Who Wears the Pants In This Old Debate
A mix of opinion clips on whether women dominate men, with remarks from Fanny Hurst in Los Angeles and local takes from Long Beach City College students. Anecdotes include a cashier’s wife, a bakery truck chase, and museum chatter about art and handwriting, ending with a child’s humorous request to use the toilet.
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Fanny Hurst
L.A
Tke P
Long Beach City College
U. S
Spain
America
City College
Don Drury
Spaniel Recruit Becomes Seaman on Coast Guard Cutter
Shamus the black spaniel, aboard Coast Guard cutter Pontchartrain, earns promotion from recruit to Seaman and lives aboard Ocean Station November with 125 crew including guardsmen and four civilians. The dog, invited by machinist’s mate Merle J. MelGrady, enjoys ship life, meals on the mess deck, and climbing ladders as a faithful crew member.
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Bob Whearley
Coast Guard
Pontchartrain
Shamus
William L
Elm Ave
Long Beach
Shamus Sean O'Pontch
Coast
Long
Drach
Pontch
Merle J. MelGrady
Olive Ave
Bellflower
Pantech
John H. Guest
Josie J Ave
Liewiltenant
McGrady
Ocean Station
Elvirans
Sand
Pistol-Pointing Wife Fends Off Intruder at Dawn
Mrs Collen Banbury of Lemon Avenue spotted a shadow outside her bedroom as her husband left for work. A man entered and asked for a dollar. She retrieved a pistol and ordered him to leave, firing no shots and prompting the intruder to flee.
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Allyhoo
Dorothy Liermark
Brayton Ave
Herj
Collen T. Banbury
Satan
Lemon Ave
Douglas Aircraft reports earnings decline and job cuts for 1958
Douglas Aircraft Co. on Monday reported declines in earnings and employment for 1958 versus 1957 and warned of further reductions in 1959. Net earnings fell to 816.85 million dollars on 3.82 million shares, while 72 thousand workers remained on payroll, down from 78 thousand in 1957. The company blamed adverse conditions, write-offs of 67.7 million related to the DC8 program, lower DC7 deliveries, government renegotiation payments, and rising costs, though missile business grew strongly to a company high of 435.6 million dollars.
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Peay
Douglas
Font, J
Burglary Stole 1414 From Doctors Office at Pacific Ave
Police report a burglar stole 1414 dollars in cash and office furnishings from the offices of Drs Ward G De Witt and Francis M Neff at 2800 Pacific Avenue. Amount and items seized, investigation ongoing.
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Drs. Ward G. De‘Witt
Francis M. Neff
Pacific Ave
Health Parley Opens With 150 Delegates In Lafayette
About 1 500 delegates from across California assemble at the Lafayette Hotel for a three day convention of the California Association for Health and Welfare. Dr Guy Swanson of the University of Michigan will open with a talk on The Child in Contemporary America. The theme is Making People Independent.
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California
9th St Bridge Opens Soon Across LA River
City Manager Sam E. Vickers announced the Robert R. Shoemaker Bridge across the Los Angeles River at 7th and 9th Streets will be ready for use April 1. A network of ramps is largely complete with further connections planned to link the Long Beach Freeway to downtown.
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Los Angeles River
7Th and 9Th Sts
Sam E. Vickers
Vickers
Suesta
7Th St
6Th St
Long Beach
Broadway
Ocean Blvd
Santa Cri
Dope Purge Spurs Weekend Arrests Across LA County
More than 200 suspected drug dealers and users were captured in Los Angeles area raids after secret grand jury indictments. Over four months investigators spent 8000 dollars conducting 170 undercover purchases of heroin marijuana and other narcotics with more arrests expected.
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Los Angeles
Lomite- Torance
Grand Jury
Two Nabbed After Holdup of Store in Long Beach
Two Torriner men were arrested near midnight in Silver's Liquor Store robbery investigation. Bonjansin College student 18 of 1303 W 218th St and Louis Jeanlet 26 of 21016 Shearer Ave were booked. Officers Rollin L. Barlow and Everette P. Potter made the arrest.
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Torriner
Bonjansin College
It’s a Boy Stork Aided by Ambulance Drivers
Emergency crew and firefighters assisted Gertrude N. Baker in a 5:15 a m birth en route to Seaside Hospital. Howard Baker called at a service station on Bellflower Blvd and Los Coyotes Diagonal. The 6 pound 3 ounce boy is the Bakers’ third child, with a 12 year old brother and a prior home birth assisted by county firemen.
