Extortion Scofflaw Blake Billed $3500 For “Services Rendered”
Beverly Hills broker Simon J. Blake, 61, is prosecuted for extortion seeking $3500 from Claude Thompson, bar owner at 805 E Pacific Coast Hwy. The suit filed Friday in Superior Court says Blake claimed Thompson hired him July 15, 1953 to aid in liquor license matters and threatened to revoke the license unless paid. Thompson says he paid $2000 as demanded and denies Blake’s influence on his license, which he obtained through private channels.
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Simon J. Blake
Beverly Hills
Claude Thompson
Pacific Coast Hwy
Blake
Superior Court
Thompson
Stoker
State Board of Equalization
Austin J. Workman
E. 25Th St
Attys
Yen Fardney
George Rochester
Superby Court
Ingitimate
Workman
Services Held for Holzhauer Long Beach Pressman
Carl C. Holzhauer a longtime Independent-Press-Telegram pressroom worker died after a brief illness in a local hospital. Requiem mass was held at St. Athanasius Church with burial in All Souls Cemetery. Survived by his widow Helen three sons Charles Clift Robert all Long Beach three brothers Henry Arthur Alfred and a sister Mrs Lena Davidson. Rosary was recited Friday at Sheelar-McFad yen Mortuary chapel.
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Independent - Press - Telegram
Carl C. Holzhauer
Ga. m
St. Athanasius Church
All Souls Cemetery
Mit
Holzhauer
Mountain View St
Focal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Long Beach
Toledo
Ohio
Helen
Charles
Clift A
Independent-Press-Telegram
Tobert
Henry
Arthur
Alfred Holzheuer
Lena Davidson
Sheelar-McFadyen Mortuary
Park Report to Be Given at Meeting
F Ellwood Allen the noted park consultant will summarize his 125 page Jeagity report at a public meeting at 7 p m Monday in Convention Hall Municipal Auditorium The five months of work by Allen and Weaver W Pangburn followed a council contract awarded last October The report cites neighborhood and district parks tree lined streets and a broad beach developed for relocation with beauty and utility
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Ellwood Allen
P. m
Convention Hall
Municipal Auditorium
Allen
Weaver W. Pangburn
Womens Council
Long Beach
Beautti
Lakewood Players Begin Final Auditions for Summer Show
Final tryouts for Lakewood Community Players are set for Monday at 7:20 a.m. in MacArthur Auditorium Centralia Street East of Woodruff. The play, Night Must Fail, is planned for early summer with director Dear Elmo inviting area residents to audition for roles.
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Lakewood
MacArthur Scheds
Centralia St
Woodruff Ave
Dear Elmo
Belie La Belle Patricia Zieg Shines In Merry Widow Tryouts
Patricia Zieg the Long Beach light opera star draws praise as a fit modern prima donna in the Singers' Workshop production of The Merry Widow at Municipal Auditorium. Director Henri Scanlon calls her perfect and notes her dance of the Merry Widow Waltz. Patricia, wife of Bob, lives at 5331 Calderwood Ave and jokes about her 120 pound frame and 95-25-35 measurements as she bakes pies and eyeing Broadway fame.
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Patricia
Singers’ Workshop
Merry Widow
Municipal Auditorium
Mae Murray
Jack-son
Pat
Henri Scanlon
Singers’ Group
Mary Widow
Scanlon
Jackson
Mer
Broadway
Bob
Boliflower
Worksop
Calderwood Ave
Husky Thief Grabs Purse in Eucalyptus Ave Assault
Ruth Milytor, 63, was robbed by a strong-arm thief in the 2600 block of Eucalyptus Avenue at 843 p.m. Friday. The suspect, about 25 years old, six feet tall and 170 pounds, snatched a purse from her neck as she walked, breaking the strap. The purse contained $2 and a nurse’s badge valued at $513.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Mily
Sne
Eucalyptus
Pacific Ave
Frest
Tim
Oil Financed School Plan Faces Opposition
The Citizens Committee for Public Improvements condemns using tideland oil funds for school construction as impracticable at this time. The Mallon suit challenges the legality of tideland oil fund expenditures on uplands, shaping the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Committee For Public Improvements
Tideland
Mallon
Tideland Oil Fund
Chinese Offer U.N. Nothing Says Moore
Dr. Wallace Moore of Long Beach State College told a Propeller Club luncheon in Los Angeles that Britain erred by recognizing Red China without reciprocal recognition. He argued Red China would offer to join the United Nations only as pay for admission and that Communists view sportsmanship as weakness.
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Great Britain
Orient
Red China
Britain
Wallace Moore
Long Beach State College
Division of Education and Psychology
Propeller Club
Biltmore
Los Angeles
Ing
Sais
Sion
United Nations
City to Challenge Bus Fare Ruling in Court
City Council voted 7-2 to contest in court a State Public Utility Commission order raising bus fares and cutting service, effective April 2. Petitions will seek review of PUC authority. chances of victory are slim, and an injunction to stay the increase was rejected to avoid possible reimbursement to Long-Boreh Motor Bus Co.
