The Golden Spike Anniversary in Bieber California
A 1931 Bieber ceremony that joined the Great Northern and Western Pacific rails is recounted with memories of Arthur Curtiss James Ralph Budd and Harry Adams. The piece recalls a bootleg incident on the train and a windy audience as Attorney General A S Webb spoke.
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Bieber
Calif
Great Northern
Western Pacific
California
Arthur Curtiss James
Ralph Budd
Harry Adams
Insane Slayer of Wife Freed by Judge After Insanity Finding
Annie Marks, 61, who strangled his wife Alma, 58, on July 11, 1949, was released today by Superior Judge Joseph M. Maltby after aliens found him insane at the time of the crime but sane now. The judge discharged Marks from Mendicine Hospital for the Criminally Insane, stating no recourse but to declare him sane and set him free. Marks, an oilfield worker, told the court he plans to go to Indiana to resume life as a free man.
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California
A.S. Webb
Big Valley
Webb
Mr. Webb
Annie Marks
Alma
Joseph M. Maltby
Maltby
Marks
Arnie Marks
Mendicine
KHL
Ted C. Sten
al White
Indiana
Revivalist Man Sits Up to Eat at VA Hospital
Melvin Burene Hewitt a 27 year old from El Monte who was pronounced dead after his heart stopped during a fall October 14 at an El Monte tavern has awakened. Doctors at El Monte Medical Center massaged his heart for 13 minutes and he was moved to Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital where he has begun to eat normally and move limbs though still listed as seriously ill.
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Melvin Burene Hewitt
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
E. V. Edwards
Ionte
Hewitt
el Monte
el Monte MedicalCenter
Edwards
Explosion Report From Jet Test Near Catalina Island
Residents of North Long Beach California Heights Lakewood and Signal Hill heard a large blast at 2 40 pm as an F 36 jet test near Catalina Island pulled from a high altitude dive. Air Force pilot for North American Aviation explained that sonic waves form ahead of the aircraft and when the plane pull s out of the dive the waves reach the ground without further details.
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Catalina Island
North Long Beach
California Heights
Lakewood
Signal Hill
Air Force
North American Aviation Corp
S Nort American
Water
Harvey Light District Lines Extended in Lakewood
County Board of Supervisors approves extending the Harvey Lighting District boundaries in Lakewood. The added area runs from Clark Ave to Centralia St, includes Greenbrier Rd and Charlemagne Ave near Pan American Park and Lakewood Junior High. Formation is expected to take six to eight months with steps including legal limit reports hearings and bids.
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Countty Board of Supervisors
Harvey Lighting
Lakewood
Clark Aye
Arbor Rd
Bellflower Blvd
Centralia St
Greenbrier Rd
Charlemagne Ave
Pan American Park
Lakewood Junior High School
Tra Willis
County Road Department
Trio Injured in Collision at Bath and Earl
Three people were hurt in a crash between a taxicab and a car at Bath Street and Earl Avenue yesterday afternoon. Injured are Diane Mascaro 10 and her mother Hilda Eichelberger 27 both of Esther Street, and Harrison W. Andrews 59 of Lewis Avenue. Taxicab driver Monty Levy 53 of Catsan Street was not injured.
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Bath St
Earl Ave
Hurt
Diane Mascaro
Esther
Hilda ¥. Eichelberger
Harrison W. Andrews
Lewis Ave
Monty Levy
Catsan St
Cooler, Clear Forecast for Long Beach Tomorrow
The Long Beach forecast calls for cooler temperatures and a mostly clear sky tomorrow. An observer noted low clouds tonight with a gradual clearing by noon tomorrow, yielding bright conditions later in the day.
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Long Beach
U.S
Council Opens Fight for Oil
The City Council plans a publicity campaign to win public support for state ownership of tidelands. City officials will study financing and speed up a program outlined by Robert L. Irvin, urging direct mail to other cities and counties, and urging other mayors to back the measure. Councilman Kealey calls it the council’s duty to take the offensive in the tidelands fight.
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Tidelands
Srass
Robert L. Irvin
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Irvin
Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
Raymond . Kealey
Butler Brothers Store Opens in Lakewood with Purple Heart Link
The new Butler Brothers department store arrives in Lakewood at 5252 Lakewood Blvd with a 4.5 million construction and stocking budget. Opening ceremony tomorrow at 9:45 will trigger a four-entrance launch and a week of sales events. The store features 170 brand items, basement truck tunnel access, escalators, and extensive stockrooms for rapid restocking. Orchids for women shoppers in first three days and gifts for children accompany the opening.
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Lakewood
Butler Brothers
Lakewood Blvd
Press- Telegram
Cowley Receives Purple Heart at Yokosuka Naval Hospital
Arlen Cowley USMC of Long Beach was wounded in Korea and awarded the Purple Heart at the U S Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan. He is the son of Mrs Velma Cowley of Paramount and husband of Mrs Ferne Cowley of Bellflower.
