Port Man Confesses to Three Bank Robberies
James R. Webster of 5247 Hazelbrook Ave and 1002 Sepulveda Blvd reports William Simons, 30, confessed to three bank robberies in 1959. Simons admitted robbing Bank of America branches in North Hollywood and Lakewood Center during the Old West Days celebration, yielding about $10,000 total.
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San Pedro
U. S. Attorney’s Office
Los Angeles
Long Beach
William Simons
FBI
James R. Webster
Ita
Hazelbrook Ave
Sepulveda Blvd
Webster
Bank of America
North
Sacramento
Lake
Hemond
Lakewood Center
Bank of Amer
Death notices list many Long Beach residents and relatives
A long death notices column lists numerous residents with Ellen Gresham Henry and Bernice Pettit among the survivors. It records services set for Wednesday at multiple mortuaries including Spong ln and Mottell's. Other obituaries mention Monroe Englett and Loran Lynn with service details. residents Cynthia Groves and James Harper appear with family connections. Parking meters looted downtown noted with city response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Z
Joshua Tree
Park
Merly
Long Beach
Edith Palmer
L.A. UP Rail Franchise Issue Flares Up Again
In Los Angeles the city and Union Pacific Railroad renewed a long standing dispute about a franchise. The dispute had seemed settled a month earlier when the City Council approved a new UP franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City and Union Pacific Railroad Co
Libel Suit Judgment Allowed After Heated Exchange
Judge Sparling awarded $4,501 damages to Joseph Goren of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union in a libel suit against Mona and John Cremona. The case stemmed from allegations over Don Hotel purchase and a city water department dispute linked to railroad franchise fees. Bureau members urged a two week cooling off period before resuming discussion on September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Trammell
Henry E. Jordan
Bureau of Franchises
Jordan
Municipal Water Department
Bureau
Superior Court
Maurice C. Sparling
John and
Agnes Cre
Mona
18Th St
Joseph Goren
Marine Cooks & Stewards Union
Afl-Cio
Goren
Cremona
Don
Wilmington
Syrammell
Kenneth W. Gale
San Pedro
Mbel
MC & S
Mc&s
Sparling
Long Beach Woman Lydia Shinkle Dies at 84
Lydia A. Shinkle, 84, a Long Beach resident for 34 years, died Sunday. She lived at 1082 Cherry Ave and worked 22 years for Mrs. Fred H. Bixby. A charter member of the Hard of Hearing Club, she belonged to First Baptist Church, Ladies of the GAR, Democratic Club, and Woodmen Circle. Survived by sisters Sadie Thompson and Mary Stanbra. Service 9:30 am Wednesday at Holton & Son chapel. Memorials to Golden Circle Sunday-school class or the Hard of Hearing Club.
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Keller
Katherine
Hermosa Ave
Clarence Mervyn
San Anselme Ave
Margaret E. Hasking
Wire
Stanley Brown
Ammie
Dorothy Keller
Christine May Chism
Quiem
John Thomas
St. Anthony's Church
Cotton—Waller M
Schaul
Jack Nichols
Seventh St
Gied
Dagwood Ave
Josephine
Walter
Mary
Kenneth
Dee Atkinson
Millepan
Mottell's
Peek
St. Matt Schaul
Macy
Then's Church
Anni Hammond
Sophia Miller
White's Funeral Home
Bellflower
St. Bernard’s Church
Lydia A. Shinkle
Long Beach
Cherry Ave
Sadie Thompson
Mary Stanbra
Holton & Son Chapel
Golden Circle
jMard of Hearing Club
Residents Protest Cocktail Lounge Licensing at Broadway
City officials were asked to investigate licensing a cocktail lounge at 3517 E Broadway. Mrs May Trundle and 39 nearby residents protested, saying the neighborhood is already crowded and noisy.
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Woay
James T.starr
William J. Mooney
EB. Broadway
May Trundle
E. Broadway
Rail Vets to Meet Long Beach Unit 92
Rail Vets to Meet Long Beach Unit 92 of the National Association of Refired and Veteran Railway Employes will meet Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Machinists Hall, 728 Elm Ave.
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Long Beach
National Association of
Elm Ave
Weckford Morgan appointed president of Long Beach Downtown Kiwanis
KIWANIS Weckford Morgan head of Economy Escrow Corp was announced as president of the Long Beach Downtown Kiwanis Club for 1961. Other new officers Wesley W. Rollo and Harlan Miller as vice presidents Nile Bunch as treasurer. Morgan will succeed Jerry S. Jacobs in January.
