Marines Spend Sundays With Lakewood Church Members
Marines from Camp Pendleton visit Lakewood Bible Baptist Church each Sunday. About 53 Marines rode a bus to the church on May 4, joining congregants for morning services and an evening social. The program, led by Marine T Sgt Albert Garcia, pairs troops with church families for a day of reads, skating, and outings, fostering mutual respect and family life.
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Lakewood Bible Baptist Church
Iedda St
Camp Pendleton
Knott's Berry Farm
Albert Fr. Garcia
Sunfield Ave
South Pacific
Korea
Set Garcia
Howard L. Ervin
KC Company
2Nd Infantry Training Regiment
Ervin
Woman Found Dead in Slough Identified
The body of 68 year old Lillian Evans of East Los Angeles was found decomposed in a slough east of Moneta Avenue near Griffith Street. Deputies say she may have been dead one to two weeks. autopsy to determine cause. Two Gardena boys discovered the body and alerted authorities. a Tor rance man provided the call.
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Carson
Lillian Evans
East Los Angeles
Moneta Ave
Griffith St
Five Injured in Three Local Car Crashes
Five persons were injured in three traffic mishaps here late Friday and early today. Ar tus Robles, 25, suffered a cut forehead and arm in a collision at Locust Ave and 4th St. Katherine W. Broggie, 43, faced a possible spinal injury. Jackie Dusablon, 27, head cut, Edward Griffin, 34, minor injuries in an Ameri cah Ave and Hill St crash. Cleo Speight, 53, minor injuries when the cart she rode collided with another vehicle at Carson St and Cherry Ave.
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Locust Ave
Arturos Robles
Pepperwood ,Avé
Katherine W. Broggie
20Th St
Jackie V. Dusablon
Elm Ave
Edward F. Griffin
E. 21St St
Americah Ave
Hill St
Cleo E. Speight
Carson Sh
Cherry Ave
Pacific Envoy Maritime Arrival At Los Angeles Harbor
A 9,439-ton British freighter the Pacific Envoy arrived at Los Angeles Harbor on its maiden voyage from Manchester England. The 501-foot ship carries 548 482 cubic feet of cargo and space for 12 passengers, with car loadouts including 1200 tons of automobiles and shipments of whisky pipes chemicals fertilizer and window frames. A plaque was presented to master Capt. P F Owens by Pat Mc Whorter of Angels Gate.
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Los Angeles
Manchester
England
Winnie
Mla
P. F. Owens
Pat McWhorter
Angels
Angel
Furness Line
Purness, Withy & Co
Fire and smoke damage hit beach concession and trailer
A fire Friday damaged Roger's Place beach concession at the foot of Coronado Ave. Owner Harris Roger, 3901 Livingston Dr, reported food stove ignition. The blaze also damaged a house trailer owned by Albert Martin at 2930 Long Beach Blvd.
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Roger
Coronado Ave
Harris Roger
Livingston Dr
Albert Martin
Long Beach Blvd
Slow Driving Peril and Moon Base Experts Clash
Sunday Press Telegram reports in Southland Magazine a feature by Blaine Nels Simons arguing there is a law against slow drivers. The piece ties a women’s section spotlight on a young Army Intelligence Corps recruit to Hollywood’s Kim Novak and James Stewart in Parade Magazine.
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Blaine Nels Simons
Southland Magazine
Press-Telegram
Bachelors
Lown
Army Intelligence Corps
Hollywood
Kim
Novak
Jim
Stewart
Parade Magazine
Parade
Missing woman drifted from skiff off Catalina Island
A Coast Guard cutter and air/sea patrols searched waters near Isthmus Cove, Catalina Island, for a woman missing after two men reported she disappeared from a foot skiff. The 2 am call prompted ordered search. three people were aboard a cruiser before the skiff drifted away. The woman was not identified.
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Catalina Island
Cns
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Isthmus Cove
Five Destroyers Return From Pacific Tour
Five Navy destroyers returned home Friday after a Western Pacific duty. The body of a young sailor, David Kelly of Attala, was found floating near Long Beach harbor after he fell overboard from the Navy Beach Naval Shipyard. The ships involved include the USS Eversole, USS Rupertus, and the George K. MacKenzie, with attention to details about docking at Pier 9 and the Navy mole.
