Smog coping in Southern California and local notes
Supervisor Herb Jegg discusses historical and ongoing smog in Southern California, noting natural conditions trap pollutants and that drastic reductions require expert, costly measures over time. He praises the air pollution control district and urges steady, science driven action while acknowledging limits and public pressure. A retail window countdown, political rumors, and highway safety notes follow.
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Upervisor
Herb Jegg
California
Los Angeles
Brutal War Tale: Uncle Traces Nephew in Paris After 7 Days
Samuel Frederick, 61, searches Paris for family after years of war distance. A faded photo of his sister Faye and her husband Jacques provides the sole lead. The story frames postwar chaos, street scenes, and a man’s relentless pursuit across a divided city.
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Samuel Frederick
Paul Wale
Frederick
Paul
France
Resnie
Faye
Jacques
Robert
Paris
Son St
Long Beach
Construction Starts on Lakewood School
A long narrative describes the start of Lakewood School construction with a $1,138,403 project near Los Arcos and Wale, along with the wartime fate of a family from Bendine Poland. It follows Frederick and Paul, a Jewish youth who escapes Nazi danger, hiding in churches and enduring capture, trial, and a narrow escape in Bourges.
Port duel ends with knife attack arrest
Police halted a Beacon Street style gladiatorial clash in Port San Pedro Sunday night. Toni Moriti, 44, of 092 W 1th St, swung a 25 inch butcher knife at Lloyd Smith, 36, of 1012 5S Palos Verdes St, who blocked with a garbage can. Moriti jailed on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
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San Pedro
Toni Moriti
W. 1Th St
Ian
S. Harbor Blvd
Lloyd Smith
Palos Verdes St
Monti
CITY COUNTY NOTE HOLIDAY
City and county employees observed Columbus Day with many taking a holiday. Banks post offices and mail deliveries continued at normal levels while schools remained closed and trash pickups proceeded as scheduled.
Fire damages basement studio at Palace Apartment Hotel
A fire destroyed the interior of a photographic studio in the basement of the Palace Apartment Hotel at 15 S Magnolia Ave. Smoke damaged three apartments. R A Carroll discovered the blaze and tried to extinguish it. Seven fire rigs responded. one firefighter was cut while removing debris. One occupant was assisted to safety.
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Palace
S. Magnolia Ave
Davenport
R. A. Carroll
Iaa B. Newman
L. B. Fireman Injured in Blaze Battle
A blaze at 1041 E Wardlow Rd destroyed a four room home and workshop, damaging $1500 in radio and television sets. Fireman Donald Nagel, 24, was treated at Seaside Hospital for smoke inhalation and a cut hand after assisting at the scene. The owner, George F. Olson, 40, is a mail carrier and part time TV repairman.
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E. Wardlow Rd
George FE. Olson
Donald Nagel
Charlemagne Ave
Seaside Hospital
Police Seek Mother of Tots in Car
SAN PEDRO police search for the mother of two girls found alone in a car on Beacon Street. Jill Ann Klowinkle, 7, and Caral Bowinkle, 8, told officers their mother left them there while she went to a bar with a man. The car had been parked from Saturday night until early Sunday morning. The girls were taken to Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles. the mother was not located and a San Francisco address was tied to the car’s owner.
