Courtesy Citations Given Good Drivers
Long Beach police will give courtesy citations to about 750 motorists over five days to commend safe driving. The Sertoma Club of Long Beach funds and coordinates the program with police and the Long Beach Safety Council. Officers will station at predetermined locations to present the gestures, and Sertoma members will distribute gifts such as headlight and windshield plate safety items during the week.
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Long Beach
Sertoma Club of
Police
Long Beach Safety Council, Inc
Sertoma Oib
Three Girls Accused in Theft Case
Three underage girls aged 11 to 13 were arrested Sunday afternoon in Lafayette for stealing coins totaling 959 from a vending machine operator's home. Officers report the trio admitted stealing on three occasions to buy clothes and food and were summoned to appear with parents at the Juvenile Bureau.
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Thea
Imonth
Lafayette F
Sved J. Honp
Speeding Boats HS Collision Aftermath at Seaside
A high speed collision off Golden Ave left four people injured including a 24 year old woman from Las Angeles with a broken left ankle and broken ribs. Melvin L. Sheppard 06 of S858 Brayton Avenue caused the crash by making a wide turn in an inboard cruiser. Ted Peterson and Ted Mergaravitch were involved. two boats overturned and four victims rescued by a guard boat. Totals: Sheppard boat valued at 83400 and Peterson boat at 1600.
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Tmeter
Golden Ave
Norme J Pranchet
Las Angelss
Melvin L. Sheppard
Brayton
Bint
Ted Peterson
W. Ludth
Wes
Ted Mergaravitch
Puente
Sheppards
Mike Prophet
Bicyclist Injured in Crash With Car
Charles D. Robins Jr a nine year old boy sustained leg and hand injuries this morning after a bicycle collided with a Studebaker on Stearns Street near Slevely Avenue in Santa Ana. The red auto was driven by Francis Grisser forty five of Oakmart Avenue. no citation was issued.
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Charles D. Robins Jr
Slevely Ave
Stearns St
Studebaker
Francis Grisser
Qakmart Ave
Santa Ana
Sirs
Cross
Rodrisues
Telegraph
Ceresave
Morwalls
Stanley
Inmortal Hwy
Belltower Blvd
Los Angeles County
Seaside to Open Intensive Medical Therapy Unit
Seaside Hospital plans a 10 bed intensive medical therapy unit within weeks to provide elite nursing care for critically ill patients. A resident physician will lead care, with Levophed administration, electronic pacemakers, and rapid monitoring to stabilise heart and pulmonary conditions.
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Ellie Lohrey
Seaside Hospital
Ben
Long Beach
Seaside
Bulls
Ens
William Harris
Tai
Belmond W
Seven Long Beach Area Folk Killed in Traffic
A weekend toll in the Long Beach area records seven fatalities from traffic accidents. Police report multiple collisions occurred with causal factors under investigation as emergency crews responded to the scenes.
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L. B
Long Beach Area
Three Airmen Rescued From Sea After Two Incidents
Coast Guard helicopters rescued three Navy pilots near Point Loma and off El Rio after two separate aircraft incidents. Several individuals in Wilmington, Willowbrook, Compton, and nearby areas died or were injured in traffic crashes as CHP investigated.
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Navy
Pt Loma
el Lema
Uye Sang Digga Hospital
Silkheld
Driving event details with political figures unclear
Fragmentary text mentions Sartama president Jarny Tolletson and Syria committee chair Harold, plus Chick Skillman and Kena Brutenhant, with Meter HWOcers on URE cowbeay peli and names Sab Cahot and Ray McClure among others.
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Sartama
Jarny Tolletson
Syria
Stront
Haroldy_ehelrman
Chick Skillman
Kena Brutenhant
Sab Cahot
Ray McClure
Aunts Bogey Sets Fire to Bed
Six year old Weyheard Maes used a lighted candle to ensure the bogey man was not hidden under the bed. The candle ignited the mattress, flames spread along Pacific Coast Highway, tying up traffic for blocks. Fire crews arrived after five companies battled the blaze. Maes suffered severe burns and received treatment at the community hospital.
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Weyheard Maes
Puente Coast Hwy
Pasttic Coast
Geran E. Chapman
Commu Hospital
Commu Hospital Fee Severe Burns, ‘Yawhern
Roy Way
Hern
Brace
Mace
City Property Tax Receipts Reach 18.08 Percent of Levy
City property tax receipts total 1 084 098 43 or 18.03 percent of the levy for 1955 56 with 31 070 393 51 collected on the same date last year or 16 75 percent. First installment tax bills become delinquent at 5 p m December 10. A 6 per cent penalty will be assessed. Delinquency deadline for second installment tax is April 20.
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Cry Cole
Frank W. Brejcha
Brejcha
Weamen Suffers Broken Knee in 3-Gar Crash
Debra Lynn Weller and a passenger sustained minor bruises after a three-car collision on Artesia Street west of Sarnia Avenue. Maxine A., seller from Beelitlawes, SD, reported the incident. Other drivers included James Ritter and Sendra W. Seyalin, with Howard Keller as a noted passenger.