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Western Pacific
Pier 9
Long
Navy Beach Naval Shipyard
USS
Eversole
Long Beach Harbor
Rupertus
Leonard Friday
Navy Mole
F. Mason
Henry W. Tucker
Charles
George K. MacKenzie
David Kelly
Attala
Alalof Division
Memorial Day crowds flood Southland beaches
About 150000 people flocked to beaches as Memorial Day weekend continued. Warm weather persisted though coastal areas saw low clouds. Lifesavers aided 250+ rescued from surf with Coast Guard evacuations of 151 fishermen near the Los Angeles breakwater.
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Southland
Coast Guard
Los Angeles
Western Air Strike Talks Stalemate Near Deadline
Negotiations between Western Air Lines and striking pilots stalled as a federal mediator left Washington after urging telephonic contact. A noon deadline passed without a return-to-work pact, with 2,100 furloughed employees waiting and pilots pledging to stay off until two documents are signed: a back-to-work agreement and arbitration of contract issues.
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Leverall Edwards
Washineton
Dirline
Air Line
Bee Swarm Baffles Wilmington Family in Backyard
Mrs Sessions reports a swarm the size of a football attacked their back yard at 368 E Sepulveda Blvd Wilmington. She appeals for a beekeeper to remove the swarm which has overrun the honey suckle and unsettled the family seeking relief from the bee invasion.
First Perfect Score in National Chemistry Exam
Ellison Farrell III 17 of 296 St Joseph Ave earned a perfect 800 in the chemistry division of the National Scholastic Achievement Test. A Wilson High School senior, he is the nation’s first perfect score in this subject, after starting chemistry in junior high with a first chemistry set.
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Wilson High
Elliston Farrell MI
Elliston Farrell III
St. Joseph ‘Ave
Eli
Wilson High School
Mental Plan Delayed For One Year In City Health Study
Eli Farrell, a student under physician Dr. Boyer Vossard, leads a mental health experiment at his home as city budget talks push a detailed recommendation to a later date. The project aims to gauge community need while Eli remains grounded, with committee chair Milton H. Van Dyke and members Magree Lungren Langston Dyck Jr. overseeing investigations.
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Eli
Tocmittee
Oratory
Virgil H
Spongberg
Milton H. van Dyke
Monti Magree
M.D
John C. Lungren
Daniel W. Langston
Lionel Dyck Jr
Talented Teen Accepted By Caltech For Musical Physics
A young student, Eli, has earned admission to the California Institute of Technology and aspires to be a musical physicist. He also holds a junior varsity cross-country letter and a varsity tennis letter, participates in three school clubs, and says he blends in with the crowd with no steady girlfriend.
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California Institute of Technology
Young
Eli
Bumps Bumped Away on Belmont Shore Tortoise
Belmont Shore residents searched Friday night for Bumps the 32 year old desert tortoise, a 15 pound pet owned by Bobby and Judy Christie. The tortoise vanished from its home near Covina Avenue as Mrs. Christie and her two children mourn the missing animal.
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Belmont Shore
Bumps
Cay
Boat Yard Burglar Steals $908 Equipment
A husky burglar stole a 50 horsepower marine engine weighing 200 pounds and other boat gear valued at $908 from the Bahia brokerage and boat yard at 6200 E Pacific Coast Hwy Friday night. Police said the suspect ripped left boards from two fences to gain entry.
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Bahia
Pacific Coast Hwy
Coma Victim Stephen S. Smith Dies After Five Years
Stephen F. Smith a 40 year old former Wilmington resident died after a nearly five year coma. Believed struck by a hit and run auto on the Anaheim Street access to the Terminal Island Freeway he was found unconscious July 28 1953. Police suspect the car rolled over his head and chest. He never regained consciousness and died in a La Crescenta sanitarium after six months at a Veterans Administration Hospital. Funeral arrangements are with Dilday Mortuary.
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Stephen F. Smith
McFarland St. Wilmington
Smith
Anaheim St
Terminal Island
Palice
Veterans Administration Hospital
la Crescenta Sanitarium
Dilday Mortuary
Miss Universe contestant Irene Augustyniak from Uruguay
Irene Augustyniak a 20 year old linguist from Montevideo is Uruguay's 1958 Miss Universe entrant. She stands 5 feet 9 inches tall and is the tallest beauty slated for the Long Beach trip with measurements 37 23 37.
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Uruguay
Irene Augustyniak
Montevideo
Long Beach
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Albert E. McPherson
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