Pajama Night Tales From City College Dance
A lighthearted column recalls a City College Saturday dance where attendees wore pajamas and later a Young man faces embarrassment after a flat tire on Lakewood Blvd. It also mentions two local men hitching a ride on a Douglas Aircraft plane, fleeing the guard at March Field and exiting near the Administration Building.
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City College
Lakewood Blvd
Douglas Aircraft
March Field
Douglas
L. 3B
Douglas Gate
GOY GOODWIN 7 KNIGHT LAUGHS AT JUNIOR GOP MEETING
Goy Goodwin notes Knight heckles junior politicians urging service over vanity warning against seeing themselves as busts in halls or park statues. He jokes that no one wants statues if pigeons fill the park.
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Goy
Goodwin
Knight
Surtessil
City Seeks Charter Answer On Independent Park Director
The Long Beach City Council asked the city attorney for a legal opinion on whether a charter amendment is needed to hire an independent park director to lead a city beautification program. Women sponsors urge creation of a top professional director funded at 10 to 12 thousand dollars, with the post to operate outside existing departments.
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Long Beach
Herbert Waite
Public Service Department
Lakewood
Planning Commission
Carson Gardens Taxpayers Association
Beilflower Blvd
Palo Verde Ave
Centralia St
Car[son St
Samuel M. Roberts
Jean
Barcalm
Basil A. Carleson
Counciman Lyman
Sutter
Reymond
Keeler
Roberts
Laverage Long Beach
Lakewood Park and Recreation District
Metropolitan Water District
Am Flac
Wily Sneck Thief Robs Gas Station
Gene L. Beaver reports a man pretended to check tire air at Parks Service Station on Pacific Coast Highway 1050, stole $30 from the cash register, and fled as a woman driver and male companion left the scene. Police described the incident Monday at about 9:47 p.m.
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Pacific Coast
Gene L. Beaver
Gardenia Ave
Beaver
Plans for Hellman tract housing near Seal Beach poker club
A Seal Beach council meeting will review plans to develop the Hellman tract north of Pacific Coast Highway. The project envisions several hundred homes with the Airport Club poker site at one end and includes curb appeal along curved streets. Mayor Shufelt will report on efforts to secure federal and state aid to combat beach erosion and restore shore protection.
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Pacific Coast Hwy
Seal Beach
Beachery
Hellman
Airport Club
Poker Palate
Power Club
Frank Shufelt
Wll
Poker Club
George Weess
Evic
Four Burglary Attempts Reported With No Loss
Four attempted burglaries were reported Monday night with no losses. Edward Nall at 2227 Ceder Ave said an intruder entered his real estate office at 2055 Pacific Ave but nothing was stolen. William Anthony at 34 W Home St reported a residence attempt with no loss. Jane Salked is house noted intruders. Berry Merritt at 219 Virginia Rd said nothing was missing. William Nicolai at 4604 Elm Ave said a window screen was cut but burglars left before entry.
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Edward W. Nall
Ceder Ave
Lecke
Pacific Ave
William R. Anthony
Home St
Jane Salked
Berry Merritt
Virginia Rd
William F. Nicolai
Elm Ave
Navy Magnolia Landing Could Boost Pike Business
City Manager Samuel E Vickers will study the Navy's potential use of Magnolia Pier as a landing site to aid Pike area commerce. Tom Murphy and about 25 Seaside zone operators claim Seaside Bridge closure has hurt local business, with half of West Seaside firms forced to close. Vickers noted no talks with the Navy yet and that Pico Landing will likely close due to subsidence, requiring platform raises.
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Magnolia Pier
Samuel E. Vickers
Tom Murphy
Seaside Bridge
Pike and
West Seaside Blvd
Lfram Navy
Pica
Murphy
West Seaside
Navy
Vickers
Magnolia
Pico
Coastal Shipping Still OK Despite Waterfront Tie-Up
West coast shipping operates on a nearly normal basis as union officials and shipowners bargain to end a week-long waterfront strike. The American President Lines and CIO American Radio Association agreed on a temporary truce in San Francisco allowing the APL liner President Wilson to sail for the Orient with Adlai E. Stevenson aboard.
