Typographical trouble in the auto tale at Wilton Hotel
Harold Guiver’s Oldsmobile misprinted as Olls mobile sparks local curiosity. A travel business owner may avoid correction, fearing unique branding. Navy plans to move ships and families to Long Beach and San Diego, with baby-sitting crews and housing aid for 4400 sailors and dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Guiver
Oldsmobile
Cuiver
Wilton
Es Food
Old Navy
Long Beach
San Diego
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Washington
Parade Adds Three Trophies For Western Band Review
The All Western Band Review tonight adds three special trophies for showmanship improvement and marching and overall year performance. Brig. Gen. Beyers will review 6 000 participants along Ocean Boulevard with bands from Grestimba tion Santa Ana Newman and others in a four hour parade. Trophies will be awarded at Municipal Auditorium.
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All Western Band Review
Fred Delano
Long Beach Motorcycle Brill
Ocean Blvd
Falcon Ave
Cedar Ave
Clifford F. Beyers
114Th Brigade
California National Guard
Marine Force
el Toro
Marine Corps
Grestimbation
Santa Ana
Newman
Fumt
George Dugoneths
Long Beach I
Marine
Jordan High School
Corps
Marine Barracks
Ter
Tminal Sland
iMaj
John Finn Jr
Jevening
Municipal Auditorium
Speed Restrictions Put on Long Beach Freeway
Redondo Beach police clash over claims by Joan Pain a 20 year old who says she was kidnapped in Phoenix by Mack Rivenburgh 24 an ex soldier. Police report doubt on kidnapping while linking Rivenburgh to robbery and burglary and note both were armed during arrest.
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Redondo Beach
Joan Pain
Phoenix
Ariz
Mack Rivenburga
Rivenburgh
California
Seydel
Arizona
Vain
Seyricl
San Quentin
Pain
Jhim
Long Beach
Lynor
1985 Grand Jury Nominees Named From Besch County
Six residents were nominated for the 1985 County Grand Jury from Besch. The list includes Toya C. Leedont, William Hare ris, Mrs Georghy Titchard, William A. Harrington, George L. Croix II, and Mrs John E. McCarthy among 125 submitted. A drawing will select 19 jurors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spersons
Magnesium Flames at Metals Concern Fire at Metal Products Co
A small magnesium fire broke out at Metal Products Co on Anaheim Street in 1915. Firemen were called to control an outdoor blaze and prevent spread, but no other damage was reported. The incident centers on magnesium chips and containers igniting.
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AG. Metal Products Co
Anahein
City council reads traffic plan with 10 major items
The City Council gave first reading to a comprehensive traffic ordinance covering 10 items. It adds new parking areas and boulevards, stop signs, and speed limits on Long Beach Freeway, Wardlow Rd, and local streets, with two hour parking on Martic Ave and lane restrictions to ease flows.
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Long Beach
Tuian- Suluc la Plaga
Stearns St
Lakewead Blvd
Bay Shore Ave
S4th Pi
Gra St
Octan Blvd
Ocean Blvd
54Th Pl
55Th St
Jay Mills Ave
Ellis St
Howard
56Th St
Long Beach Blv
Dairy Ave
South 8Th
Long c Blvd
Water Island
Donde Ave
2Nd S Seclion
Parrow
Te Island
Wardlow Rd
Palo Verde Ave
Tlaritic Ave
80Th and
Ilst Sts
Long Beach Man Sentenced for Housing 13 in One Home
Navy veteran James J. Plunkett, 41, of 106714 Lewis Ave., received a 15 day county jail term for neglecting four young children by allowing 13 people to live in his one bedroom home. Municipal Judge Charles T. Smith ordered him to remove seven occupants and noted his common law wife was arrested awaiting sentence. Police found a party in progress during the arrest.
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Long Beach
James J. Plunkett
Lewis Ave
Charles T. Smith
Plunkett
Policeman Surprises Fugitives In Long Beach Robbery
Hill Police Officer Bennie Woodward helped arrest two men Monday afternoon, turning them over to Tong Beach police as robbery suspects. Hours later he encountered LaVerne Griffin, 39, at Willow and Atlantic Avenues, who vanished before being rearrested at his home around 10 p.m. Griffin matched the bandit description from a robbery of Marion Gwynne at 2054 Atlantic Avenue, taking liquor and $20.
