Thorpe family to receive surplus ambulance from Rotary Club
Floyd Thorpe, his wife Mary Elizabeth, and their three sons Douglas 20 Michael Leroy 16 and Danny Ray 14 live in a cramped Signal Hill home with three wheelchairs a battered TV and two large chairs. The Rotary Club will present Floyd with a surplus 1959 Cadillac ambulance bought for 351 to transport the boys who are all afflicted with muscular dystrophy.
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Frank Anderson
Floyd
Mary Elizabeth Thorpe
E. 23Rd St
Mary Thorpe
God
Loo
Douglas
Michael Leroy
Danny Ray
Signal Hil
Rotary Club
Signal Hill
Floyd Thorpe
Fred A Baxter
Baxter
Thorpe
Maintenace
Rotary
Thorpes
Cat
Mike
Tony
Mrs. Thorpe
Final Artesia to Santa Ana Freeway link opens in Buena Park
Groundbreaking ceremonies mark the start of the final Artesia Freeway link to the Santa Ana Freeway at 10:20 am in Buena Park. Walter Knott of Knott's Berry Farm delivered the keynote as crews build about a mile of eight-lane roadway from Beach Boulevard to the Santa Ana Freeway in Anaheim, completing a key connection between the Artesia, Riverside, and Santa Ana Freeways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesia
Santa Ana
Buena Park
Walter Knott
Knott's
Berry Farm
Page Avenue
Thomas Street
Beach Boulevard
Anaheim
Riverside
Lakewood Boulevard
Bellflower
Newport
Imperial Highway
Long Beach
Political Action Meet Aims for Long Beach Elections
An admission-free institute on local sectoral tactics runs Thursday at 8 p.m. in Bayshore Branch Library. Saul Stolzberg, area coordinator for the Long Beach Area Community for New Politics, says the meeting will set plans to organize for political action in Long Beach's 1969 City Council and Board of Education elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Bayshore
Second Street
Bayshore Drive
Saul Stolzberg
Board of Education
Police Trace Slain Girl Ring to Woodland Jewelry Store
Police linked a birthstone ring found on a murdered woman to a Woodland jewelry store nine days before her body was discovered near Huntington Beach. Detectives seek identification within 24 hours as they check missing persons lists matching a February birthday and amethyst birthstone. The victim, in her early twenties, was found in a drainage ditch with clothing torn and signs of sexual assault.
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North
Calif
Huntington Beach
Yolo
Joe Grundy
Woodland
Ken Cock
Woodland Police Department
Yorktown Avenue
Newland Street
Earle Robitaille
Pam
Cook Book Contest Opens In 14th Annual Independent Press Telegram
Easy entry rules invite cooks to submit recipes on one side of each page with ingredients and method, name, address, and phone. Grand prize a gas range. second prize a blender. 115 cash prizes. Mail to Mildred K Flanary, entries must post by midnight Sunday July 14. decisions final. recipes become property of the paper and may be reproduced. Contest open to many categories. employees and families barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent, Press-Telegram
O'Keefe & Merrit
Mildred K
Flanary
Independent
Press- Telegram
Long Beach Calif
Independent Press-Telegram
Prese- Telegram
Coins and Remedies Offer Money Back Guarantee
An old advertisement promises refunds if coins, calluses, or warts do not disappear after using a product labeled ALRO Salva or similar health remedy. The copy is garbled but asserts a money back offer and a 5000 cent claim, with vague references to a cure for skin conditions and wart removal.
Silver Star Awarded Posthumously to Marine Cpl Boyer
Marine Cpl Robert L Boyer posthumously receives the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry in Vietnam. The award was presented to his parents at El Toro by Col Martin B Roush. Boyer died while rescuing a wounded comrade during a December 28 engagement in Quang Nam Province. He was 21 and a Poly High School graduate formerly employed by Douglas Aircraft Co prior to enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Robert L
Bob) Boyer
Everett Boyer
Maury Rye
Vietnam
Cpl. Boyer
Martin B. Roush
el Toro Marine Base
Boyer
Quang Nam Province
Poly High School
Douglas Aircraft Co
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Jucepement Press
Teleorue
Prat
G Beach
Lakewood Spauflower
Lynwesd
Henwaik
Persmauntange County Paren
Complet
Arvesi Wes
Heyn
Michael, Danny, Floyd
Douglas Thorpe
Hermosa Beach
Biles
Bakersfield
Beth Werle
Peo
Secretary of the Navy
Paul Ignatius
Buick
Immunity Savings and Loan Association
P.O
Arrourt
Community Savings and Loan Association
Community Savings and Loam Association
Financial Federation, Inc
East Compton Boulevard
Compton
Atlantic Boulevard
Paramount Boulevard
Paramount
Up Financial Federation
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