Lost Arm Girl Becomes Poster Child for Orthopaedic Hospital
A six year old Buena Park girl Sheri Coin lost her right arm three years ago when a washer malfunction injured her. She was named Orthopaedic Hospital Poster Girl for 1960 to symbolize the many handicapped children aided by the hospital. The story recounts her emergency treatment, prosthetic fitting, and return to normal childhood activities with support from her family and medical staff.
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Buena Park
Orthopaedic Hospital
Sheri
Richard
Tomasco
Wees Bo
Alee Creed
Nuidition
Benner Brenverton
Bryce Cenyon
Shieyars
Prine
Gielten
Bae sPedrol
Hell
Wilkinton
Rare Coins Loot Alleges Burglaries at Karen Avenue Home
Police report a Sunday burglary at Norman E Godbe’s 3214 Karen Ave. The thief took coins over 100 years old and 400 pennies. The itemized loss hints at a rare coin collection amid broader theft details.
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Norman E Godbe
Karen Ave
Death notices list Vernon Knudson and others
A cluster of death notices lists Vernon L Knudson 59 died at 6022 Greenlop St with service details at Peek Mortuary and family requests contributions to charities. Other obituaries include Malcolm Arliss Werb 43 at 5920 Wardrow, George R De Leon 55, Willard Riley Clark 70, Dorothy Estelle Wise 36, Edith Clara Panting 5, Renie R Schwarz 79, Pearl Parkin, Virginia Albert 45, Wayne South 79, and related survivor names, churches, and funeral home arrangements across Lakewood and Midway City with rosaries and mass times noted.
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Knudson—Vernon L
Tell's and Peek Mortuary
Greenlop St
Mace
Favorie Charities
Clark
Seal Reach
Willard Riley
Lloyd and
Gerald
Marjoria al Rumey
Lucille Jorett
Desk Family Colonials! Funeral Home
Midway City
Calculator Stolen From Romar Tank Line Office
Police believe a five pass key burglar stole a printing calculator valued at 1019 dollars from the Romar Tank Line No. 3328 Elm Ave office early today.
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Romar Tank Line
Elm Ave
Power Tools Stolen Fire Ruins Bedding Tower
Burglar broke a padlocked door at 12446 W 17th St to gain entry. Tools valued at 1611 dollars were stolen and a fire destroyed bedding and workshop area at Bedding baseboard repair garage. Albert Mood, 45, detained as incident linked to the break in and blaze. Valerie Paige listed at 218 W 6th St as police cite in report.
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Albert Mood
17Th St
Valerie M. Paige
6Th St
Four Boaters and Child Rescued After Shipwreck at Long Beach
Five people including a six year old boy were saved at home after spending a cold night on the Long Beach Harbor breakwater when their small cabin cruiser broke up on the rocks near the Long Beach Light.
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Long Beach Harbor
Long Beach
Hancock Relative Dies at 81 and Boat Mishap Fatalities
A long Beach boating accident left a party including Lawrence L. Timmons and several relatives stranded after a 22 foot cruiser ran aground near Magnolia Street. The craft was towed to harbor and sank in shallow water. Separately Mrs. Ella O Wedum, 81, widow of Albert J. Wedum, died at Hillhaven Hospital Newport Beach after years in Long Beach. Funeral plans for the boat owner and details on survivors are noted.
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Long Beach Harbor
Coast Gunard
Magnolia St
Ella O. Wedum
Long Beach
John W. Hancock
Hillheven Hospital
Newport Beach
E. God St
Wedum
Albert J. Wedum
Dillon, Monk
Waupun
Wis
Dillon
Second Presbyterian Church
John W. Dancock
John W. Hancock II
Richard Wed
Hancock
Carol Hancock
Linda Hancock
Timmons
Tom
Mottell
Ewing Hurtson
Terminal Island
Mary
Waleve
Jean
Bel- Invec
Mary Ducked Bullets Not News Career
Mary and her husband Charles, a newspaperman, discussed fashion and joined detectives on a fast breaking murder case. The victim identification, suspect arrest, and scene work occurred in under 24 hours, while Mary found excitement more thrilling than domestic duties with her two children Mark and Kate.
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Mary
Charles
Mark
Kate
Pellets Hit Church in Vandalism at Truitt Southern Baptist
Police reported a vandalism incident at Truitt Southern Baptist Church on San Anselme Avenue where pellets were shot through two windows during Sunday School disrupting activities. Nearby officers canvassed the area and investigated the attack as a possible hate or random act.
