Minister Enjoys Golf On Sunday At Sky Qinks Course
Report notes Rev. Hiram Crosby of St. Thomas of Canterbury in Lakewood golfing on a Sunday. A stranger teased him about the church and offered to join after learning his vocation. The piece also covers California Assembly hazing of freshman Kennick over a freeway bill and a humorous pensioner sketch at a Long Beach bank.
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St. Thomas of Canterbury Episcopal Church
Lakewood
Crosby
California
Joe Kenrick
San Diego
Kennick
Long Beach
Elinie
Frank Merriam
Atty
Fred N. Howser
Paul Peek
Bill Grant
Senate
Sam the Mascot Tomcat Slides at Fire Station No. 6
Old Sam, mascot First Class at Fire Station No 6, famed for sliding down the pole. He hunts gophers with mixed success, bagging his first after two months and growing wary of the fire engine. He avoids claws and prefers the pole over the truck.
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Fire Station No. 6
Est
Old Sam
No. 6
Afl Prato
Jota Neag
Navy Depot Annex Plan Moves Ahead in Seal Beach
A plan to annex most Navy facility land near Seal Beach advances despite opposition from Seal Beach and Westminster leaders. City officials press for annexation of over six square miles, excluding administrative buildings, after a council meeting and boundary commission approval. A fatal crash earlier involved a man who claimed not to stop.
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Navy
Ithe
Grange County Boundary Commission
Boy, 17, Booked for Garden of Marijuana
A 17 year old North Long Beach boy was arrested after police found ten marijuana plants in his backyard along with 1000 marijuana seeds, a heroin pill, two marijuana cigarettes and several other pills. He claimed he was caring for the plants and would have watered them if it hadn't rained.
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Long Beach
15Th
Rose Ave
North Long Beach
Magic Carpet Dream Trip For Dying Iowa Girl
Nora Witz, a 10 year old from Buffalo Iowa, is dying of cancer. A Disney trip was arranged as a final wish after a doctor advised travel should not be postponed. Nora and her mother flew to Los Angeles and stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, planning two days visiting Disneyland and Frontierland.
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Nora Witz
California
Nora
Buffaloo
Iowa
John Witz
Los Angeles International Airport
Disneyland Hotel
Disneyland
Frontierland
Orderly Giver Jail Term in Wallet Theft
A hospital orderly from Anaheim named Joe Dudley Smith, 23, was sentenced to 60 days in county jail and placed on three years probation by Superior Judge Maurice Sparling after a grand theft conviction. He was arrested at Seaside Memorial Hospital on January 26 when officers found a $200 wallet in his sock. he claimed he found it in a trash can.
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Joe Dudley Smith
Anaheim
Maurice C. Sparling
Smith
Seaside Memorial Hospital
Set Medical Lecture at St. Mary's
A postgraduate medical beeshare series will be conducted at St. Mary's Hospital beginning March 17. Two-hour lectures are held each Tuesday night through June 2, presented by UCLA School of Medicine and the Department of Continuing Education in Medicine in cooperation with St. Mary's Hospital. Open to graduates of medical schools approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the AMA. UCLA faculty members will speak.
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School of Medicine
Department of Continuing Education In Medicine
UCLA
St. Mary’s Hospital
Council On Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Assn
Milton Katz
Long Beach
Los Angeles County Medical Assn
Jimmie Dean
Center
Irving Litwack
City Healthy
Community
Seaside
St. Mary's Hospitals
Pellets Hit Windows of Three Homes
Three homes suffered cracked windows Monday after pellets struck. Police reported the addresses as 241 Eavin St, 252 Wisconsin Ave, and 504 E Broadway, with no injuries noted.
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Wisconsin Ave
Broadway
Council Selects 2 Citizen Units for Public Improvements
The City Council confirmed appointments to the Citizens Committee for Public Improvements and the Long Beach USS Long Beach christening committee. Mayor Kealer named Harold Appleton chairman replacing Arthur Adams, with Albert Code L D Cassady George Badenhausen Walter Hayehorst among others. A motto on a hit-and run car aided arrest of Kenneth Holley for manslaughter. The Long Beach panel includes Donald Sutherland Edwin Wade Walter Powell and Robert McNally along with city officials. One additional member will be added by the Chamber of Commerce. The christening committee will travel to Quincy Massachusetts later this year.
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Raymond C. Kealer
Harold G. Appleton
Citizens Committee
Arthur H. Adams
Albert L. Code
Southern California Edison Co
L. D. Cassady
Lomita Gas Co
George Badenhausen
Harriman-Jones
Walter Hayehorst
The
Bank of America
Uss Long Beach
Donald C. Sutherland
Long Beach Naval Shipyard Employes Assn
Edwin W. Wade
Independent Business Men’s
Walter L. Powell
Holleywhal Fleet Reserve Assn
Robert
B McNally
Inglewood
Patrick Ahern
Robert F. Crow
William‘. Delassi
Gerald Desmond
Charles M. Garrison
Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Mass
Dad Paul Jr
Paul W. Mactin Sr
Edson
Dad
Sailor Robbed After Cafe Encounter on Olive Avenue
Navy sailor J. C. Jackson, 21, of the USS Nuckley, had a wallet with $24 stolen by two men after a cafe meeting on Olive Ave near New York St. A choke hold was used and the sailor was forced to remove his shoes and socks, with $60 found in the right sock.
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J. C. Jackson
Nuckley
Olive Ave
New York St
Jackson
Milkman Sparks Delivery Ordinance Debate In City
A street confrontation over night milk deliveries sparks a debate on curb space and safety. W H Gilkinson challenged a citation for violating hours while councilors defer to the ordinance committee for a deeper study on restricting deliveries after hours.
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W. E. Kummer
T W.H. Gilkinson
Wardlow
Charles R
Mont Dooley
Tor
Wall Street
Dooley
Citatian
Nation
Medics Cite Neglect of Vision at State Optometry Meet
Dr. R. K. Melton of the Long Beach Optometric Assn told the 50th annual California Optometric Assn congress in San Francisco that normal 20/20 vision is slipping toward rarity. He cited stress of modern living and said only 42 percent of Californians have normal vision with 30 percent receiving adequate care, 14 percent with uncorrected eyesight, 10 percent improperly corrected, and 5 percent uncorrectable.
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R. K. Melton
Long Beach
California
Melton
Housewife Fights Off Assailant in Signal Hill Break-In
A 30-year-old Signal Hill housewife reported an early morning attack as two men in a car pulled up and one followed her inside. He choked and hit her before she fought him off and he left through the front door. She did not require hospitalization.
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Signal Hill
City Building Permits Drop in Long Beach
Long Beach issued 2,251 building permits totaling 3,583,719 last month, down 36.1 percent from January and 30 percent from February 1958. Residential activity totaled 959,716 for 153 units, but overall value dropped 66 percent from January’s 2,821,905 for 269 units, despite a 44.3 percent rise in dwelling value from February last year. City Building Superintendent Edward M. O'Connor released the figures.
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Long Beach
Edsward M. O’connor
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