Palm Sunday musical programs across Long Beach area
Palm Sunday events span multiple churches with large choirs and soloists. Long Beach area choirs under directors Barker Brewer Stanojer Brandt and others perform Stabat Mater and The Seven Last Words, plus Beethoven and Rachmaninoff works. Local churches host vesper services, organ dedications, and choral cantatas through 7:30 p.m. and 11 a.m. services with noted soloists and conductors.
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Barker
Constance Brewer
Ar St
Cedar Ave
Magin
Thur Bradley
Robert Larsen
Jerusalem
Ray
Vaughan
John Noschese
Pergolesi
Michael Cook
St. Luke's
Loraine Earth
Episcopal Church
7Th St
Huntington Muller
Atlantic
Rolla Alford
Robert Magin
Ruth Rundstrom
William Stanojer
Rosalie
First Congregational Church
Catherine Brandt
First Baptist Church
Temple Ave
Lorene Andrew
Pat Arnold
Barbara Luce
Dele Schmidt
Dorothy Todd
Milton Gray
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Jeannette
Stainer
Calvary Baptist Church
North Long Beach
South St
Lime Ave
Herold ‘Sums
Cars Collide at Bellflower and Willow Injure Five
Five persons were hurt in two separate crashes in the Bellflower and Willow area and at Second Street and Corona Avenue. Victims include William and Judy Morris Delphin Weaver and Stella J. Gorman, with injuries ranging from lacerations to broken limbs. A parking meter collision also reported.
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Bellflower and
Willow
William
Canton
Willow St
Bellflower
Anaheim
Persy Morris
Fame
Judy Morris
Delphin L. Weaver
Fontana
Susan
Water-Ski Show Set for Crippled Children
Long Beach Boat and Ski Club plans a two hour water ski show on May 20 at Matine Stadium for over 1,500 handicapped individuals, mainly children, with participants from multiple organizations. The event features barefoot skiing, trick skiing, ballet, and inboard racing, with three national champions and demonstrations by Elva Swoffer. Bob Angus serves as Commodore and Yvonne Van Hook as event chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey Amsbry
Vickie van Hook
Chuckie Stearns
Long Beach Boat and Ski Club
Exceptional Children’s Foundation
Deaf Mute Society
Matine Stadium
Inet
Martha Williams
Vicki van Hook
Elva Swoffer
Bob Angus
Yvonne van Hook
Coroner's Jury Rules in Fatal Crash
A coroner's jury in Santa Ana found John J. Smith negligent in operating his car on Garden Grove Blvd near Los Alamitos Blvd. causing a head on crash that killed James C. Michaelsen and left his wife Ellen with minor injuries. Michaelsen's wife later gave birth to a healthy daughter minutes after hospital arrival. No charges have been filed against Smith.
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Long Beach
Yuest
Santa Ana
John J. Smith
Baldwin Park
Garden Grove Blvd
Los Alamitos Blvd
James C. Michaelsen
Locust Ave
Thief Foiled in Attempted Robbery at Home
Clarence L Brown a 69 year old retiree dodged a bandit who forced the door with a .82 caliber revolver. He shouted for money but Brown slammed the door and the suspect fled. Police noted the incident occurred Friday at his residence on Litchfield Avenue and urged caution.
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Clarence L. Brown
Litchfield Ave
Treas- Brown
Frank W. Srejcha
Folger Coffee to Build Dominguez Plant in California
Folger Coffee Co plans a multi million dollar plant in Dominguez within two months. The 10 acre site will support production for Southern California Nevada and Arizona. The facility will be near the harbor to import green coffee. Quinton Engineers of Los Angeles handles design and engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominguez
Folger Coffee Co
Peter Folger
Folger Saic
Dominguez 2S
California
Folger
Nevada
Arizona
San Francisco
L. S
Quinton Engineers, Ltd. of
Los Angeles
Iis
Regular Bus Routes Back for 2 Lines
Two Long Beach motor bus lines resumed normal service after storm drain work. Line 3 returns on Magnolia Avenue north of 3rd Street and on 10th Street between American and California Avenues. The Chestnut Avenue temporary routing between St. St. and Broadway is dropped. Chief Engineer Henry E. Jordan announced the restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Motor Bus Co. Jines
Henry E. Jordan
Bureau of Franchises
Magnolia Ave
3Rd Su
Chestnut Ave
St. St
Broadway
10Th St
California Aves
9Th St
Woman Sues Landlords Over Gas Injury in $50,000 Case
Dorothy M. LeClair, a Long Beach resident, filed a Superior Court suit alleging methyl bromide gas used by her landlords and a pest control contractor caused convulsions and harmed her circulatory and nervous systems after seepage into her apartment on Pacific Coast Highway.
