Beach Combing and Rail Miles in Long Beach
In Long Beach a Union Pacific official notes the city’s 103 miles of railroad including 22 miles on docks and a near-defunct PE line toward Newport. He explains line haul trackage, discusses primary election voting rules, party ballots, and urges timely voter registration.
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Bedi
Hank DeLacy
Union Pacific
Beach Combing
Hank
Long Beach
Newport
Dominguez Junction
Paramount
Navy approves Long Beach Naval Hospital project
Defense Secretary Lovett approves 300 bed hospital funding of 3 389 000 for construction on a federal site. Possible sites include White Point in San Pedro or Haster's Field near Garden Grove with Long Beach leaning to Haster's Field about 10 miles away. The project aims to replace the former Long Beach Navy Hospital abandoned after the war.
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Long Beach Naval Hospital
Defense
Robert Lovett
Navy
Dan Kimball
Washington
Congress
White's Point
Fort MacArthur
San Pedro
Haster
Long Beach
D. W. Campbell
Wite Slashed by GI Mate Near Death
A 46 year old San Pedro man, Sgt. Francisco Reclosado, stabbed his wife Gloria Reclosado seven times with a Army mess kit knife in their apartment. She was hospitalized in serious condition with five stomach wounds and two in the right arm. He was booked for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder.
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San Pedro
Harbor General Hospital
Gloria Reclosado
Francisco Reclosado
Sixth St
Reclosado
Camp Roberts
Bataan
Seared Youth Improves After Paint Thinner Blast
Warren G. Hogg, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Sentency Hogg of Myrtle Ave, who was critically burned when paint thinner can exploded at his home a week ago Monday, shows considerable improvement per Seaside Hospital report.
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Warren G. Hogg
Sentency Hogg
Myrtle Ave
Seaside Hospital
FBI-Hunted Man Rounded Up Here
Seattle police arrested Allan Leland Orick 36 once sought by the FBI since November 8, 1950. He faced grand theft and fugitive charges after a car stop at Termino Avenue and Ocean Boulevard. Authorities said he used a Vancouver draft to obtain funds and carried valuable jewelry, including a diamond ring.
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Seattle
FBI
Allan Leland Orick
Alaskan Packing Association
E. R. Ragsdale
Gary Wilson
Termino Ave
Ocean Blvd
Orick
Michael Orick
Bellflower
Nieto Ave
Two Injured Near Hospital in Orange County Crash
Police reported two Orange County residents injured in a 7 am crash at the Seventh Street entrance to the Veterans Administration Hospital. Obstructed vision from heavy rain contributed. Llewellyn L. Lewis 42 from Tucson was treated for knee injuries. Dolly Enloc 48 from Santa Ana was taken for possible nose fracture and leg injuries.
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Orange County
Seventh St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Llewellyn L. Lewis
Tus-on
Community Hospital
Dolly Enloc
Dresser St
Santa Ana
Seaside Hospital
Freighter Santa Eliana Delayed Five Days in San Francisco
Grace Line’s freighter Santa Eliana, which departed last week, was delayed for five days in San Francisco after the Coast Guard screened a crew member as a security risk. The man, in the steward’s department, belonged to the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, which the company said refused a replacement. The ship operates along Grace Line’s Pacific coast route through North Central and South America.
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Grace Line
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Steward's Department
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
Grave Line
Pacific
North
Central
South America
Lakewood Population Surges in Census Study
A Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce study shows Lakewood growing from 636 residents in 1930 to 40,605 by 1951, with rapid gains since 1950 after Montana Land Co holdings were purchased. The report ranks Westchester and nearby unincorporated communities by population gains in 1940 to 1950 and lists 1930 populations for Pico-Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Paramount, Bellflower, Artesia, Norwalk, and Downey.
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Lakewood
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Lakewood Country Club
San Fernando Valley
Montana Land Co
Lakewood Park
Lakewood Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Chamber
Pico-Rivera
Santa Fe Springs
Paramount
Bellflower
Artesia
Norwal
Dawney
Governor Puts Two on Transit Authority
Loyd Whaley and Fred S. Dean were named by Gov. Earl Warren to the seven member Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority created to plan a rapid transit link between Long Beach and the San Fernando Valley. Whaley terms run to March 2, 1954 and Dean to March 2, 1936. Other members include Miller, Brunmark, Wilson, Pollard, and McClellan with terms ending in 1954 or 1959. The authority may issue up to 380 million in revenue bonds, under PUC regulation, for the project explored with monorail proposals by Monorail Engineering & Construction Corp. and Southern California Monorail & Transit. The plan envisions 30 passenger electric cars on a guide-supported elevated rail, speeds 50-75 mph, with aluminum cars and prestressed concrete pilings.
