Japanese Smog Masks and Tales From Judith Holmes
Judith Holmes, back from Nippon after 16 months, drives through Los Angeles wearing a Yokohama smog mask to ward off pollution. Innsulting reactions ashore fade as locals confuse her with Russia. Ramsey donates $10 to Boy Scouts from a found bill, while Mrs. Eva L. Taylor seeks aid for a Negro orphanage in Georgia. The Weather Bureau asks for a lilac bush’s bloom data as a weather indicator, and a Red Cross fashion show funds are raised with Orrin Tucker and Roberta Linn performing.
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Malcolm Epley
Judith Holmes
Tar
Nippon
Ceen
Japan
Miss Holmes
Yokohama
Los Angeles
L. A
Ramsey
Ramsey Fa
Boy Scouts
Eva L. Taylor
Gaviota Ave
Sarah Murphy
Rockmart
Aid Ramecy
Red Cross
Auditorum
Sp. m
Orrin Tucker
Roberta Linn
Tex Williams
Ash Wednesday Rites at Catholic and Protestant Churches
Catholic and Protestant churches in town observe Ash Wednesday to begin Lent with a 40 day fast. Judge Martin DeVries speaks at First Christian Church at 11 a.m. and Mrs Helen Walker leads the North Long Beach Christian Church service at 12:30 p.m. An hour meditation starts at noon downtown. World Day of Prayer services noted for Friday at two churches.
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Martin DeVries
First Christian Church
5Th St
Locust Ave
Helen Walker
Whittier Friends Church
North Long Beach
Counterfeiters Seized in Long Beach Raid
Detectives and U S Secret Service agents seized counterfeit equipment at 1151 Rhea Street Monday night. A multigraph machine valued over $2,000, cans of special ink, aluminum plates and developers were found. Richard Burton and Daniel Bond, later jailed in San Diego, face charges of possessing and passing counterfeit money.
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U. S
Secret Service
Rhea St
Tijuana
Long Beach
Richard T. Burton
Daniel Eugene Bond
E. 39Th ‘St
San Diego
Guy H. Spaman
Huntington ‘Beach
Pat Paris
Téd Sizemore
Agdressograph Multigraph Corp
3Rd St
Button
Band
U.S
San Tiers
Long Beach Hospital Fund Dinner Promises Historic Event
More than 600 civic leaders will attend a citizens committee dinner at the Lafayette Hotel Grand Ballroom as part of the four million dollar United Hospital Fund campaign. Campaign chairman H. Ridings Jr. says the event aims to present the hospital needs and civic duties, with no fund solicitation during the dinner. Guests to gather in the hotel lobby at 6:30 with doors at 6:45 and dinner at 7.
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Long Beachy
Citizens' Committee
United Hospital Fund
Lafayette Hotel
Long Beach
Bud) Ridings Jr
Clvic
Ridings
Hospital-Fund
Rassemale
Vandals Cause $2,000 Damage to Home
Police report vandals caused about $2,000 damage to the frame residence of Elba M. Janzen at 1917 E 4th St on Monday. Cheese and butter covered walls and flour, catsup, and a bean can littered the floor. Four chairs and picture frames were broken and several walls kicked.
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Elba M.'Jan‘zen
Burglar Flees With Purse After Wakening Teachers
Three Garden Grove elementary teachers were awakened by a burglar at 2125 E Ocean Blvd early today. Kathleen Campbell Nancy Miller and Janet Ferguson were targeted as the intruder demanded money, taking about $50 from Miller and Campbell purses before fleeing.
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Garden Grove
Onttary
Iesson Inglas
Long Beach
Ocean Mands
Blvd
Exch 22
Nancy
Ann Miller
Mitchell Elementary
Kathleen Campbell
Janet Ferguson
Ie Woodbury
Crosty
Kathleen
Miss Miller
Youth forfeits bail in riot case at VFW Hall
An 18 year old, Peter L. Maris of 5140 Pagifle Ave, arrested Jan 11 in a riot at VFW Hall 20 E Louise St, forfeited $110 bail by failing to appear for Municipal Court. Charges against two others were partially dismissed. Maris’ brother Richard Carl was fined $50 on a disorderly count.
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VFW Hall
Maris’ Brother
Richard Carl
Georgia St
Paramount
Nervous Alarm At Armory After Siren Short
An electrical short at the California National Guard Armory on 7th St and Alamitos Ave caused the siren to wail at about 10 30 a m startling residents within miles. An officer shut it off after police and newspaper switchboards received many inquiries.
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Archid Sen
California National Guard
7Th St
Alamitos Ave
City Hopes To Tune Out Noise
City council seeks a law to reduce noise, reviewing 18 categories of nuisance sounds. Deputy City Attorney Harold A. Lingle notes federal aircraft rules and state auto horn limits leave little room, leaving possible targets like bird calls and steam whistles while stressing careful wording to avoid infringing speech or religion.
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Harold A. Lingle
Lingle
City Council Votes 9-0 to Place Fluoridation on May 14 Ballot
After more than an hour of vehement public opposition, the City Council voted unanimously to place the water fluoridation issue on the primary ballot for May 14. The action follows heated protests and debates among residents and officials.
