Egg bonanzas and odd calls amid Sacramento to Long Beach
Local column recounts quirky happenings involving area residents. The C J Jenkins family reports eggs with double yolks and two triple yolks from a market. Rose Cannon experiences misconnected police and policewoman calls after hospital surgery. Della Satchell debates painting car plates. Ro Satchell attends a Sacramento Senate session on anti subsidence. Christy Detrick narrowly escapes injury when a driver brakes for a curbside bike rider near Hedda Street.
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C. J. Jenkins
Greenbrier
Jenkins
John
Jim
Joy
Anya
Hedda St
Christy Lee Detrick
Mer
Ricky
Dennis
Christy
Donald
Hope for the Near-Hopeless Alcoholics at Cerritos House
The Cerritos House at 1209 Lime Ave offers shelter to destitute alcoholics. A one‑day open house on Easter Sunday invites the public to learn how inmates must stay sober and follow rules. Residents pay 2.50 a day unless unemployed, and must attend three AA meetings weekly.
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Cerritos Flouse
Lime Ave
Cerrizos House
Cerritos House
Russ G
Haven
Protests over eight LBSC faculty firings form action plan
An eight member delegation from the Association of California State College Instructors at Long Beach State College filed a complaint with the State Board of Education in Sacramento. The group, led by Dr. M. J. Garver, pressed for contract renewals for two of the eight dismissed instructors, Dr. Clyde Marin and Frank Black, and called for campus faculty input before hiring or firing. The club meets April 10 to discuss tenure and promotions, amid tensions over governance and transparency at LBSC.
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Long Beach State College
State Board of Education
Association of California
M. J
Mike) Garver
J. Burton Vasehe
Division of State Colleges
Sacramento
Colleg
P. Victor Peterson
Garver
Peterson
Petersen
ACSCL
Clyde Marin
Frank Black
Botl
Martin
Black
George Korber
Acsci Group
LBSC
Horber
Korber
ACSCI
Brown Warns California Reserve Funds Nearly Gone
Atty Gen Edmund G. Brown, Democratic candidate for governor, told Long Beach Board of Realtors that state reserve funds will be exhausted by the current budget. He urged efficiency, proposed trimming 23 departments to 12 or 15, and called for a cabinet and reorganized agencies while opposing direct election of some statewide officers.
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California
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Long Beach
Brown
Wilton Hotel
Lafayette Hotel
Secretary of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sen
Council Orders Probe of Lewd Literature Sales
Long Beach city council orders a new investigation into obscene reading matter sales. Virgil H. Spangberg pushes report on voluntary two year comic book control pact with City Manager Vickers. Spangberg cites teenage girls buying lurid titles and calls for action. Councilman Ahern agrees some material is rough.
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Council
George Weeks
Counccilman
Virgil H. Spangberg
Sam E. Vickers
Jto
Dis
Douglas A
Newcomb Mondey
Petitioners Object to Pickle Plant Odor and Nuisance
City Council heard a 22 signature protest against Werner Pickle Works at 2557 Cespian Ave. Petitioners allege obnoxious odor, gnats and flies, paint discoloration, weed overgrowth, and an unsightly fence. Council referred the matter to City Manager Sam ZB. Vickers for a report.
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Cespian Ave
Aimes
Sam ZB. Vickers
Man Gets 9 Months on Robbery Charge
Gus Rogers Jr. 27 of Portland Oregon was sentenced by Superior Judge Ralph K Pierson to nine months in county jail as a condition of seven year probation on a robbery charge. Rogers admitted helping steal 31 dollars from a Long Beach furniture warehouse employee December 12. Officials said he took part in two other holdups that month.
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Gus Rogers Jr
Portland
Ore
Supperior
Ralph K. Pierson
Sounty
Rogers
Long Beach
Robbery rates rise after leniency denial by judge
Superior Judge Ralph Pierson rejected Chief Lorin Martin’s claim that court leniency fuels more robberies. He noted individuals vary, with some worthy of breaks if they show good records, but not when firearms are involved. Several defendants faced probation, fines, or jail, while many armed robbers received lifelong terms or state prison sentences.
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Don Maddock
Ralph K. Pierson
Lorin Q. Martin
Martin
Meera E. Keward
Longe Sentago Sea Beach
Hill St
Seaside Hospital
Neee Howard
Spruce St. Compton
Por
Bery
Pierson
Jude Pierson
Board Faces Deadlock After Legg Death Ford Absences
The county board delayed action on four-fifths vote items due to Supervisor Herbert C. Legg s death and John Anson Ford s Florida trip leaving only three members. Pending items include gas tax allocations to Downey Compton and Park locals and several felony matters, with a robber sentence for carrying a weapon referenced but no Penal Code provision found.
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Board of Supervisors
Herbert C. Legg
John Anson‘Ford
Florida
Gere
Downey
Compton
Jean A. Smith
14Th St
Ronbery
Radio and Camera Stolen Sparks Five-Vote Debate
Gorgon T. Nesvig, the supervisors' chief clerk, said all four supervisors must be present and vote affirmatively to approve four-fifths vote matters. He noted practically no matters require five yes votes, except park property transfers to cities or small leases without bids, which can be sidestepped by longer procedures.
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Gorgon T. Nesvig
Neswig
Grease Blaze A District Attorney’s Office Debate
Spokesmen said the grease blaze in a Lafayette Hotel kitchen raised questions about a separate offense and the role of first degree robbery. Officials noted the incident occurred before a June 3 primary and involved a stove cleaner used during the fire.
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District Attorney's Office
Ford
Miami
Lafayette
Mall OF Records
Alli
Los Angeles
Legg
Hand Injury Suffered by Councilman Desmond
City Councilman Gerald Desmond sustained a badly cut right hand Monday after walking into a sliding glass door at the Robert Rope residence following a memorial for Supervisor Herbert C. Legg eld. He required 10 stitches at Community Hospital, then quipped that it was his handshaking hand as the bandage was applied.
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Gerald Desmond
Desmond
Herbert C. Leggeld
Robert Rope
Oleta St
Goodby
Community Hospital
Rainbow Girls Convene in Long Beach Convention
More than 2,000 young Rainbow for Girls marched into Municipal Auditorium for ceremonies appointing 70 officers of the Assembly marking the convention's opening. Over 4,000 girls ages 12 to 20 from across the state attend as 1958 officers are installed and Grand Assembly sessions unfold.
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Order of Rainbow For
Municipal Auditorium
Lafayette
Grand Assembly
Dianne Kennedy
San Jose
Pam
Grand Westhy
Ann Westbrook
Long Beach
J Assemblies
California
Barbara Steiner
Lawndale Assembly
Rainbow Girls
Six Arrested After Robbery Near Long Beach Marina
Six men were arrested near Long Beach Marina and booked for investigation of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Names include Lewis M Curtis 20 Roy D Metcalf 20 Donald W Henson 22 Oscar R Lute 19 Cara L Henson 18 and Marie Garver 18. The alleged crime involved Navy sailor David L Thuemler 22 from USS Ajax San Diego who was robbed of $20 in Huntington Beach.
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Long Beach Marina
Seal Beach
Orange County
Lewis Mark Curtis
Roy Daniel Metcalf
Ocean Blvd
Donald Wayne Henson
Mermaid Pl. Apt
Oscar R. Lute
Warwood St
Lakewadd
Cara Lee Henson
Marie Garver
David L. Thuemler
San Diego
Sunset Beach
Huntington Beach
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