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Loyd Whaley
Fred S. Dean
Earl Warren
Los Angeles
Here
van Nuys
State Public Utilities Commission
Monorail Engineering & Construction Corp
Southern California Monorail & Transit
Judith
Justified Big Bridge Plan For Los Angeles River Corridor
City Traffic Engineer Robert D. Dier today defended a diagonal bridge from Ninth Street to Seventh Street over the Los Angeles River, arguing it is warranted by traffic. He estimates about 31,800 vehicles would use the Long Beach Freeway and bridge daily, with August the peak month at roughly 18,200 in and out daily.
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Los Angeles River
Ninth St
Seventh St
Robert D. Dier
Dier
Long Beach
City College
Barbers Join Push for Police Pay Hike
Long Beach Police Det. Insp. William Stovall and Det. Wilson filed a petition with the City Council seeking a 15 percent wage increase for officers. They argued morale is low, urged an ordinance to raise pay and cost of living protections, noting police salaries lag behind other city workers and that the department has seen 27.5 percent raises since 1940 while other classifications saw much larger hikes.
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Long Beach
Barbers’ Union
Stovall
Wilson
Price Dept
Beauty Show Plans Made For 100-Unit Parade
Plans for a 100 unit parade linked to the Miss Universe pageant were announced by the executive committee. Foreign beauty queen finalists and one from each of the 43 states will ride their own floats, with 15 bands marching and several novelties. The parade begins at 10 20 a m from Alamitos Ave. and Ocean Blvd. and ends at the Municipal Auditorium.
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Alamitos Ave
Ocean Blvd
Municipal Auditorium
Wilson High Student Shop Looting Fails
Two burglars were arrested after breaking into Wilson High School student store at 2 06 am Officers C D Sherwood and Troy Schupbach interrupted the break in They named Marshall Melvin Woody 32 transient oil field worker and Charles Arthur Rutledge 29 unemployed cook from St Louis MO as those taken into custody Woody said they came from Las Vegas two days earlier and planned to steal to buy food adding machines and a typewriter were recovered from shrubbery Police booked them for burglary and probation violation for Woody
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C. D. Sherwood
Troy Schupbach
Wilson High School
Marshall Melvin Woody
Charles Arthur Rutledge
St. Louis
Woody
Long Beach Receives Unexpected Rain From North Front
A storm from the north brought 1.13 inches of rain to Long Beach today, raising the season total to 12.89 inches. The front was expected to miss the area, but it moved farther north than anticipated. Winds 10-20 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the San Pedro Channel. Temperatures rose after a low of 46 and a high near 60.
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Long Beach
San Pedro Channel
School Boundary Changes Studied Near Candlewood Street
County Superintendent C C Trilling ham reported that boundary changes for Lakewood area schools will be considered mid next month. Officials from Long Beach Unified Bellflower Excelsior Union High School Districts will participate with residents. Gompers Elementary on Candlewood south of Briercrest Ave in Lakewood is involved as north side residents seek to have children attend there, following a Lakewood Taxpayers Association hearing request.
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Candlewood St
C. C. Trillingham
Long Beach Unified
Bellfrowler
Excelsior Union
Gompers
Canilewood
Briercrest Ave
Lakewood
Canillewood
Bellflower
Lakewood Taxpayers Association
Burned Child Seeks Missing Daddy amid Family Turmoil
Mary Kathleen Little a severely burned 5 year old girl at 543 Via Wanda calls for her father John Little 25 who vanished last July 26. The child in Harbor General Hospital faces up to 60 percent burns while relatives search Torrance and nearby areas for the missing father.
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Mary Kathleen Little
Wanda
Eileen Little
Harbor General Hospital
John Little
Mary Kathleen
Clara Barton Elementary
James
Joe
John
Douglas Union Plan Session Tomorrow
The UAW Local 148 bargaining committee and Douglas Aircraft Co representatives plan a 10 AM session in Long Beach to resume talks over the labor dispute. The union accuses the company of walking out, while the company says negotiations were terminated and another meeting is set. The Wage Stabilization Board’s recommendations and a one-year contract remain unresolved as the union seeks retroactive dates and immediate wage protections.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
UAW
Pierce
Wage Stabilization Board
Douglas
WSB
James L. Mayer
Mayer
Man Strongarms Woman for $280
Mrs. Sandra Regis, 50, of Los Angeles, reports a strongarm robber stole her purse containing $280 near Linden Ave and Ocean Blvd after midnight. She described a man grabbing the bag, twisting her arm, then fleeing to a waiting car driven north on Linden Ave by an accomplice. Earlier, Mrs. L. A. Silvester, 70, of Anaheim St, lost $44.50 to two youths.
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Sandra Regis
Los Angeles
Linden Ave
Ocean Blvd
L. A. Silvester
Anaheim St
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Paul M. Arens
USNR
Comdr
Lyle R. Hays
USN
Naval Hospital
Oid
GI Mate
Seared Youth
Sailor
Richard McClelland
Seaside Blvd
Greyhound
McClelland
Valijo
AFL Motor Coach Employee Union
Press-Telegram
Fred S
Dean
Lloyd Whaley
Barbers
Wilson High
By ED Lundburg
Celebram
Press Telegram
Compton Call
Balidowar
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