Lions Award Scholarships To Local Students At Dinner
The Downtown Lions Club presented 12 high school and one college scholar ships totaling 700 dollars at its awards meeting in the Wilson Hotel. Barbara Ami Friendson of Long Beach City College received 106 dollars for use at Long Beach State College. High school recipients each got 50 dollars: Patricia O Neill Susan Kirste Jacque Lyn Jasko from St Anthony's Mack Mitchell Barry Charles Brooker Ruth Ann Ricks from Polytechnic Zayanne E Mosteller Carol M Brummel Helen B Fairchild from Wilson and Robert P Burroughs Robert L Reynolds Dorothy Weber from Jordan. Meritorious certificates went to seven junior high students including Joan Organ Charlene Conrad Charles A Lindbergh James Mattson Charles Evans Hughes Nancy Feery George Washington Evelyn Jean Robinson William Logan Stephens Phylis Marlene Larne Benjamin Franklin and Warren Nelson Thomas Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City College
Downtown Lions Club
Wilsow
Warren Nelson
Thomas Jefferson
Glenn Warrick
Fred Miller
Robert McNulty
Tanker Calls for Aid as Brawl Erupts
A drunken brawl aboard the tanker Louisiana anchored in the outer harbor sparked a riot squad response Friday night. Coast Guard referred to LAPD due to harbor jurisdiction. seven officers boarded in a speedy boat but Capt. Thomas said no aid was needed. The Louisiana departed 19 hours later for Port Arthur Texas. Police cited a prior Suez incident with a crew injury.
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Louisiana
J. Thomas
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Tim Hargett
Thom‘ng
Port Arthur
Texas
Thomas
Suez Canal
Innocent Plea in Smuggling Case
Norwalk man Ernest N Murray and his wife Charlotte pleaded innocent in San Diego Federal Court to smuggling birds of the parrot family and conspiracy to violate customs laws. Trial date was set for August 4 with Murray facing added perjury and false statements charges based on an affidavit claimed to prove birds were his property and legally in the United States.
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Norwalk
San Diego
United States
Ernest N. Murray
Charlotte
Murray
Merriam 'Fair' Night In Hospital After Accident
Former Governor Frank Merriam, 87, remains in critical condition at St Marys Hospital following a heart ailment and injuries from a traffic accident in Santa Ana ten weeks earlier. He has spent long periods in an oxygen tent and was in a coma most of this week.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Frank Merriam
Merriam
Santa Ana
Los Cerritos Channel Footbridge to Be Built
The city will construct a five foot wide footbridge over Los Cerritos Channel on Palo Verde Ave in Lakewood Plaza to reduce a hazard that has claimed a child's life. Construction will start when timbers arrive, with fencing for safety and a projected cost of 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Cerritos Channel
Palo Verde Ave
Lakewood Plaza
James Kincaid
Return to God Urged by CM Allies Talk
Dr Carl F H Henry warned delegates at the Christian and Missionary Alliance World Council in Municipal Auditorium that modern civilization will fall without a return to God's grace. He urged missions and evangelism as urgent across the Keon Curtain and noted council education resolutions opposing secular schooling. Devotional and business sessions continue through Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian and Missionary Alliance World Council
Municipal Auditorium
Carl F. H. Henry
Council Committee On Education
Council
Wilson Student Wins Pomona Scholarship
Wilson High School senior James L. Watkins, 17, to receive a four year Pomona College grant for tuition and books after earning six straight honor roll semesters. Presented by Union Carbide and Carbon Corp, Watkins will speak on Democracy Today and Tomorrow at June commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson High School
James W. Watkins
Pomona College
James L. Watkins
Greenbriar Ra
Wilson
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp
Watkins
Dinner meeting of Alpha Tau Omega alumni chapter
A dinner meeting of the newly organized Alpha Tau Omega fraternity alumni chapter is planned for 7 p.m. Monday in the University Club. Reservations may be made through Edwin C. Liifé at 1124 Security Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
University Club
Edwin C. Liifé
Security
Edison Buys New Power Plant Unit
Edison announces purchase of a second 156 000 kilowatt turbine generator for Southern California Edison Redondo Beach power plant. Delivery expected late 1954 from Westinghouse Electric. The unit will boost output by seven percent, joining four 60 000 kilowatt generators now in operation.
