Pine Street glass window aids curious crowd at Newberry Ridge dig
Malcolm Epley notes a glass door window at Pine Street opening into the Newberry Ridge excavation between Fourth and Fifth. Curious passersby peek while staff and a gas station cop contend with a tardy driver. He also observes a working model of a saucer and Christmas shopping crowds, with anecdotes on local behavior and naming trends.
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Pine St
Newberry Ridge
Fourth
Fifth
Pine
Pine Ave
Wings Over Nation Week Planned Here
The 11th annual Wings Over the Nation celebration begins Sunday at Long Beach Municipal Airport. A Dec 10 air show features latest military planes and major air lines transports with stewardesses as guests of honor. The event marks aviation progress with ground exhibits and in air maneuvers, plus a Dec 9 monument dedication for Calbraith Perry Rogers’ first transcontinental flight. Olver Speraw leads the junior chamber committee.
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Chamber’ of Commerce
Long Beach
United States
Palm Beach Park
Calbraith
Perry Rogers
Sheepshead Bay
Burton W. Chace
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Air Transportation Progress
Chase
Oliver Speran
Junior Chamber Committee
Carol White
American Airlines
New Coast Guard Commander Comes Aboard Ponchartrain
Comdr Fred J. Scheiber, 33, takes command of the US Coast Guard cutter Ponchartrain here tomorrow relieving Comdr Aden C. Unger who heads to Coast Guard headquarters in Washington. Scheiber, a New Jersey native and 1936 Coast Guard Academy graduate, led the Ketchikan base since 1948 after five years in Alaska. The Minnetonka sails today for weather station duties north of Japan, while Ponchartrain just returned from North Pacific weather work.
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Coast Guard
Ponchartrain
Comdr
Aden C. Unger
Japan
Yokuska Naval Base
North Pacific
Long Beach Soldier Writes From Korea on Mail Delays
Cpl. Richard S. Goodman, son of Mr and Mrs Dave Goodman of Long Beach, reports letters and packs from home dated Aug through Oct and explains why mail is slow. He notes cold weather hampers writing, describes a Chinese attack on his outfit, and shares views on beer rationing and missing family, especially his mother's cooking.
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Korea
Richard S. Goodman
Dave Goodman
E. Broadway
E Cpl. Goodman
North
South Korea
Goodman
Ww. C. FT. U
All-Year Club Announces More Festivals for Santa
Santa Claus welcome and holiday events rolled out by the All-Year Club of Southern California. A Naples Canal canal boat will carry Santa with costumed carolers on Dec 22 and 23, followed by Newport Harbor Christmas regatta on Dec 30 and 31. Huntington Beach Band Review festivity set for Dec 3 with Santa escorted by Miss Merri Christmas. The Birth of the Christ Child pageant debuts Dec 1923 at 7:30 p m in Hillcrest Park Amphitheatre Fullerton.
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Santa Claus
Long Beach
St. Nick
Southern California
Santa
Naples Canal
Newport Harbor
Nual
Huntington Beach
Merri Christmas
Hillcrest Park
Fullerton
Shopping Season Opens in Lakewood Triangle
The Christmas shopping season starts Friday and Saturday at the Lakewood Triangle on Bellflower Blvd and Carson St. Free Tinkertown rides for children, holiday lights, and prizes donated by merchants accompany the event. Tickets for rides available free from participating stores. Prizes are on display in store windows. Special decorations were provided by the Viking Business Association.
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Santa Claus
Buffums
Lakewood Triangle
Bellflower Blvd
Carson St
City Opposition to Zone To Be Heard Tuesday
Long Beach and Compton oppose Zone No. 1 of a county flood control district at a board hearing Tuesday at 10 p.m. They seek exclusion from the zone which would levy a special tax for new water to be injected into the underground basin south of Garvey Boulevard. Local officials say benefits would not justify the tax.
