New Trial Sought in $277,884 Damage Award Case
Lawyers for the Board of Education will ask a Friday court to grant a new trial in the $277,884 damage award to the parents of Virginia A. Lehmuth, a City College coed injured by a runaway trailer during a 1955 homecoming parade. The case, the largest jury award in a Los Angeles County damage suit, was handed down in October and the board has hired attorney C. Ramsom Samuelson to assist county counsel and insurers.
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Board of Education
City College
Virginia A. Lehmuth
C. Ransom Samuelson
Long Beach Unified
Los Angeles
Charles Lehmuth
Ostrom
Arthur A. Knoll
Iaid Samuelson
Hamilton
Marshall
Stanford
Knoll
Oor
Lakewood County Pact Extended Five-Year Term
The Lakewood City Council and County Supervisors approve a five year extension of the general services agreement. The pact runs for five years beginning June 3, 1958, continuing Lakewood’s practice of obtaining fire police and engineering services from the county at cost.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Lakewood
Governent
Lakewood Names New CC Leader
Francis Cannon of 3906 Woodruff Ave was elected Monday as president of the Greater Lakewood Chamber of Commerce succeeding Attorney M. Ross Bigelow. The new chamber president, manager of Lakewood Mortuary, has six years of civic service, is immediate past president of the Lakewood Lions Club and the Lakewood Rose Float Association, and has served as chamber director and vice president in earlier years. Other new officers were chosen at.
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Francis Cannon
Woodruff Ave
Lakewood
Character of Commerce
Ross Bigelow
New
Lakewood Mortuary
Lakewood Lions Club
Lakewood Rose Float Assa
Chamber
Beckham brothers face Compton theft case transfer
The Beckham brothers ages 20 and 18 were sent to Compton police after alleged armed robbery at Gross Pharmacy in Long Beach. Jack Beckham admitted forging about $1000 in stolen checks. a 15-year-old girl companion was sent to Juvenile Hall as a transient in danger of an immoral life. Police link additional robberies in Huntington Park Phoenix and Yakima before Long Beach. The suspects, parole violators, say the stolen cash funded cars clothing and living expenses.
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Beckham Brothers
Compton
Jack Beckham
Long Beach
Los Angeles
C. A. Wiggins
James
Long Beech Blvd
Huntington Park
Phoenix
Yakima
Wash
Action Delayed on School Buses
The City Bureau of Franchises postponed action on a proposed ordinance requiring private school buses to meet state safety standards. Representatives from three private schools discussed the matter during a luncheon at Mody’s Restaurant as they submitted inspections of their buses. The issue will be taken up again at the Bureau meeting on January 15.
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City Bureau of Franchises
Chamber
Mody’s
Dick Partnell
Viediate Schools
Bureau
Ernie McGill
Tor
Beryl Lin
Mottall
W. G. Nichols
Local Died Survives Marital and Family Notices
Obituary notices list names, ages, and addresses including Glenn Charles Ross 69 and Davidson 67 with surviving relatives and service details at Mottell's and Peek Mortuary, plus many others such as Isaac Gadard 65 and Farnan 55 with graveside or church services, reflecting a community death notice page with multiple survivors and funeral arrangements.
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Glenn
Charles Ross
Eard
Wiliam R
Dorothy Bromiley
Mottell’s
Plan for Use of Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Site OKed
The Marina Advisory Committee approved a revised plan for scarce Alamitos Bay land. The city will not renew the lease with Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, moving powerboat launches to sailboat use, and projects to relocate the yacht club near Basin 1. A large community clubhouse and new ramps for boating groups are proposed west of the launching area.
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Alamitos Bay
Marina Advisory Committee
Dana E. Brown
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
Bay Beach
Bay Shore Playground
Recreation Department
Yacht Club
Basin 1
Appian Way
Chan|’ Wal
Marina
Es Po
Marine Stadium
Long Beach
Long, Beach Outpoard
Merine Stadium
Death ties record for traffic toll
Deaths from traffic crashes reached 56 for the year as 73 year old Joseph A Hibbert died after being struck while crossing a street. He was injured hours earlier near the alley between American and Locust Avenues. The driver was 57 year old Florence H Mead. Hibbert died at Seaside Hospital and was taken to Mottel's and Peak Mortuary.
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Joseph .A. Hibbert
Virginia CL
Hibbert
1St St
American
Locust Aves
Eley
Ross
Florence H.mead
Myrtle Ave
Three Sailors Rescue Woman From Bridge Jump Attempt
Mary Wanda Harbin, 23, of Wilmington, tried to jump from the Ocean Blvd bridge. Three sailors, William Bietler George R Holloway and Early Clark, grabbed her as she fell midair after an erratic drive and intoximeter test. She said it was her business if she chose to jump.
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Ocean Blvd
Wwitnests
Mary Wanda Herbin
W. F St
Wilmington
Long Beach
William Bietler
George R. Holloway
Early Clark
Miss Harbin
Miss Harbln
Shoe Stores Man Fosholdt Dies at 73
Funeral services for Gabriel Fosholdt 73 of 58 Walnut Ave are set for Wednesday at 10 30 am at Patterson Snively Chapel He founded and operated the three Children s Bootery shoe stores in town He had resided here 34 years Survived by widow Leona sons Ray Glendon Loyal daughter Wanda Thrasher brother Harold and sisters Mary Nelson Matha Christenson Betty Fosholdt Isabelle Fosholdt Memorials to Heart Fund or Our Saviour s Lutheran Church are requested.
