Long Beach Chamber Tour Highlights Bakersfield Prosperity
A Long Beach Chamber of Commerce goodwill tour to Bakersfield showcases booming growth in the county seat. Observers tour Bakersfield Junior College plant, cotton cooperatives, and an AAU stadium with future Olympic potential while noting annexation debates and the city’s balance of agriculture and industry.
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California
Tehachapi
Long Beach
Bakersfield
Kerm County
Walter Keane
San Joaquin
Bakersfield Junior College
Cotton Cooperative
Yes
Chamber
Virg Gillespie
Tip
West Flaverhorst
Lloyd Leedom
Navy wives lead Diaper Express to Long Beach arrival
Long Beach welcomes 49 Navy wives and children with eight dogs a cat and a parrot arriving at Union Station Los Angeles aboard the Diaper Express from Newport Rhode Island. The group from Destroyer Division 241 includes officers and sailors aboard the USS Picking USS Irvin USS Power and USS Preston. They will settle ahead of their ships arrival April 15.
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Lee Craig Long Geogh
Navy
Union Station
Los Angeles
Rom
Newport
R. I
Destroyer Division 241
Long Beach
Atlantic Fleet
Uss. Picking
USS
Irvin
Power
Preston
Reidy Family Ride to Cabrilla Navy House
Omdr John J Reidy of WAVE Hospitesmen and Claire Em ling Project led a trip to Cabrilla Navy House for his family. His wife Patricia cared for their four children Jay Peter Bethel and Michael while noting the journey was easier than driving and the kids kept busy with playmates.
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Cabrilla Navy House
Omdr
John J. Reidy
Claire Emling
Picklmington
Maraine R
Diaper Express Brings Navy Dependents Home With Pets
Eighteen month old Deborah White sits on luggage as forty five Rhode Island Navy dependents arrive home on a special Diaper Express train. Lt Walter Meekingson reports fever and stomach ailments among mothers but treatment is effective. Eight dogs require veterinary care at stops while Chapter Navy League volunteers assist. Weather mostly good aside from a Kansas dust storm.
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Deborah White
Mom
Rhode Island
Walter J. Meekingson
Navy
Jeff
Susan
Saa
Navy League
Southern Pacific
St. Ae Martz
Kansas
Martz
Four men injured as two cars overturn in traffic circle
Early today two cars traveling side by side overturned simultaneously in Long Beach's traffic circle. All four men, employees of Signal Truck Co. of Los Angeles, were hospitalized with head, skull, arm and facial injuries after their cars rolled about 300 feet.
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Polica
Civela
Pacific
Coast Hwy
Tac- Jing
Signal Truck Co
Los Angeles
Gill
Véerdone
Gredicek
Sutherland
Verdone
Alamitos Beach Lifeguard Plan Aims to Improve Safety
City official J. R. McHenry announced Alamitos Beach will be reshaped to reduce steep slopes and a lifeline will separate swimmers from waders. The Belmont Shore Business Assn. requested protection, backed by a Long Beach Lifeguards report led by Roy Miler.
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Alamitos iBay
Mar
J. R. McHenry
Belmont Shore Business Assn
Roy
Outch) Miler
Long Beach
Beach expansion cuts into bath area at Passa
Floyd Ragan of the business group notes numerous complaints about beach widening and sand expansion south of the 2nd Street bridge. Miller confirms rising rescues this year as Senate and Assembly discuss the issue. The Ida Star-News, now owned by the Ridder family, reports the changes in the Passa area.
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Floyd Ragan
Guamento
Sen
Miller
Assembly
W. F. Prisk
Neva Prisk
2Nd St
Combe Bay
Munity
Pasa
Idena Star-News
Senate
Luton
Bernard J. Ridder
Dena Star-News
Independent
Ridder
Rock Throwers Porpoises Pitch Threatens Marine Life
Dr Kenneth Norris of Marineland told a San Diego audience that a man in a dark suit threw a rock at a porpoise. The porpoise retrieved the rock, circled, and threw it back, repeating seven times, illustrating unexpected behavior and humor in captive marine life.
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Kenneth Norris
Marineland
Palos Verdas
San Diego
Dr. Norris
Pre Easter Rites Draw Large Good Friday Crowds
Long Beach church leaders reported record crowds for Holy Week services as throngs filled First Methodist Church for Good Friday rites at 5th Street and Pacific Avenue. Speakers linked Calvary to modern evils and urged action against war, segregation, and injustice. The Rev. Robert Welker called Holy Week a success with attendance up from last year.
