Breakfast meeting features watch inspection week
At a chamber of commerce breakfast, U S Horological Society reps outlined watch inspection week and stressed time management. The piece weaves in legislative amendment snippets, a hubcap exchange saga at Del Amo and Cherry, a bread baking trend among Independent Bakers of America members, a snowbound police captain tale, and a playful poem excerpt about Beachcomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Comunerte
U.S. Horological Society
Civilian Aids Coast Guard In High Seas Rescue Attempt
A civilian volunteers 750 hours yearly to Coast Guard patrols amid a simulated aerial emergency. A test pilot ejects at supersonic speed as a rescue vessel is alerted. Communications breaches blur lines between exercise and real emergency as the scene unfolds near Lagune Besch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guard Auxtary
Guard
New
Lagune Besch
Pleasport
Coast Guard
Workable Linkage Bill Predicted by City Aids
A San Francisco area man recounts an 12 hour hitchhike ordeal with a 23-year-old gunman who kept a .22 pistol trained on him from 7:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. as he drove toward Los Angeles to deliver the hitchhiker. Alfred E. Olsen, a crane operator, ended up penniless and stranded after the man forced him to continue south. Olsen sought help at a police station, reporting the terrifying ride and a minimal cash remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Olsen
Bayshore
Richmond
Satellite Tracker to Speak at L B Convention Session
Dr. Albert R. Hibbs of Cal Tech Jet Propulsion Lab will discuss satellite tracking and space travel at a California Industrial Education Assn session in Long Beach. Also speaking are Dr. A Qua de of IBM Research and Harley Iams of Hughes Aircraft. panel moderated by Dr. Paul Kievntjes. Delegates number about 3600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Industrial Education Assn
Albert R. Hibbs
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California
Institute of Techinology
Harley Iams
Hughes ‘Air-jigraft Research Laboratories
Paul Kievnt- Jes
Long Beach State College
Douglas A. Newcomb
Victor Peterson
Lafayette Hotel
Channel 2
KNXT
Long Beach
Compton
Compromise Bill Emerges From Sacramento Talks On Long Beach Subsidence
City officials negotiating with state and independent producers in the Wilmington Field expect a revised bill next week. It retains key aims to curb subsidence and repressure the field with state supervision, while adding new financing provisions and provisions on unit agreement thresholds and economic practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Long Beach
William P. Catlessi
Walhfred Jacobson
John, Spence
Philip Brady
Wilmington
Tidel and Gill
Union Vote Scheduled for Local 681 Executive Secretary
A special election to fill the unexpired term of Jack Arnold, longtime executive secretary of Long Beach and Orange County Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union Local 681, will be held March 24 and 25. Nominees are James T. Stevens and Clayton Smith. Arnold died February 8 after over 21 years in the post. the local represents about 15,000 workers in Long Beach and Orange County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Arnold
Long Beach
Orange County Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union
James T. Stevens
International
Ed 5. Miller
Cincinnati
Clayton Smith
St. Santa Ana
St. Polis
Armmold
Long Beach J
Orange County
Bors Inducted Into International College of Surgeons
Dr Ernest H J Bors chief of paraplegic service and urology at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital was among 12 world renowned surgeons from eight countries inducted as honorary fellows of the International College of Surgeons on Thursday evening at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest H. J. Bors
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
International College of Surgeons
Wiltern Theater
Los Angeles
Fire Truck Collision Injures 5-Year-Old Girl in Seaside