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Signal Hill
Bennie Woodward
Tong Beach
Woodward
LaVerne ©. Griffin
Wellow St
Willow
Atlantic Ava
Griffith
Long Beach
Marion M. Gwynne
Atlantic Ave
Holiday Liquor Shortage Looms After Walkout
Eight Long Beach wholesale liquor houses shut today with a ninth set to close by Thursday amid a strike against three Los Angeles wholesalers. The move, called a strike with out warning by the Southern California Spirits Foundation, could leave retailers short for the holidays as unions press for changes in commissions wages and contracts. The affected firms supply a major share of the Los Angeles metro area liquor market, and the industry notes retailers typically hold a one to three week supply.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Southern California Spirits Foundation
Southland
Erate
Salesemen’s
Teamsters
Alfred Hart Distillers, Inc
Simon Levino
van Ronkel Co
Los Angels
Ares
Western Distributing
TL E
Anaheim
Bohe Distributi
Daisy Ave
McKesson Kins
Cherry Ave
Obispo Ave
Simon Levi Co
16Th St
Don Snyder Co
Ovizaba
Sterling Liquor Distributors
10Th St
Young's Market "Co
Cowles St
California Beverage Co
EL Anaheim
Spierts Foundation
Southern California
Milford
Volunteers plan Thanksgiving aid for 141 families
Volunteers of America announced a Thanksgiving effort to distribute food baskets to 25 families not eligible for public assistance, benefiting 141 workers and individuals through partnerships with Cann Fire Girls Boy Scouts Troop 64 Matronettes Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority Exchange Club Arrowettes and Girl Scouts. Maj. Faulkes selected the families visiting each home. Separately a burglary at 2316 Knoxville Ave yielded $180 stolen from a dresser in a bedroom by Kenneth A. Carleton and wife, discovered Monday night by Sunset Club members.
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Volunteers of America
Turkey
Naomi
Maj
Faulkes
Cann Fire Girls
Boy Scouts
Troop 64
Matronettes
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Exchange Club
Arrowettes
Maj. Faulkes
Kenneth A. Carleton
Knoxville
the Volunteers of America
Lin
Carleton
B. Ist
Ike to Retire Lodge Adlai to Run in 56
Columnist Drew Pearson said Eisenhower will not seek re election predicting a 1956 race between Adlai Stevenson and Henry Cabot Lodge with Lodge favored by the President. He cited McCarthy seeking petitions and a possible third party led by Joe McCarthy, while Kefauver Williams and Estes Kefauver were named as other potential Democrats.
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Ike
Lodge
Adlai
Pearson
Drew Pearson
Long Beach
Eisenhower
White House
Washington Newsman
Joseph Kk
Mee Carthy
R-Wis
Sen
McCarthy
Bethesda Hospital
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Lelbow
Alger Hiss
Congressional Investigating Committee
Council Advances Annexations
City Council advanced annexation proceedings for two areas totaling 405 acres with about 3085 residents. A Lakewood Plaza district would have a public hearing and a tentative election date set, while a 205 acre Lakewood area near Stearns San Gabriel Rives Atherton Lees is noted with an estimated 1850 population. A petition drive of 576 registered voters was reported. An additional 300 acre Paramount area was authorized for petition circulation after a split vote. A proposed third annexation near the projected City of South Lakewood was deferred for one week. A court challenge to the annexations is set for November 29 before Judge Arnold Praeger.
