Mayor asks state probe of title grab financing
Mayor George M. Vermillion dispatched letters to five state officials calling for an immediate and intensive investigation into forces financing the Allen Bill campaign and possible violations of the State Lobbying Act. He cited Southern California Gas Co. and others aiding supporters, urging action to protect Long Beach residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Vermillion
Guv
Goodwin J. Knight
Edmund G. Brown
State Public Utilities Commission
James ©. Cunningham
Senate Committee On Legislative Representation
Charles W. Meyers
Aseership
Southern California Gas Co
Long Beach
Southern California
Chief Scout Executive Parley Speaker Here
Br Arthur A Schuck chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America will address the regional program at Hotel Lafayette October 14 15. He launched the Crusade to Strengthen the Arm of Liberty and Forward on Libertys Team campaigns. Harold W Arnold Long Beach chief scout executive directs arrangements for the meeting with other speakers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur A. Schuck
Boy Scouts of America
Hotel Lafayette
Dr. Schuck
Los Angeles
Arm of Liberty
Liberty
California
Arizona
Harold W. Arnold
Long Beach
Berkeley
Salt Lake City
Eltmaac H. Bakken
Harry K. Eby
Harold K. Marshall
Verdugo Hills
Russel J. Kniégel
San Diego County
Boy Scout Council
Man Surrenders Marijuana Cigarettes to Police
Richard D Fretheim 24 handed five marijuana cigarettes to narcotics officers during a 1951 arrest, saying Here’s what you’re looking for. The case, tied to a prior conviction, led Superior Judge Joe Raycraft to sentence him Friday to 2 to 20 years in state prison after a guilty plea to possession of marijuana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. Fretheim
Fretheim
Dist St
Don XE. Phelps
Beca
Joe Raycraft
Chest Drive Data Readied for Students
The United Neighbors Community Chest program will be explained to students in Long Beach public and private schools by their teachers next week. The program is mainly educational, with four collection boxes placed throughout the schools for voluntary donations from students’ own funds. Parents are not to be asked for contributions. Booklets on the Chest will be sent home with children for their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Neighbors Community Chest
Long Beach
Douglas Lewcomb Salt
Newcomb
Jack Dilday Named to Board of Funeral Assn
Jack Dilday, partner in Bilday Mortuary, was elected a member of the board of directors of the California Funeral Directors Assn at a convention in Santa Rosa. Clarence Pierce of Pierce Bros. Mortuary, Los Angeles, was elected president, and the 1956 convention will likely be held in Long Beach.
Roundtable Closes Trade Group Parley
A roundtable discussion in Willow Hotel marked the end of a three day convention of local trade association executives. Fred Sykes of Long Beach Retailers led the talks on discount houses trade promotions association financing parking fair trade federal retail exemption and minimum wage orders.
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Willow Hotel
Hiere
California
Assen
Fred Sykes
Long ‘Beach
Associated
Two Long Beach Men Admit Taxi Robbery Guilty
Kenneth Brown and Doris Berry pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to robbing a cab driver of 21 dollars on September 23 after making a bogus pay offer. They were ordered to appear in Superior Court for sentencing. The victim Gerald R. Afiaben reported the men slugged him after the fare was offered. They also admitted robbing another cab driver, Kenneth Solvang, of 32 dollars on August 25.
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Long Beach
Tudge Frank _C
Charvet
Kenneth Vm. Brown
Doris M. Berry
Klm Ave
Superior Court
Gerald R. Afiaben
Brown
Berry
Kenneth W. Solvang
Youth shot after car chase in Carthage Missouri
A Long Beach youth and companion fled in a stolen car from Carthage police. The youth was shot in the right leg during the pursuit and is in serious condition in a Carthage hospital. The companion, Clyde Underwood, was uninjured but described as intoxicated.
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Eong Beach
Carthage
Missouri Highaway Patrol
Jerry Don Anderson
W. Pacific Cosst Hwy
Anderson
Shreveport
Clyde L. Underwood
West Kelso
Wash
Underwood
Long Beach
Anderson Spall
Ling Anderson
Hwy
Andy
Esther
Thej
Riverside Sheriff's Department
Ling
William
Jed Anderson
Giant Robs Mart of 7300 and Eludes Pursuer
The Garing bandit robbed the Market Basket at Spring Street and Bellflower Boulevard, escaping with about 7300 in cash and change. He forced manager Joe L. Paul and employee Keith Leber to fill pillow clips with money from two drawers, then fled in a car observed by Dale Mangum. A prior 1955 incident at the same store had netted 9000. The suspect, described as 30 to 35, wore a straw hat, visor, khaki pants, and an Eisenhower-style jacket.
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Garing
Spring St
Bellflower Blvd
Finco
Joe L. Paul
Paul
Keith Leber
Los Angeles
Dale Mangum
Fountain Ave
Mne Nelson
Monlaco Rd
Weel
Shuffleboard Tourney Kicks Off Monday at City Parks
SemManAune ceey SULTE tournament will begin Monday at the Bixby Park courts at 210 am The singles section will con clude today. Doubles competition will begin Get. 17 at Lincoln Park, and conclude on the fol lowing Saturday. A potluck din nner will be held Oct. 21 at 3x E. Ocean Blvd., when prizes will be awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SemManAune
Bixby Park
Lincoln Park
E. Ocean Blvd
State GOP Chiefs Skip Big Dispute
SAN PEDRO California Republican leaders at the quarterly California Republican Assembly board of directors meeting sidestepped the Knight Nixon dispute to transact business. Vacaville president Robert H Power said they would not riot lake sides in disputes among party leaders. Rep Glenard Sapcamb al defended Democrats and attacked stacking of congressional committees for campaign advantage. Gov Goodwin Jight and Sen Thomas Kuchel were to speak as final sessions were set for Sunday.
