General Mills party aboard Gypsy marks Catalina voyage
General Mills chairman Harry Bullis led a small delegation aboard the yacht Gypsy for a Newport Harbor cruise toward Catalina. The trip included brisk political talk, seasickness for some, and a playful fishing episode with a canned fish prize. Sales reaction to a Confidential Magazine item about Frank Sinatra and Wheaties appeared unchanged, GM officials said Wheaties sales remained strong.
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Harry Bullis
Board of
General Mills
Steve Well
Stion
Frank Sinetra
Wheaties
Additional Rate Boost Looms for Users of Municipal Gas
City gas rates face another possible rise beyond the 7.62 percent boost already approved for Det. 25. Southern California Gas Co informs the Municipal Gas Dept that higher supply charges will take effect early next year, with El Paso Natural Gas Co pushing an almost 11 percent increase. Federal review and city council action pending.
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George Weeks
Southern California Gas Col
L. L. Bendinger
Municipal Cine Department
Ronson
el Pasar Natural Gas
Southern California Gag Co
el Paso
Paso
California
Sdae
21 Paso
el Paso Atc Southern Cal
Southern California Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
Chamber Installs Riby Jr as Long Beach Chamber President
John E. Ribey Jr of Baglas Aircraft, Long Beach, is installed as president at the 16th annual Chamber of Commerce meeting. He succeeds George Baderhausen, praising chamber committees and business government cooperation to improve Long Beach.
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Chamber of Commerce
John E. Ribey Jr
Long Beach
Baglas Aircraft
Hee
Neon
Lafayette
Board of Directors
Bigy
Tex
Baderhausen
Chamber of Commerece
Long Beach radio ham reports unusual satellite signals and creaking sounds
Long Beach amateur radio operator Lance Gordon and resident Minshall report hearing beeps and a creaking, twinkling object sighting resembling a small bluish sphere. Gordon tracked signals 12:16 to 12:31 am over 13 minutes, covering about 4500 miles, while recording the event and noting the satellite’s high signal strength.
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Russia
Long Beach
Coast Guard
Lance Gordon
Petalume Ave
Minshall
Gordon
Asen
Radio Amateurs of
Gora
Gorran
Bay
Per Hatte
Education group urges reform of California schools
Members of the administrative policies commission of the California Association of School Administrators meet in Wilton Hotel to push one room schoolhouse consolidation, higher funding, code revision, and unification to halt decline in education amid inflation and rising enrollment. Roy Simonton will speak at the opening CASA session. Nolan D. Pulliam presides. The convention runs through Thursday with joint sessions with the California School Boards Association.
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Administratives Policies Commission
The
California Assn
Wilton Hotel
Commission
CASA
California
Roy Simpton
Municipal Auditoriuan
Nolan D. Pulliam
Stocktam
California School Boards Association
New Southern section phone directories to Long Beach
Directories will be delivered to Long Beach subscribers Tuesday through Saturday, says Claude W. Duncan manager of the Hemlock-Gactiohl hub of the General Telephone Company. Call 550 Elm Ave if not received by Saturday. Inside page lists fire department numbers and standard emergency lines for police and ambulance.
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Long Beach
Claude, W. Duncan
Hemlock-Gactiohl Humbet
General Telephone Company
550 Elm Ave
Two Teens Lose Purses at Church Choir Practice
Two 17 and 14 year old girls reported stolen purses from an anteroom at Colonial Tabernacle during choir practice. Each bag and contents valued at 53 dollars. Names Loary Caureh and Pagey Jeffers appear in the report with street addresses.
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Loary
Caureh
Gardenia Ave
Pagey
Iron Bar Bandit Strangles Cabbie in Second Robbery Attempt
A cab driver narrowly escaped death from a choke hold with an iron bar on Sept. 25. In a Sunday night attack, another cabbie was choked by a man armed with a foot-long bar demanding money. Victims were John J Watkins and Herman L Jones. Police identified a serviceman as possible assailant in the first case, with two suspects fleeing in a late-model car after the second incident near 3rd St and Daisy Ave.
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Bert Resnue
John J Watkins
Park Ave
Bellftower
Cedar Ave
Watkinst Litelé
Eugene Tadlock
Lawrence Lee
Alexander E. Kleinschmidt
Kleinschmidt
Dover Air Force Base
FBI
Herman L. Jones
E. Ocean Blvd
3Rd St
Daisy Ave
Jones
Frey Fiat Wires Fall in Two Accidents this Morning
Hot wires loosed when a vehicle felled a traffic signal at Bellflower Blvd and Carson Ave, diverting traffic as responders repaired the scene. A Los Altos man, Oren Sholar, suffered burns and facial injuries from a nearby live wire after rushing to check on others. Police say Earl Douglas Tracy knocked down a power pole earlier, surrendering later, cited for mild time and hit and can driving.
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Los Altos
Los Arcos
Radnor Ave
Sholar
Seaside Hospital
Queen of Angels
Earl Douglas Tracy
Parapet St
Woman 70 Foils Purse Thief in Street Encounter
Eugenie J. Dowd 70 of 1604 E 3rd St resisted two youths who tried to snatch a purse on the 1600 block of E 3rd St while she walked with friend Gladys Falmer of Riverside. Dowd was shoved but unhurt. In a second incident Anne Campbell 38 of Kdd Limatilla Ave lost a purse on Anaheim St near Loma Ave en route to church as two youths closed in.
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Eugenie J. Dowd
1604
E, 3Rd St
E. 3Rd St
J Gladys MM
Falmer
Riverside
Anne Bell Campbell
Kdd Limatilla Ave
Anaheim +St
Loma Ave
Strike at Astro-Lite battery plant continues drawing 85 union members
Pickets patrol the Astro-Lite battery plant at 71 E Compton Blvd in Paramount as a 85 member UAW CIO Local 509 strike enters its second day. Batteries produced there support several sites in the Long Beach area. No violence reported and guards say the mood remains orderly.
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Compton Blvd
Paramount
Uaw-Cio
Long Beach
Sair
Long Beach Delegates Attend Western Museum Conference
Two Long Beach residents attended the Western Museum Conference in Los Angeles. Jerome Allan Donson, director of the Long Beach Museum of Art, and William S. Evans Jr., curator at La Casa de Rancho, Los Cerritos, represented the city. The 1857 Conference was hosted by the Los Angeles County Museum, the California Museum of Science and Industry, and the Southwest Museum.
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Long Beach
Western Museum
Los Angeles
Jerome Allan Donson
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