DST Passion From Oregon to Long Beach
A columnist recalls switching to daylight saving time after living in Oregon where farmers opposed it due to cows and chores. The piece notes news timing in Portland, travels to Long Beach, and a public schools note about student council discussions on delinquency and morals. It also mentions Miss Welcome to Long Beach judging and preliminaries for selecting a winner, with final interviews to follow.
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Oregon
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Jermees
Portland
California
NM Public Schools
Lowell School
Rogers Junior High
Disqualifications Shake Miss Welcome Pageant Finals
At Municipal Auditorium tonight 17 finalists vie for Miss Welcome and Miss Universe honors after three entrants are disqualified for age and rule violations. Contenders include Judy Windsor not yet 18 by today and Dorene Porter Nancy Sebring, with new eligibility rules prompting a late reorganization and five previously eliminated girls reinstated for the final judging.
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Ong Beach
Municipal Auditorium
Dorene Porter
Nancy Sebring
Judy Windsor
Miss Windsor
Court Prowell Jr
Judy Broomell
Myrra Bucher
Tobye Faulk
Sheila” O’brien
Dorothy Woodley
Pierpoint Landing
Belmont’ Shore
Long Beach Considers Subsidence Abatement District Bill
Long Beach City Council moves to sponsor a subsidence abatement district bill at the current legislature session despite oil operator opposition. The advisory board proposes amendments giving Long Beach three seats on the five member board, with governor and Los Angeles city appointments.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
City of
County Board of Supervisors
Bombing Blamed on Prankster in Downtown Health Shop Incident
Police attributed the Wednesday night bombing to two pranksters after an all-day investigation. A downtown health food merchant and his wife were injured in the blast.
Optimists Gather for Four Day Convention Across District 14
Detectives questioned friends and business acquaintances of Maurice C. Weiss and Shirley Weiss after a package exploded at their store on Broadway injuring the couple. Eight hundred Optimists converged on Tong night for the four day convention of Optimist International District 14, spanning Santa Maria to Baja California and Clark County Nevada, with 163 clubs and 6,000 members expected.
Navy Lt Receives 1957 58 GE Fellowship at Caltech
Navy Lieutenant Clay M. Sharts, a 1958 Poly High graduate, earns the General Electric fellowship in chemistry for 1957 58 at California Institute of Technology. He served in Korea, joined Naval Officers Training, and studied at Berkeley before CIT. Sharts is the son of Mr and Mrs C A Sharts of 115 E St. His father works for Independent Press Telegram.
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Navy
Clay ML Sharts
Poly High School
General! Electric
California Institute of Technology
Sharts
E.' Ail St
Independent
Press-Tele
University of California At Berkeley
Destroyers Open For Public Inspection At Pier A Berth 2
The destroyers USS Cowell and USS Cushing will be open for public inspection from 1 to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday at Pier A Berth 2. Local residents may tour the ships and view crew facilities.
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Destroyers
USS
Cowell
Cushing
Fluoridation Plan Attacked by Chemist at Speech
Dr Emil H Bronner a Los Angeles chemist urged against fluoridation at a May municipal ballot debate. He argued fluoride is a toxic poison and questioned its safety for public water while opponents led by the Cong Beach Committee Against Fluoridation pressed their claim.
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Emil H. Bronner
Sean
Albert bin
Los Angeles
John Volcanic
Dewey High School
Bis
Peerance
Cong Beach
Police conclude bomb remains linked to mission cap and batteries
Ralph Simonds, a police laboratory technician, reported microscopic and chemical tests on the bomb remains. The evidence included a permission cap used to set off dynamite and two flashlight batteries. Six detectives reviewed handwriting samples from questioned individuals, but none matched sufficiently. A Long Beach couple involved in a bitter real estate dispute was also ruled out as suspects.
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Ralph Simonds
Harry P. Finch
James A. Thiele
Long Beach
Leisses
Aid on Charm Talks in L B
Estelle Ellis guest spoke at a Lane Beach Ad Club luncheon in Lafayette Hotel. As Charm magazine promotion director she discussed Downtown selling strategies for merchants targeting women workers and shoppers. Marjorie Lenz Charm editor was special guest, Waile G Young introduced Ellis.
