California Gold Fever And A Sierra City Night
A Long Beach group vacations in California to the Sierra, chasing gold at diggings along Highway 49. They find mica, admire a shepherdess tending sheep, witness a town bar fire, and note Dr. Logan Jackson’s brief stay before an eventful return.
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Axzhow
High Country
Highway 49
Sierra Country
Uttle
Sierra City
Long Beach
California
Zerlofft
Zerga
Loftmark
Fesally
Sierra Buttes
John Wyatt
Tynewriter
Record Budget Patchwork Maps City Finances And Jobs
Vickers sends the 1958 59 budget proposal to City Council noting a record appropriation level of about 26.7 million with a 50 thousand contingency. The plan revises department funding, increases some posts while trimming others, and plans for capital projects funded by bonds. Net surplus near 1.28 million and property tax revenues estimated at 8.34 million reflect shifts in General Purpose Fund Library Band Recreation and Harbor budgets.
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George Weeks
Injet
Sam E.kions
Vickers
Miss Univers Legories
Ryover
Vickrs
Board of War
Harbor Board
Police Dept
Lin
Ludget
Fire Dept
Park Dept
Yugos Seek Artukovic and 200000 Murders Charge
Nu-Pike Firm plans to sue Long Beach city over shoreline damages, seeking up to 2.7 million if tied to outstanding claims. Dr. Frank E. Stanton Jr indicates a possible compromise, notes pending statute limits, and withdraws fence permission for Nu-Pike area while negotiating a broader package with city officials.
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Long Beach Amusement Ha
Frank E. Stanton Jr
Stanton
Yugo|children
Sutorshnek Jising
Islavia
Slavia
Los Angeles
Andrijal
Itaii
Ne- Artukovic
Artukovic
Surfside
Nu-Pike
Walnfred Jacobson
Sam E. Vickers
Oe Ee
Tito era case aims to extradite Artukovic for murder
Marshal Tito's government seeks to bring Artukovic to trial as a common murderer. George E. Danielson, representing Tito, estimated the hearing would last at least two weeks with two witnesses and 130 exhibits. He stated crimes of murder are extraditable and historical facts will prove them.
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Marshal Tito
Artukovic
Croatia
Tito
George E. Danielson
Danielson
Teacher Convicted in Stolen Loot Case
Robert Edward Proweil a 35 year old former Torrance High biology teacher was convicted Monday night on one count of receiving property stolen from the school by a student lab assistant. The jury returned the verdict at 9 20 p m after deliberations began. He was acquitted on other counts. The case involved thefts of business machines from the school and other loot. Proweil will be sentenced by Superior Judge Ralph K Pierson and retrial on remaining counts was set for July 16.
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Robert Edward Proweil
Torrance High School
Prowell
Seves
Jpanel
Zamother
Rzla
Chestnut
Beach
Su-1
Zamizlaperior
Ralph K. Pierson
Tor
Lance Police
John Zamizia
Cooties Convention Draws Veterans to Long Beach
Thousands of delegates gather in Long Beach as the Veterans of Foreign Wars California Department, Military Order of Cooties, and Cootiettes convene at the Wilton Hotel and Lafayette Hotel. Day one features city welcome, hospital visits, a parade, new degree initiations, and officer nominations ahead of Wednesday sessions.
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Honor Degre
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Military Order of Cooties
Cootiettes
The
Grand of California
Wilton Hotel
Virgil Spongberg
Ernest Sox II
Grayjack Rose Lunt
Long Beach Veterans Hospital
Ocean Blvd
Wilton
Veterans of Foreign Wars, California Department
Lafayette Hotel
Municipal Auditorium
Crimes Against Nonpolitical Victims Mentioned in Defense
Danielson outlines crimes against nonpolitical victims including mothers and children and an Orthodox priest dumped in a pasture hole. He cites an affidavit from the pasture owner. Another crime wiped out a whole family from 92 years to 3 years old. An 11-year-old boy narrowly escaped and testified to the witness. The hearing is presided by U S Commissioner Theodore Hocke with counsel Edward J O Connor for Artukovic.
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Danielson
U. S
Theodore Hocke
Artukovic
Edward J. O'Connor
Harbor Board approves contracts for two new piers
The Board of Harbor Commissioners authorized two contracts totaling over five million dollars for dredging rock diking and jetty work to extend piers A F and G. Utah Dredging Co. will dredge 6.5 million cubic yards for 2,596,250 dollars and Graham BROS Inc. gets 2,342,500 dollars to build rock dikes and a jetty for docked ships. Pier F covers 25.5 acres and Pier G 50.8 acres. Completion planned in two years.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Pier A
Utah Dredging Co
San Francisco
Graham Bros., Inc
W. 7Th St
Bob Hoffmaster
J F Bishop Named Harbor Board Head
Joseph F. Bishop, three year harbor commissioners member and Walker's Department Store president, will assume board president duties on July 1 succeeding William A. Harrington. New officers elected include H E Ridings Jr as vice president and Maurice Daubney as secretary. Bishop was named to the board June 23, 1955 and will serve as president until July 2, 1961.
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Artukovic
Croatia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. State Department
Yugoslavia
U.S
Serbia
Danielson
Staska
William A.J. Barrington
First Foundation
Joseph F. Bishop
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Bishop
Walker's Department Store
William A. Harrington
Harbor Board
H. E. Ridings Jr
Maurice Daubney
Ridings
Jaws
Board of Water Commissioners
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Sierra
Logan Jackson
Berkeley
Dr. Jackson
Virg Gillespie
Malcolm Eplei
Council
Andres
Hi-Hill
Carho Congo
Andrija Aktukovig
Fine Ave
Magnolia
Alamitos Ve
Bat Patrol
Westminster Boy Scout
K. C. Skeen
Navy
Keyes
Far East
Skeen
Neil
Destroyer Division 31
Shelton
Higbee
Spress
Southland
Robert Edward Prowell
Mrs. Court Prowell
Harbor Department
Long Beach of Development ‘Co
Parish Council of
St. Atha
Nasing
C. L. Peck
Construction and Realty Co
Market St
Linden Ave
Millie and Severson, Inc
Cooties
L. B
Veterans’ Group
Joseph F. Bishop Heads Harbor
J. F. Bishop New Harbor Board
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