Improved Fire Department Is Goal of Proposition 5
Long Beach officials outline Proposition 5 upgrades including ten runway hydrants and new stations at Broadway Gaviota Avenue Appleton Street Cherry Avenue Pioneer Boulevard and Marina area. Fire Chief Leonard Foster notes modern facilities to meet city growth and high rise protection per study by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
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Broadway
Gaviota Avenue
Appleton Street
Cherry Avenue
Pioneer Boulevard
Carson Street
East Long Beach
Peterson Avenue
Eighth Street
Redondo Avenue
Fourth Street
Loma Avenue
Marina
Pacific Coast Highway
Los Cerritos Channel
National Board of Fire
Wns
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Bette
Wne
Fire Chilef Leonard Foster
Long Beach Narco Kingpin Arrested in Dope Ring Sweep
Police claim Richard W. Harpo Finlay, 30, labeled the area’s biggest heroin peddler, was arrested near his San Pedro to Long Beach home after six months under surveillance. Officers found a half ounce of heroin in his residence. Finlay, reportedly a San Quentin felon, faces four felony narcotics counts.
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Long Beach
Willis Penhollow
Penhollow
Richard. .W
Harpo) Finlay
San Pedro
Finlay
Hey
San Quentin
L B Firm Accused of Price Rig
L B Firm Accused of Price Rig details Parker Walter 5 Parker 36 of 11922 Davenport Road Los Alamitos and three others arrested by FBI on Boise Grand Jury indictment charging conspiracy and fraud in selling airplane and fissile parts to the U S government Parker president of Park C Firm Long Beach arraigned bail set at 10 He and three men are accused of conspiring to sell missile pad aircraft components at excessive prices to Hughes Aircraft Mountain Home Idaho
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Los Alamitos
Walter 5. Parker
Davenport Road
Parker
Park C Firm
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach
U.S
Theodore Hocke
Los Angeles
Frederick James Hublager Jr
Manhattan Beach
William J. Rooke
San Valley
Jay Sanders
San Fernando
Hughes Aircraft Co
Mountain Horne
Idaho
Ridder Adopts Son Thomas Payné Le Bousquet
iH H Ridder adopts son Thomas Payné Le Bousquet in Judge John McCarthy's Superior Court. Ridder Publications president and Independent Press Telegram publisher Mr. Ridder legally adopts the child, with Le Basquet family visiting from Montclair New Jersey.
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Thomas Payné le Bousquet
Hernan H. Ridder
Long Bench
John McCarthy
Superior Court
Ridder
Mrs. le Basquet
Long Beach
Monteleir Synday
Death notices fragment for Los Angeles area figures
Obituaries list multiple local residents including James H. Tlaper farty 54 of Los Angeles and Loyd L Sr 82 of Surfline Place with surviving family. Services are noted at Pierce Brothers Mortuary in Inglawood, and Mottell’s Peek Mortuary is mentioned for local arrangements. Additional entries name Eliza beth McBowell 69 and Deborah Betterton infant among others with service details and survivor lists.
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Tlapferty
James H
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Mabel
Mnerva Hathaway
Pierce Brothers Mortuary
Inglawood
Gqugh—Loyd L, Sr
Lloyd L, Jr
Dangstee
M. P la Chapelle
Memphis
Tenn
Mottell's & Peek Mortuary
Arcey
Ted S
Pine Ave
Matilde
Teddy Jr
Paul
Del
Luper Trujeque
Sheelar-Meladyen Mor- O'Regan
Caroline R
Sixth St
Holy Innocents
Sheelar - McFadyen
Mary Huff
Catherine Brotherton
Beatrice
Whitney
William
Nicholson
Bellflower
Georgia, Clinard
John A. Miller
Prospect Ave
John M
Herberts
Has- Jones
Elia Lasband
Albert S
F. Clif+well
Laura Price
Ford
A. del
Ruby Darby
Gladys Lines
Arkanas
W. Coon Beveridge
Martha Pal
Iver
W. Coon
Dernserger
Calvin P
Litchfield Ave
Childrens
First Haiti IBC Entry Registered at International Beauty Congress
Haiti is sending its first contestant to the International Beauty Congress in Long Beach. Miss Mireille Hollant, a 21 year old clerk, will compete as Miss Haiti. The former kindergarten teacher is highlighted as Haiti’s entrant for 1962 with Madagascar also returning contestants, according to IBC executive producer Oscar Meinhardt.
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Hait
Long Beach
Mireille Hollant
Partan Pringe
Oscar Meinhardt
IBC
Aig Rat
Madagascar
Meinhardt
Leader of Coin Box Theft Ring Sentenced to 15 Years
The leader of a Southern California coin box theft ring was sentenced to up to 15 years in state prison after a Superior Court appearance. Garrett Milton Ramsey, 27, of Fort Worth Texas, headed a gang active in eight eastern and southern states. A co-defendant, Oscar Lee Phelps, 30, received three years probation with four months in County Jail. Ramsey faces pending murder and burglary charges in Texas.
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California
Garrett Milton Ramsey
Ft. Worth
Tex
Superior Court
Maurice C. Sparling
Ramsey l
Texas
Sparling
Oscar Lee Phelps
Sully Miller Bid on Paramount Widening Project
Sully MIller Contracting Co of Long Beach offered a low bid of $54,539 on Wednesday at City Hall for widening Paramount Boulevard between 63rd and Artesia Street. Plans call for expanding the 30 foot roadway to 82 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullysminner Contracting Co
Long Beach
City Hall
Paramount Boulevard
Artesia Street
TH NOT DEAF Unver oaema conditions and urges for living aid
A fragmentary note from Ind. Press Teleeiam requests information on medical devices and comfort aids. It mentions aBlessing, natural sound, and a plea for guidance on how to obtain equipment to improve breathing, heat, and life quality. The sender signs as Bor 4191, Lea Beth.
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Ind
Teleeiam
Bor
Lea Beth
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Municipal Auditorium
Chuck Peterson
Ken Dodge
Julius Grahnquist
Skip Mays
L.B
Ih. H. Ridder
McBowell
Elizabeth
Pacific Ave
E. Dale Carter
Ralph Laible
Arthur Woods
Mottell's & Peek Mortary
Christie
Mes
Eva Ly
Fourth St
Mottell’s & Peck’ Mortuary
Vivlel
Doris Wilcox
Edward R
Robert Wil
Joel R
Lois Bakery
Service
Span
Modell
S & Peele
Moriuacy
Parks
Dayton N
Marion W
Dayton Jr
Jerome P
Modell's & Peek Mortuary
Arey
Millie H
Ardelle Mae Haupt
Mona C. Black
Oliver
Ernest
Howard
S'Ters
May Culver
Ethel M. Evans
B. W. Coon Funneral
Elie
First
Haiti
Pete
TBC
Miss Haitl
A, Wey
Lakewggd
Lakewood
Bolsa Chica Beach
Mary Margaret
Thornburg
Briercrest Ave
Ramsey
Sully-Miller
Paramount
Maniny N Aubey
E. F.C
S. Belli
GE Tortaneay
Anaheim
W. Lincoln Aves
Santa Anat
Main St
Dos Angeles
Didi
Rose Hills
Mortuary
Beautiful
Rose Hills Memorial
Park
Warkman Mill Road
Whittier
Oxford
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