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Walnfred Jacobson
Lakewood Plaza
Stearns St
San Gabriel Rives
Atherton St
Lees Ave
Hendrad
Hunsaker Ave
Compton Blvd
Garfield Ave
Orange Ave
72Nd St
Sam TE. Vickers
South Lakewood
Aves
Margaret Heartwell
Arnold Praeger
Supeior Court
Los Angeles
Seal Beach Votes on Pipeline and Bond Issue
Seal Beach voters were choosing on joining a Metropolitan Water District pipeline plan and approving a bond of 809,007 to fund the city’s share. Polling places were listed, closing at 7 pm. City Engineer John Toups noted the MID pipeline would cost 190,000 with Navy repayments of 102,000, and water line upgrades of 77,000, warning a failure to approve could cost 500,000 for a separate pipeline.
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Seal Beach
Metropolitan Water District
Central Ave
15Th St
City Hall
13Th St
Dolphin Ave
10Th St. Polis
John Toups
Huntington Beach
Orange County
Cafe Burglarized at Chatterbox Cafe on Compton Blvd
Burglars stole $30 from a shuffleboard machine cash box and the cafe cash register at the Chatterbox Cafe located at 9112 TC Compton Blvd on Monday night. The incident was reported to local authorities as a theft in a small downtown storefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouhom
Chatterbox Cafe
Compton Blvd
Industries Add 18 Million Payroll to Long Beach
Twenty five new industries with yearly payrolls totaling more than 28 million dollars have moved to Long Beach in 18 months. An industry development committee member disclosed at a chamber dinner that one new company alone is valued over 5 million. The speaker, Conway, editor of Industrial Development, said the city’s advertising campaign is drawing eastward investment and positioning Long Beach as a prime industrial target.
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Long Beach
Edy ‘Stubs
Chamber, of Commerce
Industri
Mendy
McKinley Gonway
National Magazing
Oundustrial Development
Conway
City of Tong Beach
Chamber
Jafassette
Policeman Injured While Making Arrest
Officer Gerald Everett Chap man, 25, was hospitalized after arresting a man for disorderly conduct. Suspect James William Molskey struck Chapman in the mouth and jabbed a finger into his eye. Chapman treated for a hemorrhage and eye scratch and released. Helskey was booked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Everett Chapman
Seaside Hospital
Suipe
James William Molskey
Chapman
Eve
Helskey
Long Beach Ushers In Industrial Growth Push
Desai Conway highlights Long Beach as prime for new business growth listing ample resources a deep harbor and freeway system. He notes low taxes reduced attack risk and strong municipal assets while officials and business leaders attend as the Chamber promotes industrial development in the city.
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Long Beach
Desai Conway
Log Beach
Ney
Conway
North Pole
United States
California
Mra
George Vermiliian
Chamber of Commerce
Woman and Girl Injured in Separate Accidents
A 42 year old Palos Verdes Estates woman, Helen Van Alderwereren, was injured in a two car crash on Pacific Coast Highway east of Cota Avenue and treated for minor injuries at Seaside Hospital. Linda Meyers, 14, of Claremont Avenue, was hurt when her bicycle was struck on Claremont south of 2nd Street and she was observed at Community Hospital with no major injuries. Both incidents occurred around 5:25 p.m. Police cited George Vojensky, 39, for rear ending Van Alderwerert’s car, while Francis Graham Armstrong, 42, was not cited after Meyers’ bicycle was struck.
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Helen
van Alderveren
Solano
Palos Verdes
Estates
Cota Ave
Linda 5
Meyers
Claremont Ave
Claremont
van Alderwerelt
Richard W. Stenzel
Palomino
Palos Verdes Estates
George John Vojensky
Lincoln St
Vojensky
Linda Meyers
Francis Graham Armstrong
Premum St
Petice
Ade
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W. M. Gilbert
Lomita Sage
Elhow
Gilbert
Pine
Rom Ed Grisingey
Giisinger
Pacific Coast
Pacific Coast Iiwy. Advising &S
Richard Graves
Oday
Broadway and
Pactile
Standard
Gypsy Rose
Brice
Malcolm
Joan
Council
Dick Cole
Picket
Independent
Michigan
G.i Sen
Estes Kefauver
Fearson
Mennen Williams
Ernest Washington
Shirley
California Ave
Long Beach Press
Gelaram
Ed Stubbs
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Committee
McKinley Conway Jy
Industrial Development” Magazine
M.W. Daubney
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