Man and family injured in two Long Beach crashes
A man Ray Carney 59 his wife Amelia Carney 35 and a 17 year old boy were injured in two traffic accidents in Long Beach late Friday. Carney suffered head and chest injuries after being struck in a crosswalk on American Avenue at 5th Street. His wife received arm abrasions and refused treatment. The 17 year old was treated for a fractured arm. A second driver Murl Cotton 31 of Olive Avenue was cited for following too closely after rear ending two vehicles on Atlantic Avenue at Harding Street. One driver Walter Trull 63 Huntington Park and another driver Howard Criswell 30 of Comp ton were involved as their vehicles were pushed into other cars.
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Long Beach
Ray Carney
Bard St
VA Hospital
American Ave
5Th St
Amelia E. Carney
Carney
YA Hospital
Dorothy EB
Los Angeles
Murl D. Cotton
Olive Ave
Seaside Hospital
Atlantic Ave
Harding St
Cotton
Walter Wil Trull
Huntington Park
Howard B. Criswell
Petrolia Ave
Compton
Gas Station Blast Hurts Attendant at City Post
A gas station attendant, Carl McDonald, 67, sustained minor hand burns Friday after a flash fire and office explosion at the Police Service Station office on E. 3rd Street and Pacific Avenue. Firefighters said fumes from a broken jug caused the blaze in the lavatory, which firefighters confined to the small room after the blaze gutted the lavatory.
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E. 3Rd St
Pacific Ave
Carl McDonald
E. Bist St
Seaside Hospital
McDonald
Hill Airman arraigned in marijuana grow case
Martin Sanchez 20, an airman at Long Beach Air Force Base, was arraigned in Municipal Court on cultivating marijuana. He was ordered held for a preliminary hearing next Wednesday with bail set at 35,000. Officers found about 1,000 marijuana seeds at his Signal Hill residence in the 1400 block of East Hill Street.
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Signal Hill
Martin Sanchez
Long Beach
Percy Hight
He Sanchez
E. Hill St
Sanchez
Japanese Vase Presented to Vermillion Mayor
George M. Vermillion received a vase Thursday symbolizing two ancient crafts in honor of his role at a ceremony for newly naturalized Japanese American citizens. Truman Boyd Manor of the Japanese American Citizens League presented the gift on behalf of the Harbor Japanese Community Center.
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Vermillion
George M. Vermillion
Zens
Marlene Hada
Truman Boyd Manor
Scuffle Ends With Glass Break Injuries At Oceanfront Home
A man and his girlfriend suffered lacerations after a playful scuffle broke a plate glass window at 214 W Ocean Blvd. Meralyn Martin of 52 Linden Ave Apt 9 and Jane A Sampsel of 45 Cedar Ave were treated at Seaside Hospital for leg and arm injuries.
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W. Ocean Blvd
Meralyn Martin
Linden’ Ave
Apt. 9
Seaside Hospital
Jane A. Sampsel
Cedar Ave
Blind Trainee Interviews Start in Wilton Hotel
Mrs Irene Dugan social worker for Guide Dogs for the Blind San Rafael is interviewing prospective blind trainees in the Wilton Hotel area through May 16. Dugan plans to visit applicants in the region to assess suitability and provide guidance for training opportunities.
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Irene Dugan
Guide Dogs For the
San Rafael
Wilton Hotel
Cashier’s Cry Boots Bandit at Bell Bank
A 25 year old man entered a Bank of America at 3312 Atlantic Blvd on a late Friday, presented a note demanding 35000 in twenty dollar bills to cashier Crea Tavor, implied a gun then fled after a cashier dropped to the floor and shouted for help. Police described the incident as a serious bank robbery attempt.
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Bell
I Bank of America
Atlantic Blvd
Crea Tavor
Miss Javor
Whittier Crash Fatal to Women and Fraud Denial
Ann McKinney a 35 year old stenographer from 173 East 51st Street pleaded innocent to perjury linked to accepting 274 a month for three months from Los Angeles and Orange County department of charities and the State Unemployment Department. Superior Judge Herbert V. Walker in Los Angeles set trial for June 11 in September 43.
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Ann McKinney
51St St
Los Angeles
Orange County Department of Charities
State Unemployment Department
Herbert V. Walker
Nineteen Light Planes Start Fullerton Phoenix Race
Nineteen planes opened the Third Sportsmen's Pilot Handicap from Fullerton to Sky Harbor Phoenix with about 49 people aboard in standard postwar civil aircraft. The 360 mile first leg included a stop at Blythe with Knott's Berry Farm as a visible rally point, and the event is a two day safety competition for private and non hire licensed pilots.
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Fullerton
Fullerton Airport
Knott
Berry Farm
Blythe
Japan
Thomas Buck
Galway St
Garden Grove
Rural Orange County Rally Ends With 14 Injured
A late Friday and early today crash spree across Orange County left 14 people injured, six seriously, as motorists collided on roadways near Anaheim and along Katella Avenue. Authorities said no crew or aircraft injuries occurred during a planned air race event. Local hospitals reported major injuries to several drivers and passengers, including Patricia A. Epp and Virginia Sims, with others treated for serious impact during multiple two car collisions.
