Beach gas money and Long Beach annexation ties emerge
A long article traces how a major gas company funded campaigns to block Long Beach annexations and to taint tidelands revenues, raising questions about influence on Assemblyman Bruce Allen's seizure bill and amicus interventions. It notes inquiries by the attorney general and the Long Beach mayor as the truth surfaces.
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Lakewood
Long Beech
Long Beath
Long Beach
Tidelands
Bruce Allen
Amicus
Attorney General's Office
Welfare benefits rise in California on Saturday
Old age payments and aid to the blind increase statewide. About 270000 old age recipients gain higher checks, including 115500 in Los Angeles County, while 12600 aid to the blind beneficiaries rise, with 5400 in the county. Maximum old-age aid becomes 85 and aid to the blind 95. George K. Wyman, director of the State Department of Social Welfare, notes adds for institutional care and public and federal facilities take effect.
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California
Los Angeles
George K. Wyman
State Department of Social Welfare
Wyman
Junior High Goes Full-Day in Long Beach District
Marshall Junior High School will shift 1,400 students to full-day sessions next Wednesday as delays in new classrooms keep Stanford on half-day. Principal A B Liff announced readiness for 1,100 Stanford students pending facilities. Classes start at 8 30 a.m with warning bell at 8 23 a.m and end at 3 10 p.m.
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Marshall
A. B. Liff
Toiay
Stanford Junior High
Long Beach Unified
B. B.lowell
M. Hall
Theft Reported for Eggs Yarn and Cigarettes
Irving R. Will Cox, 55, of 151 Daisy Ave, reported a theft from his vehicle parked at 225 W Anaheim St Thursday night. Four dozen eggs, a package of knitting yarn valued at 520 and a year’s supply of cigarettes were taken.
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Auto
Anaheim St
Irving R.willcox
Daisy Ave
Thought She Could Drive Thirteen Year Old Crashes Car
Thirteen year old Charlotte Burdick took a car for a ride with Linda Catlin after obtaining keys from her mother. She lost control, hit a curb, damaged a house, and injured both girls who were treated and released from Community Hospital. Charlotte previously rode with her father Wayne Burdick.
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Charlotte Burdick
Snowden Ave
Charlotte
Rome
Linda J
Catlin
Los Arcos Sl
Linda
Jeff
Snowden
Marita St
Jane
Wayne Burdick
Youth Travels 7 000 Miles to Join Navy
John William Begert Sr. flew 7,000 miles to enlist in the Navy after graduating Jordan High School. The Grand Jury asked to withhold his testimony while Assembly members debated immunity for witnesses. Begert joined the Navy at Long Beach Recruiting Station as Part of a larger episode involving county supervisor Herbert Legg and a rubbish investigation. The committee approved delay and allowed Begert to be signaled for voluntary testimony later. The session occurred in the State Building Los Angeles with multiple witnesses from the Begert family and Navy officials.
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Bob
Herbert el. Legg
Assembly Interim Committee
State Building
Los Angeles
Grand Jury
Harlan G. Loud
Legg
Ralph Brown
Modesto
Harold C. Levaring
Santa Monica
A_ S. Stewart
Levering
Grand ‘Jury
Grand Diary
Lloyd Harris
John William Begert Sr
Navy
Begert
W. Begert
Long Grand Jury
Beach Naval
George Turner
Andrew V
Holin
Mary Hohin
Theodore Fy
Philppine Islands
Hamlin
George Scott
Harry Pe|i
James Allison
T. F. Romers
Anthony J. Cala
Lege
Far East
Cém- Jordan
Mittee
School of Electronics
San Francisco
Negotiators Work To Avert Long Beach Bus Walkout
Last-ditch sessions today seek to avert a strike by AFL bus drivers and maintenance workers on five Long Beach lines. About 45,000 daily riders would be affected. The union demands 24 cent hourly raise and three weeks vacation. company counters by proposing reductions in benefits. If no deal by midnight, a federal conciliator may join Monday talks in Los Angeles.
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AFL
Long Beach Motor Bus Co
Junion
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Chest Contributions Rise Through Employee Groups and Firms
Employee groups and firms boost Chest contributions with notable participation gains and awards. Campaign chairmen report a 65 percent rise in gifts from the Mutual Benefit Assn. Fund and a 10 percent participation record at First Town Park Shops, with an 11 percent increase overall. October awards will honor fair share and employee groups, with Bronze plaques for groups contributing a quarter of one percent of annual payroll and stars for 100 percent participation. Pace-setters include G. E. Kerns Construction Co. and Buffums among many others.
