Memory feats and local tidbits from Long Beach
A Local column recalls Dr V E ONeil who correctly identified 140 men at a meeting. Navy memories of the USS Vestris disaster are recounted by T D L Webster, with details on lifejackets. A ten year old songbird sings of Christmas, and Pine Locust downtown gains a one way status amid mixed views. Plans for a scramble traffic system near Christmas are noted.
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V. E. O'Neil
Long Beach Commandery No
Knights Templar
O'Neil
T. D. L. Webster
Naval Shipyard
Tong Beach
Atlantic
Webster
Wyoming
Norfolk
Vestris
L.B
Gustafson
Belmont
Mgr
Sam Vickers
Folk Aid Korea Refugees Drives Long Beach Aid Effort
Long Beach residents contributed 1850 pounds of soap and clothing for Korean refugees during a trick or treat drive. Southern California communities collected 34 000 pounds of clothing. An Air Force plane from Duluth Minnesota delivered 3400 pounds of clothing for Korean orphans to Los Angeles Airport.
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Long Beach
American Friends Service Committee
California
Air Force
Duluth
Minn
Los Angeles
Sinto Wessman
Duluth Herald
Herald
Bandit Robs Market Owner For $40 At 1433 4th St
Police report a bandit armed with a gun robbed market owner Albert M. Honsperger at 1433 4th St Thursday. The suspect, 27 to 30, about 155 pounds with a hooked nose, wore sunglasses and a brown f weed sports coat and fled with $40 from the cash register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arn Sutomeatic
Estearing
Albert M. Honsperger
Whittier
Bus Survey Planned For Fares Hearing In Long Beach
Three staff engineers from the State Public Utilities Commission began a bus loading schedules and routes study as a precursor to a hearing on Long Beach Motor Bus Co. fare increase to 15 cents or three tokens for 40 cents. The appraisal will run several days, relying mainly on company records with field checks, per Henry Bi Jordan, chief engineer of the City Bureau of Franchises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Public Utilities Commission
Long Beach Motor Bus Co
Henry Bi. Jordan
City Bureau of Franchises
Trial in Swindling Charges Delayed to Monday
Ace Uy was among witnesses as the trial of Warner, 45, charged with six counts of grand theft for taking money from servicemen who wanted to buy cars but failed to provide autos continued today until 10 a.m. Monday.
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Ace Uy
Warner, Tor
Wes
Warner
Army men from Korea aboard ship bound for Treasure Island
Sergeant Due Home Bie sees WAT OL and 4 Roswell Ave among 1290 Army personnel from Korea aboard the USNS General Nelson M. Walker scheduled to arrive at Treasure Island in San Francisco on Sunday.
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Roswell Ave
Korea
Nelson M. Walker
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Tide High Aid Low on Strand With Emergency Pleas
A major tide battered Seal Beach and Surfside Colony with seven feet of surge. SBA designates disaster areas enabling 3 percent rehabilitation loans and Navy earthmovers, while Civil Defense and Army Corps deny funding. Local leaders seek emergency sand and funding, Sen. Kuchel pushes White House for relief.
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Seal Beach
Surfside Colony
Ieansife
Washington, D. C
Small Business Administration
Sepl Beach
Surfside
Frank Shufelt
Navy
Sen. Ruchel
Bureau of the Budget
Hisenhower
Heinz Kaiser
Testa Mesa
Orange County Board of Supervisors
Sacramento
Goodwin Knight
Surrendered robber hits three liquor stores in rapid fire
A young bandit, 20 to 25, held up three liquor stores on Thursday night for 178 dollars. He surrendered briefly to a startled pedestrian, then robbed 45 dollars at 2416 Pacific Coast Highway before a second store at 2420 Santa Fe Avenue and a final hold up at 729 West Pacific Coast Highway. The same description of Navy blue jacket and brown pants was used in all incidents. The robber fled after shouting for the police and attempting to vanish in the crowd.
