Long Beach women push park plan with state flower garden
The Long Beach movement urges a master park development plan and a qualified park director to carry it out. AX Vesta Hollender reports her quilted flower collection from each state, while locals joke about headlines and discuss veterans aids, a Navy mine demo, and election smog fears.
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Rpuar
Norm Masterson
Thurlyne Waite
Long Beach
Vesta Hollender
Kansas City Star
Missouri
Mark Twain
Ozarks
Truman
Hunt Father Who Hurled Infant at Officer
Fred George Miguel 26 Artesia milker fled California after hurling his 10 month old baby at officer Richard M. Larson who confronted him at 18514 Gridley Rd following a quarrel with his wife over pictures of the child. The officer cut his hand trying to halt the moving car and fired three shots at the fleeing vehicle.
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George Miguel
Artesia
California
Richard M. Larson
Miguel
Gridley Rd
Larson
Vet Memorial Program Set at Veterans Stadium
Golden State Post No. 279 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will host a public memorial program Thursday at 8 PM in Veterans Memorial Stadium. Comdr. Gilbert Paugh of Sawtelle Chapter 52 will speak on Strength of the Nation, with Commander Ralph B. Safford and Ruth Miller presiding and Arthur Spencer conducting part of the program.
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Golden State Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Gilbert Paugh
the Sawtelle Chapter
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Ralph B. Safford
Ruth Miller
Wil
Arthur Spencer
Former Governor Merriam Fades. Urgent At Santa Aha Hospital
Former governor Frank Merriam grows weaker at St. Marys Hospital in an oxygen tent after heart trouble linked to injuries from a car crash sixteen days ago in Santa Aha. Family thanks well wishers as condolences pour in.
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Frank Merriam
St. Mary's Hospital
Santa Aha
Specifications OKd for Pumping Engine to extend fire service
The City Council approved specifications for a triple combination pumping engine for the fire department to serve newly annexed areas. Estimated first cost is 25,000 dollars. The Oregon Ave station will house the new unit, with a 1924 pumping unit traded in from inactive reserve.
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Oregon Ave
Sam E. Vickers
City approves contract for Naples Bridge project
Naples area officials award a $148,699 contract to Guy F Atkinson Co for a new bridge over Riva Alto Canal and a sewer pump station at Ravenna Dr The project replaces a narrow bridge with two 14 foot traffic lanes a center divider and two five foot sidewalks The pump station will be built beneath the bridge approach City engineers estimated $125,000 and Atkinson bid was among six received by City Manager Sam E Vicker’s office.
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Guy F. Atkinson Co
Riva Alto Canal
Ravenna Dr
Naples
Atkinson Co
Sam E. Vicker
Sea Scout Base Dedication Set For June 14
Center for jamboree activities announce informal dedication of a new Sea Scout base at Pier A in Long Beach. L Appling, Scout executive, notes the $25,000 facility will host about 150 Sea Scouts and 500 other participants from the area council and Harbor Department plans. The base includes a fleet of 50,000 Scouts imagine a west coast hub with harbor access and open sea views, featuring boats, rockets, and a laboratory, ready by June 14.
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Chamber of Commerce
Former of America
Long Beach
L. Appling
Boy Scouts of
Sea Scout
Area Council
America
Pier Cly
Sea Scouts
Ters
Meetbeach
Harbor
Irvine
al Davis
Krews
Boy Scouts
Hwy. 101
Las
Long Beach Couple Face Child Desertion Charge
Allege 26 year old Albina Jimenez abandoned her 2 month old son in a Hotel Robinson basement. She was arraigned on felony child desertion in Municipal Court after surrendering to police. Her husband Isabell claimed she left following a quarrel and alleged infidelity. The baby John was found in the hotel basement by a maid and later taken to General Hospital. Bail set at 2000. preliminary hearing scheduled for June.
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Albina Jimenez
Long Beach
Jimenez
Los Angeles
Robinson
Jewel Rider
St. Mary’s Hospital
John
Charles D. Wallace
June LL
Man Booked for Taking Shot at Wife
Marty L. Jones 39 of 160 A W Market St was booked Monday for investigation of assault to commit murder after his ex wife Alice M. Giters 32 of 4186 Elm Ave Apt 7 claimed he tried to force entry then fired a shot from an alleyway near her Downey California home. The bullet narrowly missed and passed through an eave.
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Marty L. Jones
W. Market St
Jones
Paramount Blvd
Imperial Hwy
City gas official to attend municipal utilities conference
William Ramsell, office manager of the commercial division, California gas department, will attend the California Municipal Utilities Association conference June 9 to 12 in San Francisco. City council authorized his attendance today.
Nurses Launch Annual Two Day Institute Here
Long Beach nurses open a two day institute at the city health center with talks by Dr. George Tarjan and Dr. Nathaniel Showstack. Over 600 registered nurses from the area are expected to attend as Mary Stanley welcomes the group and Sallie Marti chairs the event.
