Youth Shot by Shotgun Pellets in Pasadena Party Incident
A 19 year old, Herman H Wright of 514 West fate, was treated at Pasadena Emergency Hospital after a birdshot pellet was removed from his side. Police say two youths outside a Navarro street party attacked him and fled before gunfire hit others. investigators suggest the shell may have contained only powder with a remaining pellet. Officers suspect gangs from Los Angeles involved with more than twenty uninvited guests at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Herman H. Wright
West Fate
Pasadena Emergency Hospital
Wright
1939
Navarro
Los Angeles
City of Hope and Kenny Foundation Named Aid Recipients
The Associated In Group Donors announced its annual report shows 4 997 871 in total gifts to Southern California charities. The Community Chest leads with 3 074 140, City of Hope gets 118 912, and the Kenny Foundation 64 511. An additional 134 032 goes to other designated charities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Hope
Sister Kenny Foundation
Associated In
A-I-D
California
Community Chest
Kenny Foundation
Charles Luckman
U.S
Four Pasadena Hospitals Receive Ford Foundation Grants
Four Pasadena area hospitals are among 25 Southern California facilities to receive checks in the third group of Ford Foundation grants totaling 200 million dollars for hospitals. St. Luke Hospital in Pasadena gets 57600 dollars La Vina Inc in Altadena 15300 City of Hope in Duarte 84600 and Santa Teresita in Duarte 31000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena Area
Southland
Ford Foundation
St. Luke Hospital
la Vina, Inc
Altadena
City of Hope
Duarte
Santa Teresita
Japanese fleets sail for restricted Soviet waters
Two Japanese salmon fishing fleets departed Sapporo after receiving Soviet permits to fish in waters off Siberia, enabling work in Russian-restricted zones despite prior limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapporo
Japan
Nothern
Siberia
Vandals Smash Windows at Royal Oaks School Duarte
Deputies seek vandals who broke into Royal Oaks School Duarte smashing 28 windows and stealing ice cream between 11 30 p m Friday and 12 15 p m yesterday. The cafeteria freezer was breached and damage is listed at 400 dollars.
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Royal Oaks
Duarte
Temple City
Youngs Celebrate Second Grandchild Kimberly Kim Young
Mr and Mrs William C Young celebrate the birth of granddaughter Kimberly Young in San Jose born to William C Young Jr and Virginia Hariman The newborn is nicknamed Kim and has a brother Mike aged 12. Mrs Young manages the Pasadena Symphony Assn and her husband is a noted realtor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Young
S. Marengo
Pasadena
Kimberly Young
William C. Young Jr
Virginia Harriman
San Jose
Kim
Mike
Young
Pasadena Symphony Assn
Dr Seth Nicholson Wins Re election To Library Board
Dr Seth B Nicholson will begin a third term as Altadena Library District trustee on July 1 after a unanimous re election by Altadena voters. He received 121 votes from Lake Library and Lincoln Library locations, as announced by Librarian Gladys V Babcock. The other trustees are William A Wilson and H R Sault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth B. Nicholson
Altadena
Nicholson
the Lake Library
Lincoln Library
Gladys V. Babcock
William A. Wilson
H. R. Sault
Questionable cue may alter $64,000 Challenge result
CBS will review the Pearson Price playoff on The $64,000 Challenge after an apparent slip of the tongue by host Sonny Fox. The two art experts tied at 64 000, each winning 32 000, while viewers heard a hint before Pearson answered. The producers will study a kinescope to decide future disposition of the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vincent Price
Pasadena
Bill Pearson
Cbs-Tv
CBS
Sonny Fox
Pearson
Price
Michelangelo
Valley Weather Clears as Inversion Lifts
The forecaster lifted incinerator restrictions as inversion conditions eased. Morning low clouds produce drizzles in parts of the valley while temperatures rise to the upper 70s to 105 in desert regions. Pasadena records a high near 79 with a 58 degree low, Palm Springs hits 98.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Palm Springs
Southland
Oxy Library Buys Lincolniana Collection
Occidental College Library purchases the F. Ray Risdon Lincoln collection described as the Pacific Coast’s largest private body on Lincoln. Begun in 1906, it holds rare items and much Lincoln piana including hundreds of books on Lincoln and his era.
