Pigeons Take Over Medical Office On 12th Floor
An expectant pigeon couple occupies an unused office at Thelma Merrill’s medical employment agency on the 12th floor of Times Echo Building. The white egg was laid June 16, with hatch expected around July 4. Mrs Merrill notes the pair, Mama and Papa Pigeon, guard the nest daily and may raise a baby pigeon in the high rise office.
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Thelma Lee Merrill Tone
the Times Elogg
Mama
Papa
Papa Pigeon
Long Beach Civic Auditorium Bid Invitation Draws Mrs Hudson
Three prominent Long Beach residents were invited to join the Civic Auditorium and Music Center board. Mrs Elizabeth F Hudson said she received the invitation from the Los Angeles association but does not intend to join or seek further involvement.
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Long Beach
Elizabeth F. Hudson
Board of
Eduday Night
Assa
Los Angeles
Book Man 23 In Hill City Assault Case
A 23 year old man, Jack Mosely, was booked on assault with a deadly weapon after striking another man on the head with a gun and injuring a police officer during a fight outside a Hill City bar around 8 20 p.m. Friday. The victim, George Cilley, 86, was treated for a lacerated forehead. The incident involved several local addresses and drew county officials into a broader cost dispute over a proposed building funded by taxpayers.
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Jack Mosely
Beach
H. E. Rid E
19Th Se
Durings Jr
Myrtle Ave
Hill
Hill Lloyd S. Wheley, 3501 Les Lo St
Orange Ave
Mas Ave
Lakewood
Wn-Lp
George
Cilley
Gavinia Ave
Board of ‘Supervisors
Fred Overton
Long Beach
Miss U Due Here Sunday Arrives for Long Beach Pageant
Hillevi Rombin Miss Universe 1955 will land in Long Beach Sunday and stay at the Lafayette Hotel. She will greet entrants expected to arrive over the next ten days as the pageant preparations begin. The Lafayette secures three floors for contestants and other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillevi Rombin
Long Beach
Lafayette Hotel
Lafayette
Thec
One Sailor Free and Another Held in Assault Charge
A 70 year old Navy man Jose N. R. Avila had an assault with a deadly weapon charge dismissed for insufficient evidence by Municipal Judge Kenneth E. Sutherland after a preliminary hearing. Co defendant Wilfred Jose Aragon 21 was held to answer in Superior Court July 12 to a similar charge. They were arrested after a 18 year old youth was struck with a wine bottle and stabbed in the back with a jagged edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose N. R. Avila
Kenneth E. Sutherland
Avila
Navy
Wilfred Jose Aragon
Superior Court
City
Dan Farnham
Aragon
Barbers Union Delays Action On Price Increase
Long Beach barbers report price hikes to 1.75 dollars but Barbers Union Local 622 says no official action. A resolution to raise the price 23 cents was introduced in the local and the Barber Employers Guild 46. The measure would take three months before a vote and require a two thirds majority to pass.
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Long Beach
Barbers Union Local
Barber Employers Guild
Ithe
Salvation Army Assigns Lt Nickerson to Long Beach Corps
Lt LaVerne W Nickerson recently commissioned as Salvation Army officer is assigned to the Long Beach Corps in Seattle where he previously worked for Boeing Aircraft. He served as a brand's man songs reader and youth leader, and will oversee youth activities with the Army in this post.
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LaVerne W Nickerson
Salvation Army
Long Beach Corps
Nickerson
Seattle
Wash
Boeing Aimcrafl
Officers Training School
Brandsman
Army
Gordon Hickle Ends Long Banking Career
Gordon Hickle retired after 81 years with Security-First National Bank. He served as assistant trust officer at the Long Beach branch. He and wife Maude reside at 1820 2nd St. They have a daughter Virginia Ann and a son Robert G. Hickle, district sales manager for UllBrea Chemical Co. in Bakersfield.
