A Seaside Traveler Recalls Mojave Heat and Tahoe Breezes
A weary traveler details a canyon of heat on US 99 through the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys then favors the Owens Valley route via US 395 and Lake Tahoe. He notes the Sierra coolness and reports Labor Day crowds at South Lake Tahoe, Nevada casinos, and a Minden hotel casino incident. He also critiques car clothing storage and motel checkout times. The piece covers the California State Fair relocation plans and praises its role among top U.S. fairs with local board members in Sacramento.
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Mojave Desert
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Lake Tahoe
US 395
Owens Valley
Mojave
Minden
Nev
Caripornta
California
South
Los Angeles County
U.S
Llewellyn Bixby Jr
Bert Abraham
Bellflower
Sacto
Inertial navigation fuels guided polar submarine cruise
The Autonetics inertial navigation system guides Polaris missiles on submarines like Nautilus and Skate during transpolar tests. An engineer explains the system uses accelerometers and gyros to track drift, aiming to provide pinpoint positioning for long range underwater launches.
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Miliary Affairs
Courbe
Avia
tion-at-Downey
Air Force
Autonetics
USS Skate
Perierke
Navy-sur- By
James Allen
Navy
Empire State
New York City
Nautilus
MEART
North American Aviation
Lossing Cold War Says U S Foreign Service Lags
State College professor Dr. Wallace Moore warns the United States is losing ground against communism in the Middle East and other regions due to weak State Department training and language gaps. He cites few embassy staff speaking local languages in Rabat and argues for better overseas education and cultural understanding, noting Soviet efforts in language representation.
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United States
Middle East
State Department
State College
Wallace Moore
Long Beach
Pakistan
Morocco
Moore
DE. Moore
Foreign Services
Rabat
Mideast
Subcontinent
North Africa
Gardena Firm Wins Street Job Bid in 1953 Contract Tally
Harrison Bros of Gardena submitted the low bid of 47 251 42 for improving San Francisco Ave from Tth Street to Ocean Park Ave and 6th Street from San Francisco Ave to Daisy Ave. Plans call for an outer service road beside northbound lanes at the southerly freeway terminus and for reconstruction along 16th Street and curbs on 15th Street. Anseo Construction Co. was the next low bidder with 8 470 40 for 15th Street work from Ximeno Ave to Park Ave and the east North South alley between 14th and 15th Streets.
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San Francisco Ave
Tth St
Ocean Park Ave
6Th St
Daisy Ave
Harrison Bros
Anseo Construction Co
15Th St
Ximeno Ave
Park Ave
Kim‘eng
14Th
15Th
Ximeno
Pacific Coast
Auto Burned at Heath Lane After Parts Stolen
A 1958 Impala was stripped of the steering wheel engine and all parts then burned at 330 Heath Lane Sunday night by vandals. The car was a total loss by the time firefighters arrived, police said.
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Impala
Heath Lane
Flaming three-car crash ends high speed chase on Tate Beach
A fiery 100 mile per hour police chase on Tate Beach Blvd ended with two injured as a car driven by Houston J. Natt ran a red light at Artesia Ave. and collided with Frederick Upham and Ludwig Koehn. The Upham car exploded, sending debris through Hastings Liquor Store. Natt was hospitalized with possible head and rib injuries. Upham rescued from the burning car.
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Tate Beach Blvd
Houston J. Natt
Gettysburg St
Norwalk
Artesia Ave
Compton
Natt
Wnatt
Frederick Richard Upham
Olive St
Spham
Ludtwig Frederick Koehn
Torrance St
Torrance
Upham
F James
Hastings
J. W. ‘Rafter
Upsham
Compton Community Center
Los Angeles County Hospital
Long Beach
Anaheim Memorial Hospital
9Th St
Ka Telia Ave
Anaheim
Christian F. Schiesswohl
Shangri la
Clyde R. Hummell
Ashtaputs
Wiliam Edward Hall
Guinida Lane
Schlosswohr
Hall
Donald George Garrington
Pacific St
2Nd St
Roycroft Ave
Frances L. Miffitt
Ultimo Ave
Mary Pettyjohn
Belmont Ave
Coast Guard hunts missing fishermen after boat capsizes
A Coast Guard helicopter and boat searched off Anacapa Island for two fishermen after a 16 foot outboard capsized Saturday. Donald Spencer of Ventura was rescued Sunday by the Nichiwa Maru, a Japanese freighter, with two others identified as William Hartveld and J. D. Schurlock believed still missing. Spencer, exhausted, remained aboard for treatment after rescue.
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Coast Guard
Anacapa
Donald Spencer
Ventura
Nichiwa Maru
Long Beach
San Francisco
Ana Leapa Island
Spencer
William Hartveld
J. D. Schurlock
Burglars Drain Basin Warehouse on Gaylord Ave
Thieves ripped a water basin from the wall and flooded the Lester D. Lawson Co. warehouse at 1462 Gaylord Ave between 5 pm Saturday and 4 am Sunday. An open window was found at 4 am. inside, several feet of water covered the floor. Police discovered a company truck halted inside, piled with cartons of toothpaste and men’s socks. Company officials could not estimate the loss before inventory. The Lawson firm distributes foods and sundries.
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Lester D. Lawson Co. Ware
Gaylord Ave
Lawson Company
Vandals Strike at Doctor Charles Terry Home
The home of prominent Negro physician Dr Charles Terry at 4240 Cerritos Ave was attacked Sunday night when a rock the size of a baseball was thrown through a rear bay window. No injuries reported and no further details given.
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Charles Terry
Cerritos Ave
Vandalism hits Bixby Knolls home during June break in
In Long Beach a Bixby Knolls residence was damaged when intruders smashed a window on June 23. Four occupants including three Terry children and a babysitter were present. NAACP urged police protection and urged action against culprits. A separate AFL CIO resolution condemned Long Beach Unified School District layoffs of three teachers, decrying the dismissal as arbitrary and supporting reinstatement efforts.
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Bixby Knolls
Long Beach Unified School
American Federation of Teach‘ers
Afl-Cio
Terry
Charles
Anthony
Janet
Mary Hall
Long Beach United
Irdelegate
de Groat
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Acre
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16Th St
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Southland
Press - Telegram
Junior
L. B. Board
Union
Percy Anderson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mis
Waukee
AFI« Cio
Raymond de Groat
Maureen Cameron
Lucile Cougillon Grieve
C. S. Buckner
Associated Master Barbers of California
M. D. Moro
Los Angeles
Howard Bombard
AMB
Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians of California
Lafayette Hotel
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