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F. Ray Risdon
Abraham Lincoln
Pacific Coast
Occidental College Library
Arthur G. Coons
Lincoln
Sailors From Japan Due Here On Kaiwo Maru
The four-masted steel bark Kaiwo Maru with 112 merchant marine cadets and 67 officers and men is to dock Friday at Los Angeles Harbor on its four month training cruise. Midshipmen will lunch in Pasadena likely Saturday with Japanese consul general Shigeru Nakamura at 275 S. Orange Grove. The ship left Tokyo May 8 and sails home August 24.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Pasadena
Shigeru Nakamura
S. Orange Grove
Tokyo
Schoenholz to Receive BA at Yeshiva University
Leon Schoenholz nephew of Mr and Mrs Max Blumenfeld of 109 N Delacy will receive a bachelor of arts degree from Yeshiva University in New York City. He has earned a Teachers Institute scholarship for study in Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Schoenholz
Max Blumenfeld
N. Delacy
Yeshiva University
New York City
Teachers Institute
Israel
Cat Burglar Steals $90 From El Monte Couple
Temple City Sheriff’s deputies report a cat burglar took $90 from a billfold in the trousers of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Frenchman, 12035 Denholm, as they slept early yesterday. The thief forced a kitchen window screen to gain entry.
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el Monte
Temple City
Clifford Frenchman
Denholm
Pasadena City Board Faces Long Backlog of Decisions
Pasadena Board of City Directors holds a bulging backlog with items pending since 1955 to 1956. Key cases include a service drive between Green and Del Mar, Oak Knoll and Lombardy rezoning, PCC street parking rules, and renaming N Foothill Blvd to Altadena Blvd. Some items remain undecided after first readings and long delays.
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Pasadena
Green
del Mar
Lake
Oak Knoll
Lombardy
Planning Commission
Pasadena City College
N. Foothill Blvd
PCC
N. Foothill
Altadena Blvd
California
Local man shot self while cleaning revolver at home
Fred D. Hayes, 41, of 757 N. Fair Oaks, was hospitalized with a bullet wound in his left knee after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning a revolver. He told police the weapon discharged during cleaning. Clara Belle MacLellan reported attending a three day clerk’s institute in San Jose under the League of California Cities. Seventy nine osteopathic graduates received their doctor of osteopathy degrees at Pasadena Civic Auditorium with Dr. Frank C. Baxter delivering the commencement address. University figures and educators from Pasadena area colleges were noted for teaching assignments and conferences in California and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Hayes
N. Fair Oaks
Hayes
Clara Belle MacLellan
San Jose
League of California Cities
College of Osteopathic & Surgeons
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Frank C. Baxter
USC
W. Ballentine Henley
Belle Plaine Picnic Set for Sunday at Brookside Park
Section G Brookside Park hosts the 10th annual Belle Plaine picnic on Sunday June 24. An 1 p.m. potluck luncheon follows, attendees to bring drinks. Santa Fe Railway officials attend a six week economics institute at USC with John Joseph Balluff attorney of 3510 Landfair.
