Civil Defense urges practical bomb preparedness in Long Beach
In the face of atomic threats Civil Defense officials advise practical steps over panic. Do not trench or sandbag homes. shelter in cars or garages, stock three days of canned food and a radio, flashlight, first aid kit, and prepare a labeled eating utensil box for feeding stations.
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Clyde Walker
Orange Ave
Long Beach
American Red Cross
Bob Swanson
Teo Allucies
NABCE
Civil Defense
Rolard Bach
Long Beach Red Cross
W. J. Mooney
Red Cross
Long Beach Civic Leader J Hi Davies Dies after Short Illness
Crowds mourn as Joseph Davies long known structural engineer and Rotary Club president is laid to rest in Long Beach. Officiating clergymen recall his youth work with Camp Fire Girls and nurseries while officials and colleagues praise his community service. Funeral included 12 motorcycle escort and private entombment in Abbey Mausoleum. Davies leaves wife Ann and two daughters Priscilla Gutknecht Honolulu and Nance Winston Long Beach, plus sister and brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curners
Abby
Mattel
Anderson
Joseph
Herr Davies
Davies
Long Beach
Pire
LeRoy Anderson
Long Beach Sky
F. O. Benson Belliss
Rotary Club
Rotary
Anigelas Abbey
Max W. Becker
J. T. Beem
James R. Bole
Latham A.brigatman
Victor K. Hart
Vern C. Schacht
Charles L. Vickers
Charles D. Wailes
Aubrey L. Edwards
George Ferris
Tom Forester
Walter J. F. Frances J. Heusel
Walter Hoffman
John B. Ivey
Carl G. Johnson
Jesse J. Jones
J. W. Krausser
Lester D. Lawson
Robert J. Leebdrick
J. D. Locke
W. R. Martin
Ear B. Miller
Clyde T. Morris
Douglas A. Newcomb
Paul A. Nichol Howard Peacock
Lon E. Peek
Charles W. Pettifer
Palmer W Power
William F. Prisk
Dwight Roberts
Russell Roemisch
Davita K. Root
Arthur Schilling
Robert R. Shoemaker
William T. Summers
Glenn E. Thomas
J. E. Thompson
Ernest B. Webb
Walter Wehner
Cecil Willis Davies
First St
Rotary ‘Club
Honolulu
T. H
Nance Winston
al T
Raub Mathias
Hartington
Park
Clarence
Columbus
Ohio
One Wing Pilot flies with new device on Piper Cub
A one-armed aviator using a 25 ounce flexible control handle system on a Long Beach Douglas Piper Cub has qualified for private pilot status. The device, weighing about 25 ounces, acts as an extension of the pilot’s stick via a motorcycleike mechanism. A patent is pending and the invention enables solo flight with a single wing.
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Beaurvia
Mapuccessful
Long Beach
Douglas
Aircraft Co
Rey Beauvia
Klondike
Myron St. Lakewood
Five cars collide head-on injuring Seal Beach group
A head-on collision on Pacific Coast Highway near Bay Boulevard left one person critically hurt and four seriously injured. Vehicles driven by Frank J Indergand and the Farris family crashed after Indergand swerved to warn a bus, crossing the double line. Helen Sue Farris, 22, suffered a severe throat laceration. her husband William L. Farris and three children were also injured. Indergand sustained a badly cut lip and thigh. All victims were taken to Community Hospital. Lt Glenn Maxwell, a Marine witness, reportedly applied a pressure dressing to slow bleeding.
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Pacific Coast
Hwy
Bay Blvd
Seal Beach
Helen Sue Farris
San Diego
Glenn Maxwell
Camp Pendleton
Indergand
Faravis
Red expert on traffic lights fined in Long Beach
Van J. Coutre, 49, an expert on traffic signals, paid $10 in Long Beach Municipal Court for running a red light at Lakewood Boulevard and Spring Street. Cited as a state signal patrolman responsible for the new signals, he vowed it would be a long time before he installs any more signals. He was fined an additional $35 for driving 75 mph in a 35 mph zone near the Douglas plant.
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van J. Coutre
Hayter St
Long Beach
Coutre
Lakewood Blvd
Spring St
Douglas
Navy deserter to marry Army man after stowing aboard cruiser
Joan Garrison, a 19 year old Norwalk native and former Long Beach waitress who once stowed away aboard the cruiser Los Angeles, has switched allegiance from the Navy to the Army. She planned to marry Ralph Fry, an Army enlistee, in Las Vegas after meeting him in a Norwalk drug store weeks earlier. Fry’s father and stepmother accompanied the couple. Garrison, daughter of Mrs. Robert Elliott, faced no prosecution for the prank and had faced four marriages, three annulled, with two prior husbands being servicemen. Fry, who just returned from Korea, had to report to San Francisco for reassignment Wednesday. Garrison was due back to work Tuesday.
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Joan Garrison
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Navy
Army
Miss Garrison
Norwalk
Las Vegas
Ralph Fry
Fry
Korea
San Francisco
Robert Elliott
Cheshire St
U. S
Better L. B. Bus Service to Be Effected Sunday
Long Beach riders will gain restored service under PUC order after two months of sketchy runs. Waiting times drop up to 24 minutes, with trips up 103 on Sundays, 86 on weekdays, and 112 on Saturdays. Revised routes include line 1 and line 13 A with branches and new loops in Anaheim, Lakewood, and Bellflower areas.