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Bendine
Poland
Paris
Frederick
Stanford
Paul
Lakewood
Los Arcos/Wale
Albury Ave
Board of Education
Frederic R
E Pauli
Jevel
Jtears
Wale Marshall
Wardlow Rd
Woodruff Ave
Alexander
Jacques
Hamilton
70Th St
Robert
Ange
Denise
Leon
Unt P
Waleousehold
South
France
Moulin
Gestapo
Bourges
Cathedral
Inca
Janice Garner
Bob Garner
Long Bach City College
Viking
San Diego
Garner
Janice Clark
Judy Thorndike
United Press
San Pedro
Beacon St
Jill Ann Klwinkle
Caral Bowinkle
Sixth St
Los Angeles
Key
Fifth St
Long Beach
San Francisco
Willie Cooper
Rhea St
21St St
Lemon Ave
Tailice
Cooper
Robert Stinson
Darrell G. Arthur
St. Paul
Mabel Claire Bourke
Davis Allen Freeman
Grand Ave
Gladys King
Poinsettia St
South St
Orizaba Ave
Dick Dion
James M. Cummings
Colin Ave
Compton
Seaside Hospital
Pacific Coast Hwy
Pine Ave
Will Scott
13Th St
Montie Viola Jimergton
Betty Gilbreath
Annie J. Gilbreath
Clara Jane Perry
Whittier Ave
Whittier
William Jewell Gilbreath
Transport Returns Mexican Fort Mason Arrival
Transport at Fort Mason docks 466 military personnel and 317 civilian dependents from Guam and Hawaii aboard Gen. David C. Shanks. The ship’s crew and passengers reflect a broad U S military and civilian presence returning from Pacific assignments.
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San Francisco
David C. Shanks
Ft. Mason
Guam
Hawaii
Seven Youths Booked After Pike Riot Beating Operator
Seven youths aged 16 to 18 were booked after rioting on the Pike and beating Kermit Leonard Metutt 59 operator of a basketball concession at 300 West Seaside Boulevard. Police said the group leaped the counter and attacked when warned to stop. A rifle was claimed to have been wielded earlier but the gun was empty.
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Kermit Leonard Metutt
Seaside Blvd
McNutt
Six New Polio Cases Reported in Long Beach
Six new polio cases were reported in Long Beach last week, bringing the 1953 total to 482, per Dr. J. D. Litwack, health officer. The year’s total is 31 above the 1952 level for the same period, with a five year average of 78. Two new uses of transtes were noted, lifting the year’s total to 3299 versus 1335 at the same point in 1952.
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Long Beath
J. D. Litwack
Litwack
Refrigerator Motor Fires Trigger Firemen Call
A man at Broadway Apartments fainted in a bath and suffered burns from hot water as a refrigerator motor overheated Sunday morning. Fire crews responded from engine companies and a ladder truck, with a squad car assisting. The victim was hospitalized at Harbor General Hospital with burns to his back left side and feet but no structural damage occurred to the building.
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Tjyomas Vw
Syenurdd
Atlantic Ave
Apt
Broadway
Side Hospital
Pital
Driver Opens Auto by Hand-Bloody Window Break
Earl J. McDaniel 28 of 5431 La Pasada St locked himself out Sunday. He pushed a car window and it broke, bringing him to Community Hospital where doctors sewed a badly cut hand.
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Earl J. McDaniel
la Pasada St
McDaniel
Motorman Jed Rausch Retires After 28 Years Service
Jed Rausch of Argonne Avenue announces retirement as Pacific Electric motorman after 28 years. A longtime Long Beach resident since 1926 he plans to devote spare time to growing flowers and berries as his hobby.
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Jed Rausch
Argonne Ave
Pacific Electric
Reusch
Long Beach
Towed Compressor Unit Breaks Loose Breaks Into Flames
A four wheeled compressor broke loose from a tow rig near Log Beach intersection and burst into flames. No injuries. minor damage to a nearby parked truck east of Redonda Ave on E Severth St. Fire department extinguished the blaze. The unit, towed by Hector MacPher son’s sand blasting rig, leaked gasoline after a trailer hitch broke as it crossed a dip. Driver Earl F Finley of 2511 E Second St sustained a minor burn.
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Log Beach
Redonda Ave
E. Severth St
Hector MacPherson
Earl F. Finley
Second St
Seventh St
Redondo Ave
Slremen
E. Seventh St
Finley
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Neal Morgan
San Diego Tribune
Korea
L. B. Man
Port
Harry Walker
San Fernando Valley Times
California Circulation Managers Association
Wilton Hotel
Virginia Bridges
Long Beach-Independent-Press-Telegram
Vial
Pike Riot
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