Beach comber tale sparks traffic safety questions
Mrs H W Smith of Long Beach and her husband report a frightening near miss on Pacific Coast Highway near Huntington Beach. A car passed with a supposed child’s hand extending from a gap in the door, prompting outraged motorists to honk. The incident, likely a hoax or mischief, underscores hazards of deceptive gestures and signals in road traffic.
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Malcolm Epler
H. W. Smith
Long Beach
Pacific Coast Hwy
Huntington Beach
Smiths
Reorganization Advances for 6th Air Force Reserve Units
The 6th Air Force Reserve regional headquarters will be activated at Hamilton and move to Long Beach as part of a broad reorganization. Six regional centers will oversee sectors including Riverside and San Francisco, with units transferring from Hamilton to March Air Force Base. The plan expands reserve autonomy, placing more responsibility on sector and regional commanders to recruit, train, and manage units and trainees.
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Army
Force
Thomas
Gates
6Th Air Force Reserve
Hamilton
Continental Air Afb
Airfbe
Long Beach
San Fran
Airbisco
Vancouver
Wash
Long Beach Air Force
Airf
March
Air’ Force Reserve Region
Riverside
H.W. Edetlsten
Edmisten
Ham
Tton Air Force Base
San
Lhe
Francisco
2645Th Air Reserve Centen Oaly
Ead Quarters Administration
Con
Subor- Headquarters Command
Col
City Council Faces Plea to Reject Gas Rate Rise
Long Beach property owners including Harvey E. Miller of the Board of Realtors urge council to veto a proposed gas rate increase arguing trims could cover expenses. Vice Mayor Bond and Councilman Kealer defend pricing to sustain services as budget talks begin.
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George Wefks
Harvey E. Miller
Long Beach Board of Realtors
Bert
Bond
City OKs Law Firm for Year
City Council approves another year for Ball, Hunt & Hart as special counsel to manage tidelands upland oil matters. One vote against, by Andres W. Baird, failed to limit the contract. Desmond notes last year’s legal costs. firm earns 50 per hour and contract runs to June 30, 1961 with potential automatic retention on special matters.
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Ball, Hunt & Hart
Andres W. Baird
Baird
Raymond C. Kealer
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Tidelands Land
Gerald Desmond
O'Melveny & Meyer
O'Melveny
Ball, Hunt& Hart
Desmond
Long Beach
Masonic Historian Speaks at Conclave
A prominent Masonic historian delivered the main address at the 105th annual convention of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Freemasonry. More than 5,000 attended a banquet in Municipal Auditorium to hear Dr. Winthrop Wetherbee of Boston discuss the history of the Prince Hall Lodge and the Grand Lodge of St. Andrew, formed early in the nation. Dr. Wetherbee authored the official history of the St Andrew lodge, published in 1958, two centuries after its charter. Jessye Singletary of Oakland, wearing a purple chiffon robe, reported for the Heroines of Jericho at their 35th annual communication at Morgan Hall. Delegates from California, Arizona and Oregon attended. The Morgon Hall unit, Heroines of Jericho, is an auxiliary of Prince Hall Grand Lodge. conventions mark its 165th gathering. The afternoon featured a juvenile court report on children of Masonic families. Officers will be elected and installed Wednesday afternoon.
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Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Freemasonry
Municipal Auditorium
Winthrop Wetherbee
Boston
Mass
Prince Hall Lodge
Grand Lodge of
St. Andrew
Wetherbee
St Andrew Lodge
Jessye H. Singletary
Oakland
Prince Hall Grand
Jericho
Morgan Hall
California
Arizona
Oregon
Contlave
Prince Hall
Hawaii
St. Andrew Lodge
Dr. Wetherbee
Hall Lodge
Herbert A. Greenwood
Los Angeles
Ernest D. Williams
Long Beach
Sunset Lodge
Lodge of Sorrow
Morgar ‘Hall
At & P.m
Beaten by Teeners in Unprovoked Attack Near Nautilus Ct
Eugene N. Waggoner, 38, of 32 Neptune Place, was beaten by several teenagers in an unprovoked attack near Nautilus Court and Neptune Place, police reported. The incident occurred as community members gathered for a lodge-related event, with subsequent remarks about Prince Hall history and Masonic ties to the St. Andrew lodge and Prince Hall’s legacy. A Lodge of Sorrow service is planned for Morgar Hall at 5 p.m.