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Southern California Edison
Redondo Beach
Westinghouse Electric
Robertson Starts Fund to Rebuild His Group in Seal Beach
Robertson mobilizes a benevolent club to raise funds for jobless co workers as he presses a recall bid and seeks a private club permit for the Airport Club in Seal Beach amid a disintegrating organization and wage struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airport Club
Seal Beach
William L. Robertson
Anaheim Smashup Kills Man
Otho Alfred Hope, 66, of 702 Amstutz St, retired farmer, died after his car was struck by Robert S Rinella's vehicle at Walnut and Damon Streets in Anaheim. Hope was pinned beneath a rear wheel and pronounced dead at Ansheim Community Hospital. Survived by widow Cora and daughter Mrs. Maxins Tibbs of Long Beach. Rinella, 32, of Long Beach, sustained a possible skull fracture and internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaheim
Otho Alfred Hope
Amstutz St
Indiana
Hope
Walnut
Damon Sts
Robert S Rinella
Chatwin Ave
Long Beach
Long Beach Area Servicemen On Returnee List
Three Long Beach servicemen and five from surrounding communities are aboard the Navy transport Gen. C. C. Ballou, due to dock in Seattle Sunday. Names include MSgt. Joseph Brown and Cpls Alvin Frightner Norman Lynch, C.J. Breton, Angel Mata, Roger Williams, with nearby-area servicemen Donald Barnett Larry Jays Robert Murdock Melvin Wilson and Gary Wong from Lakewood Paramount and Torrance.
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Long Beach
Navy
Gen
C. C. Ballou
Seattle
Joseph Brown
Florida St
Alvin R. Frightner
Orange Ave
Norman Lynch
Linden
Ave
C.J. Breton
Park Ave
Hugh P. Robinson
Georgia ‘Ave
Paramount
Pfc
Gary G. Wong
Cabrillo Ave
Torrance
Grandmother Held on Bad Check Charge
Santa Ana police held Amelia Mildred Harres Carr a 77 year old grandmother on a charge of passing a 200 dollar forged check to First National Bank. Officers said she is wanted for parole violation from a Boston correctional institution and has a long history of legal trouble across several states. She was nabbed in a Laguna Beach motel after investigators traced the check to a Boston bank. Identification records show a criminal record dating to 1901 and prior prison terms in California and Washington.
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Santa Ana
First National Bank
Boston
Mass
Ew F
Amelia Mildred Harres Carr
Laguna Beach
Bertha Anderson
Harold Ely
Carry
California
Washington
Shorn Wife Files Battery Complaint in Downey Court
Patsy Lee Hubbard an 18 year old North Long Beach housewife accused her ex soldier husband in Downey Municipal Court of battery. Deputies issued a warrant and retrieved clothing and objects from the Hubbard home after a jealous rampage in which a butcher knife and scissors were used. The couple’s car altercation occurred near the sister in law’s home as an Edison Co employee was injured by a rampaging tempo rampage. The husband Ernest A Childers, 64, of 545 Sun Youghneck, was unconscious after a fall when a temporary pole and dishes were broken. Hubbard took refuge at her mother Edith Mason's home. The incident left him not seriously injured and taken to Rancho Los Amigos Emergency Hospital.
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North Long Beach
Patsy Lee Hubbard
Downey
Norwalk
Sherrif
Sim N
Sawyer St. Hubbard
Sewyat
Edison Co
Hubbard
Jset
Pbace
Depu
Ernest A’ Childers
Whittier
Youghneck
Cecilia St
Edith Mason
Rancho Los Amigos
Wanda
City Clerk Margaret Heartwell Elected to National Panel
Margaret Heartwell city clerk was elected to the advisory board of the National Institute for Municipal Clerks. She attended the institute annual convention in Omaha this week and is en route home today.
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L. B
Margaret Heartwell
National Institute For Municipal Clerks
Omaha
Neb
Fall Injures Woman in Compton Home
Mrs. Phyllis Grojgen, 25, of 204 Thorson Sr., Compton, tripped and fell Friday at her home, breaking her ankle. She was transported to Las Campanas Hospital for treatment.
