Seventeen Long Beach Servicemen Return Home By Transport Buckner
Reunions were planned for 14 Long Beach families as 14 servicemen from Long Beach were among 1394 personnel due to arrive in Seattle Tuesday aboard the Gen. Simon B. Buckner from the Far East. The Marine Lynx carried seven Long Beach servicemen into Seattle on Sunday. Names and partial addresses are listed for several air and sea returnees, with street details missing for some.
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Seattle
Far East
Simon B. Buckner
Marine Lynx
Buckner
Pfc
Edgar D. Baker
Cedar Ave
Roy L. Oman
Wallace E. Crawford
MRC
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LeRoy V. Marsh
California Ave
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Luther F. Martin Jr
Daisy Ave
Glynn W. Osborne
Fashion Ave
Travis B. Woolley Jr
Residents Recall Terror in Quake Two Decades Ago
Witnesses recount the 20 year old quake chaos with vivid memories of smoke, falling furniture, and people fleeing. A man describes grabbing a sister’s baby and a phone while candles lit the darkened scene. The Navy aided in restoring order as general fear spread among downtown workers and shoppers.
Long Beach Civic Music Dinner Opens Ticket Drive
The Long Beach Civic Music Association launched its sixth annual week long membership drive with a kickoff dinner at the Lafayette Hotel attended by about 200. The goal is 1850 members at 36 with 3 for students. Five concerts will be at Wilson High School Auditorium. only members may attend and no single tickets are sold. New members must join by 6 p.m. Saturday. Headquarters are Humphreys Music Co. and Judy King Music Co. Agnes DeMille Dance Theater with orchestra will be the first attraction.
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Agnes DeMille Dance Theater
David Hargrave
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Tides and Temperatures for Tuesday March 10 1553
Forecast notes sunrise moonrise and tides with high and low times and depths. Water temperature listed as 56 degrees. Conditions reported as calm. Coast guard data from Long Beach Lifeguards.
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U.S
Death Takes Publisher at Torrance
Grover C. Whyte 52 publisher of the Torrance Herald since 1923 died Sunday night at Torrance Memorial Hospital He was born in Brigden Ont and began as a paper boy in Flint Mich He helped found the daily Flint Herald and later ran Torrance weekly He married Pluma Clemons in 1927 and lived at 1620 Post Ave Surviving daughter Nancy Whyte Work of Westchester Funeral arrangements are pending at Stone & Myers Mortuary Torrance
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Long Beach
Post Ave
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Westchester
Stone & Myers Mortuary
Four Car Crash Injures Three near Wardlow and Atlantic
A Sunday afternoon four car collision on Wardlow Road and Atlantic Avenue sent three people to Seaside Hospital. Drivers named include Lindy Fortune 23 of 43 E 63rd St, Thomas A Wilson 59 of 634 Truman Boye Manor, Lawrence Stevenson 21 of 626 W Commonwealth St Fullerton, and Warren Rick ets 18 of 2084 Lime Ave. Wilson had cheek and right leg injuries with possible fractured ribs. Fortune had a mouth injury and Cecil R Fortune 29 of 43 HE 63rd St reported a cut to the head.
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Rolling Knolls Apts on Sale by Roy Mills Realty
One of the largest apartment units for sale is listed by Roy Mills Realty at 191 La Verne Ave. The Rolling Knolls apartments cover 13 acres with 1450 feet frontage on Palos Verdes Ave. The complex includes 41 two bedroom units and 44 one bedroom units. the sale followed an inadvertent announcement in the Sunday Independent Press Telegram.
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Rolling Knolls
Palos Verdes Ave
Independen-Press-Telegram
Erosion pleas push city to seek federal aid
Seal Beach and Orange County officials plan a Tuesday meeting to discuss sending a delegation to Washington for federal tideland aid as erosion and beach loss threaten Seal Beach and Surfside properties. Mayor Shufelt cites urgent action while state and federal responses lag.
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Seal Beach
Willis Werner
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Oyashington
Washington
Smith
Surfside
Sunset Beach
Blood donors tally tops 100 in Long Beach week
One hundred nine donors gave blood last Tuesday at the Red Cross chapter house 319 W Broadway with Mel Lueking as blood program chairman. Additional drives were listed at Long Beach City College 6201 Anaheim St and Long Beach State College 6201 E, with groups such as city sanitation liberal arts division and police reserves contributing multiple pints.