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Kiwanis
Final Tributes to Fred W Bolinger Newsman and Community Figure
Friends and relatives gather to honor Fred W Bolinger 55 longtime Long Beach journalist and press leader killed in an August car crash with his wife Eileen 52. Attendees include former colleagues from Press Telegram Independent and city hall staff, along with police officials and fire department friends. The service highlights Bolinger's humor fairness and dedication to traffic safety reporting and community service. He joined Long Beach press in 1938 and led the local paper’s bureau, survived by his mother Grace Bolinger a stepdaughter and siblings, with interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cypress.
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Stevens
Sunfield Ave
Eglinger
Fred W. Bolinger
Clearwater
B.C
Press-Telegram
Wes
Iuto
Fred
Bolinger
Eileen
Grace Bolinger
Richard Trippe
Long $208 Beach
Arthur Skillman
Eleanore Mont
Gomery
Charles
Arthur Jr
William J
Skillman
Forest Lawn
Memorial Park
Cypress
William H. Dovey
William J.mooney
Fire Victim Rushed to Hospital After Couch Fire
Effie M. Rougth, 43, of 1106 Walnut Ave, was severely burned in a couch fire at 1543 E Anaheim St. She woke to flames at 2 a.m. and, with Elmer Gepson of 1108 Walnut Ave, beat out the blaze and sought help. She was taken to Memories Hospital after 9 a.m. with burns to her back, legs, and feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie M. Rougth
Walnut Ave
Memories Hospital
Anaheim St
Elmer Gepson
Car Crashes in Chase Killing Boy Involved
An 11 year old boy died when a stolen sports car fled a sheriff's deputy and overturned in Rolling Hills. Driver John Edward Lester 18 suffered a compound left arm fracture and possible internal injuries. Passenger Larry Korchak was pinned beneath the vehicle. Deputy Herbert H. Cass pursued about three miles after high speed travel in Palos Verdes Drive area. The car, registered to Judith P. Tolgers, had been stolen from 546 West 15th Street.
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Larry Korchak
W. 1St St
San Petro
John Edward Lester
17Th St
Lontrol
Palos Verdes Drive
Miraleste Drive
Lester
Lennox Station
Herbert H. Cass
Cass
15Th
Judith P. Tolgers
Two Released in Abduction Case Names of Suspects Revealed
Two San Pedro cannery workers linked to an alleged abduction and attempted molestation of a 15 year old girl are freed. Victor E Perez 21 of 339 W O Farrell St and Virgil Lee Brown 24 of 571 E Beron St San Pedro faced no charges after a district attorney decision.
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San Pedro
Long Beach
Victor E Perez
W. O'Farrell
Virgil Lee Brown
E. Beron St
Former Long Beach Resident Eulalie Fairfield Dies
Mrs. Eulalie Fairfield aged 96, widow of Unitarian minister O J Fairfield who served in Long Beach in the 1920s and 1930s, died in an Orlando nursing home where she had lived nine years. Survivors include son Johny J Fairfield of Troy New York daughters Pristilla Bach and Dr Faith Gordon of Richmond Virginia. Another daughter June Fairfield died in 1924 and was on the local public library staff.
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Eulalie Fairfield
O. J. Fairfield
Long Beach
Orlando
Fla
Johny J. Fairfield
Troy
N. Y
Pristilla Bach
Faith Gordon
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California
Sharon Thomas
Pomona
Port Man
Doris Snow
Termina Ave
Neve Coker
Lucy Griffen
Mildred
Marcella Chumley
Susan Engletts
Monroe
Spong Ln
Berg
Lynn
Loran
Aldair
Bill Cates
Lloyd
Coon Funeral Home
Mattell's
Petk Mortuary
Harper
James A
Third St
Mon- Chapman—Wailer
Freeman Ave
Mildred Day
G. I. Arm
Minerva J
Strang
Leschander
Peek Family Coloniality Hall
Wednes
Funeral Home
Midway City
Mottell's & Peck! ‘Mortuary
Losey
James Harold
Pasadena Ave
Joan Tandberg
Jion Nelson
Earl
Maud Dooley
Westminster Memorial Pack Mortuary
Thomas—Robert Calvin
Second St
Esther Lehmanson
Louis D
Mottell’s & Peek Mortuary
Estminster Clinsial Park
Westmiitster Wemoricl
Trammell
Water Department
Mrs. Shinkle Service Ser
Eee Beaton UK
Mare Ina
Spariundi
Jonas
Sveanten
Anaivitt
Aggress
Elry
Raymond L. McKee
Wemlock
Atlantic Ave
Paul T. Holland Joseph M
Moonay Adypter Atelier
Herb Shannon
CY Stevens
Third Street
Gialamitos
Hemlock
L.B
San Francisco
Chicago
Western Pacific
Rio Grande
Burlington
Western Pacific Railroad
Dept
Wall Eighth Street
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