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Maxine A
Plawila Ave
Beelitlawes
Sulleren & Broken
Artesia St
Sarnia Ave
Debra Lynn Weller
Withy Howard
Keller
Bellflower
James Ritter
Preyilere Ave
Sendra W. Seyalin
Burbank
Newlyweds In Crash Near Santa Barbara
Long Beach newlyweds Phyllis Mexeng Bissell and William D. Wales were returning from Monterey when their car crashed 40 miles north of Santa Barbara. Phyllis was killed. Wales, a teacher, was hospitalized with shock and memory loss of the marriage. Police found a driver’s license in Phyllis’s name. Wales could not recall details of the collision.
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Long Beach
Santa Barbara
California Highway Patrol
Wiliam D. Wales
Tvd
Cottage Hospital
Foun
Phyllis Mexeng Bissell
Lowe Beauh
Wales
Monterey
Iere
Cubberley School
Offlores
Cir
Long Beach Civic Leader W T Winkl Young Dies at 96
William Howard Young, 96, longtime Long Beach businessman and civic officer, died Sunday at Seaside Hospital. He led Fin ney and Young Furniture from 1904 to 1960, served as a Chamber of Commerce director in 1922, chaired city planning 1918–22, led the Long Beach and Orange County Retail Furniture Association from 1918 to 1998, and sat on the Golden State Bank board from founding until Bank of America's purchase. Survived by wife Iva, sons Wayne and Jerome, daughter Amy Driscoll, seven grandchildren, and great grandchildren. The service is set for Tuesday at Mottell’s & Peek Chapel with pallbearers listed.
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Willam
Howard Young
Junipero Ave
Long Beach
Seaside Hospital
Youn Wng
Finney and Young Furniture Cashere
Chamber of Commerce
Bong Beach
Orange County
Tle
Golden State Bank
Bank of Americs
No Morning Island Runs Due to Bridge Closing
Long Beach Motor Bus Co announces six a.m. service suspension to Terminal Island on Wednesday Thursday and Friday this week and Monday and Tuesday next week. Regular afternoon service will be operated. Reverend Claude Youne and Reverend Dwight Bennett will officiate at the island ceremony. Interment set for Surmy and the Commodore Helm Mausoleum.
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Long Beach Motor Bus Co
Atfe
Terminal Island
Claude Youne
Formal Island Transit Co
Dwight Bennett
Anaheim St
Helm Side
lBridge
Panel 6 Discuss Education Problems in California
A community meeting sponsored by the League of Women Voters convenes at 7:30 pm at Robert Lowe Stevenson School auditorium. Prominent educators Patricia members Elizabeth Hudson Hawk and Dr. Eallis J. Allen outline education challenges from local to state levels, including district growth, bonds, buildings, and daily operations.
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California
Aistel
Lhre League of Women Voters
Robert Lowe Stevenson School
Tne
Patrel
Elizabeth Hudson
Board of Education
Beaveawk
Special Services Coordinakre
Los Angeles
Eallis J. Allen
Claremont Graduate School
Mes. Hudson
Long Beach Unified
Hawk
Dr. Allen
Monodrama at Wayfarer's Chapel in Portuguese Bend
The Wayfarer's Chapel in Portuguese Bend presents the monodrama Mary, Mother of Jesus by Miss Dorothy Carter Haven. Showings are at 4 and 7 30 pm with free reserve tickets available by writing or calling the chapel.
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Wayfarer’s
Portuguese Bend
Mary
Mother of Jesus
Dorothy Carter
Eva Bartok Joins Sendoff for Hungarian Refugees
Hungarian actress Eva Bartok helped deliver the first West Coast clothing donations for Hungarian refugees to Los Angeles Harbor aboard the SS Nereide. She presented 26,700 pounds of coats and blankets to General Steamship Co. official Harry Reese at Terminal Island. Donations, collected by Bekins Van Storage and sorted by the American Friends Service Committee, will go from Trieste to Vienna to aid refugees fleeing Soviet oppression. Bartok, whose cousin escaped to Austria, discussed her family’s fate and her bid for American citizenship.
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Eva Bartok
Los Angeles Harbor
Miss Bactek
United States
Hollywood
Harry Reese
General Steamship Co
Bekins van & Storage Co
Souths
American Friends Service Commiites
Delver
Trieste
American Friends Service Committee
Vienna
Bartox
Betts
Dean Martin
Andre ‘Utaasy
Hungary
Austria
Hermins Mollies
Baytok
Natalie Best
Bekins
Coast Guard Announces Induction Policy for Licensed Officers
A Coast Guard policy change governs induction of licensed Merchant Marine officers into Coast Guard service. New minimum requirements, including age and scope, will be tested in San Pedro at the Federal Building between February 1 and April 0, 1957. For details contact Officer In Charge Marine Inspection, U S Coast Guard, 1195 Times Building Long Beach or Federal Building San Pedro.
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Merchant Marine
Coast Guard
Federal Building
San Pedro
U. S. Coast Guard
Times
Long Beach
Ista
Bearon St
Rifle Used as Man Kills Self in Home
A Blueyr old man, James Z Hoover, shot himself at his home 1088 nano Ave. He was found on the kitchen floor by Clark Shelton. A 23 rifle lay beside him and a note suggested illness as motive.
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Nano Ave
Polley
James Z. Hoover
Clark Shelton
Hoover
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League of Women Voters
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Long Beach League A Women Voters
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Pairbrook Ave
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Goforth
Palo Verde Ave
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