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State
Public Utility Commission
PUC
Bureau of Franchises
A. L. .Parmley
Max Livoni
Joseph B. Lamb
Long Boreh Motor Bus Co
Lamb
Man Beaten Sailor Booked as Suspect
William 3 Chambliss, 23, of the USS Bremerton, Long Beach Harbor, was booked for investigation of battery after arrest in Lincoln Park. Victim Gordon S. Nelson, 21, of Seal Beach, says he and Chambliss met a second man in a downtown cafe, then were chased as they tried to roll him. Nelson suffered a lacerated forehead, lip injuries, and head abrasions after the assault near Pacific Avenue between First Street and Ocean Boulevard. Chambliss fled Lincoln Park but was captured by police.
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William 3. Chambliss
Bremerton
Long Beach Harbor
Lincoln Park
Gordon S. Nelson
11Th St
Seal Beach
Chambliss
Nelson
I J
Ken
Pacific Ave
First St
Ocean Blvd
Seaside Hospital
Junior Red Cross Hearing Kennick on Delinquency Aid Methods
Joseph Kennick head of the Juvenile Bureau will discuss how the Junior Red Cross ran aid to juvenile delinquency issues. The talk is before the Junior Red Cross Coordinating Council at 7 30 p m Monday at Red Cross headquarters 319 W Broadway. Roger T Case Junior Red Cross chairman will introduce him. The session invites interested adults and extends to principals teachers and Junior Red Cross representatives in public schools.
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Junior Red Cross
Joseph Kennick
Red Cross
W. Broadway
Roger T. Case
Lakewood Tax Levy Bill Approved by Assembly Panel
The State Assembly Municipal and County Government Committee approved a validation bill to enable the new City of Lakewood to levy a tax this year. If passed by the Senate and signed by the Governor, the city can use the county’s 1954-55 assessment rolls for the levy. An incorporation celebration is set for next Saturday at Lakewood Country Club with invited dignitaries including Attorney General Edmund G. Brown and Lt Governor Harold Powers.
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State Assembly
Lakewood
Sacramento
Associated Press
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Harold J
Butch) Powers
City of Lakewood
Lakewood Country Club
Guy Hafferty
Earl Warren
Goodwin Knight
Thomas Kuchel
Craig Hosmer
Assembly
Iimon Willis Bradley
Herbert Klockstein
Sneritt Eugene Biscalluz
William Kliniger
BeTfalorty Gai
California Ceramic Hobby and Gift Show Dates Set
The first annual California Ceramic Hobby and Gift Show will be held at Municipal Auditorium Sul 28. E V Miller won the Lin- Highlight Pageant Coln Park Shuffleboard Clubs of Ceramics. The feature depicts the history of ceramics in the south. Mrs Pearl Bailey, 75-69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Auditorium
Sul
Eete Associates
Eva Miller
Coln Park Shuffleboard Clubs of
Tory
Pearl Bailey
West
Make Faith Active at Tri Presbytery Convention
Dr Hai Viehman, Philadelphia, urged young delegates to use advances in social sciences to make faith more active at the Tri Presbytery Westminster Fellowship Convention in Philadelphia. Church leaders from abroad modeled engagement as the Municipal Auditorium session closed at 10:30 p.m. with Oak Norton of Occidental College overseeing youth.
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Hal Viehuman
The
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Cecil E. Hoffman
Ucla
Patricia Rosbury
Calfornia
Utah
Nevada
Westminster Fellowship
Municipal Auditorium
Hai Viehman
Philadelphia
Tri-Presbytery
Alénd
Uae
Pr Viehman
Campus Christian Work
Presbyterian Church
Calvary! ‘Presbyterian Church
James Robinson
Church of the Master
New York
Oak Norton
Occidental College
James Armstrong
Long Beach
City Council okays public safety building and oil fund measures
City charter amendment committee approved a $4,038,856 public safety building for the June 1 ballot and endorsed two endowment accounts for maintenance of public improvements funded by oil revenues. Also approved placing a separate measure on the June ballot to ban oil wells on the public beach, per Chamber of Commerce recommendation.
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Chamber of Commerce
Department of Oil Properties
Clybn Center
Bazil U. Carleson
Glemn D. Hughes
A. R. Parmley
Police
Juvenile Bureau
Magnolia
Chestnut Aves
Broadway
Sam E. Vickers
Civic Center
Prooposal
Public Improvement Fund
Tideland Oil Fund
S. M. Roberts
Harold Hines
Tidelands
Teen Age Crashers Dispersed at Party
Police were called to Palos Verdes Estates to eject about a dozen uninvited teenagers who crowded the home of Truman Browne at 2900 Via La Selva and harassed guests before officers arrived Friday evening.
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Palos Verdes Estates
Truman Browne
Southern California
Browne
la Selva
Lulu Belle Mothers 100th Kitten Shocks Family
Lulu Belle, a cat from 3487 Greenbrier AG, has produced her 100th kitten. The 16th litter in five years, born Feb 24, 1948, the family notes she often stays indoors to catch mice and is praised as a patriotic, comforting pet by Margaret Mcaliffe and others.
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Lulu Belle
Billy
Jimmy Mcaliffe
Bert Resniz
Lulu
Belle
Billy and
Greenbrier AG
Bells
Dava Mealifie
Margaret
Luly Belle
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George Barker
Patricia Zieg
U.N
Moore
Flygirls
Dianna Bixby
Shirley Blocks
Frances Bera
Bixby
Jean Parker
Claire Walters
Sailor
Kennick
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