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Elks Officers Nominated at Lakewood Lodge Meeting
Candidates for 1959 officers at Lakewood Elks Lodge 1865 will be nominated at a Tuesday meeting in American Legion Hall Woodruff Avenue and Carson Street at 8 p.m. Exalted Ruler William D.B. Price announced today officers will be elected March 17.
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Concert Program by Municipal Band Reads Odd Clues
Concert program from a municipal band lists an afternoon and evening event with selections including Waltzes and wedding themed pieces. The garbled text mentions Tabarre, Spain, and a theme of romance and parade like melodies amid misread names and titles.
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State meeting GOP favors toll roads and drug law push
California Republican Assembly members closed their annual Los Angeles convention with resolutions backing toll roads to ease highway financing and calling for stronger narcotics law enforcement. McIntyre Faries, a national committeeman, said the federal administration will cut civil service jobs but be fair to workers. Albert R. Bower of Palo Alto was named president, succeeding Ronald Button of Los Angeles County.
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Los Angeles
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Palo Alto
Ronald Button
Los Angeles County
Obituaries List for Long Beach Residents
Obituary notices for Mary Lorimor and several Long Beach residents, with services, memorials, and interments planned. Includes Mary Lorimor of Walnut Avenue and others like Edmund Beckett, Arthur Daley, Ellen Waite, Lena Eldridge, William Ramsey, Adams Fletcher, Nelson Mew, Mary Wonders, Florence Hawes, and Vernon Shiles, detailing service times, chapels, and burial sites.
Air Contract Briefing Set for Long Beach Chamber
Owners of small businesses in Long Beach are invited by the Chamber of Commerce to a Tuesday conference at 3 p m in the Wilton Hotel Empire Room. Col Edmund P Gaines will lead a panel on obtaining Air Force contracts with civilian and military experts. The session, part of a nationwide program, includes motion pictures and printed material. Reservations via the Chamber office.
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Empire Room
Edmund P. Gaines
Air Force
Western Air Procurement District
Industrial Development Department
George Maxwell
Port Shipyard Work Appeal From Local Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce harbor committee will review an appeal from harbor shipyards seeking more Navy repair work in private yards. The Los Angeles-Long Beach Propeller Club protests to Washington and local chambers over private yards losing work to Navy yards, fearing inactive facilities and loss of skilled workers. John C. McHose cites Navy yard employment rising to 8300 while promised 4300 remains, pushing heavy repairs to private yards to save cost. He warns private-yard work supports merchant marine and coastal industry by keeping skilled labor.
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Navy
McHose
Democratic Club to Meet in West Lakewood Area
A West Lakewood Democratic Club meeting is set for Wednesday at Frank Brennan's home 3902 Fairman Ave with temporary president. The new district runs Cherry Ave to Carson St and South Lakewood Blvd. Temporary officers include Richard DiGorgio vice president and Mrs Carl Peetz secretary treasurer. County Central Committee reports Lakewood club officers elected with President Helen Patepan Jack Hudson vice president Joyce Abkin secretary Edith Burnside treasurer. Delegates to the Democratic Coordinating Council are Dick Cartwright L A Abkin and John Burnside.
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Fairman Ave
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Lakewood Blvd
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Richard DiGorgio
Carl Peetz
Lakewood
Helen Patepan
Boy on Bicycle Hit in Wilmington
A boy on a bicycle suffered a cut lip when his bike was struck by an auto along O Street west of Watson Avenue Sunday. The motorist, Sam Murchison, 24, of 1110 B. Sandisan Street, said the boy darted into the path of his car. He was not held.
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Watson Ave
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Sam Murchison
B. Sandisan St
Lad 10 Has Treasured Bike Stolen
Harald Hedrick, 10, saved $81 for a black chrome bike and kept it by his bed. After an afternoon ride with two friends near Seventh Street by the VA Hospital, the wheel vanished when a passing motorist diverted it away.
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Final Tribute to Supervisor Darby in Inglewood
Government and community leaders paid final tribute to Raymond V. Darby, Los Angeles County supervisor, after his death from a cerebral hemorrhage following a jaw strike by real estate developer Samuel H. Emerson. Emerson, 50, jailed on suspicion of manslaughter, is free on $1000 bail. An inquest into Darby's death is set for Tuesday.
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Board of Supervisors
Samuel H. Emerson
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