Long Beach Home-O-Rama Discount Tickets Go Out
Discount tickets for the Long Beach Home-O-Rama are being distributed by mail through General Telephone. Thousands of tickets will be available at Davy Lumber Co Fountain Electric and local building materials firms with more points to follow. The tickets cut admission by about half for the March 15 show at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium with displays, entertainment, a queen contest and children’s playhouses. Loren Evans reports the Heart Fund drive has surpassed $29,000 as first returns come in.
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Long Beach
Davy Lumber Co
Fountain Electric
Southern California Edison Co
Bond Stoves
Compton-Harmon Building Materials Co
Norman Scott
Loren H. Evans
Long Beach Heart Association
First Heart Fund Campaign Seeks Record Total
Early returns from the 1961 heart fund drive show promising momentum. Marvin Tincher reports mail contributions already indicate a sharp rise over 1960, with totals expected to top 29 000 to 41 000, plus about 25 000 from door-to-door canvassing. A further update is planned for February 24.
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Ac ‘Tincher
Marvin Tincher
Pear
Runaway Boy Hunted by Officers
Lakeport California officers search for a 4 year old boy who ran away from home on Sunday. A mystery bright object seen in the sky west of Lakeport for about 30 minutes drew attention from residents. George Sneed, 14, left home at 9 p.m. and his family watched the object until 9:25 p.m. Two photographs were taken. observers described a bright spinning object about ten times Venus in brightness. No other sightings reported to the sheriff.
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Lakeport
Calif
Siice
Here
Beverly Hall
Robert Sneed
Lance
George
Cow Mountain
Victor
Sneed
Venus
Sheriff's Office
Wedding bells for John and Ruth Craig in San Fernando
Juvenile officers questioned as waterfront workers report a romance between 71 year old Los Angeles County assessor R Quinn and 60 year old Ruth Craig a San Francisco bankruptcy legal secretary. The couple planned a ceremony at the Fuller ton home of Quinns daughter with Rev W Clarence Wright officiating. They became engaged a month earlier after meeting in 1941 at an American Legion committee meeting.
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Los Angeles
John
R. Quinn
Ruth Craig
Abisco
Defendant Drunk in Court Jailed for Contempt
Samuel Douglas, 35, of nearby Braiduck, on trial in Allegheny County Criminal Court, was jailed for 10 days for contempt after the judge found him intoxicated while testifying. He faced charges of possession of moonshine.
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Pittsburgh
Samuel Douglas
Braiduck
Allegheny County
Loran L. Lewis
Douglas
Rockefeller Foundation Gives 1.5 Million to MoMA Redevelopment
The Rockefeller Foundation pledged 1.5 million dollars toward MoMA's 25 million redevelopment drive, announced in New York. The gift supports modernization efforts at the Museum of Modern Art amid ongoing fundraising.
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Art
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Tthe
Museum of Modern Art
Foundation
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ILE Toys
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Artesia Street
George Hall
John Quinn
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Chorty
Grayson
Black & Decker
Kaiser Twin Rib
Mara
Aluminum Light & Sturdy
Wwanneth
Ironing Board
Reliance Aluminum Co
U. 5S
SEAR
K Black & Deckery
Forrest Willer
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Johns-Man, Ville
A. Markoff
Bob Wehrle
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