New $28000 electronic device aids leukemia study at VA hospital
The VA Hospital installed a new electron microscope costing about 28000 dollars to examine leukemia patients' blood cells. It produces a sharp electron stream and up to 500000x magnification, surpassing light microscopes, enabling researchers to study tiny structures in leukemic cells and explore possible viral agents without asserting causation.
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Entron
J Laboratories
Long Beach Veterans Act
Joseph R. Goodman
Long Beach Veterans ’Admirnistration Hospital
Stevenson and Long Beach politics in a crowd tale
A Sunday crowd at the Unitarian Church debates Adlai Stevenson for the presidential nomination. A petitioner is signed while a father loses track of his child. Stevenson shifts to Los Angeles for a possible convention HQ, with Long Beach proposed as a base. The Mono County courthouse story and local readers’ fair ideas close the column.
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Unitarian Church
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Signari
Stevenson
Long Beach
L.A
Washington Huskies
Wade Elected L B Mayor on Second Council Ballot
Edwin W Wade has been elected Long Beach mayor by a 5 to 4 vote on the second council ballot. On the first ballot four councilmen supported Wade, four supported Spongberg and one backed Reese whose supporter shifted to Wade on the second ballot. Wade, 5th District councilman, leads a marine specialties firm and favors unity for the city’s interests.
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Long Beath
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Spongberg
Lewis D. Reese
Reese
Bond
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Spangberg
Edwin Wade
Virgil Spongberg
W. A. Graham
Robert Crow
E. M.sullivan
Stait
Burglars Loot Ken's Pancake Parades Store Safe
Ronald D. Avery reported two men rushed from the restaurant interior as he unlocked the door. A third man lingered near a telephone booth while the safe was found broken open and loot estimated between seven hundred and one thousand dollars. A meat cleaver and wrecking bar were left at the scene.
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Long Beach Blvd
Ronald D. Avéry
Polite
Ratlan
Belmont Center Beach Play Day Attracts 700 Attendees
More than 70 boys from Long Beach playgrounds will attend a Belmont Recreation Center beach play day, led by Betty Brown. The event starts in the morning and runs until 3 p.m., featuring swimming, eating, games, and exchanges of greetings and congratulations.
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Belmont Recreation Center
Betty Brown
Recreation Department
L B S Record: One Arrest for Firecrackers on Independence Day
D Lyles, 49, of Los Angeles, was the only person arrested in Long Beach for exploding firecrackers. He allegedly threw a lit cracker into a crowd on the Pike. Exploding firecrackers is a misdemeanor locally and a violation of state law.
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D. Lyles
Los Angeles
Lyles
Long Beach
Long Beach Visitors Lose 102 to Thief
Spokane and San Jose visitors report a burglary in Long Beach, with $102 stolen from three rooms. Suspects Thomas Nyland and Herbert Brennen are jailed. Charles Plumb of Eureka also says $24 vanished. The theft occurred through an open window using a curtain rod while guests slept.
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Long Beach Holiday Sees 34 Hurt in Countywide Crashes
Long Beach reported no fatalities over the holiday, but 34 people were injured in 23 crashes across Los Angeles County and surrounding cities from Friday noon to Monday night. Lifeguards counted about 375000 at local beaches with 30 rescued. police canceled days off to handle traffic. Countywide accidents totaled 76 with 34 injuries. Coast Guard logged 51 incidents and 21 rescues, all routine.
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Tube Communications System Fails in Public Safety Building
In the new Public Safety Building the $20,000 German made tube communications system has been unreliable since installation. It broke down again this weekend forcing police to relay messages by telephone or through tunnels. A representative from the New Jersey firm is reportedly en route to Denver to address the issue, with long Beach police coordinating efforts.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Teenager Faces Murder Trial Aug 24
A Los Angeles teenager charged with the June 5 beach killing of 20 year old James Arthur Reynolds in Long Beach will stand trial in Superior Court for murder on August 24. Jesse Moreno, 16, pleaded innocent today before Judge Maurice C. Sparling after being found unfit for juvenile court. Moreno admitted stabbing Reynolds three times after the man told him to “get lost.”
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Long Beach
Jesse Moréno
Maurice C. Sparling
Moreno
James Arthur Reynolds
Reynolds
Park Plans Protested by Elderly Delegation
Harry Brandt, 87, chairs a city delegation protesting underground parking plans for Park Lincoln, arguing it would ruin the park and invite undesirables. He filed a lawsuit to determine if the city can use park land.
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Harry Brandt
Brandt
Termine
Cordray Calls Underground Parking Plan Voter Decision
Cordray argues the parking plan would uproot the Munics pal Band and park beautification, while promising market spaces and city renewal. He urges voters to decide on the plan on a public ballot, predicting it would be defeated. he also cites free downtown parking as a misstep by business interests.
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Lincoln
Uh Cordray
Long
Man Admits Stealing Purse From Apartment
Anthony Tangert, 24, admitted to police that he spotted a purse inside a lighted apartment occupied by Mrs. Bobby Simmons at 1421 Esther Street. He went to his own apartment at 1420 Esther Street, retrieved a curtain rod, pushed up a screen, and used the rod to hook the purse from a bureau. The purse contained $62.
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Anthony Tangert
Bobby Simmons
E. Esther
Tangert
Crash injures Washington driver near Temple and Spring
A Washington D C motorist Jack D Presnall aged 27 suffered facial lacerations when his car struck a telephone pole on Temple Avenue near Spring Street. He received treatment at Long Beach Memorial Hospital according to police.
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Washington, D. C
Temple Ave
Spring St
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Gunman Steals 25 Dollars From Grocery Store
A gunman robbed Thomas Martin, 62, of 25 dollars at a grocery store on 2930 E. 7th St. The thief fled in a car that was later found abandoned at 216 Yurtle Ave. Police linked the vehicle to a prior theft from a downtown parking lot earlier today.
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M. J. Mortis
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