Long Beach Welcomes Visitors and Nostalgic Tales
A correspondent writes of Long Beach friendliness during a 35 day Southern California sojourn. He recalls old timers sharing memories of the city’s past, from Liberty-era streetcars to Balboa Studio and Belmont Shore, and highlights the Long Beach-Dominguez Gun Club as a regional gathering spot drawing visitors from Hermosa Beach to Los Angeles. A note on local camaraderie at the trap range ends the piece.
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Southern California
So-Cal
Long Beach
Vian
Long
Ernie Denning
Young Old Timers Club
J. W. Eifert
Seal Beach
Brighton Beach
Navy Station
Terminal Island
Balboa Movie Studio
Alamitos Ave
Sixth St
Belmont Shore
Tide Flats
Seventh St
Pine Ave
Third St
Broadway
Long Beach-Dominguez
Delegates to Report Crest Democratic Club Meeting
Delegates to Report Crest Democratic Club will hear reports from Califor nia Democratic Council Convention delegates Walter Sturdivan and Harley Phelps at its meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Collins School 6125 Coke St.
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Crest Democratic Club
California Democratic Council
Walter Sturdivan
Harley Phelps
Collins School
Coke St
Pair Jumps With Joy on Sweepstakes Victory
Mary DiOrio a petite housewife from 712 A Locust Ave jumped from a chair as she learned the Irish Sweepstakes ticket in her name could win $140,000 on the Grand National at Aintree England. The couple, married twenty years, hold one of 28 top tickets with other holders including Samuel Glotz of Bellflower, though his identity is uncertain. If their horse wins, each of 28 ticket holders shares $1,190. DiOrio plans to buy a pool table while her husband jokes about being the boss. The note on the ticket mentions Siracusa as a 2 1 selection and a Los Cerritos address appears connected to a fictitious holder.
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Qublin
Ireland
Southland
Aintree
England
DiOrio
Nico- Jang Silver
Mel
Miss Australia Rosemary Fenton visits L A for IBC season start
An auburn haired Lord Howe Island girl known as Miss Australia, Rosemary Fenton, arrives in Los Angeles for an early Miss International season four months ahead. She will tour globally, with IBC executives outlining what to expect as 60 delegates converge in Long Beach. Fenton, studying as a commercial artist in Sydney, aims to model before her forthcoming tour of Australia.
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Jim McCauley
Australia
Miss Australia
Rosemary Fenton
IBC
Oscar Meinhardt
Interna Una
Beauty Congress
Lord Howe
Sydney
Lafayette Hotel
Meinhardt
Hawaii
Long Beach
Ruling May Affect LBSC Parking Fee
A Sacramento court decision challenged the right of Long Head State College and 14 sister institutions to charge employee parking fees. Judge Mundt issued a permanent injunction stopping LBSC from charging $13 per semester, potentially affecting all 15 state colleges collecting between $150,000 and $200,000 yearly. The attorney general’s office said the ruling will be appealed. LBSC plans no change unless the appeal or Education Department directive requires one.
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Long Head State College
Superior Court
Albert KH. Mundt
John Linnell
Sacramento State College
State Attorney General’s Office
Barney Carman
LBSC
State Department of Education
Fog Closes Long Beach Airport Slows Area Traffic
Heavy coastal fog early today shut Long Beach Municipal Airport and slowed traffic across the region. The U S Weather Bureau says more fog and low clouds are forecast for Wednesday, with sun breaking through later and little temperature change expected.
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Long Beach Municipal Airport
U. S. Weather Bureau
Long Beach Harbor
Fragmented call log of emergency responses across streets
Unclear OCR style list of numerous street names and times citing accidents and emergency responses. Numerous garbled phrases and partial addresses hinder precise event details but indicate multiple incidents and locations such as Bandway Long Wrench Freeway Lone gne Lime Ave Cherry 2600 Park 300 Park E14 Barclay Street and Atlantic area.
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Lime Ave
Aia
Cam
Linden
Broadway
Ant Pasar
Atlantic
Barclay
St. le Aims Bullaine
Ranartient Dire
Spoang
Two Teens Risked Lives to Save Man in Breakers
Teenagers Bill Hunter reports a tragic incident where two youths attempted to rescue a man who died by his own action amid pounding breakers. The youths endured perilous surf as bystanders watched, highlighting a failed rescue and the dangers of the sea.
Duvall and Gill Try to Save Man From Surf at Seal Beach Pier
Two Seal Beach youths David Duvall and Paul Gill leapt into heavy seas to rescue a despondent man off the Seal Beach pier. Duvall swam 40 feet through battering swells to reach James Donald Palmer, 1013 Seal Way, then returned with the victim while Gill aided. Palmer later died as a large breaker drove the group apart. Palmer faced a battery case from his wife, with a court hearing set.
