Fox Visits Linden Ave Cat Dish Becomes Pet Pair
Sylvia McKown of 1221 Linden Ave says a beige colored young female fox visits nightly to eat from her cat’s dish. She photographed the fox at 8 30 pm with her cat Punkin present, noting the animal has grown friendlier over a month. Mrs Mary McKown of 1217 Linden Ave commented on the fox’s boldness as it approached her. The report mentions a similar fox sighting noted in Malcolm Epley’s Beach Combing column in the Press Telegram.
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Sylvia McKown
Linden Ave
Punkin
Dix
Ened
Mary McKown
Malcolm Epley
Sylvia
Lad's Tutor Convicted in Failed Holdup
Ronald S. Davis of Harbor City testified that an ex convict named Williams gave him a gun and directed him to rob a gas station attendant at San Pedro. Harold D. Clover thwarted the attempt by disarming Davis. Williams of Harbor City denied involvement, saying he drove Davis to a San Pedro cinema and then went home. Williams had prior robbery conviction.
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Williams
Ronald S. Davis
Harbor City
Harold D. Clover
S. Pacific Ave
San Pedro
Davis
Harter City
Williams Wa
Thrown Bottle Breaks Glass Door of Home
Charles Quarles, 43, of 3150 Kallin Street, reported an empty soda bottle was tossed through a plate glass door at about 2 a.m. He sustained a laceration from splintered glass, valued at 35 dollars. He heard footsteps prior to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Quarles
Kallin St
City Makes Progress in Tide Fund Battle
Long Beach advances in opposing state seizure of tidelands funds amid foggy morning conditions. City officials and lawmakers, including Philip J. Brady, push to inform legislators about the Allen bill that would seize city oil revenue, with support from 23 committee members and other agencies. Brady plans to return to Sacramento as the bill awaits a vote.
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City
Tide Fund
Philip J. Brady
Brady
Sacramento
Assembly
Long Beach
Conservation
Public Works Committee
Arthur G. Wil
Sam E. Vickers
Burbank
Long Beach Tide- Lands
Robert L. Irvin
Long Beath
Los Angeles
Irvin
Thcelands
Tidelands
Driver Injured In Car Flip Near Del Amo
Herman D Smith, 48, of 907 Via Carmelitos Long Beach, was seriously injured when his car left Santa Fe Ave and failed to negotiate a curve at Del Amo Boulevard. The vehicle struck a four inch water hydrant and flipped into a plowed field. Smith was thrown from the car and taken to Community Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominguez
Herman D Smith
Carmelitos Long Beach
Smith
Santa Fe Ave
del Amo
California Highway Patrol
Com Nnty Medical Center
Compr
Tri County Presbyterians End L B Conclave Tonight
Tri County Presbyterians close the L B conclave tonight at Municipal Auditorium at 9 p m with about 1300 delegates from Presbyterian groups including high school and college age youth. Sessions include discussion groups on Riverside Santa Barbara Los Angeles and other counties with speakers Dr Gilbert F Close Jr and Rev Gordon MacInnes from Portalhurst Presbytery in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeath Praval Pace
Tri-Synod
Vary Eter
Municipal Auditorium
Los Angeles
Riverside
Santa
Gilbert F. Close Jr
Gordon Macinnes
Portalhurst Presby
Board Ofiterian Church
San Francisco
Christian Education
California First Assembly
Fractures Wrist of Grace Lore in Street Fall
Grace A Lore 61 of 2016 W Wallow St slipped on the sidewalk at Santa Fe Ave south of Willow St Friday night and fractured her right wrist. She was taken to Seaside Hospital per police report.
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Grace A. Lore
W. Wallow St
Santa Fe Ave
Willow St
Compton Bandit Robs Bank With Woman and Child Waiting
A family style bandit robbed Bank of America at 185 E Compton Blvd, taking $6,900 at 12:30 pm. He warned teller Mrs. Orpha Fondren and shoved a customer before fleeing in a series of cars with a blue suit suspect description. FBI Special Agent Robert Ryan assisted in the investigation in Compton.
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Compton
Bank of America
Compton Blvd
Orpha Fondren
Lila
Ray Leslie
20Th St. Louel ‘Beach
Robert Cree
Cree
Leslie
Tamarind St
Cedar St
Cedar
Ship's Race to L B Fails to Save Man
The thief engineer L E i n e s, about 55, died at Seaside Hospital after his freighter Pioneer Lake reached San Pedro following a heart attack aboard ship. Coast Guard and Wavy efforts to aid him failed due to heavy seas. The Pioneer Lake sped to Terminal Island where Dr W A Andersen met the ship and he was rushed to hospital before dying at 4 25 a m. The body was moved to Loper's Mortuary.
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Seaside
H. E. Leiies
United States Lines
Pioneer Lake
Japan
San Pedre
Coast Guard
Wavy
G. F. Downey
W. A. Andersen
San Pedro
Berch 231
Terminal Island
Leines
Loper
Circulator to Be Tried in Slaying of Boy 12
COMPTON James F. Hall 35 a Los Angeles newspaper distributor of Inglewood was ordered held for Superior Court trial April 8 on all charges of manslaughter. Hall was accused of fatally shooting MacArthur Malone 12 a carrier boy of 11652 Hugo Ave Willowbrook on March 13. The suspect said the shooting was accidental.
