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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1958
Page
2
L A C discusses relaxed FHA and veteran provisions to push 200000 new homes this year. Lower down payments, rates cut to 5.75 percent, and government guarantees up to 7500 will boost lending. Eligible veterans extend to 1980 for World War II, 1985 for Korean vets. Loan terms up to 30 years.
City councilmen abandoned efforts to regulate liquor sales in bowling alleys and spectator areas after a legal opinion found state law preempts such control. City attorney noted the city may only enforce state prohibitions on minor liquor sales. The committee approved referral of a separate ordinance setting a 35 foot building height limit in R-1 and R-2 zones.
Councilmen asked for an attorney's opinion after complaints that players and spectators at alleys drink alcohol in the lanes vicinity and around minors. The committee voted to refer the issue to the full Council for action.
London reports Princess Margaret eyeing a governorship and greater travel. Her sister Queen Elizabeth II would decide, while Margaret’s Easter Windsor Castle chat with Princess Anne sparked talk of independence and a potential marriage to Peter Townsend.
Harry Boon of Cleethorpes England, famed for predicting weather by watching gnats, announced he is quitting his hobby after gaining fame. He had previously beat Air Ministry meteorologists in a local forecast contest by studying gnat swarms on the beach. He cited being known as the Gnat Man as his reason.
Mrs. Patricia Armstrong, 19, of Norwalk, remained critical-but-improved after last week’s blood transfusions at Downey Community Hospital. Her rupture spleen required surgery and doctors said she would likely die without transfusion. Her mother, Mrs. Michael Biggers, obtained ward of court status to allow blood administration without broader family access. Armstrong and husband Robert, 21, are Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Mary Elizabeth Stout 93 of 225 Park Ave Long Beach died Sunday after a long illness in a local hospital. She was mother to Elizabeth Smith and Harry Smith formerly of Security First National Bank of Long Beach, and survived by Archie J. Stout and sister Alta L. Johnson. Services set for 11 am Wednesday at Mottell's & Peek Chapel with Dr. Frank M. Kepner officiating.
The government has decreed that owners of all motor vehicles must take out liability insurance, detailing mandatory coverage requirements and enforcement implications across the region.
An Air Force spokesman stated B 52 bomber production and assembly would move from Boeing's Seattle plant to Wichita. Rep Breeding of Kansas noted the shift would reallocate work previously concentrated at the Seattle facility.
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