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Buck
Phoenix
Anaheim
Patricia A. Epp
Jey
Holder St
Wasi
Lincoln Ave
Knott
Charles
Homer E. Budd
Tattooed beauty jailed in robbery case in Florida
A tattooed woman is jailed on robbery charges tied to a $15,000 extortion plot and an alleged market robbery at 2309 Pacific Coast Highway. Police name her as a partner in a Florida and Arizona crime ring, with FBI questioning planned in Long Beach.
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Gainesville
Fla
San Pedro
Long Beach
CWO
Signal Hill
Superior Court
Travis ¥. Oltman
Hugenevich
Florida
Arizona
Jahassee
Mary Halterman
Pacific Coast
Jones
Jim
Summerland Ave
Armer
Harry L
Missoula Ct
Halterman
Vallanding
Slary
4Th
Bear Jones
James Vallanding
Sus-Sham
Apritham
Owens
Taylor on Stand in Fraud Trial
Dr. George Taylor testified in a Superior Court trial for grand theft and insurance fraud, replacing his wife Syl via on the witness stand as the couple face counts tied to a $6,370.50 robbery. He described hospital injuries to his wife after the alleged incident and defended prior theft allegations as real, while the hearing paused for recess as the trial progressed.
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George Taylor
Sylvia
Wee
Seaside Hospital
Taylor
Mate Guilty of Aid to Wife in Forgeries
Roger Hickey Jr. 30, of Cedar Ave was convicted by a Superior Court jury on three counts of forgery. His wife Margie Marie Hickey 31 confessed to the scheme that forged about 38000 in checks of their Gardena employers. Margie Hickey began two concurrent 1 to 10 year terms in Corona state institution.
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Roger Hickey Jr
Cedar Ave
Atty Patrick Bphelan
Hickey
Margie Marie Hickey
Gardena
Corona
Air Derby Entries Close on June 20
Entries will close June 20 for the 10th All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race sponsored by Ninety-Nines Inc. The Powder Puff Derby may run July 7 10 from San Mateo County Airport to Flint Michigan with about 50 planes. Past races started or finished in Long Beach and the route lists Bakersfield Needles Prescott Winslow Albuquerque Amarillo Wichita Columbia Urbana and Fort Wayne.
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Ninety-Nines, Inc
San Mateo County
Flint
Mich
Long Beach
Bakersfield
Needles
Prescott and Winslow
Ariz
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Texas
Wichita, Kan
Columbia
Urbana
Ft Wayne
Ind
Kilgore and Wallace Spar in Nine Ball Clash
Billiard writer Paul Wallace details a lively exchange with Ray Kilgore during a nine ball and three cushion exhibition in Los Angeles. Kilgore, described as a lean, hard faced world champion, schools Wallace with quick, tactical shots while emphasizing the cue ball as the secret.
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Los Angeles
Paul
John Fitzpatrick
Ana
Kilgore
Heim St. Kards
Paul Wallace
Mile
Sincej
Bank
Willie Hoppe
Long Beach Auto Clubs Vote For New Association
About 200 club leaders from 39 Long Beach car clubs filled the City Council chamber to discuss mutual problems. After hours of debate 30 clubs voted to join an association and nine remained undecided. The group heard about the existing association the Associated Car Clubs of Long Beach and potential changes to rename or restructure.
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Long Beach
Hob Schaefer
Associated Car Clubs of
Schaefer
City Health Department
Pine Ave
Bob Cabot
Newport Hires New City Manager
Robert H. Shelton, 32, former Santa Barbara city manager, will assume Newport Beach city manager duties June 18 after a field of 60 applicants. The $13,500 annual post was vacated by John J. Sailors amid disagreement with the council. Interim engineer Bert Webb will continue as acting city manager until Shelton’s arrival.
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Newport
Robert H. Shelten
Santa Barbara
Will
Beach
John J. Sailors
el Segundo
Shelton
Bert Webb
Woman Loses Rings Worth 2500 Here
Joyce L. Dixon of 776 Havana Ave reports losing two rings valued at 2300 dollars at Hariman Jones Clinic Hospital. She took them off in a hospital restroom and found them missing upon returning home after a Friday report. A restroom search found nothing. The rings include a diamond engagement ring and a wedding ring.
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Joyce L. Dixon
Havana Ave
Harriman Jones Clinic Hospital
Bartender Arrested in Bookie Raid
An unemployed bartender, Thomas Michael Xing, 41, was arrested Friday at his Lakewood Plaza home on a bookmaking charge. Detectives said he accepted race bets totaling nearly $2,000 daily and appeared to work for others. two prior bookmaking convictions were on his record. Betting markers indicated bets on races at Tanforan Jamaica Laurel and Churchill Downs.
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Lakewood Plaza
Thomas Michael Xing
Lees Ave
Leonard Hermansen
J. A. Stewart
King
Tanforan
Jamaica
Laurel
Churchill Downs
Worker Thought Missing Found at San Pedro Yard
John E. Price, a Todd Shipyard worker, was found safe Friday in his hotel room at 1208 W Fourth St after coworkers, police, and firemen searched for him. authorities say he forgot to punch out his time card upon leaving the yard and had merely been visiting a friend.
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San Pedro
John E. Price
Fourth St
Todd Shipyard
Price
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