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Long Beach
Compton
New County Flood Control District
County Board of Supervisors
Garvey Blvd
Western Ave
Orange County
Gary Zelsdorf Turns One After Plane Crash Recovery
Gary Zelsdorf, born four months after a fatal 1949 Standard Airlines crash that killed 37, has reached his first birthday. His mother Mrs. Zelsdorf suffered pelvis fractures in the disaster near Chatsworth and was hospitalized for months. The boy now weighs 27 pounds, drums through life with gray eyes, and has already traveled to Denver Chicago and Chattanooga with his mother and brother Ronald.
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cGary Zelsdorf
Robert C. Zelsdorf
Zelsdorf
Gary
Press-Telegram
Ary Zelsdorf
Gary Zelsdorf
Standard Air Lines
New York
Long Beach
Santa
Denver
Chicago
Chattanooga
James Morris
Fort Payne
Ala
Orizaba Ave
Ronald
Harry A. Zelsdorf
Prospect Ave
X-ray Tests for L B Schools Open to County Students
L B area junior and senior high students plus City College are eligible for free chest X rays to battle TB. Units start at Franklin Junior High and Polytechnic at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow and stay until Friday. Evening students may be scanned 6 to 9 p.m. daily except Friday with other schools scheduled through December 7. Ninth graders only in junior highs eligible.
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Lons Beach
City College
Franklin Tunior High
Polytechnic
Hughes
City College Liberal Arts and Business and’ Technology
Jefferson
Lindbergh
Lakewood
Wilson
Rogers
Washington
Jordan
Thieves Take Model Boats From City Recreation Shop
Burglars ripped siding from the model boat shop of the City Recreation Department at Colorado Lagoon and stole model boats a model airplane and hulls. Police were notified yesterday by city officials. The loss totaled 27 dollars. At Evans Hardware Store burglars forced a window and took three knives and a fishing reel valued at 21 dollars.
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Colorado Lagoon
Evans Hardware
Anaheim St
City completes work boosting water supply expansion
Four major water department projects totaling about 2.1 million dollars wrapped up in the past week. Completion claims an expanded supply by July 1 1951 with direct flow from Alsmitos Reservoir to California Heights and enhanced pressure to the Heights area. New tanks at J W Johnson Reservoir hold 40 million gallons of Colorado River water and additional trunk mains from Victoria Street to Alamitos Reservoir are finished. The Wasser treatment plant near the Citizens facility nears readiness after January 1.
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Water Department
Frank E. Wall
Board of Water Commissioners
Long Beach
Wall
Alsmitos
Signal Hill
California Heights
Metropoltan Water District
Victoria St
Winnington Blvd
Johnson Reservoir
Citizens
Alamitos Reservoir
Rose Float Queen Contest Slated Tomorrow Night
The Rose Float Queen contest for the Long Beach Tournament of Roses will be held tomorrow at 7 30 pm in Concert Hall at Municipal Auditorium. Entrants report 3 to 7 pm with bathing suits and must be 16 by Jan 2 1951 single residents of Long Beach or enrolled in city schools. Judges are Low Beach CVB directors chosen by Councilman James R Seaton. results announced at start of contest. Dorothy Oberg will play with the women’s Symphony Orchestra. float theme Spring in January designed by Isabella Coleman.
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Long Beach
Low Beach
Isabella Coleman
Youth Injured Watching Review Parade Incident
Ronald Wu 18 of 1090 E 64th St suffered severe lacerations to his right leg after falling through a cafe skylight on E Fourth St while watching a parade last night. He received treatment at Seaside Hospital as spectators used building rooftops as vantage points.
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Ronald Wu
McXwan
E. 64Th St
E. Fourth St
Seaside Hospital
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Pacific Coast Hwy
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Dewey
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Reno
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Orange Ave
7Th St
Orange
17Th St
Alamitos Ave
Alex J. Napier
Wings Over Nation
L. B
Comdr. Scheiber
U.S
Long Beach Press Telegram
Vera Williams
L.B
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