Center of USA Kansas the dull life in its towns
A Wichita reader deflates the Kansas myth insisting the state is the dead center of the country and flat life dulls imagination. She funds the paper with a personal check and asks for steady delivery, hoping it adds light and verve to her days. corresponde nce includes notes on Idaho Falls cat Ambitious and local Yom Kippur reporting errors, plus a bird band warning and Anaheim Street driver complaints.
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Kansas
Long Beach
Felter
Wichita
Kas
USA
Langer
Kansas Flatlands
Bus company seeks Lakewood routes changes in Long Beach
L B Motor Bus Co asks the State Public Utilities Commission to reroute four lines mainly in Lakewood Center to serve Faculty Avenue near new offices and a hospital. City officials anticipate improved service with no schedule reductions as routes 11 13 13 4 and 15 are adjusted, including keeping the loop but approaching it from Faculty rather than Graywood.
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Long Beach Motor Bus Co
State Public Utilities Commission
Lakewood Center
Hermy FB. Jordan
City Bureau of Franchises
Jordan
Faciulty Ave
Lakewood
Citst
Graywood Ave
May Co
Faculty
Graywood
Woodruff Rave
Candlewood St
Hardwick St
Ocana Ave
Hardwick
Geana
Woodruff
Candlewood
Trailer Park Assn Meeting Opens Here
The 13th annual California Trailer Park Assn convention opened at Wilton Hotel with about 200 park operators from across the state attending. Frank Gebhard, president, outlined agenda including officer elections Tuesday and a Wednesday board meeting to close the event.
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George Hedley
Ken Shaw
Bell
California Trailer Park Assn
Wilton Hotel
Wilton
Frank Gebhard
R. Townsend
Edward L. Wilson
Mobile Home Manufacturers Assn
Bob’ Terhune
Mobile Home News
Malcolm Epley
Press Telegram
Lewis Reese
Jules Leiber
J. E. Wellsl
Rex Thompson
Richard Richards
Los Angeles
Frank Bonelli
Paul Maxey
Boy’s Fingers Crushed Between Float and Pier
Nine year old Stepien D Pearlman of 12380 Lewis Ave suffered two severely crushed fingers on Magnolia Pier when a wave pushed a fishing float against the pier. He was treated at Seaside Hospital for injuries to the ring and little fingers of his right hand.
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Stepien D. Pearlman
Lewis Ave
Magnolia Pier
Seaside Hospital
Fire damages wall and chair at Virginia Court apartment
Police report a Sunday night fire at 16 Virginia Ct damaged a wall and an overstuffed chair in an apartment. The blaze started in the chair and caused home damage.
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Virginia Ct
Loose Boat Floorboard Injures Youth’s Toe
A floorboard in a boat at Machine Stadium injured 18 year old Winlicent Blair of 8739 Firestone Blvd Downey. He was taken to Community Hospital for stitches.
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Macine Stadium
Joose
Winlicent Blair
Blair
Firestone Blvd
J. Downey
Community Hospital
Fire Blazes From Kitchen Cupboard In Linden Ave Fire
At 10 p m Sunday a solvent and paint stored in a kitchen cupboard ignited in the Kokasky home at 1492 Linden Ave. Edward Kokasky, 29, and Gladys woke to smoke. he carried his three children Linda 5, Sharon 4, and Robin 2 to safety then returned to battle the flames. The cupboard and adjacent items were burned. the fire department aided. The Kokaskys speculate the open cans, left two months earlier, may have caused the blaze.
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Edward Kokaskys
Linden Ave
F. Shea
Kokaska
Gladys
Linda
Sharon
Robin
Navy Relief Ball Slated Friday in Municipal
An event listing for a Navy Relief Ball on Friday at Municipal Auditorium is noted. The notice includes stray passages about an invention called Precon by Dr. Robert E. Corrigan and Hat C Becker, claiming subconscious influence via visual stimuli.
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Navy
Robert E. Corrigan
Aden St
Garden Grove
Corrigan
Masonic Service Wednesday for James A Sparks
Funeral rites for James A Sparks Long Beach building contractor 42 of 3430 Myrtle Ave die Sunday, with services at 1 pm in the Chapel of Display Mortuary. He founded in construction here 20 years and is survived by wife Betty J and two sisters. He belonged to Monte Vista Masonic Lodge Long Beach Builders Exchange and BPD Ellis. A ball sponsor Navy Relief Society will feature dancing and entertainment. tickets at auditorium door.
