Medal and Meal for Battle Hero in Dwight Nebraska
Ernest R. Kouma, promising Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, is promised a celebratory meal of dumplings and sauerkraut by his mother Mrs Joseph Kouma at the Kouma farm. The town of Dwight prepares to honor the tank commander who fought along the Naktong River defense line in Korea on August 21.
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Dwight
Neb
Ernest R. Koura
Joseph Kouma
Kouma
Washington
Naktong River
Korea
Bomb Film Scheduled for Medical Section Meeting
A film titled Effects of Atom Bombing on Human Beings will be shown to District 13 civilian defense medical personnel and to doctors nurses and others in first aid training at Lakewood Pan American Park Auditorium May 16 at 7 30 p m Earl Allen of the county health department will be in charge of the meeting. A singlehandedly he held off a 500man Red tank attack while threatened American units withdrew.
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District 13
Civilian Defense Medicalation
Lakewood Pan American Park Auditorium
Earl Allen
County Health Department
Bill to Boost Judges Salaries Advances in Assembly
A bill raising Los Angeles County Superior judges pay from 15000 to 17500 yearly moved to the Assembly floor today. Assemblyman Charles W. Lyon's measure, approved by the judiciary committee, is paired with three Rosenthal bills seeking 10 percent raises for Los Angeles Superior Court attaches, estimated to cost the county 30000 annually.
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Los Angeles
Assembly
Charles W. Lyon
Beverly Hills
Judiciary Committee
William Rosenthal
George Wakefield
Whisker Race Marks City College Shindig
City College Lakewood campus plans a beard-growing contest tied to Fylke Day. Classes end at 11 a.m. for field day activities. At noon Queen Pat Lockwood will be crowned with attendants Dot Seely and Myrna Schiffman. Afternoon events include track, volleyball, egg throwing and pie eating followed by a dance and beard contest results.
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Long Keaeh City College
Lakewood
Pat Lockwood
Dot Seely
Myrna Schiffman
Jin
Food Costs 15 Percent Higher Than Year Ago
The Agriculture Department forecast stable food prices through early summer despite current high costs. Meats eggs fats and oils and processed fruits and vegetables showed the largest increases. outlook notes stronger military and export demand later in 1951 may raise prices as production shifts to defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Boy 10 injured when bicycle and car collide
Kenneth G. Gellido ten of 5739 Parkcrest Ave Lakewood suffered leg injuries when his bicycle and a car driven by John L. Brashear 51 of 5912 Premiere Ave Bellflower collided on Carson St near San Anselme Ave in Lakewood late yesterday. Brashear said he did not see the boy in time to avoid the crash. He was not held. A private physician treated the boy.
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Kenneth G. Gellido
Parkcrest Ave
Lakewood
John L. Brashear
Premiere Ave
Bellflower
Carson St
San Anselme Ave
Brashear
California
Adminster
Merchant Sentenced as Drunken Driver
Anganda Guadalupe a 59 year old produce merchant was sentenced to 90 days in county jail after pleading guilty to a drunken driving charge before Municipal Judge Wilber F Downs. He had two prior drunken driving convictions and was arrested at Pacific Coast Highway and Pacific Avenue on February 27 after a traffic collision.
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Anganda Guadalupe
Wilber F. Downs
Polite
Guadalupe
Pacific Coast Hwy
Pacific Ave
Long Beach polio hospital aid drive targets 300000
Mrs Jessie Hubbard Helwig chairs a Long Beach campaign to raise 300000 for the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation Ruth Home polio hospital in El Morte. Volunteers include Martha Baker Kathryn Palmer Lois Tams and W T Hutton. Funds stay in Southern California and capacity will rise from 29 to 80 beds.
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Jessie Hubbard Helwig
Long Beach
Elizabeth Kenny
Ruth
EL Morte
Belmont Shore
Lakewood
Helwig
California
Martha Baker
Kathryn Palmer
Lois Tams
W. T. Hutton
RK. F. McAfee
Sister Elizabeth
City ordered to pay kin of late Long Beach fireman
Superior Judge Percy Hight issued a writ of mandate requiring the City of Long Beach to pay a pension to Mrs Thelma M Gibbons and her two children Diane and Ronald Filian. Thelma is widow of Elmer J Filian a former Long Beach Fire Department captain who died in October 1946 after his work with creosote and fumes. A Feb 28 jury found his 1945 service contributed to the illness causing death. Deputy City Attorney Clifford E Hays sought a new trial which was denied.
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Percy Hight
Long Beach
Thelma M. Gibbons
Diane
Ronald Filian
Gibbons
Elmer J. Filian
Clifford E. Hays
Hight
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