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Gordon
Hickle
First National Bank
Long Beach
Maude
2Nd St
Virginia Ann
Robert’ G. Hickle
ulBrea Chemical Co
Bakersfield
Thetis Bay Escorts Carrier to Join Navy Marine Wings
The USS Thetis Bay, newly named CVHA-1, will be commissioned as an escort carrier out of Long Beach with 1,000 Marines and a crew of about 50. Plans foresee 20 HRS helicopters and eight combat aircraft, marking a step toward all Navy Marine amphibious warfare doctrine.
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Thomas W. South
Salltion
Comrpis
Ascari
Navy
South
Pacific Amphibious Forces
Marine Corps
Carter
Reach
Tuna Boat Sinking Mystery
The unexplained sinking of a San Pedro tuna clipper off Baja California on June 20 remained a mystery after Coast Guard inquiry. Owner Theodore Lucien testified with chief engineer Francis Lueich about flooding in the engine room and the crew of ten taking to two small boats before the Defiance sank.
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San Pedro
Baja California
Coast Guard
Theodore Lucien
Los Angeles
Cmdr
Lionel de Santo
Lueich
Francis Lueich
17Th St. San Pedro
Metro Seeks Route Change for No 66 Between Long Beach and Pedro
Metropolitan Coach Lines seeks state utilities approval to permanent reroute the No 66 line from Pico Ave and Anaheim St to the Long Beach terminal. Inbound trips would use Anaheim Magnolia Sixth St Pacific Ave to Ocean Blvd, outbound would follow Ocean Blvd Cedar Ave Broadway Pacific Ave Seventh St Magrillon Ave and Anaheim St. The changes follow temporary operation after the Seventh St bridge closure.
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Metropolitan Coach Lines
State Public Utilities Commission
Long Beach
San Pedro
Pico Ave
Anaheim St
Anaheim
Mac
Broadway
Pacific Ave
Seventh St
Magrolin Ave
Metro
Mt Baldy Sightseeing Tour Permit Requested
Tsimer Motor Tours applied to the State Public Utilities Commission for authority to run a Long Beach to Mt Baldy sightseeing round trip at 6 dollars. A copy of the request was filed Friday with the City Bureau of Franchises. PUC has scheduled no hearing. Tanney proposed three other tours between various Southern California cities and Mt Baldy. No application said no such service is being provided.
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Tsimer Motor Tours
State Public Utilities Commission
Long Beach
Mt. Baldy
Bureau of Franchises
PUC
Tanney
California
Hellenic Scholarship Awards Presented at AHEPA Banquet
John Watts of Poly High and Ted Martin of Santa Barbara won $200 AHEPA scholarships at a Lafayette Hotel banquet. Gregory Shanis of Hollywood received a district special scholarship. UHH banquet featured Dr Rufus Von KleinSmid and 400 attendees.
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John Watts
Poly High
Ted Martin
Santa Barbara
AHEPA
Lafayette Hotel
Martin
Gregory Shanis
Hollywood
Distric Trompes
Vai
Daughters of Penelope
Hac
Rufus von KleinSmid
U.S.C
99th Birthday Quiet for Louis Steen in Rest Home
Louis M. Steen, born June 20, 1857 in Huntington Indiana, at 2455 E. Fourth Street rest home, marked his 99th birthday with a simple ice cream and cake party planned by his daughter Lena Hebert of 172 Posimona Ave. Survived by one daughter, two sons and two deceased siblings. Steen lived in Hannibal and Colorado and helped build the Santa Fe Railroad. He valued reading fiction by Dickens and Cooper and recalled Civil War memories with quiet dignity. He preferred a subdued birthday rather than a public celebration.
