Yellow line sanding on Pacific Coast Highway overpass
Ray Simunek of La Puente works with Ocean side sandblasting crew to erase the old double yellow line on the Wilming ton overpass. The State High Department crew updates lane width while foreman Vile Catering of Alhambra notes baked paint and eight year old lines. Simunek muses on future painting of bright new lines as he drums on a sign post and smokes.
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Pacific Coast Highway
State High Department
Mandy
Wilmington
Ray Simunek
la Puente
Oceanside
Simunck
Highway Department
Vile Catering
Alhambra
Simunek
Iowa
Douglas
Dilday Ambulance Gets City Permit for Extra Vehicle
The Long Beach Bureau of Franchises approved Dilday Ambulance Service to operate a fourth ambulance, housed at 3936 Woodruff Ave, after council debate about basing in county Island territory. City officials say about 80 percent of activity would be in Long Beach, with the island area bordered by Woodruff Palo Verde Conant and Heartwell Park.
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Dilday
Long Beach
John R. Mansell
Bureau
Woodruff
Palo Verde Avenue
Conant Street
Heartwell Park
Bell Gardens Man Dies Crossing Alamitos Bay
Wallace Richard Young, 42, drowned attempting to swim from Belmont Shore to the Marina with Gary Bartlett, 29. Bartlett swam ahead, reached shore, and alerted three boaters in the paddlewheel to recover Young about 200 yards from the Marina.
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Bell Gardens
Alamitos Bay
Belmont Shore
Marina
Wallace Richard Young
Gary Bartlett
Tnid
Young
Acros
Larry LeGros
Bartlett
NAA Official William Martin Dies at 60
William Richard Martin longtime North American Aviation finance supervisor in Downey died Monday in a Long Beach hospital at age 60. A native of Des Moines he moved to Long Beach 25 years ago and volunteered umpiring at Recreation Park for a decade. He belonged to Elks Lodge 888 and the International Management Club of NAA. Survived by wife Mildred son John and daughter Juanita Peck among others. services Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at Motrell's Mortuary.
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William Richard Martin
North American Aviation
Downey
Long Beach
Des Moines
Martin
Recreation Park
Elks Lodge 888
The
International Management
Officer Slays Bandit in Market Gunfight
Police sergeant Robert Such killed a 20-year-old bandit Floyd William Snedaker at Hafin's Market Torrance after a robbery attempt. Snedaker fired six shots from four-not range. Such was uninjured aside from a bullet grazing cloth and a belt ricochet.
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Hafin's Market
del Amo Blvd
Torrance
Robert Such
Floyd William Snedaker
Such
Snedaker
Bellflower topless waitresses case denied by Supreme Court
Prohro Inc operators of Bellflower's Lakewood Club argued topless waitresses violate public morals after a 20 day license suspension by the California Alcoholic Beverage Central Board. The Supreme Court stayed the order to allow an appeal while California officials defend licensing powers.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Bellflower
Lakewood Club
S. Lakewood Blvd
Prohro, Inc
Cali
Fornia Alcoholic Beverage Central Board
William C. Douglas
Control Board
Hearings on Buried Lines Set
The Bureau of Franchises recommends public hearings by the City Council on underground power lines near city parks. Southern California Edison allocates 400000 for the conversion of overhead lines. Chief engineer Louis Possner notes initial removals in El Dorado Park and along Seventh Street, Recreation Park, and Wardlow Road in the Lakewood area.
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Bureau of Franchises
Southern California Edison Co
State Public Utilities Commission
Louis Possner
Bureau
Edison
el Dorado Park
Seventh Street
Park
Santiago Avenue
Recreation Park
Wardlow Road
Lakewood Boulevard
Clark Avenue
Mattress Blaze Burns Woman In Long Beach
A Long Beach woman identified as Carol M. Banda, 29, suffered third degree burns over about 30 percent of her body in a fire blamed on a cigarette dropped on a mattress. The blaze at 216 Locust Ave. was discovered around 2 a.m. and rescue was delayed by a locked front door.
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Long Beach
Carol M. Banda
220Th St
Locust Ave
Apt. A
Memorial Hospital
Miss Ganda
Family Plight Moves Public Sympathy for Odoms
A pregnant wife of a Navy man and her 9 week old daughter Stephanie faced critical illness with whooping cough complications and mounting medical bills. Southlanders donated $540 in gifts and Elks Lodge 888 pledged $500 while support grew from friends and local businesses.
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Gordon Adom
Sandra
Long Beach Elks Lodge 888
Compassionate Southlanders
Steph
Anie
Huntington Tavercommunity Hospital
Services Set for Ex-Teacher Myra A Wild
Services will be Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in Muaitell's Mortuary for Myra Ange line Wild, a Horace Mann Elementary School teacher for 26 years. The Missouri native died Sunday at 84 after a career starting in 1904 in Missouri, moving to Long Beach in 1922, teaching first and second grade until 1948, later living in Cooper Arms, then Anaheim with her niece Geraldine Swank. Surviving relatives include three nephews Andrew, Jack and Lloyd Garrett.
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Muaittell
Myra Angeline Wild
Horace Mann
Miss Wild
Missouri
Long Beach
Wyoming
Mann
Cooper Arms
Anaheim
Geraldine Swank
S. Way
Side St
Andrew, Jack
Lloyd Garrett
Classified Ad Sells Car On First Day
Barbara Ream reports her English Ford sold to the first caller on the first day her Independent Press Telegram Classified ad ran. The ad promotes fast service and urges readers to call IPT numbers for quick selling help.
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Barbara Ream
Loomis St
Lakewood
Press-Telegram
Bellflower
Garden Grove
Farmers' Classified Offer for Baby Chicks Sale
Local classified ad promotes selling baby chicks to meet farmers needs. Call HE 2-8589 to place or inquire about availability and pricing.
Theft from IBM office reported at 50,665 value
Police report a theft from IBM office at 3737 Long Beach Blvd. The loss includes two selective composers valued at 34,400 each and four typewriters totaling 1,865. Remaining items flagged in the incident amount to 50,665.
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IBM
He 18M Corp
Long Beach Blvd
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