A hook and ladder truck traveling 25 mph to a fire struck a car at 20th Street and American Avenue injuring a 5-year-old girl who was thrown to the pavement. Debra Murphy remained in excellent condition at Seaside Hospital with head injuries. Driver of the truck Joseph Slaughter, 42, and mother Patricia Kron, 32, were involved. Kron said she did not hear the siren or see lights as the truck ran a red light amid a congested construction area near Ocean Boulevard. The fire was minor and the truck was one of five units responding to Neptune Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra M. Murphy
Seaside Hospital
Joseph Slaughter
Snowden Ave
Patricia Kron
Pasadena Ave
20Th St
American Ave
Neptune Pl
Ocean Blvd
Flve
Back Plans to Develop Two Parks in Long Beach
Long Beach Recreation Commission approved development plans for Wardlow Park and Pan American Park taken by annexation. Plans include picnic areas, day camps, children's play zones, multi use slabs, ball diamond lighting, landscaping and sprinklers. Bond allocations total 85 100 for Wardlow and 71 050 for Pan American. plans go to park planning commissions before City Council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach) Recreation Commission On Thurday
Wardlow] S
Pan American Parks
Wardlow Park
Wardlow Rd
Stanbridge Ave
Charlemagne Ave
Centralia St
Park and P
Two Nursing Officials to Attend Parley
Two Long Beach nursing officials will attend a Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing conference in San Francisco. Miss Susan Whidden education director at Seaside Hospital Vocational Nursing School and Miss Lila Maples director of nursing at Long Beach General Hospital will participate Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Western Council On Higher Education For Nursing
San Francisco
Susan Whidden
Seaside Hospital Vocational Nursing School
Lila Maples
Long Beach General Hospital
Missing Airman Gayle Stiles Near Inyokern Planes
Ground and air search underway for Gayle Robert Stiles 21 missing since Monday on Merced to Inyokern flight. He was piloting a rented Piper cruiser with A3/C Joel Parker Blair 18 aboard. Stiles, from Delta Avenue Merced area, attended Stephens Junior High and China Lake High School and was to receive a 30 day furlough Saturday. Local and naval search teams cover rugged terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiles
Russell
S. Stiles
China Lake
Long Beach
Joel Parker Blair
Louisburg
Merced Airport
Stephens J
Two LB Educators to Lead Discussions at 1958 Conference
Two Long Beach educators will lead discussions at the 1958 California Elementary School Administrators Association conference. Principal Don Cubberly of Elsie Cubberly Elementary and Herbert Cullen of the American Petroleum Institute will discuss oil drilling in residential Fresno areas. The meeting is set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Shell Recreation Hall in Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
California
Fresno
Don Los Angeles Basin
Wald P. Ashley
Elsithe American Petroleum Instiwood
Herbert Cullen
Shell Recreation Hall
Hill
Unielat
Obispo Ave
Flee Painful Lesson Judo Stops Robbers at Fisher Home
James H. Fisher, a 52 year old check cashing service operator, used judo to subdue two masked burglars who burst into his Ximeno Avenue home. The men bound his maid, stole cash and jewelry, then fled after Fisher overpowered one with a groin kick and threw the other. Police note the duo had staged the break in with a milk slot key. Fisher previously survived a Wilmington street holdup two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Fisher
Jude
Ximeno Ave
Fisher
Laura I. Niblick
Vista St.ott
Wilmington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vixen
del Amo
Cadillac
Buick
Ford
Max Sands
Metmakers
Independent Bakers of America
Shirley Asolas
Ruth Perry
Recreation
William A. Thornberry
Yucca
Palms
Riverside Sheriffs
Tas
Lola F. Echard
Coluni
Malcolm Epley
L. B. Cavalier
Nora Kate
U.S
Fao
Jess Kaplan
Earl Markham
Cmdr
Robin E. Young Jr
S.F
L.B
Pacific Coast Hwy
Jay
Jack Guth
Amvets Post 24 Auxiliary
Truman Loyd Manor
Nuillonehama
Santa Fe Ave
Spring St
L. B
A. Quade
The
International ‘Business Machines:Research Laboratory
Will Speak
Jack Reynolds
Raymond"c. Kegler
Long ‘Beach Public
Celearam
Assembly
Raymond C. Kealer
Sam E. Vickers
Alfred E. Olsen
Bors
Back
Inyokern
Gayle.r. Stiles
Merchant's
Bryan Hodgson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!