Downey Fire Chief Balances Fire Duty with Opera Talent
Bob Gain, Downey’s first fire chief, leads 85 firefighters while pursuing opera. He trained in high school and Los Angeles City College, performing at Greek Theater and with the Al Malaikah Shriners Choir. Gain jokes that rock fades as Les Brown endures.
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New Skipper Named for USS Long Beach
Washington Capt Kenneth C Wallace 48 will take command of the nuclear powered guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach next month, relieving Capt Frank Hy Price on Aug 23. Wallace a 1942 Naval Academy graduate served in nine Pacific campaigns in World War II and commanded the Observation Island after Polaris tests. He and his wife Katherine Carroll have four sons and Mrs Wallace worked with the Red Cross in New Guinea during World War II.
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San Diego
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Red‘ Cross
New Guinea
Two Gunmen Rob Pico Rivera Market
Two gunmen robbed the Dixie Farm Market on Telegraph Road in Pico Rivera late Sunday. They forced the sign manager Kerneth Lee Watt, 28, to lead them to the office and fled with an undetermined cash amount. Watt told Norwalk deputies the men were about 30, unmasked, and armed with pistols.
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Telegraph, Road
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Watt
Norwalk
Drugs Blamed in Man's Death
Sheriff's investigators blame narcotics for the death of 25 year old Gerald P. Shannahan found in a bathroom at his parents home 225 Cartriage Dale St The father Michael A Shannahan said the son had a prior arrest on narcotics charges Deputies found a hypodermic kit and small quantity of white powder believed to be narcotic in the son's bedroom
City settles out Taylors share claim dispute
Long Beach officials announced a settlement resolving the Taylors claim to shoreline properties tied to a 1889 deed. The agreement dismisses private and public property disputes while avoiding lengthy trials, allowing many planned improvements to proceed.
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Unusual Harbor Cannon Accident Injures Man
David Alexander Snary, 45, is recovering after a cannon on a yacht deck fired at point blank range striking his chest and right arm. The weapon, a foot long wooden wheeled model, stood at San Pedro police station as evidence. Warren Moeller of Woodland Hills owned the cannon and admitted loading it with gunpowder and lighting a fuse.
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Micronesia Peace Corps Chief Named
John Pincetich of Los Altos California was named to direct the Peace Corps new program in Micronesia. The 49 year old former West Coast newsman and shipping executive will lead about 700 volunteers serving nearly 60000 people across some 2000 islands in the Western Pacific with first volunteers due in August.
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Forbid Ship Sale by Defunct Firm in Alaska Plan
Superior Court Judge Ralph H. Nutter signed the injunction sought by Twenty Grand Inc of Morgan City La. It had made partial payment for two 157 foot boats to be used in Alaska but stopped payment when it learned the total cost would be about twice the agreed price.
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Twenty Grand, Inc
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Alaska
Oil soaked lumber in raging fire at reservoir demolition site
A fire tore through an old Shell Oil reservoir near Sepulveda Boulevard and Min Street in Wilmington. High flames sent black smoke as workmen demolished the roofed structure. Fire officials used foam, with 150 gallons applied on site and 200 more sent from a warehouse to control the blaze.
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Selfmade Industialist quotes on straw hats and home insurance
An old-time ad compares buying straw hats to investing in insurance. It promotes Home Owner policies from B. Gilmore Co offering up to 30 percent upfront saving with coverage for a $25,000 dwelling and $10,000 contents plus burglary and liability. Call 428-4403 for details.
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