Arson suspected at Funhouse Cafe on Anaheim Street
Lakewood owner Robert Farcelle 31 reported a fire at 3:45 a.m. when a witness saw a yellow flame under the rear door of Funhouse Cafe at 5354 NB Larlin Ave. Firefighters contained the blaze to the doorway area as officers noted inflammable odor. Police and fire units opened an arson investigation.
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Funhouse
Anaheim St
Robert E. Farcelle
Larlin Ave
Lakewood
Sai
Parcells
Fire Department
Guardsmen Take Over Nike Missile Bases Near LA
National Guardsmen at the 720t Antiaircraft Missile Battalion have assumed control of four Nike sites near Long Beach and Torrance airports and Playa del Rey. The unit will train 15 days, learning Nike procedures and safety standards to relieve active Army troops and free soldiers for other duties.
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National
Long Beach Municipal
Torrance Municipal
Playa del Rey
International Airport
Elks Mark Flag Birthday With City Program
The 180th birthday of the American Flag will be observed by 4,600 members of the Long Beach Elks Lodge at Municipal Auditorium. The program includes flag presentations by youth groups, a flag history talk by Superior Court Judge Fred Miller, and a Browne Troop 325 flag ceremony. Also featured are the Elks Band and Chorus, Jack Plummer Band, and city recreation commission sponsorship under Mrs. Mat Mathers.
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Rites
Municipat Auditorium
Superior ‘Court
Fred Miller
Browne Troop
Elsworth Bean
Long Beach
USS L B Will Have New Talos for Navy Cruisers
Admiral Arleigh Burke announces the Talos long range surface to air missile will arm the cruiser Long Brack the 61st nuclear powered ship of her class and will be a major armament on Galveston Little Rock and Oklahoma City. Production is under Bendix at Mishawaka Indiana with a 27 million dollar contract.
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Long Brack
Arleigh Burke
Burke
Naval Operations
Galveston
Philadelphia
Little Rock
Oklahoma City
Navy
Eet
Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant
Mishawaka
Ind
Bendix Aviation Corp
Bureau of Ordnance
Bendix
Zorlos
Fleet Oiler Ashtabula Returns to Long Beach Port
The fleet oiler USS Ashtabula arrived back at Long Beach at 9 a.m. after a months long Western Pacific tour with Service Squadron 3. She fueled 63 ships and pumped 6,763,000 gallons of fuel plus aviation and jet fuels, logging 120,426 miles. Commanded by Capt C. Neyman Jr., the crew visited Nagasaki Tokyo Kyoto Osaka and Hong Kong during the cruise.
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Ashtabula
Long Beach
Western Pacific
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pacific Fleet Service Force
Tariar
C. A. Neyman Jr
Berkeley
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Kyoto
Osaka
Japan
Hong Kong
Social Security Office Explains Disability Pay
Social Security district manager J. G. Bretherton urged Long Beach residents to apply for disability insurance, noting many eligible are not. He said those 50 to 63 may qualify for monthly benefits and that not being completely helpless is not a requirement.
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Social Security Office
Long Beach
J. G. Bretherton
Bretherton
Jmeny Tore
Two Men Sentenced on Bad Check Charges
Robert Ellis Daverspike, 37, of 245 W. 10th St, San Pedro, and William Lewis Hannah, 27, of 421 S. Center St, San Pedro, received prison terms for bad check counts in a Superior Court proceeding presided by Judge Beach Vasey.
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Judge Beach Vasey Todey
Robert Ellis Daverspike
W. 10Th St
William Lewis Hannah
S. Center St
San Pedro
Admiral to Talk Before Red Cross Dinner
Long Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual dinner June 27 in the Cavalier Room of the Lafayette Hotel. Rear Admiral FR L Campbell is principal speaker. Event open to the public with reservations available by calling the Red Cross office. Cost is 3 dollars.
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Long Beach
American Red Cross
Cavalier
Lafayette Hotel
Wall
FR. L. Campbell
Red Cross
Goodyear Blimp Ranger Returns to Long Beach Schedule
The Goodyear blimp Ranger moored at Long Beach Municipal Airport begins a new season with Captain Verner L. Smith in command. The six passenger craft, sister to Enterprise, will fly over the city from 3 to 7 pm on Tue Wed Thu Fri and 9 am to 6 pm on Sat Sun.
