Dawn at the Airport Sparks Morning Contemplations
A Long Beach observer recalls a pre dawn trip to the International Airport to meet a arriving acquaintance. The piece notes the beauty and quiet of early hours, contrasts dawn and daylight traffic, and references airline schedules, a police message, church plans for Easter Week screenings, a longevity quip, and a Long Beach delegation meeting with the Navy Sec. to discuss a nuclear cruiser.
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Council of Churches
DeMille
Peer
Long Beach
Desmond
Mgr
Vickers
Harry Fulton
Wash
D. C
Sec. of the Navy
Chamber Backs New City Agency To Tackle Subsidence
Chamber leaders urged creation of a city agency to address subsidence risks from offshore oil activity near Alamitos Bay. Neighbors cited possible continued exploitation and property damage, urging council action and timely study of field pressures, with tax and governance issues to be resolved.
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Bali
Alamitos Bay
Opln
Lot Ie
Iment
Monterey Oil Co
Seal
Chamber
Weighbors
Neigbbors
Wilmington Oil Field
Toby Wiel
Lnt
Darrell Neighbors
Raymond Chealderte
Nicity
Neach and
Bay
Bancroft Principal and Student Chosen for Valley Forge Pilgrimage
Bancroft Junior High principal Carl Ehmann and former honor student Steven Wall were selected for the Valley Forge Pilgrimage May 4 6. The trip, part of the Benjamin Franklin Principal School award by the Freedoms Foundation, includes stops in Philadelphia Fort McHenry Baltimore and Washington. The Foundation also grants a Freedom Library and a George Washington Honor Medal, with the award aimed at promoting the Constitution and Bill of Rights understanding.
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Bancroft Junior High School
Carl H. Ehmann
Steven B. Wall
Valley Forge
The
Freedom Foundation
Lakewood
Benjamin Franklin
Bancroft
Freedoms Foundation
Steven E. Wall
Mill School
Philadelphia
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Washingston
D. CG
Steven
Blackthorn Ave
Ehmann
Freedom Lebrery
Foundation
George Washington
Port Plans to Buy Three Navy Cranes
Port officials told Rear Adm. Ralph K. James the city may purchase three gantry cranes it now leases from the Navy. The harbor board approved sending a letter from Port Manager E. J. Amar noting the harbor department has spent about 30,000 dollars to bring the cranes to satisfactory operating condition.
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Board of Harbor Commissioners
Ralph K. James
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Navy
E. J. Amar
Hearing Scheduled by Fatal Stabbing
Municipal Court preliminary hearing set for Veotha Spratt 35 of 1420 Alamites Ave after arraignment. The case stems from a fatal stabbing following a cafe argument with Aaron Kelvin Brooks 37 of 1161 Myrtle Ave.
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Veotha Spratt
Alamites Ave
Spratt
Kenneth E. Suth
Navy
Butlerland
Aaron Kelvin Brooks
Myrtle Ave
No Pay And Two Fines In Painting Case
Edwin D. Schumacher of 1216 E Anaheim St faced a municipal judge over a house painting contract. He admitted taking on the job for 260 dollars, said he spent 100 on paint and worked five days for nothing, and was fined 50 by his union for unauthorized work. The judge assessed 25 more for contracting without a license.
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Stedms
Edwin D. Schumacher
Anaheim St
Kenneth E. Sutherland
Decision Sought on City's Disputed Tideland Funds
A case before Superior Judge A Curtis Smith in Los Angeles seeks a ruling that the City of Lorng Beach owe the state an additional 458,612.99 in tideland funds. The petition argues 376,776.00 was withheld for subsidence remedial costs and 81,836.99 for alleged production and drying of gas. A May 21 hearing date also covers the city’s request to allow tideland and oil money for an Armed Services YMCA project.
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Lorng Beach
Atty
Edmund G. Brown
A. Curtis Smith
Los Angeles
Smith
Armed Services Ymca
Parking Lot Plans At Long Beach City College
Long Beach City College plans a 120000 square foot parking facility to serve 350 cars at the southwest corner of Clark Ave and Carson St. The board approved the site for the 1957 58 budget includes 38000 for paving lighting fences and entrances with construction to start by early summer and be finished for the fall semester.
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Long Beach City College
Board For Education
jCark
School Board
Eee
Stoops for Marker Hit by Pacific Electric Train
A man identified as Tri Stogner age 54 of 701 Jantee Dr was struck while stooping to pick up a marker near a Pacific Electric line. He received treatment for spinal injuries from a private physician and survivable injuries. The incident prompted a state settlement requiring the city to refund withheld amounts and adjust future monthly remittances.
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Jantee
Pacific Electric
Mont Day
Stogner
Council Battles Jokers in Tideland Control Bills
Long Beach city officials clash over AB 40 47 and 3969 bills granting the State Lands Commission authority to control tideland well spacing drilling and production on state granted lands including Long Beach tidelands. City Attorney Jacobson and officials warn local revenues could be affected while sponsors push statewide control in 1955 legislative action.
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Council
Tideland
Joker
Sipusea
Toby Wick
Long Beach
Tideland Oil
Dpmbers
Brucellen
Shelly Cunningham
State Lands Commission
Combs
Sacramento
Gardeners Hobbies and Retirement of Long Beach Grass Cutter
Davis, 75, of 4033 Theresa St., retires after 34 years as Recreation Park grass cutter at the Long Beach links. He plans to take up golf, his new hobby, and recalls close calls with golf balls and a mower blade accident. He hopes to keep owners cheerful by replacing damaged balls.
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Fark
Joy Davis
Davis
Theresa St
Links
Pracd
Long Beach
Recreation Park
Prison Term Given Youth for Holdups
Esvold F. Reiman, 22, of 250 Pacific Ave, was sentenced by Superior Judge Beach Vasey today to five years in state prison on a first degree robbery charge in two liquor store holdups. Frederick Pelton, 27, same address, got three years probation with 12 months in county jail. Reiman was wounded in the back by a shotgun blast fired by a store owner as the pair fled with 47 dollars on February 12. They also admitted a 745 dollar Venice holdup on February 9.
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Esvold F. Reiman
Pacific Ave
Beach Vasey
Bruce
Frederick Pelton
Reimat
Dynamite Stick Found By Student Taken To School
John M. Saffron of Lakewood returned from a desert tip near Needles with a one inch dynamite stick. He brought it to school on Monday to impress classmates. Deputies confiscated the explosive.
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John M. Saffron
Pearce Ave
Lakewood
Needles
Sheriff's Deputies
City Office Candidacies Climb to Sixteen in May Primary Rush
The city sees 16 filings for municipal offices as of Tuesday morning, with incumbents John Baker and Virgil Spongberg filing in the 7th District. Earlier, three more candidates joined the Council slate, including Charles Garrison seeking reelection in the 8th District, Lewis Reese in the 3rd, and Haymond Conlin. Current declarations push toward the May 14 primary election for nominating city offices led by City Atty Winifred Jacobson, City Prosecutor James Starr, and City Auditor Vonn Mansell.
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John Baker
Virgil Spongberg
Charles Garrison
Sth
Lewis Reese
Haymond Conlin
Gondar Ave
City Atty
Winifred Jacobson
James Starr
Vonn ‘Mansell
Wnt
Commander Gets New Flagship in Cruiser Division 3
Commander of Cruiser Division 3 shifts his flagship from USS Helena to USS Columbus near Aum viyssva or Gi. The Helena had served as flagship of the Long Beach based division for eight months. A bon voyage cake was served in the Helena's ward team.
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Aum Viyssva
Gi. Sharp
Cruiser Division 3
Helena
Columbus
Long Beach
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