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T Lhree
John Beteag
van Buren St
Midway City
Beteag
Pacific Coast Hwy
Axsel B. Berentsen
Lucille McDoneld
Santa Fe Ave
Cecil Thernss Long
Pacific Coast
Hwy
Long
Crash injures city prisoner and motorist on coast highway
A city trunk carrying five prisoners crashed with a car at Parish Coast Highway and Walnut Avenue Thursday. Prisoner Ralph C. Daggett, 32, was treated at Seaside Hospital for two broken ribs. Driver Wilbur A. Douglas, 42, and passenger Lola G. Heller, 25, escaped with minor injuries. Neither driver was cited.
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Parish Coast Hwy
Walnut Ave
Cary
Ralph C. Daggett
Aia
Lola G. Heller
E. 20Th St
Zoning Change Schedules Action on Douglas Site
City council set a Tuesday vote on reclassifying Douglas Aircraft 87 acre site southwest of Carson Street and Lakewood Boulevard from R-1 to M-2A industrial use. Planning Commission approved also rezoning adjacent 53 acre parking lot to all public use districts. Prior annexed areas will receive city equivalent of previous county zoning.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Carson St
Lakewood Blvd
Planning Commission
Dlanneys
Tax Return Edges Ahead In City Collections
City tax collections show a gain over last year as of the first 18 days. Collector Frank W. Brejeha reports receipts totaling 628443.75 compared with 622176.37 a year earlier. The current levy stands at 3918986, about 9 percent higher than last year’s 3601432. First installment taxes become delinquent December 10.
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Frank W. Brejeha
Miss Universe Plans Marriage To Stockton Partner
Christine Martel the Paris based Miss Universe said she is engaged to Ronnie Marengo 22 son of a Stockton department store magnate. They met in Stockton three months ago on tour and plan to marry in January. Martel will visit Stockton to select furniture for their home and may quit pageants for domestic life. her parents will travel from Paris for the wedding.
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EeLeLe Gu
Ronnie Marengo
Stockton
Universal-International
Marengo
Peter Marengo
Katten
Miss Martel
George Magnini
Paris
California
Returned PW Rubin Now Becoming U S Citizen
Tibor Rubin 24 of Long Beach, a former prisoner of war and returned U S Army veteran, passed naturalization exam in Los Angeles and will receive citizenship papers at 9 a m on November 27. He spent 14 months in Nazi camps and 80 months as a Korean War prisoner. He plans trade school and will take an aptitude test to determine his best field.
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Tibor Rubin
Long Beach
Cerritos
Irwin
Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization
Los Angeles
Rubin
Korea
Edith
Sweden
Fire Damages Ocean Blvd Bar In Weekend Blaze
A 35 year old sailor was injured when a motorcycle struck a car near Grand Ave and Ocean Blvd. Firefighters contained a fire behind the bar at USS Algol Terminal Island woodwork. Faulty wiring is blamed for the blaze and extensive smoke damage inside the bar.
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Jinto
Grand Ave
Ocean Blvd
Ray Selley
Barl
Frank L. Ladd
Tender
Terminal Island
Bookie Pays and Pays on Cop's Wager
In Tong Beach Superior Court Herman A. Lashua a 50 year old bartender from 2120 Magnolia Ave was fined 300 and placed on one year probation for bookmaking. He had previously paid a police bet of 18.40 after Sgt. Lewis H. Jacobsen and a partner staked 6 on Dina Ben, a wager that Lashua collected on when the horse won.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman A. Laskus
Tong Beach
Lashus
Magnolia Ave
Lashua
Lewis H. Jacobsen
Dina Ben
Lad
Jacobsen
CG Seeks Missing Trip Aboard Sailboat Kitty Wake
Coast Guard planes and cutters searched today for the 32 foot sailboat Kitty Wake due back from Catalina Island. Aboard were three persons Reed owner of the craft Tack Berg and a My Hull. The search was launched Thursday night.
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Oast Guard
Kitty Wake
Catalina Island
Wee Reed
Tack Berg
Hull
Coast Guard
Draft Unit of 48 to Leave for Camp
Forty eight men will depart Long Beach Monday morning for induction into the armed services at Los Angeles. Mrs Patrick Fish coordinator for Group 6 of Selective Service announced the 48 selected from the harbor area draft boards. Although 63 men were in the 43rd call, only 48 leave Pacific Electric Station as others receive deferments to complete college semesters.