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Long Beach
Superior Court
Dorothy M. LeClair
Pacific Coast Hwy
A. E
Margaret Blencome
John W. Lynn
Lynn
Simpson Endorsed to Oppose Hosmer
Raymond C. Simpson, a 37 year old Long Beach attorney, won the 18th District Democratic endorsement to run against Rep. Craig Hosmer. The endorsement came at Poly High in a 4th District assembly and district council meeting. Simpson stressed unity and an international peace outlook, while pledging strong party turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Simpson
Long Beach
Democratic Council
Craig Hosmer
Simpson
Council
Poly High
Danny Brice
70Th Auditorium
Richard Richards
U.S
California
Ester
Council ‘ Refeuver
Tennessee
United Nations
Democratic Party
Washnington
D.C
Pepperdine College
University of Hawaii
University of Chicago
Nancy
2Nd St
Coy Sanders
Estes Long Beach
Ser. Estes Kefauver
D-Tern
Boy Plunges Off Roller Coaster at Nu-Pike
A 19 year old Lomita youth, Mickey Ross McGuire of 1925 W 253rd St, fell about 59 feet from a Cyclone Racer roller coaster at Nu-Pike Friday night and was listed in very critical condition at Seasijde Hospital. Constance Breedlove 16 of Torrance witnessed the fall, with several other riders named including James McGuire, Lorna Tyler, Don Treece and Gayle Bayly, as police investigated whether he was standing or seated at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lomita
Nu-Pike
Big Girlfriend
Mickey Ross McGuire
Miss Breedlove
S Ee
Wickey
James
Terrance
Don’ Treece
St. Lomite
Gayle Bayly
Dapplegray’ Lane
Rolling Hills
City College Fete Ends Nets $2,820
City College’s 30th Annual Charity Carnival ended Friday afternoon after a three day stand that netted 2820.49 dollars. The proceeds will be divided among the Red Cross Community Chest March of Dimes and a student body scholarship fund. Top money-raising clubs were Remayana and flam(m)urabi. The king and queen candidates Jim Thornberry and Joanne Crattan were crowned at the Lakewood campus. Students raised 1460.81 on the carnival’s last day, the highest single day since the first carnival a decade ago.
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City College
Red Cross
Community Chest
March of Dimes
Remayana
Flammurabi
Jim Thornberry
Covina Avg
Joanne Crattan
History of Long Beach program series begins at Los Cerritos Ranch House
A Ford Foundation funded series at 4600 Virginia Ray Los Cerritos Ranch House highlights Long Beach area history. First talk April features archaeologist Bernice Johnston on Los Cerritos Indians. Subsequent talks cover Mission Period, 1880s boom, Southern California Rancho history, and Negro outlook in LA County with free admission starting 2 p.m.
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Long Beach
Los Cerritos Ranch House
Virginia Ray
Bernice Johnston
Southwest Museum
Los Angeles
Los Cerritos
Ford Foundation
Thomas Workman Temple II
Thell
South
California
Robinson
Independent
Glenn Dumke
Losato
Angeles County
Gerald Desmond
New Zealand Labor Chief Feted At Long Beach Luncheon
Michael Moohan president of the New Zealand Labor Party was guest at a Long Beach Harbor luncheon at Victor Hugo Restaurant with D W Campbell George Kovahkas John P Davis and other harbor officials. Moohan toured the harbor as part of a State Department visit during a Sunday magazine feature preview.
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Michael 3Roonan
New Zealand Labor Party
Long Beach Harbor
Victor Hugo
E.broadway
D. W. Campbell
Long Beach
Kraft Foods Honors Lester B Fine for 25 Years Service
Lester B. Fine of 2122 East Ocean Boulevard received recognition from Kraft Foods Co for 25 years of service. He was awarded an engraved watch at a celebration held at the Stator Hotel in Los Angeles. John W. Geiger, Krafts Los Angeles branch manager, presented the honor.
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Lester. B. Fine
E. Ocean Blvd
Kraft Foods Co
Fine
Stator
Los Angeles
John W. Geiger
Kraftsbranch
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L. B
Area
Lakewood
Paramount Methodist
du Bois
Lakewood Community Methodist Church
Bellflower Blvd
Dorothy Smith
Phyllis Nicks
Robert Pechin
Johan Mitcham
Ethel Wells
Robert Gunn
Immanuell Evangelical Lutheran Church
Carson St
Sir John Stainer
Los Altos United Congregational Church
Atherton Sr
Leon Smith
David Kulp
Earnest Dowlin Jr
Smith
Bay Shore
Nieto Ave
Toledo
He- Jeng Allen
Marilyn Horner
California Heights
Methodist Church
Bixby Rd
Orange Ave
Brahms
Atlantic Ave. Methodist Church
Atlantic Ave
Choire
Lawrence, Peterson
Long Beach State College
Jean Hockney
Phillip Haynes
Beethoven
la Forge
Rachmaninoff
Dorothy Molinaci
Doris White
Wally Bekowics
Barclay
Newman Club
Long Beach State
61St St
Lois Lugert
Jerry McGinley
Barbara Morris
Frank Wallace
Bill McDougall
Steff
Michael W. Meyers
Claremont Ave
Stella J. Gorman
Pomona Ave
Corona, Ave
Anna Moore
San Antonio Dr
Linden Ave
Mary M. McMillin
Junipero Ave
Seaside Hospital
Walnut Ave
Hosmer
Ralph Dills
Compton
Post
Don Hardasge
Uptown
Church of Christ
Simpison
Zeta Remley
Democratic Women's Study Club
Lois de Lane
Recreation Department
Municipal Recreation Center
Ong Beach
Telearam
Boy
Pike
McGuire
New Zealand
Labor
Orange County
Farade
Lea Durocher
Southland Magazine
Tocn
Milady
Patrl
Molly Mayfield
Toney
Ini
F-T
L.A
Kraft Foods
Lester B. Fine
Beck
Marine Fighter Squadron 214
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Lyle B. Elliott
USMC
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