City Plans Remodel of Ree Bidg for Office Space
The city will remodel the Ree Building at 350 E Ocean Blvd beginning Monday to house 10 engineers and draftsmen. Assistant City Manager J R McHenry announced the hire as part of park, recreation, and airport projects financed by a 4.9 million dollar bond issue. Eleven more engineers and draftsmen may be added after July 1 if the city engineer's budget request is approved by the City Council. Five will work on park and recreation, six on the 5.3 million dollar municipal airport project occupying space in the Kennebec Building. The city currently rents eight rooms there for rights of way and traffic divisions. difficulty finding qualified technicians is noted by City Engineer Gilkerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Recreation
E. Ocean Blvd
Mgr
Donald BD. Obert
Jess D. Gilkerson
Bike Council
Kennebec
Ocean Blvd
Pacific Ave
Air Cheering Department
Gil'kerson
Halt Litt Court Action Halt Litt Court Action
Second District Court of Appeals issued a temporary writ restraining Superior Court from further grand theft proceedings against Arnold Litt, former Long Beach furniture dealer, and his attorney Louis D Morrison. Court to show cause March 27 why the writ should not become permanent. Morrison claims insufficient evidence. Litt allegedly withdrew 13250 from Sells Service Furniture Mart at 5874 Avantic Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second District Court of Appeals
Superior Court
Arnold Litt
Long Beach
Louis D. Morrison
West
Morrison
Litt
Avantic
Rock and Roll Dance Planned in Municipal Auditorium
A rock and roll dance will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Municipal Auditorium for the benefit of the City of Hope. Featured artists include Atos Milburn and Etta James. Police Chief William H. Dovey had opposed free use of the venue, but Sponsors' Club will pay for the hall and for policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Hope
Atos Milburn
Etta James
William H. Dovey
Abortion Case Stakeout Details Highlighted at Hearing
Police stakeout at a Long Beach home featured testimony from a handwriting expert who linked notes to abortion referrals. Officers testified seeing women linked to the address while eight women testified paying 350 each for abortions. Defendants James Weiss Fred Johnson Gerald Hubbard and Addie Simmons faced abortion charges as the preliminary hearing before Municipal Judge Kenneth Holaday continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Larry Sloan
Gh, Bates
Los Angeles Police Department
Toledo
James Weiss
Fred Johnson
Gerald Hubbard
San Fernando Valley
Addie Simmons
May Sawyer
Los Angeles
Kenneth Holaday
WAL Flights Resume Here March 24 After Pilot Strike
Western Air Lines announced the resumption of flights on March 24 after a pilot strike. Local district sales manager George G. Gain said service will return gradually, with 15 reemployed pilots and about 1,500 monthly travelers at Long Beach. The carrier carries roughly 25,300 tons of airmail monthly in the region and aims to restore full schedules to 45 cities by Easter. Western operates 71 daily flights between San Diego Seattle and Long Beach Minneapolis routes, serving shippers and passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Air Lines
Long Beach
Jane
George G. Gain
Wal
Ioeal
Western
Air Lines
Cain
San Diego
Seattle
Minneapolis
Lakewood Seal Drive Scheduled
An education drive in Lakewood and Los Altos clarifies Easter Seal services and access. A door to door campaign on National Crippled Children's Day March 24 will distribute literature while funds will not be solicited.
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Lakewood
Los Altos
Crippled Children’s Society
Vera Stangl
Funeral Rites Held for Teen Rapeslay Victim in Huntington Park
Law officers patrolled the area as Margena Joyce Brunner 17 was laid to rest after two men, Orville Townsend 23 and Leah Dennis Woolery 23, were arraigned in Huntington Park Municipal Court on murder charges. Detectives cited rumors of trouble at Allen Mortuary. cremation followed at Sunnyside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Park Municipal Court
Christian Science
Margena Joyce Brunner
Colmar St
Bell Gardens
Allen Mortuary
Sunnyside Cemetery
Youth Sues Executor Over College Expenses Claim
A medical student filed a 540 300 suit in Superior Court Thursday against the executor of his father Dr. Robert W. Stellar's estate. He seeks $12,000 for four years at Stafford Medical School and $28,000 for eight more years of training. Dr. Stellar, who died in 1954, had offices in Long Beach and Wilmington.
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Superior Court
Toney
Charles A. Stellar
Robert W. Stellar
Slellar
Atty
Murray Roberts
Wisonington
Stafford Medical School
Stellar
Long Beach
Wilmington
James James Director of Frat and News Figures
Dr Wilfred P James journalism instructor at Long Beach State College has been named Pacific regional director of Alpha Phi Gamma national journalism fraternity. He has served five years, advises The Prospector yearbook and The Forty-Niner newspaper, and previously was national recording secretary. Local notices include dances, lectures, alumni events, and community gatherings across Long Beach and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred P. James
Long, Beach
State
Spirit of St Louis film scenes near Orange County Airport
Scenes for The Spirit of St Louis are being filmed near Santa Ana California with Jimmy Stewart as Lindbergh. Murray Hamilton plays Capt Bud Gurni, Ralph Wiggins portrays a high altitude parachutist and Otto Timm builds replicas of 1917 Standard J-1 trainers for the sequences. Filming features 300 extras and uses Warner Bros camera crews, with production by Leland Hayward and Billy Wilder directing. The film is scheduled for a late summer release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Gurni
Charles Lindbergh
Biull Booth
Gurni
United Air Lines
Éireireus
Alabama
Simm
Tuey
Ralph
Wiggins
Long Beach Pike
Warner Bros
Buffums Children's Day Fest At Long Beach Store
Bozo the clown, Margo the chimp, and a kangaroo-size Easter Simavy visit Buffums Fine Ava on Saturday. Bozo appears 9 30 a m to noon, Margo with trainer-owner Ben IGeff at 2 p m, the Bunny serves from the Milk and Cookie Bar all day. Nearly 5 000 children attended last year.
