Sea Tragedy Puzzles Coast Guard Search
Survivors from the Long Beach area tell of two vessels colliding off Monterey as the freighter Marine Leopard rammed the lumber schooner Howard Olson. Nine crewmen were killed and 19,000-ton Marine Leopard crew aided in rescue. Captain Hansen refused to speculate on cause. survivors described lights, turning course, and quick rescue efforts.
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Cisco
Howard Olson
Monterey
Long Beach
Karl K. Hansen
Gale Ave
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Turnard Olson
Ruth
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Andrew Schieb
Los Angeles
Harbor Oil Income and City Revenue Tally
A Harbor District audit covers 1954-55, showing total gross revenue of 41,969,924.95 and net city earnings of 23,266,409.81. Port operations contributed 1,576,776.68 in gross income, with a 362,088.57 loss after depreciation, while overall harbor income since 1938 totals 256 million.
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Harbor Dept. Ac
Board of
Harbor Corminis
Ram
Citizens' Aid Launches City Clean-Up Drive
A month long campaign to clean up Los Angeles started today with sponsorship from the Chamber of Commerce Insurance Association and the Safety Council. Virgil H. Gillespie urged citizens to sort and store junk for pickup by Salvation Army Goodwill Volunteers of America and St Vincent de Pauls. The city will handle regular trash, excluding bulk items building materials and broken concrete, urging residents to spread refuse over 30 days to allow sanitation trucks to keep on schedule.
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Chamber of Commerce, Insurance Assi
The
Safety Council
Virgil H. Gillespie
Chamber
Salvation Army
Goodwill Industries
Volunteers of America
St. Vincent de Paul's
Lorig
Gillespie
L B Versus Miss Universe Title Fight Heads to Palermo
Long Beach’s Miss Universe title sponsor plans legal action against a Palermo Miss Universe contest set for June 8 to 10. Ezio Radaelli confirms he represents local organizers and the Long Beach sponsors hold the name copyright. He also represents committees for Miss World in London and Miss Europe in Stockholm.
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Rome
Long Beach
Palermo
Sicily
Guy Rinaldo
Ezio Radaelli
Irajan
Tol
Radaelli
International Committee For Election of
London
International Committee For the Election of
Stockholm
Hotelman's Service For Louis Shames Rounds Local Home
Funeral services for Louis Al Shames 64 owner of the Huntington Hotel 1250 F Ocean Blvd will be held Wednesday at 1 pm He died Sunday A WWI veteran he belonged to American Legion Post 43 Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Hotel Greeters Masonic order and Shrine He was born in Muscatine Iowa and lived at 67th Place Surviving are his wife Mabel son Robert daughter Mavis Monteith a brother three sisters and four grandchildren The service will be conducted at Mottell's Chapel with interment in Forest Lawn Mausoleum The Rev Orval Auerkamp officiating Citizens and veterans gather amid local civic notices and victory chapter plans award for a student at Long Beach City College
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Louis al Shames
Huntington Hotel
F. Ocean Blvd
Shames
American Legion Post 43
Long Beach
Motel Death Charged to Youth 18
The district attorney issued two complaints charging Robert Williams 18 with the January murder of Harbor City motel owner Matt Manestar 54. Williams confessed to firing two shots after a robbery kidnapping, with his body found on Pt Fermin. He has fluctuated in denials and admissions and claims accomplices were paid. He was an inmate at a California Youth Authority facility during his first confession and is held in San Pedro jail.
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Robert Williams
Williams
Matt Manestar
Manestar
Pt. Fermin
California Youth Authority
San Pedro
Mother Granted Five Year Probation for Forgery Case
Aarlene Lorraine Lord, 77, a bookkeeper employed by an Atlantic Ave furniture store the last three years, was granted five years probation by Superior Judge Beach Vasey. As a condition, she will serve five days in county jail and pay full restitution after pleading guilty April 16 to one of three counts of for fortery. the other counts were dismissed.
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Dezhien Do.vuy
Beach Vasey
Lord
52Nd St
Atlantic Ave
Two-Time Escapee Stanton Freed by Law Goof
Kenneth W. Stanton, a two time city jail escapee, appeared in Municipal Judge Percy Hight's court on felony escape charges. Prosecutor Ted C. Sten asked for dismissal after explaining the statute was changed making the offense a felony at all times. Stanton had previously turned himself in after escaping the first time.
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Kenneth W. Stanton
Stanton
Percy Hight
Ted C. Sten
Sten
Death notices with multiple local obituaries and services
A batch of death notices from a local paper lists many individuals with ages and addresses, including Simeon J. Bean, Jeannette Georgi, Martha Curtis, Winnie Jane Smith, Alice W. Crabtree, Ella May Allen, Hannah Hartley, Quentin Lewis Carmichael, Myrile Foster, Edith Campbell Graham, and John Thomas Mulligan. Entries note survivors, funeral home arrangements, and service times, with private or graveside services and chapel details. The notices reference several mortuaries including Mottell's, Peek, and Leper Funeral Service, and list relatives such as daughters, sons, and siblings.
Long Beach Seeks Early Court ruling on Armed Services YMCA
City Council moves to obtain a court ruling at the earliest moment on using tideland oil funds for the proposed Armed Services YMCA. Judge Ly man Sutter notes bridge work will force removal of the current YM building, urging a rapid solution for new quarters. The panel cites Mallon decision and state compromise bill to formalize by court action. The council aims to secure approval once the compromise bill is formalized.
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Long Beach
Armed Services Ymca
Lyman ‘Rb, Sutter
Armed Services
Ocean Elva
Harbor
Sutter
California Supreme Court
League of Voters Chief Talks Here on Study and Watch
The League of Voters plans voter registration drives and discussion of state ballot measures in a local area. With about 7,800 members in California, the organization emphasizes careful issue study and nonpartisan stance, aiming for broader government observer roles.
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J League of Voters
California
League
Holmer
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Purple Heart group to install Long Beach Chapter No 210
Long Beach will host a joint installation of officers for the Military Order of the Purple Heart and its auxiliary at 8 p m Saturday in the Veterans Memorial Building on Broadway and Cedar. Chapter officers include Crockett Atkinson and Lagan, with auxiliary leaders Permenter Thompson and Kimpel. Harbor Day events, university awards, and local civic notes follow in brief items.
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Long Beach
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Veterans Memorial
Broadway
Cedar Ave
Gilman K. Crockett
William E. Atkinson
Millard €. Lagan
Beatrice Permenter
Virginia Thompson
Lillian Kimpel
Plea of Innocent to Murder in Santa Ana
John Calvin Tipton 20, dishonorably discharged soldier, pleaded innocent and not guilty by reason of insanity to the March 28 knife slaying of Oleta Hatch er Johnson 18 of Costa Mesa. Superior Judge Morrison ordered psychiatric evaluation by Dr. John Mitchell and Dr. David Geddes. Trial set for July with report expected.
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Santa Ana
John Calvin Tipton
Oleta Hatcher Johnson
Costa Mesa
Kenneth HE. Morrison
John Mitchell
Metropolitan State Hospital
Norwalk
David Geddes
Tigron
Sapien
Elderly Man and Woman Injured in Falls
Police report two seniors injured at home. Martin Knutson, 70, fell 20 feet from a ladder while climbing to the roof to install a television antenna, suffering a compound fracture of his right ankle and taken to Community Hospital. Myrtle A. Baker, 84, fell on basement steps and broke her left arm, admitted to Seaside Hospital.
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Martin Knutson
2Nd St
Knutson
Myrtle A. Baker
Ocean Blvd
Seaside Hospital
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