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Long Beach
Long Beach City Lines
Long Beach Motor Bus Co
State Public Utilities Commission
Willard Lee
PUC
Pacific Coast Hwy
Los Coyotes
Ximena
Atherton
Carfax
Panels Palo Verde
Atherom
Stearns
Fala Verde
Willow
Nipomo
Barrios
Ladoga
Spring
Nipomog
Anaheim
Los Altos Plaza
Anaheim Rd
Bellflower Blvd
State College
Carson Bt
San Antonio
Long Seach Blvd
Atlantic
Carson
Woorrut
Harvey
Centralia
Palo Verde
del Amo
Graywood
Lakewood Center
Bellflower
Hearing Set for Terminal Island Bus Service Bid
The State Public Utilities Commission will hear Terminal Island Transit Company bid to expand a route from downtown Long Beach to Terminal Island. Hearing at 10 a.m. in Wilton Hotel chamber of commerce room. Pete Drake seeks authority to pick up and discharge passengers at intermediate points on the route. Drake alleges current mainland-only service is limited to early hours.
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State Public Utilities Commission
Terminal Island Transit Company
Long Beach
Terminal Island
Chamber of Commerce Board
Wilton Hotel
Pete Drake
Drake
Motor Bus Ca
Terminal Island Co
Arraignment Set in Downey Hit-and-Run Case
Daniel Bray, 20, of Downey, 준비 will be arraigned Thursday in Los Cerritos Court Bellflower on hit-and-run felony charges. The Sept. 26 collision at Lakewood Boulevard and South Street near Lakewood injured four. Bray allegedly fled the scene after the crash and later turned himself in at Norwalk sheriff's station.
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Daniel Bray
Artesia St
Norwalk
Slaying Ties to Utah Man Jailed in Brother-in-law Killing
Utah resident Reed Morris, 39, held in city jail on homicide charges for the slaying of his brother-in-law Roscoe Hayes, 44, at Hayes home on 1041 California Ave. Morris, an ex serviceman in psychiatric care, will be questioned by homicide detail as detectives recount a struggle on Pacific Electric tracks near Willow Street. Hayes widow Lucretia Hayes, 42, said the victim refused a loan, while Morris’ friend Fred Larsen, 53, suffered bites during the pursuit and capture by Capt. Elmer Anderson.
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Utah
Reed Morris
Roscoe Hayes
Hayes
California Ave
Morris
Datsid
Ums
Rish Scorgun Hayes
Lucretia Hayes
Elmer Anderson
Pacific Electric
Willow St
Long Beach Blvd
Fred C. Larsen
Cedar Ave
Anderson
Capt. Anderson
Veterans Administration Hospital
Brentwood
Weeken
Jean
Girl 2 Hurt When Thrown From Auto On Santa Fe
A two year old girl, Gloria Jeary Nieto, was injured Friday at 6 30 p m when she tumbled from an open rear door of her father's car on Santa Fe Avenue between Hill and 23rd Streets. Her parents Alfred Nieto and Angelina Nieto stopped suddenly, she lost her grip and fell. She was taken to Seaside Hospital with injuries to the head right arm and left leg.
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Seaside
Gloria Jeary Nieto
Baltic Ave
Alfred M. Nieto
Angelina
Nieto
Colorado Luncheon by State Society in Machinists Building
The Colorado State Society will hold a covered-dish luncheon starting at noon Tuesday in the Machinists Building C. Jones serves as society president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Colorado State Society
Jones
Sailors Face Arraigning on Dope Counts
Don M. Melniere and Earle W. Daniels Jr., both of the USS Isle Royale, were held for arraignment in Long Beach Superior Court on narcotics charges after Friday proceedings.
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Don M. Melniere
Earle W. Daniels Jr
USS
Isle Royale
Long Beach Superior Court
Navy men linked to dope buy on Armed Forces YMCA steps
Narcotics officers report a preliminary hearing Friday for two Navy men charged in a marijuana and tobacco related incident. McIntyre faces sales and possession charges while Daniels is charged with possession only. Two sailors from the USS Hieby, Vincent Kirke Patrick, 21, and Lee Davis Ivie, 19, were involved.
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Navy
Armed Forces Ymca
Metn-| -Tyre
Daniels
McIntyre
FE. Ocean Blvd
Pesa Ave
Inves Daniels
Vincent O. Kirkepatrick
Lee Davis Ivie
USS
Hieby
Sailor Nabbed After Burglary at Foote’s Drug Store
Robert G. Pepin a 22 year old sailor from USS Toledo admitted stealing most of the $43.51 found on him after breaking into Foote’s Drug Store on Fourth Street. August C. Kricunas heard the alarm and alerted police who secured Pepin as he crouched behind the counter before escape.
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Robert G. Pepin
USS
Toledo
Foote
Fourth St
Pepin
August C. Kricunas
Bonito Ave
Frank A. Foote
Appleton Sr
Penin
YMCA Model Legislature Candidates Eye State Governor Race
Five delegates from Poly Jordan and Wilson High Schools attend the YMCA Hy- officers training conference at Camp Tahauitz Meadows near Thylmvild to campaign for Ted Lymiat as governor of the YMCA model legislature in Sacramento February 18 to 20. Lyman, a Wilson High School senior, is the student body vice president and a two time public speaking winner.
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Camp Tahauitz Meadows
Thylmvild
Ted Lymiat
Ymca Model Legislature
Poly
Jordan
Wilson
Sacramento
Whittier College
YMCA
Viper Wipers Rescue Man From Car Motor
Clyde Webster trapped when windshield wiper motor grabbed his thumb after checking for patches before a shift at Edison Company's steam plant. Neighbors milkman and police aided along with fire department and oxygen aid until the motor was finally detached and Webster taken for medical care.
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Clyde Webster
33Rd St
Webster
Fire Department
Edison Company
Terminal Island
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Mooney
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Col. Eal
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J. Hi. Davies
Ray Beauvin
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Gelearam Ober
James Harrington
Senasac Ave
Lakewood
Wardlaw Park
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