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Gabriel Fosholdt
Walnut Ave
Patterson & Snively Chapel
Fosholdt
Heve
Leona
Ray
Glendom
Loyal
Mary Nelson
Matha Christenson
Betty Fosholdt
Isabelle Fosholdt
Virgil F. Bjerke
Heart
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Two Charged in Broadway Purses Robbery Case
District attorney issued a complaint Monday against Hillard R. Robertson 23 and Goratha Murphy 20 both of Bakersfield. They allegedly snatched a purse containing 20 dollars from Ruby M. Hopkins 71 of 426 West 4th Street in the 00 block of West Broadway. The alleged victim reported the incident Friday as two men were captured.
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District Attorney's Office
Hillard R. Robertson
Goratha, Murphy
Bakersfield
Ruby M. Hopkins
W. 4Th St
Wbroadway
Cub Scout Richard Kelley Wins Moon Trip Prize
Nine year old Richard Kelley of Toledo Wins first prize in a Moon trip essay contest sponsored by the Long Beach Ad Club. He imagines a Sputnik shaped rocket carrying 22 men, built from heat proof metal, to the moon. He writes as a keen observer of astronomy hoping to be among first on the moon and seeks answers about lunar life and questions.
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Richard Keller
Toledo Walk
Long Beach
Ad Club
Noel Cody
Grace Walton
Richard
Kelley
Toledo Welk
Odor Sparks Air Pollution District Response East of Long Beach
Two APCD air pollution control district cars were sent to the area east of Long Beach Municipal Airport Monday night after residents reported an overwhelming odor. The vehicles detected the smell but had not traced its source by midnight. Police and APCD notes say numerous calls described the odor as a garlic and sulfur mix.
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Air ‘Pollution Control District
Long Beach Municipal
APCD
Long Beach
Police Training Emphasizes Professional, Objective Officers
Training before active duty stresses not being badge heavy and treating citizens with respect. Instructors urge officers to document statements, remain factual, and earn public trust, noting jurors may later rely on citizen testimony over police claims. The program aims to produce trained observers who balance enforcement with civil respect, shaping careers in law enforcement.
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Compton
Navel Reservist Unit Earns Commandant's Trophy Honor
Naval Reserve unit MSTS Company 110 percent named top non pay unit in the 7th Naval District for fiscal year 1957. The unit will receive the Commandant's General Excellence Trophy at 7 80 p m next Tuesday at the USNR Training Center in San Pedro. Captain Wilfred J Garner notes eight officer vacancies across 1105 and 1405 classifications.
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Navel Reserve Msts
Naval Reserve
Willoe
USNR
San Pedro
7Th Naval District
Wilfred J. Garner
Appian Way
Teacher Injured in Garden Grove Car Collision
Lucille Cassidy Delaney a 33 year old teacher at Bryant School Garden Grove suffered severe injuries when her car collided with a vehicle driven by Wesley B. Russet of Garden Grove. She was thrown from the car and taken to Garden Grove Hospital in reportedly satisfactory condition. Wall ace R Asdel of Los Angeles named manager of Southwestern sales district of Intertype Co. makers of typesetting machinery announced by Alden T Mann Jr. senior vice president. Southwestern district covers Southern California Arizona New Mexico and El Paso Texas.
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Intertype Aid
Wallace R. Asdel
Los Angeles
Intertype Co
Alden T. Mann Jr
California
Arizona
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Lucille Cassidy Delaney
Ladoga Ave
Teach N Bryant
Gari Grove
Wesley B. Russet
Trasis Ave
Garden Grove
Delaney
Magnoli Ava
Orangewood St
Orange County
Gardery’ Grove Hospital
Library Exhibit Honors Human Rights Day in Long Beach
The Long Beach Public Library science and technology department displays a special exhibit for Human Rights Day. It features copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations on December 10, 1948, related volumes, and a film collection including OF Human Rights. Robert C. Walker notes the declaration aims for a common standard of achievement for all peoples and nations.
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Science and Technology
Long Beach
United Nations General Assem
Robert C. Walker
American Assn
United Nations
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Tory Marques
James Rasmussen
Ben Cortz
Roy Peets
Lincoln Park
ALS
Poly High School
Francis MM. Lowry
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al Nasiut
Goddard — Isaac
Sebree
Bellflower, Blvd
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Yvonne Aji
Carma Pavlosvich
All Souls Come
Tery
Ellenwood
Sylvester M
Hollywood
Mildred
Orval
Delbert
Martin
Penick—H. Clay
Groom
Ganel
Yom Graham
Shelley Hopgood
Millie Horton
Jennie Surrows
Patterson & Snively Mortuary
Anderson
Florence ML
van Buren St
Lester B
Virginia Osburn
Rosary
Jaxnes
Robert
Lopez Mortuary
Carfax Ave
Nancy
Dilam
St. Lury's Church
Fraser
Daniel Ogeph
Arbor Rd
Hoplscher
Charles
Euclid Avé
Lily May
Gregory
Mabel
Blanche
John
Auise
Nancy Mary
B. W. Coon i Emmil
Fabera
Equire Camel
Wawel
Anne Wilfred Louis
St. Pancratius Church
Rommey
Palmér Barreniece
Royal Lavel
Woon—Leiwis Fi
Mottell’s & Peck
Daylota
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Den 3
Jay
Toll
Stovall
Sach
Chevrolet
Erman Peasis
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