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Seal Beach
David Duvall
11Th St
Paul Gill
12Th St
Duvall
Huntington Beach
Gill
Ben Garza
George Marshall
Garza
James Donald Palmer
Seal Way
Palmer
Navy Units Return from Far East Duty After Six Months
Navy sailors prepare to welcome home five ships including the minesweepers Constant Pivot Pluck and Advance and the destroyer Energy after over six months with the JS 7th Fleet in the Far East.
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Navy
JS. 7Th Fleet
Far East
Grant Assails Partisan Local Elections Bill
Assemblyman Williar Grant warned that AB 755 would force local races in California into a partisan framework risking control by big city machines and municipal bosses. He said the bill aims to partisanize city and county elections with a third reading due today or Wednesday.
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California
Williar Grant
Long Beach
Grant J
Cornish Named Chief Accounting Officer in Harbor Dept
Loren T. Cornish, longtime Long Beach Harbor Department employee since 1953, was named chief accounting officer by the Board of Harbor Commissioners. He succeeds Murray Thor and earns $890 a month, with a background as assistant chief accounting officer and prior roles in petroleum auditing and sales.
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Loren T. Cornish
Long Beach Harbor
Monday
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Murray Thor
Courson
John R. Mansell
Cornish
Harbor Department
Long Beach
City reactivates Urban Renewal Unit for Long Beach housing plan
City Council unanimously reactivated the Urban Renewal Advisory Committee with new or renewed appointments to target substandard Long Beach housing. The 1957 35 member panel may be trimmed. mayor appointments to be council confirmed. Planning consultant to revise master plan eyed. cost under 3500 dollars. The water board land sale to a large industry remains opposed by some, though water department and Economic Development Committee cooperate.
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Edwin W. Wade
Long Beach
James A. Edmonds
John R. Mansell
City Planning Department
Planning Commission
Mansell
The
Water Board
Darrell Neighbors
Economic Development Committee
Water Department
EDC
McCannon Named Assistant City Manager
McCannon was appointed today by City Manager John R. Mansell to serve as assistant city manager. Mansell praised him as exceptionally well qualified, noting prior service and a salary of 317,220. He has worked in San Diego and Long Beach municipal roles since 1949 and remains married to Constance, living at 3053 Stevely Ave.
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McCannon
City
John R. Mansell
Ilinois
San Diego
Long Beach
Saps
Stevely Ave
Constance
Ess
Compton Youths Charged in Fatal 45 Caliber Shooting
A Compton teen confessed to shooting 18 year old Alice Norma Martinez as she rode in a truck. Several youths, including Gilbert Cordova and Albert Hernandez, were booked on suspicion of murder after officers found a 45 caliber revolver and another pistol in the car.
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Compton Hoy
Alice Norma Martinez
Compton
Sherriff
George Pello
S. Willowbrook St
Gilbert Cordova
Albert D. Hernandez
Peter L. Monneauy
Paul G. Duron
Raymond Macias
N. Broadacres Ave
Gilbert Losoya
iMagnolia St
Buena Park
Long Beach Air Route Hearing Under Way
Civil Aeronautics Board hearings in Lafayette Hotel moved to this afternoon as inland testimony ends. Mayor Edwin Wade among first witnesses for Long Beach pushing direct schedules to Phoenix Tucson Denver and Salt Lake City. Los Angeles officials and airlines Western Pacific Bonanza Trans Texas United testify as regional session continues through Wednesday.
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Long Beach
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lafayette Hotel
Joseph Fitzmaurice
Chamber of Commerce
Edwin W. Wade
Beach
Phoenix
Tucson
Denver
Salt Lake City
Rocky Mountain Area
Los
Hawthorne
New
Lancaster
el Centro
Washington, D.c
Record Vote Seen in Rossmoor City Incorporation
A predicted record vote marks the Rossmoor incorporation election with polls open 10 am to 7 pm at nine voting places for the second attempt in 74 months. Earlier cityhood failed Aug 2 by 1,656 to 1,151. 5,314 registered voters exist per county registrar Lillian Angle. If successful, Rossmoor would become Orange County’s 23rd city and 17 council seats are to be filled if incorporation passes.
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Rossmoor
Falls
Lillian Angle
Orange "County
Rossymoor
Los Alanitos
Probation Granted in Forged Check Case
A Long Beach laborer received five years probation on condition of paying 1000 restitution for a forged check he passed. Alvin L. Trice, 32, of 430 Grand Ave., was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Maurice Sparling.
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Long Beach
Alvin L. Trice
Grand Ave
Superior Court
Maurice Sparling
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