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Brookside Park
Belle Plaine, Iowa
Santa Fe Railway
Institute of Business Economics
University of Southern California
John Joseph Balluff
Landfair
Lake-Colorado Assn to Host Speaker at Luncheon
Byron Thompson, Los Angeles district sales manager of Brown and Bigelow Remembrance Advertising, world’s largest calendar house, will speak at the Lake-Colorado Business District Assn weekly luncheon tomorrow noon at Flora De Lee's on N. Lake. He is a certified Dale Carnegie instructor. His subject will be "Let's Move In."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake-Colorado
Byron Thompson
Los Angeles
Brown & Bigelow Remembrance Advertising
Lake-Colorado Business District
Flora de Lee’s
N. Lake
Dale Carnegie
Pasadena residents among 400 attend California CPA meeting
Two Pasadena residents joined more than 400 members and families from across California at the California Society of Certified Public Accountants three day annual meeting held at the Hotel Fairmont in San Francisco last week. D G Douglas of 4134 Commonwealth and Cyril Hopkinson of 637 E Foothill were noted attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
California
California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Fairmont
San Francisco
D. G. Douglas
Commonwealth
Cyril Hopkinson
E. Foothill
A. Bivd
Altadena
Multiple Sclerosis Hope Chest Drive Planned in Pasadena
Mrs Walter F Janet Schwartz of 2244 Midlothian Alta dena is chairing the Pasadena Altadena 1956 Hope Chest Drive set for July 15 to Aug 15 Funds will support patient care and MS research through four out patient clinics and one full time ward for bedridden patients The MS March Aug 7 from 6 to 9 p m will involve volunteers visiting homes. The Pasadena Stamp Club will meet at 7 30 p m at the Recreation Center 1501 E Villa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F
Janet) Schwartz
Midlothian
Altadena
Pasadena-Altadena
Pasadena Stamp Club
Pasadena Recreation Center
E. Villa
Two Die and 11 Injured in Weekend Traffic Accidents
A Monrovia boy and an 80 year old Pasadena man died from injuries and 11 persons were injured in traffic accidents over the weekend. Larry Mathews 15 of Monrovia died at Santa Monica Hospital after a Santa Monica area crash. Frank Villa 16 of Duarte was hospitalized with injuries. Albert Duffner 356 Winona Pasadena died from injuries when his three wheeled car overturned. Gilbert Lopez 16 of San Gabriel was seriously injured when a car driven by Crosby Lubke 17 of Palos Verdes overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrovia
Pasadena
Larry Mathews
W. Walnut
Santa Monica Hospital
Frank Villa
Carmina
Duarte
Albert Duffner
Winona
Orange Grove
Gilbert Lopez
Delta
San Gabriel
Crosby Lubke
Palos Verdes
Lubke
Puente
Valley and
Orange
General Hospital
Rose Marie Tieber
Hayland
Paul Merrigan
el Monte
Judy van Sant
Richard L. Easley
Baldwin Park
Valley
Tony Forseca
San Dimas
Jack W. Farley
Azusa
William Demblon
Woman saves child on freeway in daring rescue
Police report a motorist stopped traffic on the Pasadena Freeway and retrieved a two year old girl who wandered onto an on ramp. Pamela Taylor left her home on Bridewell and was spotted on the inbound freeway at Salonica. Ruth Kinsley of Pollard Los Angeles halted vehicles and coaxed the child to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Pamela Taylor
Bridewell
Salonica
Ruth Kinsley
Pollard
Los Angeles
Summer Conference Drills Pasadena Teachers In Basic Skills
About 200 Pasadena Public School teachers attend a two week conference on Teaching the Basic Skills. Dr A Roland Walker opens with a call for creative teachers and a scientific approach to learning in the modern age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena Public
A. Roland Walker
Permit Issued for S Lake Ave Store Project
A $128000 headquarters store for Helen Smith on 517 S Lake Ave received city hall approval today. Michael C Birn krant, owner, will build a two level brick front with 83 foot frontage, rear parking, and glass show windows south of Joyce Shoe Store. The design by civil engineer Frank O Bigelow calls for a rear elevator and stairs, with the second floor partly developed for a laserations department and women’s lounge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Lake Ave
Helen Smith
Michael C. Birnkrant
S. Lake
Joyce Shoe
Colorado
I. Magnin's
Magnin
Frank O. Bigelow
O. K. Earl Jr
Hudson Ave
School May Seek Use of Merritt Mansion
The Hulett C. Merritt mansion Villa Merritt Olivier at Orange Grove and Olcott sold for 200000 to J. L. Block and Associates. It may become a religious school, per R. K. Ames who managed the sale. Alma Tadema painting sold for 2000. Total real estate frontages cover 300 feet on Orange Grove and Terrace Drive, totaling 172000 square feet. The Villa and grounds brought 162500, the south lot with the Irish Castle 37500. Sales continue through Wednesday.
