Nab Girl in Sailor Robbery Case
An 18 year old brunette was arrested after a sailor reported a robbery and assault in an alley behind a hotel. Jacqueline M. Amaral of 623 West Ocean Boulevard was booked for investigation of robbery. Victim Ralph Joseph Moyer, 19, of the USS Princeton, identified a man posing as her brother and three accomplices who beat him and took $22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline M. Amaral
W. Ocean Blvd
Ralph Joseph Moyer
Uss Princeston
Marine surplus sale at Camp Pendleton sets first West Coast sale
Unused and used Marine Corps property valued at 250000 dollars will be offered to the public in a first come first served sale at Camp Pendleton March 13 to 15. The event features furniture appliances clothing office equipment and hundreds of miscellaneous items available for inspection March 10 to 11. Gates open 3 30 am with sale daily 9 am to 5 pm. snack bar and restrooms provided.
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Marine Corpl
Camp Pendleton
Camp del Mer
Oceanside
Hwy
To & Pam
Reward Set for Missing Teenage Girl in Lakewood
Parents offer a 100 dollar reward for information on 14 year old Lynda Kay Davis who vanished after leaving Bellflower High School on November 12. They fear she is being held against her will. The girl is 5 feet 2 inches, 90 pounds, with reddish brown hair and grey blue eyes. She is left handed and bears a two inch star on her right knee.
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Lakewood
Bellflower High School
H. B. Davis
Lynda Kay
Convict's Wife Wins Delay in Gun Case
Long Beach resident Mary Ann Bevins 22 sought a continuance in a preliminary trial for allegedly trying to smuggle a loaded .38 revolver to her husband George Bevins 32 jailed after an armed robbery at Corona del Mar market. The court granted a Friday hearing as her attorney could not attend. She faces felony counts of aiding and abetting an attempted escape and conspiracy with possible 10 years or more if convicted.
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Long Beach
Orange County
Santa Ann
Mary Ann Bevins
Seaside Blvd
Santa Ana
Howard Cameron
Jner
Sould
Sheriif
District J
Newport Wife Killer Plea Seals Life Sentence
Lacy MacLain Ferguson, a 57 year old Newport Beach fish vendor, pleaded guilty to murdering his wife Ethel Ferguson to end her nagging. Judge Robert Gardner accepted the plea for life imprisonment after Ferguson abandoned dueling defenses and a new California law allowed the guilty plea to set the penalty. Police later reported arrests of four Wilmington men and a 17 year old in a separate robbery case, with a loaded 32 caliber pistol found in a car and acknowledged as belonging to one of the suspects.
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Newport Beach
Lacy MacLain Ferguson
Ethel
Robert Gardner
Santa Ana
California
Ferguson
Gardner
Tloo W. Coast Blvd
Wilmington
Ferguright
Long Beach Market
Ruben
RB. Angel
Salvador R. Angel
Robert R. Angel
Mogue L. Juarez
Sepulveda
Robert Angel
Lomita
End Nears in Hospital Plant Plea
In the first phase of an in plant solicitation drive Seaside Hospital led with 650 employees participating followed by Buffums 550 Community Hospital 380 Sully Miller Contracting 270 and Osteopathic Hospital 160. Gift figures reflect employee contributions and exclude corporate gifts. Hamman noted all in plant employee groups were invited to the Achievement Dinner at 6 30 p m March 12 in the Lafayette Hotel Ball Room. By their generosity they are insuring good hospital facilities not only for their own loved ones but for all of Long Beach.
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Seaside Hospital
Buffums
Community| Hospital
Sully-Miller| Contracting Co
Osteopathic Hospital
Hamman
Lafayette
Long Beach
Vocational I Head to See L. B. Facility
Mary Switzer director of the U S Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation will visit Long Beach's Community Rehabilitation Industries at 1438 Anaheim St to observe progress of a federally funded program aiding rehabilitation for hemiplegics. This marks her second visit after inspecting the job training center during a grant sponsored by the Department of Health Education and Welfare to Jocel organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Switzer
U.S. Bureau of Vocational Rehabitation
Long Beach
Miss Switzer
Anaheim St
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jocel Organization
Deaths in Local Area Reflect Wide-ranging Farewell Notices
Obituary notices list multiple deaths and services from a local paper, naming Charlotte Mackay Webb and other residents. Surviving spouses, children, siblings, and service details are included for each, with funeral homes and dates noted. The listings cover several individuals with varying ages and last known addresses, plus a broader notice about a CRI reception and community welfare efforts alongside veteran tribute programs.
