Love in the spring sparks campus stunts at Long Beach State
A campus nostalgia piece recalls spring love with goldfish swallowing and party stunts. It notes national attention as students fill cars and booths with people, including 21 to 45 participants in various scenes at Long Beach State, Penn State, and SAE. It mentions Tom Burdick, old windup phonographs, and an urgent ear trumpet request from Mrs. Walter Lepp for a church play. Also mentions Beverly Hills notes and the tax deadline.
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Long Beach State
Associated Press
States
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Delta Phi Fraternity
University of Pennsylvania
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Life Magazine
SAE
Tom Burdick
Ius Dept
Walter Lepp
Garfield
Candidate Hazel-Eyed Janice Knowlton For Miss Welcome
Hazel eyed Janice G Knowlton 22 of 260A E 4th St enters Miss Welcome to Long Beach contest. She is a vocalist and dramatist. Thirty one girls have entered to date. Finals set for May 3.
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Janice G. Knowlton
E. 4Th St
Long Beach
Merger Planned Between Long Beach and San Diego Banks
The Long Beach National Bank will merge with United States National Bank of San Diego. The combined bank will hold 125 million dollars in deposits and over 7 million dollars in capital. Long Beach executives James W. Hynne and George A. Hewlett will retain leadership roles in the merged entity.
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Long Beach National Bank
United States National Bank of San Diego
Southland
U.S. National
Long Beach National
James W. Hynne
East Long Beach
U. S. National Bank
George A. Hewlett
North Long Beach
Jail space shortage prevents relieving overcrowding in Long Beach
City Manager Sam Vickers told the Board of Supervisors that no jail space will be available in Long Beach to relieve overcrowding at the Los Angeles Hall of Justice. L. B. cannot help in the jail problem.
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Long Beach
Los Angadles Hall of Justice
Sam
Vickers
City Motor Tax Revenues Rise with State Receipts
City finance director H P Beckman reports state collected motor vehicle taxes totaling 1 285 720 this fiscal year, with a recent 1 186 488 check from State Controller Alan Cranston at 75 percent of the period’s estimated receipts through May 31 1959. Last year’s total was 1 616 800 and space in City Hall may be freed as jail facilities move to a 656 000 building. the jail occupies current city offices.
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H. P. Beck
Alan Cranston
Atti
Beckman
Vickers
Cranston
Space News
Protests Read at Meeting Over Student Crossing Patrol Plan
Long Beach board of education voted unanimously to reject a plan to involve public school children as crossing guards. Letters from parents and teachers urged opposition, noting traffic hazards for students and no saving of funds. City Council will consider Junior Safety Patrol after July budget review.
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Board of Education
Sam Vickers
D. A. Louks
Long Beach Council
California Congress of Parents and Teachers
M. M. Travis
Pt.a
Joseph Riddle
John Burroughs P T.A
Ed Penn
Long Beach Federation of Teachers
Vickers
Awning Slashed At Signal Hill Repair Shop
Michael Flower, 69, owner of West Coast Shoe repair shop at 2005 E. 19th St in Signal Hill, reported to sheriff's deputies that vandals slashed a three foot hole in the awning on Monday.
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West Coast Shoe
19Th St
Signal Hill
Michael Flower
Sheriff's Deputies
Deadline Near on Taxes As Deadline Looms for Southlanders
Federal and state offices offer last minute tax help for the April 15 filing deadline. Returns postmarked by midnight count, with penalties possible for late federal filings. IRS and State Franchise Board offices in Long Beach will stay open late to assist.
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Los Angeles
State Franchise Board
Heartwell
Pina Ave
Long Beach
3Rd St
American Ave
Schools Refuse Site for Hospital on West Side
Board of Education members said they will keep their school property on the city’s west side rather than turn it over to the federal government for possible use as a naval hospital site.
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Board of Education
J Board
Hill St
Webster “Ave
Douglas A. Newcomb
NAVY
Locust Ave
City Council sets hearing on parking rule deadlock
A two year dispute over off street parking regulations nears final action as the City Council schedules a second hearing next Tuesday at 2 p.m. to break a deadlock between the ordinance committee and the City Planning Commission. The planning board reaffirmed a one space per unit rule except in the central district where a one for two ratio would be allowed.
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City Planning Commission
Esc Ae
Set Dollar Clinics for Polio Shots to Start April 27
A Long Beach polio immunization drive begins April 27 under the City Polio Immunization Committee led by City Manager Sam E. Vickers. Salk vaccine will cost $1 per injection at two school sites and the City Health Department nightly 6 to 9 p.m., with sites rotating and numbers limited to keep vaccine costs down. Free clinics continue at Community, St. Mary’s, and Seaside hospitals from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, plus Osteopathic Hospital offering free shots 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Long Beach
Sam E. Vickers
City Health Department
Pine Ave
Los Angeles County Medical Assn
Community
St. Mary's
Seaside
Woman 22 Shoots Self After Coffee Claim
Lula Mac York, 22, of 1152 E 2nd St Apt 2, narrowly survived a self inflicted pistol shot that lodged near her spine at Harbor General Hospital Torrance. Donald H Schaefer, 30, of 4211 E 4th St Apt 5, reported Miss York abruptly stated I feel like killing myself while they were together.
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Lula Mac’ York
2Nd St. Apt
Harbor General Hospital
Torrance
Donald H. Schaefer
4Th St. Apt. 5
Miss York
Dim View of Rate Hikes Dim View of Rate Hikes
City records show a violent confrontation over a proposed rate increase involving a .28 caliber handgun and a revolver. Schaefer and Southern Counties Gas personnel seized the weapons, emptied bullets, and a firearm discharged during a tense incident with Miss York present. Five bullets were counted. a sixth chamber remained loaded.
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Long Beach
California
Schaefer
Hearings Ordered On Southern California Applications
Members of the Bureau of Franchises directed their chief engineer Henry E. Jordan to participate in hearings on both applications before the State Public Utilities Commission. Southern California's case is set for April 20 in Los Angeles seeking added revenue of 5,440,000 dollars, about 4.4 percent of annual income.
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Bureau of Franchises
Henry E. Jordan
State Public Utilities Commission
Southern California
Los Angeles
City Cool to Hill Fire Bid
Long Beach council weighing a Signal Hill offer to take over fire protection in a possible inter city contract. Six to three vote referred the proposal to City Manager Sam E. Vickers with mixed opinions among council members. Dissenters urged immediate rejection citing a prior police contract dispute with Signal Hill and urging cheaper service elsewhere if that was the aim. Moyle said officials favor studying the plan and arranging a meeting to explore a contract that would merge Signal Hill Fire Department into a new arrangement.
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Long Beach City
Signal Hill
Sam E. Vickers
Signal_ Hill
Ben’. Moyle
Long Beach
D.pat Ahern
Charles R. Dooley
Robert F. Crow
Why buy a new car in the era of rising living standards
Harold E. Churchill of Studebaker-Packard endorses Long Beach dealers sales push. He links auto industry growth to higher living standards, noting employment doubling, annual car sales tripling, and 52.5 million vehicles in 1958. He says one in seven citizens depends on automotive work.
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Harold E. Churchill
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Long Beach Automobiles
Churchill
America
United States
Long Beach Area
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South St
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Seal Beach
Peter Hayes
Seal Way
Internal, Revenue Service
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Frederick T. Chamberlen
Realtors
Karen Krancus
Long Beach Board of Realtors
Miss Krancus
Cummings Realty
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James G. Magnall
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