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Fire Department
Gertrude N. Baker
Brookside
Garden Grove
Robert Black
Paul Finely
Dixie Accent Vanishing Arlene Howell Seeks Drama Roles
Beauty queen Arlene Howell returned to Long Beach for a Red Cross Benefit Show and rehersed as a chorus girl. The 24 year old former Miss USA spoke of wanting dramatic parts, noted by her fiancé Paul La Caya. She discussed accent changes and past predictions, and ruled out cheesecake photo shoots.
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Arlene Howell
Long Beach
Red Cross
Municipal Auditorium
Miss Howell
Paul la Caya
Stork
Warner Pearance
Leona Gage
Brothers
Studio
Jas
Maryland
Leona
Arlene
la Cava
Jeneer
Drive-in Draft Office Opens Harbor Area for Inductees
The Harbor area draft office moves to 532 5th St on Friday, freeing parking nearby and expanding capacity to 53,000 registrants. Since 1948 draftees walked to the old 1st St. office amid limited parking. staff will no longer offer curbside service for grand opening. Thirty-eight men are slated for induction Feb 25 with 26 volunteering, and the Long Beach office will continue tracking registrants for five boards across multiple cities.
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Fice
Harbor Area
1St St
Patricia A. Fish
Atlantic Ave
Two Boys Injured After Running Into Moving Car
Two Lakewood boys aged two and five were hurt Monday night when they ran into a moving car in front of the Michael J. Goodrich home. Michael J. Goodrich 5832 Whitewood Ave suffered a possible skull fracture and Dennis J. Knowles 181% Whitewood suffered a broken leg. Both were admitted to St Helen's Hospital Bellflower. Sheriff deputy Stephen E Grow said the boys were playing in front of the Goodrich home when they ran into the street and collided with a car driven by Donald F Wilson 38 of 8145 Whitewood.
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Michael J. Goodrich
iWhitewood Ave
Dennis J. Knowles
Whitewood
St. Helen's Hospital
Bellflower
Stephen E. ‘Grow
Goodrich
Donald F. Wilson
Three Thousand Knock On Doors for Heart Fund Drive
Long Beach volunteers started a four hour door to door canvass to raise funds for heart disease fight. Three thousand workers visited all city sections carrying Heart Fund boxes identified by badges. Goal set at $90,040 for 1959 with $24,000 collected so far for community programs and research at Harbor General UCLA USC and Redlands associations.
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Heart
Long Beiteh
Heart Fund
Long Beach Heart Assn
American Heart Assn
Harbor General Hospital
Ucla
University of Southern California
University of Redlands
Two Oilers Home From Orient Duty
Long Beach hosts welcome for USS Passumpsic and USS Guadalupe returning from Far East duty with the 7th Fleet. Oilers refueled ships at sea and will support Pacific Fleet training off the coast after leave and upkeep. Passumpsic commanded by Capt. Donald G. Frying and Guadalupe by Capt. H. Marin-Smith.
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Long Beach
Western Pacific
7Th Fleet
Ineal
Passumpsic
Donald G. Frying
H. Maryin-Smith
Butane Tank Fire at Santa Fe Ave Construction Site
A leaking butane gas tank burst into flames at the construction site for an apartment building at 2578 Santa Fe Ave late Monday. The fire was extinguished by the Fire Department.
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Santa Fe Ave
Water vote seeks 14 000 signers in Long Beach area
Petition urging creation of a Central Basin West Basin Water Replenishment District aims to prevent drought by buying excess Colorado River water and storing it in underground aquifers north of Whittier Nazyews. Harold C Levy, senior engineer supervisor of the water department, says only about half of the 28 000 signatures needed have been collected to date. The district, the first of its kind in California, would address serious water shortages and overdrafts of wells.
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van West Basin
Long Beach
Harold C. Levy
Water Department
California
Whittier
Teener Grabs Purse From Woman at 21st Street
A teenage thief snatched a purse containing 24 dollars from 61 year old Elizabeth M. Thome in front of 223 West 21st Street at about 7 am today. The victim, who resides at 49514 West 10th Street, reported the robber crept up from behind.
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Elizabeth M. Thome
W. 21St St
W. 10Th St
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