Queen Mary features highlight 1930s voyage legends
Buddy Ebsen hosts a TV look at Queen Mary starring in a special about the 1936 Southampton to New York maiden voyage. James Bain recalls being a plank owner on the Mary project for Long Beach. Col Harlan York recounts wartime service and troop movements aboard the ship.
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Southampton
New York
U.S
James Bain
Long Beach
Clyde
Bain
Mary
Cunard
White Star Lines
Gray Ghost
Harlan York
USS. Army
Ret
Redlands
York
Col. York
The
Curacan
North Irish Sea
Mises
Vernon Spangler
Azusa
Leigh
Annette Davies
Los Angeles
Tommy the rock opera at USC wobbles through six-show run
USC's six show run of Tommy the rock opera drew mixed notes despite an enthusiastic cast. The production featured film stops and flashy design that, while exciting on its own, failed to knit the story together. The saving grace lay in the music with several top forty songs though the cast and direction hindered overall impact.
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USC
Boyard Auditorium
Peter Townsend
The
Who
Joel Rosenswieg
Riot suspects set for July 7 trial in Fullerton case
Five young men arrested for a riot at Willcrest Park last Oct. 25 in Fullerton face trial July 7 in Santa Ana Superior Court. Two others with similar charges may also go to trial that date. Arraigned were Ferguson 18 Yorba Linda, Schulte 20 Anaheim, Kinch 18 Amanaheim, Pfeiffer 23 Costa Mesa, Slack 18 Fullerton, all students. Awaiting trial dates are Carofel 38 Patterson and Brown 22 Temple City.
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Burkag
Fullerton
Willcrest Park
Santa Ana Superior Court
William Jan Ferguson
Yorba Lindi
Matthew Ronald Schulte
Morava
St. Anahelm
Thomas Lawrence Kinch
Glencrest Ave
Amnaheim
Frediram Pfeiffer SH
Oak St
Costa Mesa
Daniel Raymond Slack
W. Baker Ave
Robert Edmund Carofel
West Ave
Putterson
William Edward Brown
Temple City
Rear Adm Salzer to head force in Vietnam
Rear Adm. Robert 5. Salzer, formerly commander of Long Beach based Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 3, assumes command of U S naval forces in Vietnam. Announcement from Saigon cites his transfer after a recent reorganizational change. Capt Ralph Graham to oversee flotilla until replacement arrives.
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Adm. Salzer
L.B. Flotilla
Viet
Robert 5. Salzer
Long Beach
Car dealer's wife seeks property in California court
Santa Ana Superior Court Judge H Walter Steiner weighs setting aside a support agreement in a dispute involving Annette Williams and her estranged husband, auto dealer Ralph Williams. Williams contends her assets run into millions while she challenges a settlement granting a $250,000 Newport Beach residence plus monthly and child support and a $1 million life insurance beneficiary designation. The case centers on division of property and support vows amid a high-stakes divorce.
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Santa Ana
Robbery at Buffalo liquor store on Pacific Coast Highway
Phillip D. Holiday, clerk at the Buffalo liquor store on 724 West Pacific Coast Highway, told police a robber armed with a .22 caliber revolver forced him to surrender $300 from the cash register at about 1500 hours Sunday.
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Phillip D. Holiday
Buffalo
Pacific Coast Highway
Boater 47 Dies After Striking Bridge Over Harbor Channel
Donald Fr. Stoneman, 47, of Huntington Beach, was killed when his speedboat struck the Humboldt Bridge overhead span while standing in the long channel. He died at Huntington Beach Community Hospital after a 9 20 p m. accident amid high tide. Passenger Mary J. Pimental, 38, of Fremont, received minor injuries and shock. other passengers unharmed.
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Huntington Beach
Humboldt Bridge
Huntington Harbour
Long Channel
Donald FR. Stoneman
Peale Drive
Mary J. Pimental
Fremont
Palive
Kingsmen Drum Corps to Perform at Downey Center
The Kingsmen, a national ally-known drum and bugle corps of over 1100 members, will perform at Stonewood Shopping Center Downey Lakewood and Firestone boulevards at 7 30 p m Wednesday. Founded in 1954 as an Explorer Scout troop, the Kingsmen placed second in the American Legion national contest in Portland Oregon and features a color guard of 40 members and a marching unit of four girls.
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Kingsmen
Stonewood
Lakewood
Firestone
Downey
American Legion
Portland
Ore
Homes sought for 288 visiting youths during Lakewood parade
Martha Alvillar coordinates housing for 288 students and chaperones from Ensenada who will stay overnight April 17 18 for the Saludos Amigos Parade in Lakewood. Hosts urged to pick up at del Valle Park 11 am to noon Saturday return by 1 to 11 am Sunday for the parade.
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Martha Alvillae
Tong Beach
Traino Sine Dents
Luis Mejia
Erector Migoni
Ensenada
Mexico
Saludos Amigos
Lakewood
Pin Am Housing Committee
Alvillar
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Percy Bates
Cunard Line
USC Rock Opera
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Rick Johuston
Steve Sherman
Amos Travis
John Daley
Buzz Holmes
Bill Martin
Jim McMains
Moose McMains
Penny Moser
Jane Wyner
Boater
Drum and Bugle Corps
Rvests
Santa Ana Salvation Army Corps
Army
W. Edinger Ave
Latifa Ann
Lakewood Pan American
Greater Lakewood
Europe
London
Rome
TWA
Madrid
Zurich
Geneva
Leann Twa Shy
Paris
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