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Eugene N. ‘Waggoner
Neptune PL
Nautilus Ct
Aid Sought in Freeway Sign Battle
Los Angeles Civic Center to Long Beach route signage drew councilman Ray Kealer’s plea for larger Freeway signs. City officials asked the Port to request the State Highway Department to mark routes plainly, noting only two small outbound signs exist.
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Harbor Department
State Highway Department
Civic Center
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Ray Kealer
Kealer
Port
Charles Vickers
Young Woman Hurt in Auto Collision
Shirley S. Forney, 21, of 416 Wilmington Blvd., sustained minor injuries when the car she rode in hit another vehicle on 7th Street at Long Beach Boulevard at midnight. The driver Olen Forney was cited for running a red light.
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Long Beach
Actors’ Studio
Morgan Hall
Farfal
Lloyd Martin
Mitch
Ted Dalton
Shirley S. Forney
Wilmington Blvd
7Th St
Long Beach Blvd
Potice
Olen Forney
Long Beach minister in Congo interior missing with family
Relatives await word on Dr John E Ross a Long Beach physician missionary his wife Matel and 11 year old son Ernie. They head a medical mission in Latumbe Congo about 800 miles east of the Congo River. News last came three weeks ago via his parents.
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Leo Jobst
Long Beach
Congo
John ‘E. Ross
Matel
Ernie
0. G. Ross
Faleon Ave
Ross
Imonganga
Latumbe
Congo River
Bombayo
United Christian Missionary Society
Coquilhatville
Rogs
Congo Republic
New York
Missionary, Headquarters
City council keeps property tax near last year level
In day and night meetings Monday the council agreed the property tax rate will not exceed last year’s 137 dollars. Budgets were trimmed in some departments while others rose, with Recreation cut 3 percent to 1,326,271 dollars and Engineering down 2 percent to 1,192,025 dollars. The vote was unanimous.
Emergency Calls Reported to Noon Monday in City
A list of 20 plus emergency responses includes traffic accidents at 4th Street and Atlantic Ave and Lakewood, sick calls on Brayton and Atlantic avenues, and other incidents around Spring and Redondo streets. Names and exact locations are partially garbled in OCR.
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4Th Ste
Atlantic Ave
Steatay St
Redondo Ave
Brayton Ave
Spring St
Lakewood
Véillow St
St. Ancaia
Bos Feak
Chesinu
Car Trailer Crash Sends Family to Hospital in Fresno
Mrs. Dolores Tuttle of Long Beach swatted at a fly in Fresno causing her husband Frank to glance at the windshield and crash into a bridge. The couple and their 18 month old daughter were hospitalized for moderate injuries. the family escaped unhurt elsewhere.
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Fresno
Dolores Tuttle
Long Beach
Frank
Tnw
Dolores
Acid spill stains Los Angeles Harbor barge discharge
A large sulfuric acid leak from the Pacific Ocean Disposal Co. barge at Berth 226 dumped an estimated 6,300 gallons into Los Angeles Harbor. The substance dispersed with the tide and was treated as a nuisance. no harbor structures were damaged. One officer sustained a minor injury testing the acid. The Coast Guard escorted the damaged barge away and a 30,000 gallon tank was reported 80 percent full as the crew planned to move the remaining acid to offshore dumping grounds.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Pacific Ocean Disposal Co
Ecuador
Los Angeles
John Parkinson
Parkinson
Coast Guard
Wilmington
RM SaIaene Keeneeu
Charles S. Brady
Mountain View
Snr
Pica Ave
7Th St
Brady
East Morial Hospital
Santa Catalina Island
Thomas
Ne ‘Wood
Willow
Dilbrook Ave
Compton
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Gas Department
Miller
Sur
Stanley Mosk
City Oks Law Firm
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Hurtlin
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John E. Ross
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