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San Pedro
California
Knight-Nixon
Califfornia Republican Assembly
Robert H. Power
Vacaville
Assembly
Harienda
Glenard Sapscamb
24Th District
Goodwin Jight
Thomas
Kuchel
Trailer Park Meet Opens Here Monday
Delegates begin registering in Lafayette Hotel Sunday for the 11th annual California Trailer Park Assn. convention in Lafayette. The first business session is at 9 30 a m Monday in the Roof Ballroom and a banquet will close the three day event Wednesday evening. Speakers include County Supervisor Burton W Chace and Ernest B Webb director of the California Department of Industrial Relations.
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Lafayette Hotel
The
Californiai Trailer Park Assn., Ltd
Clude County
Burton W. Chace
Ernest B. Webbs
Department of Industrial Relations of California
L B Trailer Club to Meet on Tuesday
The newly formed Long Beach Trailer Club will hold its second monthly meeting Tuesday night in Recreation Park Woodland Clubhouse. The gathering at 7 30 p m will elect permanent officers. George Wephatters, an organizer, has acted as temporary chairman.
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Newl
yJormea Long Beach
Recreation’ Park
George WePhetters
Bunion Derby memory from a 16 year old racer
Nick Anthony, age 16, recalls the 1928 Bunion Derby coast to coast run from Los Angeles to New York in which promoters Gamester Charley Pyle and Red Grange offered prizes up to 25 000 dollars. He describes heat, snow, and foot injuries, training issues, and his persistence through 54 days of endurance before quitting.
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Beat Resnik
Nick Anthony
Gust
Charley
Pyle
Red Grange
University of Zllinois
Los Angeles
New York
Nick
Needles
Calif
Woman in Electric Chair Hurt and Couples Seized
Three people injured in a crash sequence after a three wheeler collision on Linden Avenue. Marjorie G Pascoe 38 Annie Lester 65 and John J Frogee 42 faced charges or medical treatment following a crash and a hit and run. Separate rear end collisions on Spring Street and Deil Hower Blvd left Landsberry USS Kermit Roosevelt with contusions and lacerations, passenger Clarence Stinnett 26 treated for shock. McPherson 37 injured in rear collision with Landsberry vehicle and Anderson 36 rear struck in follow on impact.
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Javer
Linden Ave
Marjorie G. Pascoe
Annie O. Lester
Lin Pepperwood Ave
den Ave
Seaside
Lester
City
John J. Frogee
56Th St
Spring St
Deil- Hower Blvd
James BE. Landsberry
Uss Kermit Roosevelt
Clarence Stinnett
U.S. Naval Station
Terminal Island
Naval Dispensary
Annette F. McPherson
Erd St
Landsberry
Roy FE. Anerson
jLadega St
MePherson
Juel
McPherson
Anderson
Liquor Store Robbers Flee With 100 Dollars And Whiskey
Two armed men robbed Wooden Shoe Liquor Store on Orange Avenue of about $100 and six bottles of whiskey after a customer entered another store. Clerk Nick V. Glavinic 37 described the robbers who fled when Verdie Calhoun 23 arrived. Earlier, they fled Emery Rubin 32 at Rose Liquor Store when customer Ervin Geller 24 entered. Suspects about 23, heavyset, in winter jackets.
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Nick V. Glavinic
Wooden Shoe
Orange Ave
Glavinic
Verdie B. Calhoun
Wesley Dr
Emery I. Rubin
Rose Liquor
Wardlow Rd
Ervin Geller
15Th St. Apt
MacKenzie Exonerated in Riverside Bribe Case
Harold E. MacKenzie former Nylor control officer was acquitted in Riverside Superior Court Friday on two counts of accepting bribes in a verdict reached after eight hours of deliberation. He faces a retrial here Monday on a conspiracy charge with Edward J. Seeman of San Bernardino over an $8,000 bribe in 1952. He was acquitted on charges of accepting bribes totaling $10,000 from Palm Springs bar operators and remains free on $5,000 bail.
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Harold E. MacKenzie
Nylor
Riverside Superior Court
Alcoholic Beverages Control Act
Orange Riverside
Sab Bernardino
MacKenzie
Orange County
Edward J. Seeman
San Bernardino
Palm Springs
Liberty
Flash Fire Quelled at Procter and Gamble Plant
A fire at the Procter and Gamble plant at 1601 West Seventh Street Friday night was extinguished by city firemen led by Assistant Chief A. C. Harman. No damage was reported.
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Procter_& Gambel
7Th St
A. C. Harman
Tide Effect on Climate in Southeland Magazine
Vera Williams continues Our Own Ocean series in the Independent Press Telegram Southland Magazine about how tides influence the local climate. Fire Prevention Week coverage, Clark Cable and Jane Russell in The Tall Men, and dance to voc and roll illustrated. Parade Magazine promises weekend fun amid traffic and farm economic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Williams
Independent
Press-Telegram
Southeland
Oy Theather
Southland
ITE
Clark Cable
Jane Russell
Parade Magazine
Parade
Crash Kills Clyde Brown in Bellflower Collision
Clyde L. Brown, 48, of 8700 Belmont Ave, Bellflower, died late Friday at St. Helen's hospital after his auto collided with a truck trailer at Arleste St and Ploneec. Rochester, 37, truck driver from Blythe, was uninjured. CHP said the truck, hauling phosphate, was southbound on Pioneer while Brown was driving east on Artesia.
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Clyde L. Brown
Belmont Ave
Bellflower
St. Helen's Hospital
Arleste St
Ploneec
Rochester
Blythe
California Highway Patrol Ofocers
Huntling Phosphate
Brown
Artesia
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Board of Funeral Assn
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Long Beach Press-Gelearam
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