Bay Area trip yields hotel blackout and a Western draw duel
A Bay Area weekend includes a stay at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley where a power failure left lights out and a crew member humorously quipped about a blind man shaving. Belmont Shore hosts a fast draw event on August 3 with Harry Krusz and Bill Crawfkird in Western regalia, while Red Cross blood donations in Bellflower receive praise from Operation Motorcycle volunteers and Mrs. Roy Brian Sr. A beer parlor near Carson Street is nicknamed the Root Hill Inn.
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Bay Area
Claremont
Berkeley
Harry Krusz
Chamber of Commerce
Bil Crawfkird
Sermont Shore
Crawford
Krust
Motorcycle Clubbers
Bellflower
Red Cross Bank
Roy Brian Sr
Norwalk
Larry Louis
Brian
Motorcycle
Lantern Theft Stuns Chicago Yard of Yamamoto
Police report a 200 pound imported Japanese lantern stolen from the front yard of George Yamamoto at 3303 East 68th Street. The lantern valued at 290 dollars was missing and investigated as a property crime.
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George ¥. Yamamoto
E. 68Th St
Thai and Vietnamese Art Treasures Arrive Aboard USS Okanagan
From Thailand and Viet Nam comes 11 tons of priceless religious and art objects valued at 40 million dollars. The cargo includes six foot Buddha statues and bejeweled items destined for the University of Indiana and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The arrival marked an unprecedented naval display as customs met the ship at Long Beach without opening crates while officials and royalty prepared to accompany the exhibit tour.
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Port
Bangkok
Somnorn Yupho
S. Navy
Okanogan
Southeast Asia
Navy
Thailand
Viet Nam
Okanagan
University of In
Diana
Bloomington
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Shipboard Department
Naval Service
Cmdr
C. K. Stratton
Long Beach Naval Station
Supharadis Diskul
Hawaii
Naw
Olive
Pacific
Long Beach Hosts US Navy Marines and Multinational Ships
About 1,000 Marines from the 2nd Battalion 1st Regiment, 1st Division land at Long Beach aboard USS Navarro after a long voyage from Okinawa and the Far East. Eight ships of Amphibious Squadron 7 plus the French destroyer Cassard dock at Berth 913, Pier 9 under host USS Brenner, with more vessels arriving in the midweek schedule.
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Long Beach
U S. Amphibious Squadron 7
Cassard
Martinique
Panama Canal
Brenner
Okinawa
Far East
Navarro
Amphibious Squadron 7
San Francisco
Camp Pendleton
Convention Planned by Building Council in Long Beach
The 40th convention of the State Building and Construction Trades Council in Long Beach plans discussions on health problems of the aged and a shorter work week. About 350,000 building trades workers are represented. 500 delegates expected. Gov. Edmund G Brown Jr. to open the meeting at the Lafayette Hotel. a seven hour work day with full pay is proposed.
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The
State Building and Construction Trades Council
Low Beach
Fasenaubass
Wiyan
Long Beach
W.W. C Farley
Painters Local
Lafayette
Edmund G! Brown
Three Youths Jailed for Auto Theft in Los Angeles
Three Los Angeles youths Miguel S Casarez 18 and Shia 1 S-year-old were jailed for auto theft after abandoning a stolen car on the Long Beach Freeway near Willow Street early today, as investigators pursued the case.
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Los Angeles
Miguel S. Casarez
Long Beach
Willow St
Thief loots home of Clifford B. Pat Jexson
A burglar stole a chicken chops steaks and a portable television set from the home of Clifford B Pat Jexson at 4417 Shaw St on Monday, with total value listed at 755 dollars according to police reports.
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Clifford B. Pat
Jexson
Shaw St
Woman Hurt as Auto Strikes Truck and Burns
A 32 year old Long Beach woman Frances Auckerman was injured when her car crashed into a truck and burst into flames at Spring Street and Lakewood Boulevard. She required 18 stitches for a head wound and was taken to Long Beach Community Hospital. Roy F Knapp and Charles A Neely escaped injury as their vehicles struck Neely’s turning truck. Neely’s truck driver was unhurt.
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Long Beach
Spring St
Lakewood Blvd
Frances 3
Auckerman
Paramount Blvd
Long Beach Community Hospital
Roy F.’Knapp
Las Coyotes
Charles A. Neely
Linden Ave
Knapp
Neely
Seek Douglas Defense Work to Avert Layoffs
Labor, industry, government and civic leaders met Monday to launch a campaign for more business for the Long Beach plant of Douglas Aircraft Co. to prevent layoffs among nearly 20,000 employees. The effort aims to avert a community crisis and bolster defense.