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Long Beach
First Methodist
5Th St
Pacific Ave
Calvary
Hangen
Emet
G. Hangem
iFirst Congregational Church
Gep
Hengen
Robert Welker
Church Council
Classified Ad Success Story Returns Immediate Rent
A reader reports two furnished rooms with living and bedroom space, large kitchen, private bath, all utilities, rented the first day after the ad appeared. Six readers called at once, advertiser says after canceling the ad. Contact through a direct line for classifieds.
Red Cross Offers Home Care Classes for Sick and Babies
The Red Cross will sponsor home care classes for the sick and for mother and baby care at the City Health Department 2639 Fine Arts. Classes begin Thursday morning with pre registration through the local Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Jocal Red Cross
Hughes Oil Fight Delays Eviction Over Pier E Lease
Howard Hughes fights Sacramento tidelands compromise delaying eviction from city Pier E. Board of Harbor Commissioners tabled the renewal dispute and granted a week extra, while Hughes still faces a 30 day eviction notice as his $12.009 million damage claim against the city remains unsettled. Attorneys Jones and Bautzer seek a 90 day extension to negotiate a settlement before Hughes’ lease expires and the claim potentially moves toward court.
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Howard Hughes
Tidelands
Sacramento
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Hughes
Pier E
Jonah Jones
Jgrez Bautzer
Mer
Samuel E. Vickers
Y Fust
Bautzer
Jones
Plier E
John P. Davis
John Nimlocks
Eight Hurt in Traffic Two on Motorcycles
Eight persons injured in Long Beach traffic Thursday. Two were motorcyclists, one bicyclist, and others in cars in two-car Seaside Blvd crash east of Ontario Ave. Marilyn Sevier, 19, injured with a leg fracture. Adelaine Tasline, 20, unconscious but not seriously hurt. Clyde Hembree, 49, with cuts and possible rib fractures. Two youths on motorcycles included James Grauer, 16, and passenger Warren Zook, 17, with Zook hospitalized for compound leg fractures. Arthur Michelson, 25, treated for minor injuries after motorcycle hit foundation cement on Obispo Ave. Theresa McCarthy, 64, treated and released after bicycle collision at Walnut Ave. An elderly couple, William Greenwood, 68, and Martha Greenwood, 84, injured in a Redondo Ave and Pacific Coast Hwy crash. William with a broken collarbone.
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Long Beach
Seaside Blvd
Ontario Ave
Marilyn E. Sevier
20Th
Seaside Hospital
Co St. Mary's Hospital
Co & E
Adelaine Tasline
Atlantic Ave
St. Mary's Hospital
Clyde Hembree
Chestnut Ave
Warren Richard Zook
Ladoga Ave
Pas
Arthuel
Michelson
Janice St
Obispo
I Ave
Ladera St
Walnut Ave
Theresa McCarthy
Wassnut Ave
St ‘Mary's Hospital
John F. Curl
McKengle St
Redondo Ave
Pacific Coast Hwy
Wiliam
Easter Sunrise Services Listed
Easter sunrise services are scheduled across the area at venues such as Luong Beach Veterans Memorial Stadium 5 20 a m and sponsored by the Council of Churches Los Altos Drive-in Theater Spring St and Bellflower Bly 6 a.m under sponsorship of St Pauls Lutheran Churchmen s SIGNAL BILL city park 6 a m under suspices of Signal Hall Fest 490 of the American Legion at Long Beach Drive-in Theater 223rd St and Santa Fe Ave 6 a m by Grace Lutheran Church to Seal Beach Pier 7 a m under sponsorship of Seal Bea Community Methodist Church in Compton Drive-in Theater 2111 E Rosecrans Blyd Comp ton by Lutheran Laymen s League Avi Gardena 5 45 a m Hollywood Bowl 5 a m Orange Drive-in Theater Santa Ana Freeway and Chapman Ave Pasadena Rose Bowl 62 St Matthew s Episcop Church amphitheater Pacific Palisades 62
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Luong Beach Veterans’ Memorial Stadium
Council of Churches
Los Altos Drive-in
Spring St
St. Paul's Lutheran Churchmen's Club
Signal
Roosevelt Memorial Park
S. Vermont
Avi Gardena
Santa Ana Freeway
Chapman Ave
Pasadena
Rose Bow
St. Matthew's
Pacific Palissades
Goats At Fidler Avenue Spark Neighborhood Curiosity
Residents of Fidler Avenue and Candlewood Street report a nanny goat chained to a stake with three newborn kids in a nearby field. Dennis Dougherty and others wandered the area early morning, while county shelters and a passing ship crew joined the quiet gossip. The goats remain a curious mystery as neighbors weigh who is responsible for the animals.
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Fidler Ave
Candlewood St
Brella
Dennis
Kungsholm
Fidler
Matson Terminal de Los Ane
Geles Harbor
Peared
Carly
Didling
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