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Bozo Tre
Margo
Chimg
Long Beach
Fine Ava
Bozo
Ben Igeff
Bunny
Brothers Page to Face Assault Hearing in Municipal Court
Billy Page and Tommy Page, both 29 and 27, of 927 TE Lincoln St, are set for a Wednesday preliminary hearing on charges of assault with a deadly weapon against a 19 year old Poly High student. They were arraigned today with bail set at 2500 dollars each. The incident occurred Wednesday on Troy J. Burke of 1920 FR 4rd St.
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Billy
Tommy Page
Lincoln St
Ale Poly
Lyman B. Sutter
Troy J. Burke
Patience Best Rule in Stock Investing
Lecturer Grundy at City College Forum on investing outlines three rules: patience, patience, patience. He compares a $10,000 bank savings path to a $10,000 common stock investment growing 5 percent annually, even with stock depreciation, and notes inflation affects planning, favoring common stocks, real estate, and mutual funds while advising against single stock speculation for youths and diversified funds across industries.
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Jess
Grundy
City College School For Adults
Wilson High School
Floux
Cormmon
Youth Band to Lead Legion Day Parade in San Bernardino
The Long Beach Youth Band will lead off the American Legion Day parade at noon Sunday during the 41st National Grange Show in San Bernardino. Director Gordon Carmen says the 66 member group, with four national championships, will travel by chartered bus for its seventh straight appearance at the show.
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Long Beach
San Bernardino
Gordon Carmen
Obituaries reflect Long Beach residents and families
Obituaries for Adah Conkle Jordan Daniel L Baker Clyde C Corperon Herman Tereba Caroline Elizabeth Flanders Myrtle D Russell list deaths from Wednesday to Thursday detailing ages addresses former places of residence and surviving relatives. Services are scheduled in Holton Son chapel Hunter Chenel Mattell's & Peek Mortuary St Matthew's Church Patterson & Snively and Patterson & Sulvely with interments at Sunnyside and Loma Vista Cemetery.
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Jordan
Adah Conkle Jordan
Grand Ave
Indiana
Ehell Clu
Long Beach
Ronald L
Servi Ige
Holton & Son
Louis A. Wheeler Ty
Sunnyside
Baker
Daniel L. Baker
Osmer N. Baker
Falcon Ave
Karen
Osmer
David L
Olmer A. Baker
George McCallum
Fred Fassey
Spangberg Mortuary
Cobrporon
Clyde C
Hunter Chenel
George C. Peek
Tereba
Herman Tereba
Temple Ave
Lilly
Cleveland
Ohio
Georgia
Julius
Andrew
Stanley
Frank
Alex
Geraldine
Merian Caldrone
St. Matthew's Church
Mattell's &Peek Mortuary
Landers
Caroline
Elizabeth Flanders
Seneca County
Chicago
Second Church of Christ, Scientist
Ebell Club
Patterson & Snively Chanel
L. A. Wheeler II
Women of N L B Tackle Parkway Beautifying Job
Women of North Long Beach and allied groups lead a parkway beautification effort west of the Los Angeles River. Ivy geraniums and Algerian ivy are planted along parkways, with business owners and civic organizations donating time, money, and supplies. Water access remains a hurdle, but progress is visible as volunteers plan to complete the project by July 1957. Fields include Dominguez Water Co ivy planting, Artesian Improvement Association, North Long Beach Senior Women’s Club, Boy Scout Troop 39, and American Legion Post offering support and meeting space.
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Dominguez “Water Co
Long Beach
Artesian Improvement! ‘Assn
Los Angeles River
Long Beach Blvd
Improvement Assn
North Long Beach
North Long Head
American Legion Post
No. 11 Parkway
Patrick Lyon
Linsden Ave
Atlantic Ave
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Lakewood Center
May Co
Sandy Bubar
Lakewood Seal Drive
Bing Birth
B'nai B'rrth
Lakewood Women’s Club
Lakewood Memorial
VFW
Women's Guild
St Maria Goretti
Blue Star Mothers
Douglas Aircraft Toastmasters
American Legion Auxiliary
Ladies Altar Society
St. Baneratius Church
Long Beach City College
L.B. Youth
James
The
Journalism Society
Amvet Post
Truman
Boyd Manor
Sa. Patrick's
Dominguez Community
Holy Innocents’ Catholic Church
20Th St
M. Saterday
St Patrick's
Alexander Masmilton High School
Deguville Club
Santa Monica
Eagles
Broadway
Maurice Schwartz
Temple
Beth Sholom
Bled
Egypt
Israel
Wolli
Temple Israel
Loma
Voice of God
Thadhi Y. Shalom Kayetch
Tempie Sinai
7Th St
Molina Ave
Keith D. Martin
Marron Ave
Davis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Western
Samuel Teavenrich
Tucson
Bill Gaskill
Southern California
Benito Aye
Frank D. Howell
la Verne College
Bow
Rosicrucian Order
Norwey Hall
7Th &T
Land Redondo Ave
New Masonic Club
Grower's
Arthur E. Peterson
American Legion
Veterans Memorial
Cedar Ave
Hollywood Park
Inglewood
Eldridge Jordan
Orange County
Wiggits
Bill Booth
Jim Bissell
Paul
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Coo
New York
Ireland
England
Paris
Lindbergh
Billy Wilder
Stalag 17
Leland Hayward
Mr. Roberts
Bunny Ito
Buffums
N.L. B
BOY Scout Troop 39
Ercury
Harbor
Lincoln-Mercury
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