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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1965
Page
13
Bridge electrician Tom Mannion of 1030 Bloomwood Road San Pedro installed one star atop the harbor bridge this year and added a second star on the other tower, marking a bright annual display.
Death notices list multiple individuals with ages and partial surviving relatives. Entries include Neil W. Philips 78 formerly of Long Beach, Bertha Kettering 78, Vincente Aguirre 71, Ralph E. Garrett 82, Alina Steadman 84, Walter G. Riley 50, Orpha Beery Sr, Clara Pierce 79, Katherine Weselake 84, with services scheduled at local Mortuaries and churches in Westminster, Cypress, and surrounding communities.
Thomas Enver Omohundro, 72, retired Wilmington furniture dealer with residences in Long Beach and Hemet, will be buried at 1:20 pm Tuesday at Mattell's Mortuary. He founded Community Furniture Co. in Wilmington and later merged it with another firm before retirement last April. Survived by wife Avis, stepsons Robert and Jack Vinson, daughters Jane Woodward and Sara McDaniel, brother Thad, former Press-Telegram writer, and cousin Baxter Omohundro of the Independent Press-Telegram National Bureau.
Police report a pre-dawn break in at The Wardrobe, 1057 E Ar see it Blvd, with about 10 suits stolen worth 700 dollars. Owner Ernest Pardl noted damaged premises and suspects fled. investigation underway.
Harbor boss Charles L. Vickers and his wife Hazel were honored at a Sunday dinner attended by 316 maritime workers at the Lafayette Hotel. The event, sponsored by ILWU Local 13, raised 19000 for a City of Hope cancer research foundation named in their honor. Vickers, with 40 years in port development, began as a port engineer in 1925 and became manager in 1960s era.
A robber sipped beer and played the jukebox before robbing Kelly's Bay at 5371 Long Beach Blvd. early today. Bartender Waldo J. Roberts, 48, said the gunman demanded cash from the register and a steel box, then fled via a rear door after forcing a bartender to lie behind the bar. Patron Larry Bennett, 22, was ignored during the incident.
Sixty five Kalihi Oat Pop Warner football players aged 12 to 14 arrive Thursday for two games and a five day exchange with Lakewood and Bellflower teams. Bellflower Colts meet Kalihi Falcons in an Apple Bowl at Bellflower High Saturday at 8 p.m. while Kalihi faces Lakewood Banlansia in a Christmas Bowl at Lakewood High. The visitors tour Disneyland and other Southland attractions before departing December 21.
An advertisement promises rapid relief from heartburn and indigestion with Armitone. It claims the product soothes stomach discomfort from excess acidity and offers long lasting effectiveness like milk.
Four bids opened at City Hall for widening 10th Street between Roswell and Park Avenues. Eric L. Peterson of Long Beach placed the lowest bid at 41,688 dollars, while Sully-Miller Contracting Co. submitted the second-lowest at 42,18 dollars. The city had estimated the cost at 39,113 dollars.
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