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Long Beach Area
City Health Center
Hera Sallis Martin
Long Beach Veterans Hospital
Long Beach Nurses Association
George Tarjan
Pacific Colony
Nathaniel Showstack
Terminal Island
Long Beach
Mary Stanley
Association
Sallie Marti
Long Beach VA Hospital
Tarjan
State Institute For
Spadra
Shawstack
George J. Lester
U. S. Army
Air Force
Grace C. Barbee
State Nurses’ Association
Villa Riviera
St. Mary's Hospital
Eugene Temkin
Veterans Administration Hospital
David S. Rubsamen
Harry Alban
Lakewood Smoke Scare Sparks Annexation Debate
County firemen rushed to extinguish a furnace fire at 3314 McNab Ave as critics charge the response was political interference in the Lakewood Long Beach annexation fight. Residents note multiple engines arrived. officials defend the call as standard procedure for any structural fire.
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Lakewood
McNab Ave
Long Beach
Duyne Boltom
Bolton Floor
Bellflower County
Bolton
Downey
Bellflower
Moneay
University District
Fire Départment
Valiem Deighton
Coralite T
Lakewood Plaza
Irland Englemian
University District Taxpayers Association
John Duncan
Duncan
Lakewood Park Corp
Bruce Lewellyn
Coralite
Lewellymy
Holiday Classified Notice
Classifieds will close early for Memorial Day weekend with a 4:00 p.m. Friday deadline for Saturday and Sunday ads. The Classified Headquarters will be closed on Memorial Day Saturday May 30 and ads must be placed early this week for best service.
Ford to Call Back Help at L. B. Unit
About 1300 Ford production workers at Tong Beach in Long Beach will return to work within 10 days to two weeks after a Canton Ohio strike settlement. Layoffs followed the Canton foundry action, with production resuming after forged shortages.
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Tong Beach
Ford
Canton
Ohio
Ford Motor Co. Foundry
Charles Thompson
Long Beach
John S. Bugas
Fis
Road Deaths Total 21 Here This Year
The death of Lillian Jones, 69, at Harbor General Hospital raises local traffic fatalities to 21 for the year, up from 16 at this time last year. She died from injuries suffered March 24 in a collision at Seventh Street and Cedar Avenue while riding in a small autoette driven by Nanette E. Simmons, who was injured but survived. The autoette collided with a car driven by Charles J. Lilly of Bell Gardens.
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Lillian Jones
Eighth St
Harbor General Hospital
Seventh St
Cedar Ave
Nanette E. Simmons
Pine Ave
Charles, J. Lilly
Bell Garns
Adams County Picnic Planned in Los Angeles Park
Former Adams County Hastings Nebraska residents will gather at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on Sunday June 7. E C Lann secretary of the Adams County Association announced the event with coffee to be furnished.
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Adams County
Hastings
Neb
MacArthur Park
Los
County Final Say on Rezoning for Bellflower Drive In
County regional planning will make the final decision on a proposed four screen drive in theater on a 35 acre site at Bellflower and Spring. The City Council and Planning Commission clashed over zoning changes with residents protesting the project and a split on affected blocks. Final action rests with the County Regional Planning Commission.
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Planning Commission
Bellflower Blvd
Spring St
Milton D. Arthur
Cabart ‘Theaters
Twenty-third
Spring Sts
Bellflower
Spring
28Th St
Las Coyotes
23Rd St
Bedflower Blvd
Lloyd S. Whaley
County Regional Planning Commission
Hutch Patio Gets Go Ahead For Canteen Addition
City Council approved plans for a storeroom and patio addition at the Poly-Hi Hutch Canteen located at 2611 Locust Ave. City Manager Sam E. Vickers was authorized to seek bids. Estimated cost is 4300 dollars.
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Poly-Hi Hutch
Locust Ave
Sam E. Vickers
County Hikes Employes Wage Scale
Los Angeles County boosts wages for about 20,000 workers starting July 1 with a new minimum of 200 dollars monthly. Approximately 18,000 employees earning 464 dollars a month or less receive raises totaling 4.852 million dollars, averaging 22.50 dollars per month. Key increases include District Attorney S Ernest Rol and County Manager Arthur J Will to 21,000 a year, County Counsel Harold W Kennedy to 20,500, Sheriff Eugene W Biscailuz, Assessor John R Quinn, Chief Engineer William J Fox, and Flood Control Engineer H E Hedger to 20,500.
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Los Angeles
Board of Supervisors
Ernest Rol
Arthur J. Will
Harold W. Kennedy
Eugene W. Biscailuz
John R. Quinn
William J. Fox
H. E. Hedger
Odd ball feat as L B student builds plane and flies
Dave Case an 18 year old Long Beard student at Jordan High School rebuilt a Phillips Sky Jack CT 2 from rust and debris. He spent 550 on materials and hours of labor to craft a flyable craft. The craft soared at Compton Airport with his mother Diana Flowers watching as he logged 85 flight hours and eyed a commercial license.
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Dave Case
Jordan High School
Dave
Long Beard
Yordan
California Ave
Compton
Diana Flowers
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Legional Auxiliary
Arthur Peterson
Navy
San Pedro
P. Hanne
Democratic Party
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Sherif
Ralph McClurg
Hunt
Officer
Fred
Merriam
New Sea
Celearam
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Hutch Patio
Winfield Edson
First Baptist Church
American Baptist Convenetion
Denver
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