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Goodyear
Ranger
Long Beach
Enterprise
A. E. Banta
Goodyear Western
Long
Verner L. Smith
Beach
Goodyear Co
City Council Reviews Harbor and Water Budgets
The council reviewed harbor and water department budgets totaling 36.8 million for the fiscal year starting July 1. Formal action was deferred to the official meeting on June 25, with no specific objections to the harbor budget of 31.689 million but two key questions raised about water rates and transfer of revenue to the general fund.
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Harbor
Brennen S. Thomas
Water Dept
John F. Baker
Lakewood ‘Water and Power Co
Long Beach Resident Named Head of Fund Drive Section
Lodjic Lynwood of 12 Bryant Rd named chairman of the commerce and industry section for the 1957 Southern California Multiple Sclerosis Hope Chest Fund Drive. Don Kimbal announces the appointment as 500 business and civic feeders organize across Los Angeles County to solicit support for the August campaign with a $400,000 goal.
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Lodjic
Long Beach
Pacific Iron and Steel
Lynwood
Commerce and Industry
Identification Meet Opens Wednesday
Problems of identification in senses of violence and disaster will be discussed at the 41st annual conference of the California State Division of Identification. Opening at 10 am Wednesday, Randall J. Jorabek of the Long Beach Police Department Record Bureau presides. C Lester Trotter of the FBI Identification Division in Washington, D C will speak Wednesday morning. Harry Eaton of the California State Office of Civil Defense will speak Wednesday afternoon on Basic Organization for Disaster Identification. Thursday covers lifting and photographing shoe prints, and hypnosis in investigations with speakers James Watson of the LAPD and Dr Roy M Doreus of UCLA. Erle Stanley Gardner will speak Friday on citizen enlistment to keep crime down.
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California State Divisi International Agana
Lafayette
Eotel
Randall J. Jorabek
Long Beach Police Dept Record Bureau
C. Lester Trotter
FBI
Washington, D. C
Harry Eaton
California State Office of Civil Defense
Lon
James Watson
Los Angeles Police Department
Roy M. Doreus
Psychology
UCLA
Erle Stanley Gardner
Seaside Blvd Pontoon Span Closures Announced
Seaside Blvd Pontoon Bridge near the Long Beach harbor entrance will close to traffic for a week starting Sunday. Closures are: Sunday 4 PM to 9 PM, Monday June 24 4 PM to 5 30 PM, Tuesday June 25 5 PM to 10 30 PM, Wednesday June 26 6 PM to 11 30 PM, Thursday June 27 6 30 PM to midnight, Friday June 28 7 30 PM to 12 30 AM, Saturday June 29 6 40 PM to 1 30 AM, and Sunday June 30 9 PM to 2 AM.
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Jeading
Long Beach
Haroor
Boy in coma after auto collision near home
Three year old Micheed Wayne HG remained in serious condition at Seaside Hospital after a Saturday night hit while playing near 326 E. 19th St. The child suffered a severe head injury when struck by a car driven by Harold Edmond Kilb. Kilb was not cited. Brain surgery was performed that night. A similar Sunday accident injured Gary E. Dickeran 2 at 432 E. Smith St when struck by a car driven by Howard Brasselle 89. Brasselle was not cited.
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Micheed Wayne HG
Seaside Hospital
E. 19Th St
Harold Edmond Kilb
18Th St. Air
Kalb
Kalo l
Gary E. Dickeran
E. Smith Sr
Howard Brasselle
Chestnut Ave
Brasselle
League Gives to Hospital Fund Drive
The Children's Benefit League announced a 10000 pound donation to the United Hospital Fund Drive to aid Community Hospital's pediatrics ward. President Mrs. A A Schlaegel said the gift fulfills league aims formed since its 1946 founding to aid needy children and build a children’s wing in local hospitals.
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United Hospital Fund
Children's Benefit League
Community Hospital
A. A. Sehlaeger
Schlaegel
Fire damages residence on Lime Avenue in Davenport area
A fire at 5061 Lime Ave in the Davenport area destroyed a davenport and caused minor damage to a wall and carpet. Infn T. Packer’s residence reported the incident and police dispatched officers to the scene.
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Davenport
Infn T. Packer
Lime Ave
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