Temple Israel ties. Surviving are his widow Rose M and a son Mort.
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Oscar_N. Stein
Stewsart Way
Long Beach
UCLA Professor to Speak at Lakewood Civic Council Meeting
UCLA business professor Dr. Philip Neff will address the Lakewood Civic Council at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Woodruff Community Church. President Leonard Jones announced the talk titled "Amenation and Lakewood's Four Other Choices." Neff formerly served as chief economist for the Haynes Research Foundation and is studying unincorporated areas. The council welcomes Lakewood residents opposed to Long Beach.
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Philip Neff
Ucla School of Business Administration
Lakewood
Harbor Area Asked to Aid South Korea War Relief
Rev Harry E B Dunlap urged Harbor area residents to back a national Aid to Korea drive aimed at raising 300000 in Southern California as part of a 35000000 goal led by Milton Eisenhower. Los Angeles leaders Irene Dunne Conrad Hilton and others coordinate efforts to send food clothing and medical aid to Korea.
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Harbor Area
Harry EB. Dunlap
Ocean Blvd
Rev Dunlap
California
Milton Eisenhower
Earl Warren
George C. Brock
Norman Chandler
Irene Dunne
Conrad Hilton
Preston Hotchkis
Willard Keith
B. R. Meyer
Los Angeles
Southern California
Korea
Rummage Sale Aimed at Townsend Club Meeting
Lt. Colonel to attend Townsend Club of the 1st Dis Air Reserve meeting to sponsor a rummage sale at Townsend Hall 131 W Fifth St Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. The event invites community participation and raises funds for club activities.
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Townsend Club
Air Reserve
Townsend Hall
Fishermen and Driver Hurt as Bus Hits Tank Truck
A Greyhound bus rear ended a tank truck on Pacific Coast Highway near Hawthorne Boulevard injuring 31 fishermen and a driver. The bus driver Glenn E. Albert, 26, suffered serious injuries while passengers from the San Fernando Valley sustained cuts and bruises. Five ambulances carried victims to Harbor General Hospital. the truck driver George W. Stotler, 50, was shaken but unharmed.
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Greyhound
Sun-1
Pacific Coast Hwy
Hawthorne Blvd
Glenn E. Albert
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Harbor General Hospital
George W. Stotler
McKinley St
Compton
Torrance
Long Beach Air Force Base to attend regional VARTU conference
The Long Beach Air Force Base unit will be represented at a Southern California and Arizona VARTU conference in Los Angeles on June 20 and 21 by Col Howard E Scott. The event will set training progress for the new fiscal year and address policy matters. Volunteers are sought. applications can be made by phoning Glenn M Larson at extension 190. The 9350th meets every Thursday at 7 30 p m at Long Beach Municipal Air Base.
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Volunteer Air Reserve
California
Arizona
Los Angeles
Howard BE
Scott
Glenn M. Larson
9350Th
Long Beach Municipal Air Base
Burglars Loot Downey Home in 3500 Damage Epic
Downey residents and sheriff deputies hunt burglars after a month away to discover R. P. Case 65 returning to a wrecked house at 9411 Firestone Blvd. Doors knocked out windows smashed walls torn bathroom toilet smashed kitchen cabinet ruined and storage shed looted with unspecified property missing.
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Sheriff's Deputies
R. P. Case
Firestone Blvd
Case
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