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Long Beach
James A. Sparks
Myrtle Ave
Sparks
Betty J
O. D. Crabill
Isabell Merritt
Monte Vista Masonic Lodge
Long Beach Builders Exchange
B.P.D. Ellis
City and State Officials to Answer Questions at Dinner
Long Beach city and state officials along with Civic League members will answer questions at a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the Women's City Club. Panelists include Assemblyman William S. Grant City Auditor John Mancell and UCLA political science head Dr Winston M Crouch. Topics cover Harbor Department procedures aircraft nuisance oil revenue sharing and governance in Long Beach.
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Civic League of
Long Beach
Civic League
Women's City Club
3Rd St
Assemblyman
William S. Grant
John Mancell
John W. Wilson
Jordan High School
James C. Lien
Long Beach State College
Ryscall ™. Brougher
Winston M. Crouch
Department of Political Science and Governmental Research
UCLA
National Municipal
League
Evoe
Harbor Department
Scandal Trial Juror Feted on Birthday
In Los Angeles jurors from the Confidential magazine case marked juror Lawrence Clary’s birthday during a deliberation break. The group, after a pool weekend at their hotel, dined under bailiff Don Emmer’s supervision before resuming work on the Ibel conspiracy matter involving Fred and Marjorie Meade and several named entities.
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Long Beach
Confidential
Los Angeles
Lawrence Clary
Don Emmer
Ibel
Fred
Marjorie Meade
Hollywood Research, Inc, Confidential, Inc
Whisper, Inc
Publishers Distributing Corp
Long Beach Man Killed in Santa Monica Auto Crash
A Long Beach electrician, Glenn C. Thomas, 38, died after a car driven by Evardo Aro, 31, veered onto a crowded sidewalk near the Douglas Aircraft Co. plant in Santa Monica. Police booked Aro on suspicion of manslaughter and felony drunken driving after six bystanders narrowly avoided harm.
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A.long Beach
Douglas V Aircraft Co
Santa Monica
Glenn C. Thomas
Y Hareo Ave
Santa Monica Hospital
Evardo Aro
Aro
Forgery Suspect Arrested After Recognition at Local Eatery
Anaheim police pursue John Thomas Robbins on forgery charges linked to a restaurant job. He was arrested here after a former co worker identified him at a local dining venue. Robbins faces suspected counterfeit forgery allegations from his prior employment.
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Ave
John ‘Thomas Robbins
Anaheim
Catalina Water Ski Race Rescue And Island Fire
A 1-year-old Harbor City water skier, Mike Ludwig, drifted 30 minutes four miles offshore in fog near Catalina Channel before rescue by a fishing boat crew. The incident occurred during the Grand National Water Ski Race toward Catalina. Meanwhile, two other skiers and towing boats missed Catalina, landed at San Clemente Island, and started a brush fire that burned about 300 acres and spread northward. Coast Guard and Navy responders fought the blaze and escorted vessels back to Avalon.
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Mike Ludwig
Harbor City
Don Jasiewicz
Gene Sprinkler
Ludwig
Catalina
Old Harbor City
Catalina Channel
Catalina Island
San Clemente Island
Athena Ave
Chuck Steazha
Yi. B. Stearns
Downey
Catalina Id
San Cleuséte Island
Sanmente
Robert Reen
Pacoima
Coast Guard
Western Airlines
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Wilson's Cove
Mh Tis
Avalon
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Holy Family Adoption Service
Edna Strickland
C. Smith
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Termino
Hivy
Ximene
Herb
Police Dept
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L. B. Motor Bus Co
Lakewood Center Line
Trailer Park Assn
Blaze Roots Family
Long Beach Douglas Aircraft Corp
Hat C Becker
Tulane University School of Medicine
Corrigan Geld
Tulane Univer
Press- Sily
USC
Tunis
Germany
Sam Leighton Nobie
MacDonald
Isle
Lee Ann McIntosh
West
L. B. Man
Macine
Rainbow Pier
Catalina Lin
Gene Trinkler
Frampton St
John Sampson
Loemita
Dude
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Sampson
Spiga Iman
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Sampson Spoitjor
Wenner
Renny Daniiker
Bonfair Ave
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Martha Ann LY
Bill Williams
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