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Long Beach
Armed Services
Los Angeles
Patrick Fish
Group 6
Selective Service
Harbor
Pacific Electric Station
Hit and run death of teen selling Christmas cards
Robert Stanley Chant, 19, crippled, was found dead along Bellflower Boulevard after being struck by a car while selling Christmas cards. Police traced the car to a 1946 Ford coupe with red paint and recovered fragments from the bumper and grill. The victim’s neighbors recall him as a spastic youth seen in the neighborhood Thursday night.
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Robert Stanley Chant
California Highway
Bellflower Blvd
Priscilla St
Chant
Eastbrook Ave
Virginia van Camp
Carlanna Whitaker
Land policies to be topic of woolmen convention
Sen Frank Barrett will lead a Wool Growers discussion on U S public land policies at the National Wool Growers Association convention December 7 to 10 in Long Beach. The talks will cover a uniform grazing policy for western public lands and Barrett has authored pending legislation with congressional hearings planned after recess. Harold Josendal will accompany Barrett to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Barrett
R.wyo
Unite States
National Wool Growers Association
Ray W. Willoughby
San Angelo
Texas
National Livestock Group
Sen. Barrett
Congress
Harold Josendal
Wyoming Wool Growers ‘Association
Barrett
Wyoming
Bus Operator Fined for Speeding With School Children
A bus operator at 2271 Mira Mar Ave was fined £20 by Municipal Judge Charles T. Smith for speeding 55 mph with a load of school children. The case notes the governor permits City Lines bus speeds up to 45 mph and mentions a jury finding related to Jones.
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weoTge
Waces
Yas Ars
Mira Mar Ave
Charles T. Smith
Jones
Ridings elected president of Community Chest board
H E Ridings Jr was elected president of the Community Chest board at the Red Feather Building meeting. Other officers named include Mrs Jewellyn Bixby Jr as first vice president and Edward W Sheridan as second vice president. Robbins was reelected treasurer for a second year. Eleven agencies aim to finish the drive by mid December with $562000 raised to date.
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H. E. Ridings Jr
Community Chest Board of Directors
Red Feather
Jewellyn Bixby Jr
Edward W. Sheridan
Roland FE. Robbins
Ridings
L. H. Brewer
Chest Drive
United Drive
Long Beach
Riddings
Boy Scouts Council
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce and Chest
Kiwanis
Ridings Motors
Wagner honored at Los Angeles County league dinner
Councilman Clarence EL Wagner, newly elected president of the League of California Cities, was celebrated by the league’s Los Angeles County division at a Thursday night dinner at the Clock Country Club in Whittier. City Director Waenen Dorn presided. Long Beach was represented by 14 officials including Councilmen Bazil A. Carleson and Max Livoni and City Manager Sam E. Vickers.
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Clarence EL Wagsagr
League of California
Los Angeles
Clock Country Club
Whittier
Waenen Dorn
Pasadena
Presient
Long Beach
Counicilmen
Bazil A. Carleson
Max Livoni
Sam E. Vickers
UAW Strike Message to Air on Channel 7
The United Auto Workers strike against North American Aircraft Co. since Oct. 23 moves to television Sunday night to dramatize the union’s side. The program, first of its kind here, will be telecast on Channel 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Auto Workers
Atrike
North American Aircraft Co
Channel
Camp Site Decision as Vote Item Urged
City Council to let voters decide January 21 on buying a 720 acre Mt Wilson camp site for a 409000 project funded from tides and oil money. Recreation Commission backs expansion of Camp Hi-Aill for all sixth graders and approves a second measure to spend 1.6 million on peach bathhouses with staged development to meet public needs.
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Mt. Wilson
Recreation Commission
Citizens Committee On
Camp Hi-Aill
Afl
Commission
Sali
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Famillar
Malcolm Epley
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Surfside Strand
McDowell
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L. B. Folk Aid
Korea Refugees
Bandit Nicks Store
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Press-Gelearam
Christine Martel
Avinbunces
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Tures
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Tisser
Wilson
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