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Estelle Ellis
Lane Beach
Lafayette Hotel
Ellis
Charm Magazine
Waile G. Young
Butfums
Marjorie Lenz
West Coast
Charm
150 TB Cases Cited as Major Local Problem
A Long Beach health panel at its annual meeting cited 150 new tuberculosis cases diagnosed in the past year as a continuing community health concern. City Health Officer Dr Litwack urged early detection to prevent transmission of the contagious disease.
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Long Beach
Lannua
L B Settles Bridge Suit Out of Court
A 37500 out of court settlement of a damage suit against the City of Long Beach stems from construction of an Anaheim Street freeway bridge extension. Cecil Blumenstein of General Auto Parts claimed the extension isolated him from Anaheim Street traffic and left him on the westbound freeway outlet. City officials approved the settlement after prior appellate actions upheld the city’s liability and ordered damages determined.
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Long Beach
Anaheim St. Ifreeway Bridge
Cecil W. Blumen‘stein
General
Auto Parts
Anaheim St
Attys
Will H- Winsston
W. H. Winston Jr
Cee
Pete's Cafe celebrates 12th anniversary with charity profits
Peter J. Economakos will run Pete's Cafe at 411 Redondo Ave in Aurora Hi to donate a full day's profits to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Mouse Heart Home for Orphans. He marks 12 years of marriage and cites gratitude to Moose Lodge 600 and his grandson who battled polio.
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Peter J. Zconomakos
Pete
Redondo Ave
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Mouseheart Home For Orphans
Aurora
Economakos
Moose Lodge
Nine recipients honored at Long Beach Freedom awards event
Nine recipients of 1965 Freedom Foundation awards were honored at a Sertoma Club luncheon at the Lort Jayette Hotel. Bancroft Junior High School earned the Benjamin Franklin Principal School Award while Poly High received a Washington Honor Medal and a Freedom Library certificate.
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Charles Stiles
Freedom Foundation
Jerry Toliefson
Long Beach Sertoma Club
Steven Wall
Blackthorne Ave
Wilbur Jackson
Grayson Controls
Robertshaw-Fulton Co
Freedoms Foundation
Sertomas Club
Long Beach
Lort Jayette Hotel
Sertoma Club
George Washington
Charles |Stiles
Valley
Forge
Sertoma
Bancroft Junior High School
Benjamin Franklin
Patricia Joan
Washington Dent
Bancroft
Carlmen
Poly Highchmann
Young
Gehoolg
Hamil
Ton
Jordan
Poly High
Ki- Washington
Wanis Club
Uptown
Long “Freedom Library
Beach
Grayson
Controls
Robertshaw
Outstant- Fulton Controls Co
Ing Expressions
Joe McMillan
Wey
Planners Set Second Hearing Over Parking Proposals
The City Planning Commission ended one hearing and scheduled a second on amendments requiring more off street parking for future residences outside the central business district. Planning Director Werner Hruditi said the office will work with the Chamber of Commerce Board of Realtors Architects Assn and others who sought more study time with no date set for the new hearing.
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Werner Hruditi
Chamer of Commerce, Board of Realtors, Architects Assr
City College Summer Class Sign-Ups Open June 3
Registration for the Business and Technology Division summer classes opens June 3 at the campus 1305 E Pacific Coast Highway. Courses run from July 1 to August 28, with sessions detailing times and offerings for the season.
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Business and Technology Division
City College
Pacific Coast Highway
Culy L
Leeper Faces Deferred Sentence in Armed Robberies
Eldon Dean Leeper aged 24, linked to over 20 holdups, was denied immediate prison in three armed robbery counts. Judge Beach Vasey ordered a probation report and set sentencing for May 31, while noting Leeper is ineligible due to three prior felonies. Leeper and two accomplices, Button L Leeper and Charles E Butler, faced numerous attacks on Dorothy V Carlson at a tavern on Long Beach Boulevard.
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Eldon Dean Leeper
Beach Vasey
Leeper
Delta Ave
Vasey
Button L. Leeper
Delta Aveo
Charles E. Butler
Girl Scouts Spaghetti Dinner to Benefit World Camp Fund
The Girl Scouts sponsor a spaghetti dinner on Saturday from 5 30 to 7 p m at East Side Christian Church 647 Obispo Ave Proceeds from the 1 adult 50 cents children meal go to a Scout fund to cover travel expenses for Long Beach Scouts attending a World Camp in Canada in August
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Wang Beach Avea Counci
East Side Christian Church
Obispo Ave
Hnto
Canada
Long Beach Scouts
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Long Beach Oil Development Co
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Sheila O'Brien
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