Sheriff’s Rodeo Brings Hollywood Flair to Local Coliseum
Reporter recalls the annual Sheriff’s Rodeo hosted by Sheriff Pete Pitchess at the Coliseum. A highlight was Larry McKinney’s daring vault over Brahma bulls, leaving him injured but back soon. The piece also honors Walter Case, longtime editor and author who preserved local history through columns and four books.
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Pete Pitchess
Pitchess
Hollywood
Bro. Pitchess
Larry McKinney
Napa
McKinney
Walter Case
Imade
Focal
Focal History
Mr. Case
Avalon Boasts Big League Basketball Pros on Catalina
Four of Avalon Islands top sportsmen led by a Long Beach Millikan coach brought their big league style to the resort for a Long Beach School District summer recreation program. Howard Lyon combines coaching with employment at Standard Oil and district duties, supported by referees Hickey Rohlik Rigby and Gibson as Avalon’s league grows.
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Mary
Neiswender
Catalina Island
Long Beach
Howard Lyon
Senasac Ave
Millikan Migt
Standard Oil Company
Frank Hickey -Rohlik
Lyon
Avalon
8Ohick
Sterling Rigby
Avalon High
Howard Lyons West
Frank Hickey Rohlik
Impressions of England II Bridge in London
John Dixon, staff writer for the Independent Press-Telegram, shares observations from a London bridge visit as part of a Europe tour ahead of the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. The note outlines a series of articles detailing impressions across Europe.
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John Dixon
Independent, Press-Telegram
Europe
Rome
Port Row Progress in Settlement Talks at Meeting
Shipowners and union leaders held separate talks in London and Los Angeles area to resolve the cargo handling dispute that tied up Long Beach and Los Angeles harbors for two weeks. Officials plan a joint program to hire a labor relations firm to investigate the standoff and aim for an immediate recovery.
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Snather Joiint
Union
Long Beach
Los Angeles
John Delon
London
Hacbors
Los Angeles Harbor
Long Beach Harbor
Addison Debts May Exceed Two Million Dollars
Denver attorney Milton Benger said Addison debtor John Milton Addison may owe more than 2 million dollars and that lender claims total over 1 million. He noted the rest will come from other creditors as Addison faces a creditors meeting in his federal bankruptcy case held by referee Elmore Whitehurst. Addison was in Flagstaff Arizona for an illegals restraint suit.
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Dallas
Denver
Colo
John Milton Addison
Milton Benger
Addison
Berger
Elmore Whitehurst
Flagstaff
Ariz
Peninsula erosion plan delayed by city council
City engineers proposed a 154000 plan for erosion repair along Alamitos Bay Peninsula including a 100 foot wall to shield a landfill and bay and ocean side fills. Council deferred action after a 30 minute session, while the Alamitos Bay Community Interest Association urged delaying decision until a broader erosion study is completed.
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Alamitas Bay
Bay
Ocean
Jess D. Gilkerson
Gilst
63Th Places
Entrance Channel
Gilkerson
Bert B. Bond
School plans contract approved for Newcomb School
Board of Education members Monday authorized administrators to enter a contract for drawing plans and specifications for the $300,000 Douglas A. Newcomb School. The agreement provides a $52,200 fee to architect Hugh Gibbs for a new facility to sit on a 14 acre site east of El Dorado Park, on a $200,000 area.
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Board of Education
Douglas A. Newcomb
Hugh Gibbs
el Dorado Park
Vickers Tabs Businessmen for Planners
City Manager Sam E. Vickers named two businessmen to the seven member Planning Commission T. V. Cassady and Jerald S. Jacobse. Cassady will fill the unexpired term to July 1962 after recent retirement as president of Lomita Gasoling Co. Jacobse plans to head a project building nearly one thousand homes in the area through Construction Co. No start date set for construction.
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T. V. Cassady
Jerald S. Jacobse
Sam E. Vickers
Planning Commission
Eves
Cassady
Lomita Gasoling Co
G. H. Culbertson
Culbertson
California Congress of Parents and ‘Teachers
Jacobs
5 & & Construction Co
Leslie
Smith
X15 flier says 100 mile limit shows engineering bounds
Long Beach speech by Al White outlines X15 capabilities and limits. He notes engines will push altitudes toward 60 miles, but reentry from higher heights would fail due to heat and structure. X15 pilots may reach about 58 miles with Mach 6.5 speed and possible eight minutes weightlessness. Crossfield praised for readiness, not recklessness, in the program.
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al White
North American Aviation
Long Beach State College
White
Long Beach Convention Boosters View City Through Tourists Eyes
Howard Jones, manager of Long Beach, says convention planners should tour the city with outsiders to gauge what visitors see. He notes locals often miss what outsiders notice and suggests that tourism-informed planning drives most conventions to choose a city.
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Grace Walton
Jim Crocker
Long Beach Convention Bureau
Bureau
Long Beach
Howard Jones
Jhome
Thelthe Bureau
Angie. Ing
Jones
Policy Decision by L B City Council Trigger Factor in Bus Company Sale
Long Beach policy talks on the sale of Long Beach Motor Bus Co. stagnated as the MTA negotiates a purchase framework. City officials weigh value, with talks paused amid deliberations over the price and service implications. The deal involves MTA rules, PUC expectations, and potential service impacts in Long Beach Glendale and Pasadena.
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L.B. City
George Eres
Metropolitan Transit
Nicipal Bus
Pines
Mies
Ing
Longsa
Beach Motor Bus Co
MTA
Long Beach
PUC
Motor Bus Co
Long Beach Motor Bus 'Co
National City
Ines
Gllendale
Pasadena
Long Beaches Motor Bus
Negatia
Fragmented city emergency call log of scattered incidents
A chaotic list of emergency responses since noon Monday includes accidents on 323 mggaoa Ave and 705 Lone Beach Bird, fires at 1754 Atlantic, 340 Harco St, a sick call at 1240 Loma Vista, and multiple mentions of streets like Spring, Palo Verde, Maine, and Pacific Avenues. The report cites water heater overheated issues and unnamed responses, with several garbled entries and unclear times.
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Trafic
Atlantic
Ethel
Loma Vista
Maine Ave
Aik
Spring Street
Palo Verde Avenue
Wallis pAceigeal
Carson Saree
Akeword Bouleward
A. Fo
Pacihic
Fombia Ave
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Lyons
Mike Gibson
Tleigh
Press-Gelegram
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England
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London Bridge
Vesar Stone
Lan Via
Sawbridgeworth
Council
Peninsula
Gist Place
Vickers Tabs Businessmen
Ben Zinser
Lou Miles
Scott Crossfield
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