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Compton
Phyllis Grojgen
Thorson Sr
Las Campanas Hospital
Baby Boy Abandoned Found at Robinson Hotel
Juvenile authorities report little progress locating parents after a three month old boy was found whimpering on the Robinson Hotel basement floor. Nurses at St Mary's Hospital say he is healthy, well cared for, and likely used to being held. Room maid Hets G. Wagg found the infant wrapped in a dirty blanket near a laundry area with an unlocked door to the alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Hotel
St. Mary's Hospital
Hets G. Wagg
Ube
Winnie Lam
Bert
C. E. Richie
Robinson
Winnie Lambert
Two More Candidates Enter Signal Hill Election
Kenneth Schrank, 33, of 1820 Stanley Ave plans to seek the short-term council seat left vacant by Lloyd Carson, with terms through April 1954. Three others, Robert Morrison, Wray Eggart and Frank Vaughn, also file for the post. Election set for June 9. Schrank, a former police sergeant involved in the recall election, says he would restore accountability to department heads and support salary increases for city workers. He served six and a half years in the police department and two years in the Army Air Force, now a real estate agent with Schrank Realty.
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Signal Hill
Kenneth Schrank
Stanley Aye
Lloyd Carson
Robert Morrison
Lewis Ave
Wray J. Eggart
Dawson Ave
Frank B. Vaughn
Gundry
Lloyd Eratin
Schrark
Chie Ted Murphy
Schrank
Schrank Es
al- Iter
Sasketchewan
Canada
Police Department
Army Air Force
Schrank Realty
E. Broadway
High School Girl Cited for Speeding in Mishap
Mary Padilla a 16 year old high school student from 715 E 139th St was cited for speeding and operating without a license after a Friday crash at Avalon Blvd and 135th St. The CHP reports her car hit a vehicle driven by Nathaniel Crawford 37 of Los Angeles injuring passenger Millie Howard 43 also of Los Angeles. Padilla was treated for minor injuries at 2 Incal hospital.
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Lampton
Avalon Blvd
Mary Padilla
California Highway Patrol
Nathaiel Crawford
Los An- Angeles
Millie Howard
Los Angeles
Incal Hospital
Mailman Held for Pilfering Mail in Torrance
Raymond J. Weise ter of 2217 Cabrillo Ave was arrested by federal agents for pilfering mail he was delivering as a substitute carrier. Indicted by a grand jury for taking a letter containing 850 dollars on February 29, he faces arraignment next Wednesday before Judge William Byrne with bail set at 1000 dollars. He had prior burglary charges and was captured fleeing a building supply firm in Torrance.
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Torrance
Raymond J. Weiseter
Cabrillo Ave
Weister
Tal
William Byrne
Torrance Grvd
Madrona Ave
Mother Held in Death of Baby Daughter
Lyne Wood mother Joan Louise Smock, 21, charged with manslaughter in the death of her six week old daughter Peggy Ann. Arraigned in Compton Municipal Court with preliminary hearing set for June 11. She was jailed in lieu of 5000 bail after the infant died from skull fractures and bruising following the mother’s account of accident with a settee and a fall.
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Lynwood
Lyne Wood
Joan Louise Smock
Long Beach Blvd
Compton
Frederick
Newhart County
Peggy Ant
Peggy Ann
Los Angeles General Hospital
District Attorney's Office
Army Band to Give Jordan High Concert Tonight
The U S Army Field Band featuring World War II veterans will perform a free 8 o clock concert at Jordan High School auditorium. It is one of three Southern California appearances this year as the band tours the region and beyond. Director Mas. Chester Whiting of Malden Massachusetts leads the ensemble.
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Joan High School
U. S. Army Field Band
California
Mas. Chester &, Whiting
Malden
Mass
Traffic Police Stage Long Road Block in Santa Ana
Traffic police conducted a two hour road block at Fourth and Pacific Streets in Santa Ana. Officers wrote 86 citations from 214 cars with many for lack of possession of a valid license and several for faulty or poor lights and mufflers.
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Santa Ana
Fourth and Pacific Sts
Jack Minter
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Lions Club
Lions
Superior Court
Stett
Pomona
Edison
Kenneth Russell Ninke
Fairman Sr
George Francis
Long Beach Superior Court
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Hig
Seallend
Airport
Ong Beach
Jimmy
Sim N. Hubbard
Steff
Temple Beth Sholom
William Elaine Levin
Philip Shretman
Morello Thelma Dayan
Maurice Schwartz
Emilio
Marie Klein
Joel Barry Friedland
Sharlene Joan Gerber
Smailman
Army Band
Jordan High
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