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Hulett C. Merritt
Merritt Olivier
Orange Grove
Olcott
J. L. Block and Associates
R. K. Ames
Terrace Drive
Two Beatings Put Two Men in Hands of Thugs in SGV
Daniel Mora, 19, of South San Gabriel, says a gang of 10 youths attacked him after a party at Marshall and Eckert, kicking him and smashing his car windows. Phillip H. Nelson, East Pasadena resident, reports being assaulted by two men at Backus and Colorado after being accused of underage drinking.
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South San Gabriel
East Pasadena
San Gabriel Valley
Daniel Mora
Denton
Temple City Sheriff's Deputies
Marshall and Eckert
Phillip H. Nelson
S. Backus
Sheriff's
Backus
Colorado
Nelson
Pasadena Toastmasters vote at Livingston Hotel meeting
Charles Carkeet was voted best speaker at the Pasadena Toastmasters Club No 6 meeting at the Livingston Hotel. Melvin Best earned most improved speaker honors and Ed Robison took the table topics prize. Those interested in joining are asked to call Pete Clentzos at Sy 9 5627.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Carkeet
Pasadena
Toastmasters Club
Livingstone Hotel
Melvin Best
Ed Robison
Pete Clentzos
Three Jailed on Kidnapping and Attack Charges
Three men George R. Berton 25 Garden Grove George E McCumber 23 Anaheim and Efrain Savala 23 Atwood were jailed on suspicion of kidnapping and assaulting a 20 year old Covina woman found with them by Altadena deputies Lyle Nichols and Thomas Frawley in a car at the end of Pasadena Glen Road. The woman said she met the men at a dance Saturday night and was driven to the Altadena area against her wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covina
Altadena
Lyle Nichols
Thomas Frawley
Pasadena Glen Rd
George R. ‘Berton
Garden Grove
George E. McCumber
Anaheim
Efrain Savala
Atwood
Fei Monte
Woman Finds Mower and Chairs in Pool in Monrovia
In Monrovia Mrs. George Kellogg reports finding a wheel barrow lawn mower and lawn chairs in her swimming pool while fishing. Separate incidents include matches placed in leaves at Florence Hammon’s home and theft of one sheet and twelve diapers from Mrs. Ralph Connors with trousers damaged worth about eleven dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrovia
George Kellogg
Garfield PI
Florence Hammon
Foothill Blvd
Ralph Connors
Foothill
Pasadena Parade and universal fashion models noted
The Pasadena column reflects on blooming graduates, brides and fashion models. Tom Campbell the wheat king visits after WWII roles, while local updates celebrate birthdays, civic leaders, and community figures amid social notes from the Boul. Rotary and Y clubs.
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Star-News
George Remo
Dave Sperber
Sacramento
Remo
Youngs
Seth Nicholson
Toulouse-Lautrec
Rembrandt
Daumier
Durer
Gauguin
Whistler
Hals
Oxy Library
Lincolniana
City Board
Thomas O. Mallory
U.S. Navy Reserve
Naval Reserve Training Center
Mallory
Willard Craft
la Canada
Jack E. McKee
California Institute of Technology
Meriden
N.H
The
American Assn. For the Advancement of Science
McKee
Iowa
Cpas Covene
Stamp Club
W. F. Schwartz
Santa Monica
Rex Thompson
Redondo Beach
Dr. Walker
Walker
Merritt Mansion
Man
London Tatler
Tom Campbell
Boul
Huntington-Sheraton
Campbells
S. Orange Grove Ave
Montana
New Mexico
U. S
ATLE
Lester Sloan
Civitans
San Diego
Mal Meguiar
Byron Gutheil
Herb Speth
LeRoy Linnard
Walt Gerlach
Walt
Carl Hoelscher
Rotary
Tom Oglesby
Marples
Chamber of Commerce and Whatnot
Abe
Kenneth Grey
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