Dial Calls to Orange Co. Stated
A Long Beach area meeting approved a council recommendation by a 70 vote last Wednesday. The plan to implement new telephone prefixes in Orange County would allow calls to Long Beach and Lakewood with no added charge starting March 1 1958. C W Duncan of General Telephone Co announced the changeover precedes a district directory listing. Opponents estimated 145 000 would be affected by the shift with charges remaining until March 2 1958. Walter Strong argued fluoridation is a dangerous fraud and that fluoride in water damages teeth and health.
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Long Beach
Lakewood
C. W. Duncan
General Telephone Co
Pro
Dion
GTC
Temul
Geneva
Hemlock
Harrison
Garfield
Duncan
Orange County
Beach
Csdl
Alvin al
Aes Ford
Gaffey St
Cuntis Clark
San’ Pedro
Colorado River
DMNC
Local fluoride debate heats town over water treatment
A public hearing reveals strong arguments for fluoridation as a proven health measure to prevent tooth decay in children. Opponents cite health risks from fluorine and warn about effects on pregnant women and diabetics as supporters cite professional evidence and a civic health committee backing the proposal.
64,000th Landing on Antisub Carrier Princeton
The Long Beach based antisubmarine carrier USS Princeton surpassed 64,000 fixed wing landings on her light deck as Air Antisubmarine Squadron 38 marked the milestone with a traditional cake cutting. Lt Richard C. Hanford I and Lt Charles I Fairchild co piloted a Grumman S2F Tracker as Capt John L. Chittenden and Cmdr J.P. Damrow praised the crew.
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Richard C. Hanford
Charles I. Fairchild
Uss
Princeton
Air Antisubmarine Squadron 38
Richard C. Hanford I
Charles I Fairchild
Comdy
J.P. ‘Damrow
Burglary defendant Alford pleads guilty in 1986 case
Alford admitted to second degree burglary with a prior felony and received concurrent 1 to 15 year sentences as a probation violator. He faced charges for entering a Gaffey Street dine and dance venue last Oct 30 and allegedly failed to force a juke box. Morrison, William Louis, 27, of 566 East 39th Street, got three years probation and 33 days in county jail after a favorable probation report for stealing 750 pounds of copper tubing and seven micrometers from Climax Tube Co. at 2125 West Cowles Street on January 9.
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Alford
Gaffey St
William Louis Sorrison
E. 39Th St
Vasey
Climax Tube Co
W. Cowles St
Navy ships to join California coast exercises in June
Navy ships based at Long Beach will join vessels from San Diego and San Francisco for maneuvers off the California coast June 3 to 13. Vice Admiral Robert L. Den Walson said the force will total 44 ships and 120,000 men. The drills will end with a four day visit to San Francisco Bay.
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Navy
Long Beach
San Diego
San Francisco
California
Adm
Robert L. den Walson
Dat
San Francisco Bay
Thief Steals Rings in Rothbart's Jewelry Heist
A thief smashed a store display at Rothbart's Jewelry on American Avenue early today and stole about 18500 in rings. Police report four wedding and engagement sets plus an engagement ring from a fifth set were among the items taken.
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Rothbart’s Jewelry
Utilities Pay 413193 to City as Taxes
Long Beach city treasury received 413193.03 on Monday as annual franchise taxes from General Telephone Co and Southern California Edison Co. General’s lump sum totaled 249271.47, Edison’s 163921.56, with 1955 comparisons and in lieu payments for city offices. Edison’s amount reflects power charges rather than lighting revenue.
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Long Beach
General Tele Phone Co
Southern California Edison Co
General
Edison Company
Edison
Henry E. Jordan
Bureau of Franchises
Long Beach OKs Six Week Summer Session Plan
Long Beach Board of Education approved a six week summer session for elementary and junior senior high schools from July 1 to August 9. City College Liberal Arts and Business divisions run July 1 to August 23 with day and evening classes. Elementary sites include Bixby Burbank Garfield LowelLord and Twain. junior high Franklin and Poly High host sessions. No tuition will be charged for summer terms.
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City College
Long Beach Board of Education
Liberal Arts
Is City College
Business and Technology
City
Bixby
Burbank
Garfield
Lowellow
Twain
Franklin and Senior High
Poly High School
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Teed
Leilani
Jay Fiondella
Malibu
Fiondella
Hawaii
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IL. B
Armory
Orange Co
Committee of the Whole
Gerald Desmond
Walter W.strong
Garford St
Illnos
James Evans
Panama Ave
M. FE. Bupp
Flora ML Phelps
Virginia Dyer
Cedar Ave
L. L. Zlerote
Daily Worker
Russia
Siberia
Louie Trotter
Knoxville
Bernard Graber
Pokesman
Leo’ Vander Lans
Citizen's Committee For Dental Health
Celegram
Seclion
IL. B. Navy
Allen Center
Retired Officers Club
National Association
Cmdr
Harry Glickson
Edward A Gould
National Organization
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