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Eee
Long Beach
Paul Nichol
Nichols
Fire Dept
Nichol
Tate Det
Mastic Tile Corp
M. 8
Walker Co
Pace
G. E. Kerns Construction Co
Buffums
Lafayette Hotel
Blackwell and Sunde
Independent
Press-Telegram
Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Co
Cancer & Pearson Drug Co
General Distributing Co
M. W. Walker Co
Robertshaw-Fulton Electronics
Galiformia Production Service
Guy F. Atkinson Co
Mountain View Dairies
Hale's
Phillips Steel
Tryad Service Corp
Ace Blueprint
Sam’ M. Duff Contracting Co
Hal McGrew Contracting’ Co
Naval Showcase & Fixture Co
Hal Greenwood, Inc
Dobyns Footweer
Ricart’s Restaurant
Gordon Alexander Loans
Local Loan Co
Gilbert's Jewelry
United Neighbors Community Chest
Ernest Munn
Mastic Tire Corp
Robert Fraser
Iowa Pork Shops
John Whitcomb
Long Beach Firemen's Mutual Benefit Assn
Dorothy Herendeen
Chest
Fisherwoman sues boat owners over gaffing injury
Mrs. Helen Faas of 58 filed a damage suit in Superior Court alleging a crewman on the sport fishing boat Islander at Pier Point Landing stabbed her with a gaff during Aug fishing. She seeks 7500 damages from Pierpont Landing and Fellows & Stewart, owners.
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Uraipa
Superior Court
Helen Faas
Pierpoint Landing
Shoreliners Confab Sets Ninth Annual Convention
Shoreliners of the Shoreline Planning Assn hold their ninth annual convention at Lafayette Hotel in October. Leaders push allocating oil royalty money only to recreational facility development. R J Howards of California Marine Parks and Harbor Assn will report on the small boat harbor project. Lester Robinson of Venice papers will narrate shoreline development pictures. State and federal representatives are slated for the program.
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R. J. Howards
California Marine Parks and Harbor Assn
Lester Robinson
Venice
Lakewood siren test shows weak first signal
Lakewood conducted a siren test at 11 am with the first one minute steady signal judged weak. Lakewood civil defense coordinator Captain A A Jones blamed governor adjustments and noted the second test signal, a one minute intermittent warble, worked well. The test marks the first in a V series to be held on the last Friday of every month at Arbor Road fire station tower.
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Lakewood
Joey
A. A. Jones
Lakewood Servil
Jouutrdt
Usiren
Ion Arbor Ra
Carter Named to Northrop Aircraft Board of Directors
Carter, president of Broadway-Hale Stores, joins the Northrop Aircraft board. Whitley C. Collins, president, notes Carter as a prominent Southland civic and business leader. Carter also heads the Southern California Symphony Assn and serves on UC and Occidental College boards.
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E Wainen
Northru Aircraft, Inc
Benard 2B
Carter
Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc
Whitley C. Collins
Southland
Southern California Symphony Assn
University of California and
Occinental College
Libel Suit Filed Against Douglas Aircraft by Mae Brown
A discharged Douglas Aircraft employee Mae Brown filed a $2,000,000 libel suit in Long Beach Superior Court accusing company officials of circulating false documents about her moral character. The suit names three managers and 12 female employees as defendants, claims the documents depicted her as lewd and vulgar, and notes the documents were shared with her husband and security staff. A Douglas spokesman says the case is proceeding to arbitration with neutral arbitrators yet to rule.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach Superior Court
Mae Brown
JTAQ
Whales Dismi
Atty
Phil Poppler
Brown
Tucson
Mae Brows
Douglas
First Oil Drill Begins in Lakewood City
Standard Oil Co of California started drilling the first oil well in Lakewood at 6 30 am. By 9 am the depth reached 500 feet south of Carson Street and Para. A municipal airport pool project is noted with disputes over unionization and arbitration linked to past actions. The report mentions 12 women and Mrs Brown in a context of alleged indecent behavior and workplace tensions. The piece references Long Beach officials and a Texas Co. connection.
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Standard Oi] Co
California
Lakewood
Thhe Weil
Carson St
Rell
Grady Shivers
Santa Paula
Standard Oil Co
Paramount Blvd
Free Cruise Proposition Spawns Council Walkout
The City Council Public Relations Committee postponed action on a plan to offer free cruises tied to receipted water and gas bills. Councilman P Rat Ahern, angered by delays, walked out after Councilman Gerald Desmond left, vowing to renew the proposal later. The dispute follows seismic drilling debates tied to Lakewood oil prospects and new permit limits south of Carson Street with fees and annual renewal costs.
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City Council
P. Rat Ahern
Council Chamber
Gerald Desmond
Ahern
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