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West Coast Shipping
Amerinan
Lines
CIO Américan Radio Association
San Francisco
APL
Wueon
Orient
Adlai E. Stever
Skippers Strike Threatens Lurline Honolulu Sailing
A Matson Line Lurline faces possible cancellation as deck and radio officers strike spreads through San Francisco harbor. The luxury liner planned to sail at 4 p.m. Wednesday with 120 aboard toward Honolulu while the Stirling remained in port. Radio and mates unions seek higher wages to align with eastern and Gulf coast vessels, part of AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots demands. The Wilson followed three hours after.
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Matson Line
San Francisco
Honolulu
Stirling
Son
Wilson
Radio Union
East
Gulf Coast
AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Two Trips Take Keys Then Cash From Gas Station
Burton B. McElhhinny of 73% St. Louis Avenue reported burglars hit his gas station at 300 W. Willow Street on Monday grabbing keys to pumps and cash boxes. Between 8:20 and 8:20 p.m. two attendants at the grease rack watched as thieves opened the office cash drawer and took $150.
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W. Willow St
Burton B. McElhhinny
St. Louis Avé
McElhinny
LBSC Plans Air Course Participation
Long Beach State College joins seven western and southern schools in a Civil Air Patrol program to promote aviation education in high schools and colleges. The college will run an aviation course at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station from Aug 4 to Aug 39, featuring theory, flying demonstrations, and lab work, with teacher-students expected to train other teachers. The central workshop is CAP's second-summer program at University of Colorado, Boulder, from July 23 to Aug 26.
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Long Beach State College
West
Civil Air Patrol
Washington, D. C
J. Wesley Bratton
Long Beach
Long Beach State
Los Alamitos
Naval Air Station
CAP
University of Colorado
Boulder
Council Rejects Housing Purchase Bid for Cabrillo Homes
City Council declined an immediate action to acquire all or part of the Cabrillo Homes project. Public Housing Administration official E Saetes Foster warned the June 30 deadline for first-step purchase and urged submission by March 21 to allow processing time.
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Cabrillo Homes
E.saetes Foster
Public Housing Administration
San Francisco
Klocksiem Anti Poker Bill OKd by Committee
Assembly judiciary committee approves Klocksiem bill to outlaw draw poker in California sending it to the House floor amid objections. Gardena and Long Beach officials pressed for passage citing crime and economic harm from local card parlors.
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Klocksiem
Bill Okd
Herbert R. Klocksiem
California
House
Assembly
Gardena
Long Beach
Senate
State
Frace Officers Association
Klockstein
Seal Beach
Long Beach City
Ke, Sutherland
Alaimeda County
Traffic Box Score Data From Early U.S. Injury Stats
Fragmentary OCR data lists injury accidents and totals by year, including fatalities and injuries for 1952 and 1953, with scattered figures and unclear labels. The readable items mention 1953 fatalities as three and 1952 injuries as about 180, with injury accidents around 100 for 1952.
City backs United route to Honolulu via Los Angeles
The City Council voted to support United Air Lines Ikars application to the Civil Aeronautics Authority for permanent status as an air passenger carrier between Los Angeles and Honolulu. United has operated Honolulu service for three years on a temporary certificate, competing with Pan American Airways. A CAA hearing on United's application is slated for this fall.
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United Air Lines
Ikars
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Los Angeles
Honlulu
United
Honolulu
Pan-American Airways
Walter Wehner
CAA
February Ship Arrivals At Long Beach Total 435
The Marine Exchange reports February arrivals at Long Beach totalled 435 ships, down from January's 467 but above February 1952's 424. American Flag vessels numbered 289, with British Empire 28, Japan 26, Norway 24, Panama 14, Sweden 11, Mexico seven, and other nations represented. Of arrivals, 269 were passenger or cargo vessels, 117 tankers, 7 cargo carriers and 31 miscellaneous.
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The
Arts of
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Marine Exchange
British Empire
New Zealand
Japan
Norway
Panama
Sweden
Mexico
France
Netherlands
Italy
Greece
Honduras
Liberia
Denmark
Philippines
Chie
Finland
Ching
Iin
Plane Builder's Wife Wins $1 Million Divorce
The 37 year marriage of plane builder Donald W Douglas and his wife Charlotte ended in a million dollar property settlement in her favor. Mrs Douglas receives $897,059 in cash plus a $70,000 home and 15 shares of the planemaker's stock, with other income tax implications noted.
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Donald W_ Douglas
Charlotte
Chi
Douglas
Marguerite ‘Tucker
Jerome Mayo
at-Kelye
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Lurline Sailing
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James L. Rush
Card Club
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