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Truitt Southern Baptist Church
San Anselme Ave
Detar Therapy for Circulation and Pain Relief
An advertising notice touts Detar as normalizing body systems through its various applications. It claims relief from shoulder and leg pain, poor circulation, varicose veins, hardened arteries, phlebitis, and muscle spasm. Benefits include relaxed muscles, reduced congestion, calmer nerves, better sleep, and renewed desire to walk. Call GE 2403 for appointment at Duncan’s offices, 2501 BF Broadway.
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Ong Beach
di Duncan
BF Broadway
Stephen Wells Dies at 49. PR Counsel to Truman Hurt by Illness
Stephen L. Wells of 1441 Ximeno Ave public relations counsel and Truman campaign manager died in a Long Beach hospital after a 32 year illness. He was 49. Wells helped promote the whistle stop issue in 1948 and ran a Los Angeles public relations firm with his brothers Bob and John. Survived by wife Jeanne, mother Mrs. Carolyn Wells and sisters, funeral details set with a rosary and Requiem Mass in Los Angeles.
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Stephen L. Wells
Ximeno Ave
Harry Truman
California
Long Beach
Thg
Bob ‘Wells
John
Los Angeles
Wells
Sen
Robert Taft
Truman
As & Wells
Car Ina
Mortell’s & Bury
Std St
University of Minnesota
Bob
Jeanne
Carolyn Wells
Taxi Passenger Injured in Compton Collision
A taxi passenger Melvin Pierson, 53, of Jane Cara Street Compton, was injured in a Sunday night crash when a Compton rear struck a taxi. Pierson was admitted to Las Cans Panas Hospital with head lacerations.
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Compton
Melvin
Pierson
Jane Cara
Las Canspanas Hospital
Boa That Bit Boy Sought for Checkup
Police search for a brown dog with an uncut tail and white markings that bit 24 year old Nathan Ardis on Constitution Lane Long Beach. The dog, driven by Billy Ray Olinger of 1914 Week, wore a collar and was last seen near 50814 Pear Street Compton-cole. The boy sought medical Pasteur treatment and recovery. the attack occurred on rain slick streets.
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Haing
Nathan Ardis
Billy Ray Olinger
Iweek
Constitution Lane
John D. Eawson
Jule
Pear St
Compton-cole Ardis
Vista St
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New York reports a new healing substance called Bio-Dyne enabling hemorrhoids to shrink, stop itch, and relieve pain without surgery. Doctors observed prompt pain relief and actual shrinking over months, in cases up to 20 years. The product is offered as Preparation H suppositories or ointment with applicator, sold nationwide with a money back guarantee.
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New York, N. V
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Buena Park Lass
Los Angeles 7
Nellie Melvin Bond
Plymouth
Tex Wilams
Esther
Haughters
Gretchen Cross
Dolla Rillsista
Thelma Gilstli
Pan
Lakewood Marley
Wise
Dorothy Estelle
Qalbrool
George W. Wise Joyson
Diana Louise
Ollo Ry Grove
Frank Liebmann
Mottell’s and
S Peek Mortuary
Edith Clara
Termino Ave
Ola J.pyers
Ray H. Seymour
Peck Mortuary
Schwarz
Renie R
Linden Ave
Julius R
Parkin
Pearl
Lime Avel
Patterson & Snively Mortuary Chapel
Albert
Virginia J
Planty
Harold J
Harald Jr
Bart Longosisers
Edith Wells
June Wells
Homer
St. Athanasiis
Wayne Lawrence
Warren Ave
Estelle
Mire
Lee Rachel
Margaret E. Hooser
Diane L. Folseng
Shirley Spielman
Laura Repp
Mattell’'s
Peek Mortuary
Lawrence L. Tinmons
Maywood Ave
Maywood
Gary
Albert Scholz
Willie Boca
Bell
John Eddings
Yunmarts
Bue Hse
Medella Arndt
Daisy Ave
Judy
al. Humphreys Music Co
Vine Aye
Mall
Beltalim
Orangeburg
N.Y
Walters
Bollany
Imalvesion
Stephen Wells
Kathryn Wells
Helen Peterson
William F. and
Neil
Broadway
J. Anderson
D.C
Southern
B.w.coon Funewal
Obispo Ave
Genave
Sebyjeet the Stabe
Duffield
Lincoln-Mercury
Long Beach Blvd
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