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Compton
Lhi
James FR. Hall
Los Angeles
Inglewood
Hall
MacArthur Malone
Hugo Ave
Willowbrook
Workers Accept Shell Pay Boost
Shell Oil Co unit members of the CIO Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union voted Friday night to accept a 10-cent hourly wage increase. The Snell unit has about 1100 members. Pat OMalley, secretary-treasurer, said wage talks with other oil firms will follow under a wage reopener clause. The union formed March 4 by a merger of two unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oil Co
Cal
CIO Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Snell
Pat O'Malley
O'Malley
Oil Workers International Union
United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Union
Minors Seized on Dope Charges in Norwalk Raid
NORWALK deputies arrested three 18 year olds and three juveniles Friday on narcotics possession suspicions. Suspects include Fred G. Moreno 12129 Barnwall St Pete V. Duran 14630 Fairford Ave and Frank E. Vasquez Jaoda Leffingwel Rd. Juveniles are 16.
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Norwalk
Sheriff's Deputies
Fred G. Moreno
Barnwall St
Pete V. Duran
Fairford Ave
Frank E. Vasquez
Jaoda Leffingwel
Boy Suffers Injuries in Fall From Bicycle
Bobby Malouf, 10, of 4729 Pepperwood Ave, fell from his bicycle Friday at Arbor Ridge and Sunfield, injuring with concussion and lacerations above the left eye plus bruises on the left shoulder and both knees. He is in Community Hospital and improving.
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Bobby Malouf
Pepperwood Ave
Arbor Rg
Sunfield Ave
City Exam Slated for New Library Position
The City Civil Service Board announced an exam on April 19 for the library circulation supervisor job with a monthly salary from 312 to 373 dollars. Applications close April 11 for candidates up to 60, requiring a high school diploma and three years of public library circulation experience.
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City Civil Service Board Today
Child Dies in Backyard Bicycle Mishap
Pamela Shelvick five of 5420 Fierce Ave died Friday in the back yard of her home after a bicycle wheel entanglement. Joe W Johnson was found dead entangled in a bicycle wheel by his wife Nova at 1875 W 15th St. The child is in Seaside Hospital while Johnson’s body lies at Lower Mortuary pending coroner’s examination.
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Pamela Shelvick
Fierce Ave
15Th St
Joe W. Johnson
Nova
Seaside
Johnson
Seaside Hospital
Sunday Special Sections Highlight Oscars and Safety
The Independent, Press-Telegram presents a Sunday feature on moon fashions germs and Oscars in a Southland Magazine Parade package. It spotlights Wilming ton harbor as a commerce center in Cities of the Southland with a prize-backed Banantegram game. Vel Peterson discusses H-bomb impact in Parade.
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Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Moon
Southland
Parade
Wilmington
Harbor Keystone
World Commerce
Giraa
Vel Peterson
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Parade Magazine
Gues
Talks in San Francisco on Pacificus freighter routing
Negotiations for continued three routing of the freighter Pacificus were to be started late by a joint employer employee committee in San Francisco. Talks between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union on a formal level broke down Friday night and were referred to the higher committee. The ILWU completed unloading three of five ship hatchs while hatch Nos 2 and 4 remain in dispute over jurisdiction with Sailors Union of the Pacific assigned to hatch No 4 and ILWU refusing to provide front men for SUP operation.
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Pacificus
San Francisco
Pacific, Maritime Assn
International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
JLWU
Sailors Union of the Pacific
ILWU
Robs Woman of Cash and Keys in Parking Lot Theft
A 33 year old woman, Yvonne Krough of 234 Fedonie Ave, was robbed of 13 dollars in a parking lot at 333 E Broadway. A man grabbed money and five motion pictures from a purse and skirt pocket then fled in her car. The films valued at 259 dollars.
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E. Broadway
Yvonne Krough
Fedon
Long Beach Public Library
Frank Black
Uni
California
Burglary Suspect Ordered to Stand Trial
Bradford Hall, 18, of 140 E. Lard St, was ordered in Municipal Court to stand trial on burglary charges. Police say he partnered with a 17-year-old youth shot by Insp. Pat Paris after a burglary spree. Judge Ferey Hight set arraignment for April 7 in Superior Court. Insp. Maurice Wishon testified the other youth admitted the burglaries.
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Bradford C. Hall
Hall
E. Lard St
Pat Paris
Ferey Hight
Susperioy Court
Maurice Wishon
West Beach Filling Project Completed
City Engineer Jess D. Gilker Friday certified completion of a 156,976.46 dollar project for extensive fill on the west beach. Franks Dredging Co. brought in 116,500 cubic yards of hydraulic fill and 21,791 cubic yards of top fill to elevate the Armed Services YMCA building site and a parking lot for the temporary Navy landing. Work started November 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess D. Gilkerson
West Beach
Franks Dredging Co
Armed Services Ymca
Navy Landing
Gilkerson
Man and Wife Attacked in Traffic Dispute Here
A man and his wife were assaulted by two men during a traffic dispute near Anaheim Street and Santa Fe Avenue. Edward D. Duffy, 34, died later from injuries at Seaside Hospital. Claudia, 31, was hospitalized with hemophilia complications but survived. Police report the attackers fled as an ambulance arrived. Duffy’s wife was restrained during the incident.
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Anahein
St. End Santa Fe Ave
Marcos B. Torres
Chile
Edward D. Duffy
Sear
Claudia
Grand Summit
Anaheim St
Antartico
Duffy
Theywaunise
Rhee
Lan
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Tri-County
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Red Harrington
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Westminster Fellowship
Long Beach Press-Celebram
Compton Bandit
Shell
James Bushnell
W. Willard
Stafi
S. F
L.B. Row
Billie Harrison
W. Williams St
Cirgonian Club
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