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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1959
Page
6
Lakewood marked its fifth anniversary with an open house in the new 500000 dollar administration building at 5050 Clark Ave. More than 5000 attendees met city and county officials led by Mayor Angela Iacoboni who noted Lakewood’s 95 percent developed area and the city’s growth path.
Joe Campbell elected president of the Long Beach Young Republicans and named to the California Young Republican board of directors. Other officers include Pat McCarthy and BM] Leake as vice presidents, Beverly Melone as corresponding secretary, Carolyn Whaley as recording secretary, and Sharon Montague as treasurer. The group backed night public hearings by the City Council and a plan for underground parking in future City buildings. Auxiliary to Join Veterans of Dinner W.S.A. Veterans of World War I will join Barracks 154 for potluck dinner at 6 PM Tuesday at Cedar Avenue and Broad Street Building.
A sequence of death notices and funeral details lists numerous individuals by name age and address, with surviving relatives and service times. Entries include LOCKERBY-Cordas Yates 58 Pasadena Ave WWI veteran. SPIESS Maude 89. DOUGLASS Grace Fox Philomena 78. REEVES Hugh M. 82. STYERSTEDTER Victor 77. JACKSON Ida 91. BARNARD Alice M. 73. LA ROSE Rose Ann 183. SOLOMON Bransley C. 72. NELSON Dorothy 59. STOGDILL Rosai Alida 70. ALLEN George S. 85. SILVERSTEIN Benjamin 49 and others. Services set at Mottell's Peek Mor tuary Patterson Snively and local churches with dates and times. Families request flowers be omitted in several notices.
Downtown Long Beach Association DLBA distributes a chart on ethical ad practices to 40 members. The voluntary code targets accurate savings claims and bans misleading pricing, pre ticketing, and exaggerated markups across newspapers, signs, and media. Hal Lewis says enforcement will involve BBB cooperation and aim to boost public confidence.
City health officials warn that measles season is near with cases rising in Long Beach. Dr J D Litwack cautions private physicians to advise exposed infants under three and older children with illness to seek care promptly.
Negotiations between General Telephone Co and Communications Workers of America were to resume at 8 am today after management rejected a new contract offer on Saturday. Police search continued as they investigate a hit and run death of John Frampton, a 17 year old Long Beach boy killed at 55th and Alameda Streets after parking his bicycle.
Five artists from the Southland had works selected for purchase and addition to the Long Beach Museum of Art collection at the opening day of the seventh annual Long Beach Jaried Exhibition. A total of 118 works were judged. a record 420 applications were received. One work from the Junior League Purchase Fund and the Grumbacher Art Material Award was bought: Desert Forms by Marlyn Prior. Seascape by George James. The Open Door by Robert Geliae. Prophecy by Fred Fellows. Visit to Taxco by Edith Gummels. Thirty-two other works were nominated for future purchase and will be shown later.
Police arrested three teenage boys on the roof of Ray's Hobby Supply Shop at 1222 American Ave on Sunday night for burglary. The suspects, two 15 year olds and a 13 year old, admitted taking 47 dollars of merchandise from the store after entering Saturday night via a sky lift.
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