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Pfe
Arlen Cowley
USMC
Long Beach
Korea
U. S. Naval Hospital
Yokosuka
Japan
Cowley
Veljma Cowley
GS00
Paramount Bird
Ferne Cowley
Palm St
Bellflower
Improved Bus Service in Lakewood Planned
Long Beach Motor Bus Company plans new routings to serve the growing Lakewood area. A shuttle will run from Lakewood Blvd and Carson St every 20 minutes starting 8 30 a m for three days to connect with the new Lakewood Shopping District. Willard Lee will brief the City Council next Tuesday on proposed route changes and broader service extensions to Lakewood Plaza, County Hospital east of Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach State College, University Village, and nearby areas.
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Lakewood
Long Beach Motor Bus Company
New Lakewood
Butler Brothers Department Tore
del Amo St
Lakewood Blvd
Carson St
Willard Lee
Lee
Lakewood Plaza
Bellflower Blvd
Long Beach
County Hospital
Newport Ave
Long Beach State College and
University Village
Los Altos
City Finishes Lighting Changes Along Anaheim to Magnolia
Despite shortages the city reports new metal and electrical parts are on hand to convert street lights on American Ave from Anaheim to Willow. Mercury vapor lights for Ocean Blvd Americano Golden Ave have arrived and will be installed atop existing standards. Only 18 uprights with mass arms are needed for the south side of Anaheim St from Orizaba to Loma to finish the conversion.
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American Ave
Anaheim
Willow Sts
Ocean Blvd
Anaheim Sr
Americano Golden Ave
Anaheim St
Orizaba
Loma Aves
Loma
Magnolia Aves
Woman Fined in Drunk Driving Case
Mrs. Louise P. 14 of 3363 Pacific Ave pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 30 days by Municipal Court official Twischer F. Downs yesterday. She also paid 5 for driving with an exalted license and was arrested last month on Long Beach Blvd.
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Louise P
Pacific Ave
Sis
Twischer F. Downs
Long Beach Blvd
Left Purse and Pen Missing on City Bus Bench
Janice Ballentine of 1244 E Broadway reported her purse with $23 and a $15 pen and pencil set were left on a bus bench at Fifth Street and Pine Avenue yesterday afternoon.
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Janice Ballentine
E. ‘Broadway
Fifth St
Pine Ave
Court to grant guardian for sailor’s marriage plan
A Long Beach case delays a shipboard marriage between John Lisenby and Rhoda Olsen. Judge Fred Miller will appoint a guardian to allow a license, aiding a Saturday ceremony after guardianship and leave from the destroyer Cushing. Rhoda Olsen, 21, works at Bank of America San Pedro. John Lisenby, 20, is a fireman’s apprentice aboard the Cushing. The couple met at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina.
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John Lisenby
Cushing
Rhoda E. Olsen
Lisenby
Norm
John
San Diego
Trve
Bethany Baptist Church
Fred Miller
Soa
Jens Olsen
Long Beach
Miller
Legal Aid Committee
Long Beach Bar Association
Blaine Simons
Simons
Rhoda
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S.C
Bank of America At
San Pedro
Denmark
Landscaping request to garden Alamitos Circle
Long Beach officials seek state permission to landscape the center of Alamitos Traffic Circle. Park Commissioner Gladys Schell says formal application to the State Division of Highways is all that is required, water is already piped to the circle center. Educational costs in Long Beach rise slower than the cost of living, with per pupil costs at $1.46 last year from 93 cents ten years earlier. Navy repair ships Alventinus and Fabius, away 13 months, expected to return to Long Beach Tuesday after servicing aircraft in the Western Pacific.
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State Division of Highways
Long Beach
Alamitos
Gladys Schell
Park Board
Paul Borgfeld
Long Beach Unified School District
Alventinus
Fabius
Tuesaay
Detour Road Being Opened Near Pico Ave Bridge
Griffith Company announced the detour on the south side of the Pacific Coast Highway bridge over the old Pico Avenue right of way will open tomorrow. The 48 foot wide detour provides two lanes each way with guard rails while the bridge region is razed for a new viaduct over the Long Beach Freeway beneath.
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Pico Ave
Los Angeles River
Tommorrow, Griffith Company
Long Beach
Gale Ave
Tom Oglesby
Willow St
Wardleywail
Griffith Co
Pacific Coast Hwy
Wardlow Bridge
Army lists Pfc Brakefield wounded in action
Private first class Benjamin W Brakefield son of Mrs Bessie E Brakefield of 6970 Davis Ave is named by the Department of Defense among the Army wounded in action leaving for recovery and return to duty with details of the unit unknown
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Benjamin W. Brakefield
Bessie E. Brakefield
Davis Ave
Department of Defense
Army
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Malcolm
Lassen County
Redeye
James
Lane
Melvin Hewitt
Harvey Light District
L. B
Dixie Preston
Bakersfield High School
Rey Chapin
Council
Marine
Butler’s
ONG Beach Press of
Gelearam
Donald
Jones
Briarcrest Ave
Terminal Island
Tsleeram Phaic
Judge
Cupid Run
Builer Brothers Department Store
Big Lakewood
Press-Telegram
Compton
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