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Santa Fe
Huntington
Ind
Steen
Pennsylvania
Hannibal
Colorado
Sanita Fe
New Mexico
California
San Diego
Redlands
Lena Hebert
Posimona Ave
Hebert
Gas Rate Boost Proposed by Southern Counties
Southern Counties Gas Co filed with the State Public Utilities Commission for a rate increase to return 4.747 million dollars annually before taxes, adding an average 45 cents monthly to bills. The service area covers over 560,000 customers across San Luis Obispo, Orange, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties and portions of Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, including San Pedro, Wilmington, Terminal Island, Lakewood Plaza, Seal Beach, and several coastal communities.
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Southern Counties Gas Co
State Public Utilities Commission
San Luis Obispo
Orange
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Los Angeles
San Diego
Riverside
San Bernardin
San Pedro
Wilmington
Terminal Island
Lakewood Plaza
Seal Beach
Sun‘att Beach
Barber City
Midway City
Talbert
Newport Beach
Harbor City
Ansheim
Fullerton
Santa Ana
Whittler
Ex-LB Hotelman Reveals Liquor Payoff in Court
Former Long Beach hotelman James Oscar Towers testifies that in 1953 he and his brother paid 5000 to drop a liquor license violation while owning the Wilton Hotel. Now run the Golden Hotel in Reno, Towers says part of the money went to Bonelli, while Calhoun faces charges over illicit political contributions from liquor dealers.
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Long Beach
James Oscar Towers Lhin
San Diego
Superior Court
William
Wilton Hotel
Golden Hotel
Reno
Nev
Berard P. Calhoun
Los Angeles
Southern California Spirits Foundation
Calhoun
Willam G Bonelli
State Board of Equalization
Bonelli
Treasure Book Man in Court
Stephen J Pedley 28 of 4312 E 2nd St faced a second Municipal Court appearance on charges under a California business and professional code for selling a Treasure Book coupon book. He seeks restraining orders. jury trial set for July 10. police say the book offered 145 dollars worth of coupons for 3.98.
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Pedley
E. 2Nd St
Banco
Four L B Life Insurance Men Feted in Long Beach
Four members of the Long Beach Association of Life Underwriters were honored for becoming Million Dollar Round Table members for selling more than one million dollars in life insurance in a year. The honorees include Alexander Alex, Harry Van Waveren, Donald Comfort, and AL Schroeder. Van Waveren also earned top salesman honors for his company in 1955. Loren H. Evans was installed as the new president of the local association, with officers and directors named from several major life insurance firms.
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Long Beach. Assn. of Life
United States
Emmett
Val) Welthouse
California State Life Underwriters
Assa
Loren H. Evans
Manufacturers’ Life Insurance Co
John S. Walker
Beneficial Life
James E. Miller
Penn Mutual
Sam C. Hill
Prudential
S. Rush Coffin
Aetna
Dale C
Two Local Artists Exhibit at Redondo Beach Library
Betty Garner of 1449 E. 20th St and Verna Richardson of 1227 E. Osean Blvd have entries in the Unrecognized Artists Club exhibit at the Redondo Beach Public Library through July 4.
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Betty Garner
E. 20Th St
Verna Richardson
E. Osean Blvd
Artists Club
Reynondo Beach Public Library
Sunday Features Celebrate Independence Day Legacy
Sunday Features in the Independent Press-Telegram outline July 4 celebrations and the 180th birth of the nation with pieces from Letter to Abigail on John Adams prophecy, Southland Magazine reminiscences, Parade Magazine primer for Americans, and color feature on Naples in Dream City of Buffalo Bill’s Pal.
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Press-Telegram
Abigail
John Adams
Southland Magazine
Parade Magazine
Sourmann Magazine
Naples
Buffalo
Bill
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Peter Mangas
George Paios
Fred Harris
Stantine Virinis
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Peter C. Stevens
W. Broadway
Atris
Bob Whearley
Harnibal
Yea
Wes
Ravenna
Ohio
Kanzan
Yeasg Ague
Uke Cooper
Dickens
Richie
Louis M. Steen
L.B. Hotelman
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Charles T. Smith
Smith
Donald E. Grisham
Grisham
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Josephine Lowman
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