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Long Beach
Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach Council Backs Douglas Aircraft Contract Drive
City leaders pledged unanimous support to back Douglas Aircraft Co in securing new contracts. Mayor Wade will work with other mayors and business groups to push for a military airlift order, citing job losses at the plant and a $351 million airlift modernization appropriation as potential funding.
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Craig Hosmer
Greater Lakewood
Long Brath
Mouglas, Aircraft Co
Raymond C. Kealer
Edwin W. Wade
Jarea
Harbor Civssions Era Chamber of Com
Puerto Rico
Eveargniy
Hosmer
United Front
Douglas Long Beach
Sullivan proposes seven member city zoning committee
Councilman Emmet M Sullivan proposes a seven member municipal committee with city staff assistance to study land for industrial use and advise on ordinance changes, aiming to make land available for development and trigger city action.
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Emmet M. Sullivan
Sullivan
Douglas Harbor layoffs looming as union pushes action
UAW Local 148 president Alex Groulx says 15,000 post cards will be mailed urging Washington officials to act amid the threat of big layoffs. Harbor Commission aims to save jobs with a 4 percent payroll increase, though some orders may shift through spring 1962. About 400 harbor workers would gain raises totaling around $10,000 monthly.
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Alex Grouex
UAW
Douglas
Washington
Groulx
Board of Harbor Com
Missioners Monday
Harbor
Harbor Commission
John E. Biby
Wlas
Hosmer
Cir
Defense Department
Charles Vickers
Tional Defense
Juon
Pentagon
Early Arrivals for Beauty Congress Arrive by Ship
Eight contestants of the International Beauty Congress board the SS Orcades at Long Beach Harbor Pier C Berth 24 at 9 am Friday. Miss Australia Miss Philippines Miss Japan Miss Borneo Miss Canada Miss Malaya Miss Singapore Miss South Pacific will be interviewed aboard and telecast Friday 2:30 to 3:30 pm on KTTV Channel 11 hosted by Bill Welsh.
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Orient Line
Pier C
Long Beach Harbor
Joan Stanbury
Australia
Edita Vital
Philippines
Michiko Takagi
Japan
Elize~beth Woon
Borneo
Margaret Powell
Canada
Zanariah Ahmad
Malaya
Crrist
d'Cruz
Singapore
Rights Questioned In Ammen Collett Collision Board Probe
A Navy board at the local base reviewed whether the USS Ammen crossed an operational area when rammed by the USS Collett. Admiral Nelson pressed for clarity on traffic boundaries and whether the Ammen’s route from Long Beach to San Diego followed the coastwise path, while Cmdr. Zaven Mukhalian objected to questions due to lack of operational notice. Others testified and the record continues on page B-2.
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Ammen
Collett
Questing
Ay Ecun
Nelson
Inness
J Crdr
Albert Ford
Admiral Nelson
Long Beach
San Diego
Wit
Uc Gunene
Zaven Mukhalian
Assault Term Set for L. B. Man in Guilty Plea
Television repairman James C. Wardrop Jr aged 26 of 1837 Caspian Ave faces sentencing on August 14 after pleading guilty to two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. He allegedly attacked two women, Mrs. Ends J. Buick and her daughter Rita Austin, in their home on Igorow Columbia St on April 22. Wardrop was arrested following the assault.
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James C. Wardrop Jr
Caspian Ave
Wardmp
Mondey
Maurice C. Sparling
Wardrop
Ends J. Buick
Rita Austin
Igorow
Calumbia St
Fragmented city 911 log of fires and incidents
Reports list multiple emergency calls answered since noon on Monday. Entries include gas leaks, vehicle fires, a sick cat, smoke sightings, a mattress fire, garage blaze, and several fragmented locations such as 1403 Stevaly Ave and 4th St and Mau relia Ave.
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Stevaly Ave
Wario Re
Los Ceyotes
AP Greene Brier
4Th St
Maurelia
Alverolt Gay
Stele
Fas Jorads
Mattress
Belinea
SouIn
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L. B. Port Hums
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Talladega
Mathews
Merrick
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Point Defiance
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Deval County
Saint Clair County
Belle Grove
Building Council
United Effort
By Eari. Griswold
Council
John E. Riley Jr
Alex Groulx
Press-Gelearam
Southland
Ammen Travel Lane
Herb Shannon
Ormel F. Ripley
Adm
Terry Brooks
Arroyo Seco Park
Pasadena
Jackson St
Paramount
Paramount Chamber of Commerce
Akron
Ohio
L. B. Mann
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