Elevator trap at city building ends with 16 trapped
A faulty elevator left Judge Kenneth E. Sutherland and 15 others stranded for 20 minutes in the Jergins Trust Building. The car stalled between the third and fourth floors, delaying proceedings in the eighth floor courtroom.
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Tack Municipal
Kenneth E. Sutherland
Jergins Trust
Sutherland
Blue Star Mothers Aid Indians Expands Supplies Reach
Blue Star Mothers of America report 990 tons of food clothing and supplies shipped from Long Beach and Los Angeles to Indians in Arizona New Mexico Utah Southern Oregon and Northern California since mid October. National welfare chair Eva Johnston says aid is monthly not seasonal and funded by exchanges clubs and individuals with portions bought by the organization.
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CRI
Pimajio Pezman
Bapchule
Ariz
Mrs. Johnston
Blue Star
Miller
Edward Edwin
Dunrapin Ave
Bryant
Ted Davis
Silent Dawn
Ian Apache
Sarah
Wilson Noble
Euclid Ave
Veterans Administration
Municipal Rec
Davis] el
West
Los Angeles
Motrill
Long Beach
Peek Mortuary
Ruth Merritt
Johnston
Wilmington
Eva Johmston
Indian Welfare
Blue Star Mothers
Elliott Cole
Wilshire Kiwanis Club
Arizona
Datil
New Mexico
Utah
Oregon
California
Blue Star Mothers of America
Eva Johnston
Island Ave
National Indian Welfare
Exchange
Rotary
Lions
Optimust
Kiwanis
Sertoma
San Souci
County proposes six bond issues to fund jail and county projects
County Manager Lindon Hollinger proposed six bond measures totaling 55.3 million dollars for a June ballot. Key asks include 22.28 million for a men’s jail and 5.85 million for a women’s detention program, plus 10 million for rubbish-dump site purchases and 5.19 million for a General Hospital outpatient clinic. If all pass, tax rates could rise 4.6 cents initially. financed in 1958 59 could push 58 cents.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Lindon S. Hollinger
Hollinger
General Hospital
Aspital
Dean van Lines
Johnjine
Santa Fe Ave
R. Leach
Ifor
H. Turrentine
Tosistant
A. D. Stel
Jens
J. ©. Hilton
Holleinger
AE. Dean
D. B. Roydston
C. Green
County Charities Department
N. Shishkoff
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Carl G
John Fi
Earl
Paul
William Andj
Annie Molen
John
Eugene
Katherine Fredricks
Anderson Jr
Anna Freicks
Mottell's & Pecklat B. W. Coon Funeral Home
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Louis T. Jordy
W. 20Th St
Bradley
Allen Edward
Hilligoss
Ralph C
Amaude
Mottel's & Peek Mortuary
Reynolds
Clarence ‘Walden
Mildred A
Craig
Marsha A. “Reynolds
Marie Welch
Alva E. Farrar
Verda M. Led
Bristol
Clara Louise
Prospect S Ave
Apt
Eugene Harold
Westey
Blanche Larsen
Mottell's & Peck Mortuary
Leigh—Earold
Stella
Walter
Lakenwood Mortuary Chapel
Popren
Hilka H
Newport Ave
Palmer
Frederick
Dawson Ave
Ruth M
R. J. Brent
Sunnyside
Holton & Son Mortuary
Fuller
Chester
Hackett Ave
Alberta Bricknell
Brockton
Mass
Lakewood Mortuary
Walhker
Anthony Ray
Almer Walker Jr
Truman Royd Manor
Mottell's & Peek Mortuary
Black Mountain
Crystal, Ariz
Dean Lines
Standard Car Leasing
BEL Aif Chevrolet
Welease Sey Auto
Weil
Kimberly
Ermod Pasuis
Pleox
Hendard Car Leasing
Pacific Mutual Group
Life Insurance
Mnque Offiee
LO Angelia
PASAW
Calla Ghaibean
ML Burnett
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