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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1959
Page
9
Long Beach Youth Band sponsors a spaghetti dinner to raise funds for new uniforms. Event starts Sunday in May at Mayfair Park, 5720 N. Clark Ave, Lakewood. Proceeds support band uniforms and program activities.
More than 1,000 model airplane enthusiasts from the United States Canada and Mexico will attend the 20th annual National Model Airplane Championships at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. Flying runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Monday through Saturday with a Navy Marine Corps air show at 3 p.m. Sunday August 2 featuring Marine Air Group 38 helicopters. The event is sponsored by the Academy of Model Aeronautics and Hobby Industry Association and includes Air Autic Champions contestants earning expense-free trips. About 250 station personnel and 100 Academy representatives act as timers and judges.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Joseph Simpson reported 1958 as the capital's most disturbing crime surge. Indictable offenses reached 151,796, up 177 percent from 1945, with 30 murders and juvenile crime rising. Only 27.5 percent of offenses were cleared, the lowest since 1947, while Simpson defended the force against brutality and corruption claims.
The State Highway Commission on Wednesday ordered new freeway routings in Ventura and Riverside counties. A 1.5 mile segment of Highway 101 near Seacliff will move to the ocean side of the Southern Pacific tracks. Another 3.2 miles of the Temescal Freeway beyond Corona will connect with adopted routes in Riverside.
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