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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1960
Page
9
Funeral service for Mrs. Lorene Doyle Wilson 83 longtime Long Beach resident and active in social and civic affairs will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Mottell’s and Peek Mortuary.
City officials clashed with the transit company over service cuts while approving improvements. The 4-0 City Bureau of Franchises vote backed extending Line 1 reroutes, increased service to Long Beach State College, hospital access, and replacing buses yearly. Proposals limiting routes and removing stops drew opposition as safety and access concerns were raised for residents and students.
Prince of Whales Restaurant owner Herry D. Cossarek reports a professional burglary that tunneled under the building between Sunday night and Monday morning, destroying the safe and stealing about $3,100 in cash and checks while leaving only dirt and footprints as clues.
James T Stricklin 34 of 616 Island View Dr Long Beach native of Lung Aeo Ping Ave died Monday He attended Wilson High School and USC served in Army Air Force in World War II Surviving wife Louise sons Paul and John mother Mrs HW Wil and brothers William and Robert Funeral 10 am Wednesday at Chi Phi fraternity chapel Christensen Pine Pasco Steel Co. father and family request donations to Cancer Fund
Multiple death notices and obituaries list survivors and funeral details for residents including Mrs Berg Gilbertson Pedersen Mrs Carol ina, Edmund Fakes, Leonard Young, Mattie Williams, Emilie Kruse, and Meyer. Services are noted at Mottell's & Peck Mortuary or Angelus Funeral Home with dates and times varying. The fragmentary text mentions vigil masses, private services, and veterans status.
Long Beach police were informed Monday that the home of the late Marcia Jane Kronenberg was looted. Mrs Kronenberg, 40, of 536 Los Altos Drive, noted golfer, was found dead on March 20. Executor Charles S. Litwin said jewelry, clothing, linen, furniture and a 1959 Ford are missing from the estate.
Population estimates released by the County Regional Planning Commission place Long Beach at 320 556 and the county at 6 059 161, with increases since the year’s start. Additional notes cover city populations, decennial census timing, and other localities, alongside a court verdict detailing Hendrickson’s sentence and related testimony.
The Long Beach Bureau of Franchises directed its secretary Henny E. Jordan to urge the Metropolitan Transit Authority to extend rail service from Long Beach to Los Angeles. The bureau also asked the IMYA to assign light weight cars on the line, replacing the old red cars.
A 21 year old, Lance W. King, suffered minor injuries when his 144-ton van type truck overturned on the off ramp from the Long Beach Freeway at Able Ansheim Street. He was treated by a private doctor.
City Council acts to slow traffic along a four block stretch of E 6th Street awaiting a possible return to tire-way regulation. A 28-foot twin-outboard boat owned by Civicleters was stolen Friday from Pierpoint Landing and recovered near Point Fermin Lighthouse. The vessel, valued at $4500, belongs to St. Anthony's High School and Stevenson Elementary, which face cross-6th Street at the area.
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