Song Writer Honored By LOUDOBST
Jack Norworth the songwriter of take me out to the ball game will receive a gold lifetime pass to any major league game in pre game ceremonies. The Laguna Beach resident founded Laguna Little League in 1952 and serves as honorary president. He recalls not seeing a major league game until 36 years after composing the song which made him a baseball icon.
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New York
Jack Norworth
Polo Grounds
Norworth
Laguna Beach
James
Los Angeles
Dodgers
Nora Bayes
Earl Carroll Vanity
Jack
Noetworth
Laguna ‘Little ‘League
Laguna
City Budget Talks Fail as Trash Tax and Oil Levy Die
City council rejected a proposed monthly rubbish collection charge that would add about 1.3 million this year. An oil production levy failed to advance, while an in principle approval allowed private ambulance contracts, with March 1 timing for the budget shift. Mayor Kealer and several councilors were absent.
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Sam E. Vickers
Vickers
Gerald Desmond
Lewis D. Reese
Charles M. Garrison
Pat Ahern
Charles R. Dooley
A Sleep of Prisoners staged by L B Church
L B Church will stage Christopher Fry's verse play A Sleep of Prisoners at 8 30 p m on Saturday in Los Altos California at the Los Altos Methodist Church 5950 E Willow St The play portrays four soldiers imprisoned and features biblical figures as the atmosphere of the church performance.
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Christopher Fry
Los Altos
Methodist Church
E. Will Low St
Ahern
Garrison
Desmond
Reese
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Local players lead charity theater proceeds to youth exchange
Nathan Adler and Marvin Westmoreland star in Magna Theatre and Community Playhouse productions including The Little Hut Time Limit Desperate Hours and You Cant Take It With You. Robert Faircloth Henry Kertip Blair and Joe Adams perform in a staged tribute as proceeds fund the Los Altos Methodist Student German Youth Exchange Fund.
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Nathan Adler
Magna Theatre
Peter Abel
Eynie
Marvin Westmoreland
Community Playhouse
David King
Robert Faircloth
Long Beach State College
Aid United Givers Parley Planned in Long Beach
News in brief lists a July 17 noon luncheon in the Cavalier Room Lafayette Hotel with AID United Givers president Charles E. Ducommun speaking and branch president Lester D. Lawson Sr. reporting on funds raised for wealth welfare and charity in Long Beach. New board members and officers for 1958 59 to be announced.
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Long Beach Aid-United
Cavalier
Lafayette Hotel
Charles E. Ducommun
Aid-United
Lester D. Lawson Sr
Long Beach
Death Notices From Erie Area
Brown Frank W 77 of Erie Henry. Private service Mate Als W. Grd St died Tuestells Peek Mortuary day. Surviving are sisters Mrs Rutty Gooding Mrs Martha Wehrhahn Mrs Elizabeth Cowen. Private services was a Wednesday in B W Coon Funeral Home. Cole James Cash 42 5547 E 2nd St died Tuesday. Survivors wife Delores son John parents Mr and Mrs Cash Cole brothers Jerry and Tom. Service Monday 4 p.m. Mottell's Peek Mortuary BELL William Henry 83 1331 W Summit St died Thursday. Survivors wife Ada sons Bert W and Rhad. Sims Mrs Lizzie 68 1928 Lewis Ave died Wednesday. Surviving daughters Vermel Green Ryverlee S Longmyre and Mrs Williams Atking son Fred. Service Saturday 10 am Friendship Baptist Church Waynesboro Miss Harris Mortuary in charge of arrangements. Dierdoor ef Robert Andrew 79 2369 Atlantic Ave died Wednesday. Surviving sister Minnie F Lindner 3 nieces and 2 nephews. Service at Ottawa Kans Mottell's Peek in charge locally.
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Brown
Frank W
Erie Henry
Tuestells & Peek Mortuary
Cole
James Cash
E. 2Nd St
Delores
John
Cash Cole
Jerry
Tom
Mottell's & Peek Mortuary
Dierdoref
Robert Andrew
Atlantic Ave
Minnie F. Lindner
Ottawa
Kans
Mottell’s & Peek
Three Car Collision on Atlantic Ave Injures Two
A three car collision at Atlantic Ave and Del Amo Blvd just before midnight injures two people, not seriously. Samuel C. Gerkin, 67, and Lara M. Gerkin, 63, of 416 Rose Point, treated at Seasideride Hospital. Drivers Emil S. Cox, 54, Downey, and Robert E. Haines, 35, Del Amo Blvd, were involved.
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Atlantic Ave
de Amo Blvd
Samuel C. Gerkin
Lara MM. Gerkin
Rose Pt
Searside Hospital
Gerkin
Emil S. Cox
Dinwiddie St
Downey
Robert E. Haines
del Amo Blvd
Rosary for Mrs Brown at Mottell's Peek chapel
Mrs Cecilia Brown 93 of 296 Claremont Ave mother of Edward C. Brown chairman of International Brown Drilling Corp. rosary 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Mottell's Peek chapel mass 9 a.m. Monday at St Bartholomew's Church. Brown died while in Turkey June 29.
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Cecilia Brown
Claremont Ave
Edward C. Brown
International Brown Drilling Corp
Mottell
Detective clears innocent man in grand theft case
Los Angeles resident Henry Coleman 26 was freed after detectives traced a $400 adding machine theft to a pawn shop slip listing his address and license. George Singleton 42 of Compton was jailed on suspicions. detective Patnott noted he did more work freeing Coleman than detaining him.
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Fred Bolinger
Henry Coleman
Los Angeles
George Singleton
Taper Ave
Compton
Coleman Gan Bank
William Parnott
Berry and Berry
American Ave
Coleman
Patnott
Toe
Singleton
Patnott Bleck
Mystery ALS Study Links Gehrig's Death to Disease
The disease ALS kills Lou Gehrig and is under nationwide research at 56 VA facilities. Neurologists report ALS attacks spinal columns causing muscle wasting and trouble chewing swallowing and voice. Death follows in months to years. NIH will test blood and saliva for ALS markers.
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Lou Gehrig
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness
Division of Biologics Standards
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
NIH
Ex-Felon Cowan Charged With Burglary and Assault
A complaint charging no criminal counts was issued Thursday against Jack L. Cowan 28 of 5536 Lime Ave Apt B. Cowan an ex felon with a long crime record dating to 1947 is charged with burglary and assault with intent to commit rape regarding an encounter with Dani nte Dunning 19 of 1260 E 2nd St Apt 1 She says he forced his attention after she invited him in Cowan earlier claimed the woman invited him in and he denied forced contact He was arrested months ago for stealing a four dollar barrel of odds and ends from a garage Judge Ralph K Pierson released him warning it was his last chance.
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District Attorney’s Office
Jack L.cowan
Lime Ave
Apt. B
Cowan
Daninette D. Dunning
E. 2Nd St
Miss Dunning
Johnny “Jensen
Ralph K. Pierson
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Temple Ave
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Long Beach Blvd
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William Henry
W. Summit
Ada
Bert W
Rhad
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AETD
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Mamagie
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Rene McHee
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Maico
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