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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1957
Page
11
A scrambled collage of short items: a tale of a boy’s golf ball caper at a driving range, then GOP congressmen Hofman and Hoamer tour Gaza and Long Beach ads. A Riverside County constituent letter to Congressman Sheppard ends with a jokey postal reply. Chandelier tales in the Capitol, the Congressional Hotel names, and a closing quip about the average man’s age waistline golf course and nuisance.
City payments under the tideland compromise rose to 7.137 million with three checks drawn on city funds. The state’s share of profits from Long Beach Oil Development amounted to 71,299.63 and Redfield Oil Corp. contributed 196,021.07. A gas valuation line covered tideland and gas used by Municipal Gas. Monthly remittances will continue while oil and gas revenues persist.
National commander Joseph Thurke of the Disabled American Veterans visits Long Beach to meet with local officials about veterans affairs. Burke, 40, an artillery sergeant wounded at Monte Cassino, outlines the group’s penicillin work and opens meeting at 8 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Building Auditorium.
Juanita K Hahn, 34, of 2828 Budau Ave, sustained a severe laceration to the left foot after her foot struck a boat propeller while water skiing. Police report the boat, driven by Robert R Kelly, was returning to pick her up when she fell. She received treatment at Seashe Hospital.
The Long Beach Unified School District will host a three day visit by Dr. Willard Eis bree from New York to study teachers salaries. He will present recommendations to the Board of Education as they consider adjusting the 1957 58 salary schedule. The action aims to balance state funding, district finances, and job value. A gift of 80 dollars from the Lewell Elementary Parent Teacher Association will buy books for the school library.
Three men fled in a high speed chase after robbing a Long Beach service station on W Pacific Coast Highway. The suspects Huerta, Layton, and Corral were arrested after police fired on the car and a .22 caliber revolver was tossed from the vehicle. The bandits had stolen $24.35 from the attendant Paul Hettinger before the chase ended near Santa Fe and Judson.
Long Beach councilmen unanimously approved submitting a $6,884,000 water system bond proposal for the June 4 election. Bonds would fund citywide improvements including storage tanks, mains, and a link to Metropolitan Water District, with water rates rising about 21 percent for typical users if approved.
Long Beach will get about $1.796 million as its share of motor vehicle license revenue for the fiscal year starting July 2, 1957, per State Controller Robert C. Kirkwood. Current year apportionment was estimated at roughly $1.6 million, but only about $140,000 had been received by November 18, 1956. Funds intended for the year's financing are expected in June.
A five-year-old girl in Whittier was hit by a car in the 300 block of Pinvehnen Avenue, resulting in two broken ribs. She received treatment at Community Hospital. The driver, Charles Napoleon Tinxter, 53, of 3139 California Avenue, stated the child darted from behind a parked car into his path.
Superior students Donald Joseph DeBaets of 1830 Oregon Ave and John Lee Wood Jr of 3212 Oregon Ave will be among USC honorees for outstanding scholastic records. The two will be recognized at a Bovard Auditorium assembly Friday for maintaining grade point averages of Boerade or better.
The ship returns to the navy after a prolonged Pacific tour and will arrive at Long Beach Naval Station at 2 am today. It will berth at Berth 6, Pier 6, awaiting dock assignment and crew updates.
Mayor George M. Vermillion announced on Monday he will seek reelection to the City Council from the Ath District after a five day health check. City Clerk Margaret Meartwell noted his return to office from Scrippa Kine, La Jolla, with clinical tests showing good condition and the previously reported Ras tle alert had disappeared.
A literature and history lecture was announced for 8 pm at the Lakewood campus building on California Avenue. Wilkins, an optometrist active in uptown civic groups, will speak with Mr and Mrs Karl Burns Miller as part of a program aligned with civic center designation efforts.
George F. Buck is named associate chairman of the Memorial Hospital Campaign Executive-Temptage Division of Ptlink hospitals. Albert L. Code announced Buck’s selection and Buck said labor groups will participate, with the plan to organize firm by firm campaigns in firms employing 10 or more, to meet town quotas and memorial participation.
Mary McNerney a St Anthony's High School student won the local eliminations of the annual Native Sons of the Golden West oratory contest. Eight area high schools participated in the af fair sponsored by chapters from Long Beach San Pedro and Wilmington. Nancy Kubo Poly High was runner up and Mary Allee Graser from San Pedro Ulph placed third.
Long Beach officials heard a push to commence condemnation proceedings to acquire pro propan land for the J T Davies Bridge approaches. Marina Improvement League members and supporters argued the plan would block a years old park project and delay jetty development while Pacific Electric and San Gabriel River Improvement Co. claim title and seek compensation.
Hazel C. Redding, 61, and Joseph M. Rede, 69, were injured when a car hit a pedestrian on Chestnut and Pasadena avenues as a proposed park project stirred opposition. The driver and others dispute the plan, which could affect Oregon Avenue construction and Pacific Electric land restoration. Authorities described the incident as part of a broader controversy surrounding parcel arrangements.
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