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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1958
Page
9
The Air Force will base the first moon exploration nerve center at Inglewood California. The four stage Thor Abie Vanguard rocket will carry a secret fourth stage with a 25000 mwe payload to reach a moon nearby trajectory.
Air Force officials announced a Moon exploration plan under the International Geophysical Year to fire three Thor-Able rockets toward the Moon. Lt Col. John A. Power said the project is scientific and unclassified, with a Cape Canaveral launch likely Sunday and no priority given to any branch.
William Warris Brown, 48, linked to an eight year robbery and attempted rape case, pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault by forge. He will be sentenced in Superior Court on September 26. Brown, of 1821 Maine Ave, was arrested April 14 on rape suspicions.
Luz Marina Zuluiga Miss Universe 1955 departed New York on Tuesday to return to Colombia. She spent days in the city for television appearances and promotions and plans a week in Manizales to rest before beginning a South American tour.
The city will seek damages from Hancock Oil Co. over the Hancock refinery fire on May 22. City Manager Sam E. Vickers said a claim will include damage to the municipal gas holder saved by firefighters. The total amount is not yet determined. Council arguments centered on aid and fire service costs between Long Beach and Signal Hill.
In response to guidance from Paul B Wilcox executive director of Associated The Singers Workshop calls for more male dancers to join its next production. City officials discuss support and costs for the forthcoming Carousel musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein to be staged in Signal Hill October 14 18.
Vera Willism s Magazine lauds Laguna Beach Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters as more than entertainment, a communal labor of love by 74 residents. The piece describes nightly artistic displays, living paintings, sculpture, and music, detailing many works and the enduring orchid tale that accompanied Mother’s Day.
City council members debated curtailing oil production near the Wilmington Oil Field by backing a water injection program in the Tar and Ranger zones under Fant Block 3 near Long Beach Naval Shipyard. The plan, led by Harbor Department officials, aims to stop pressure decline and arrest subsidence, with a maximum flooding rate of 90,000 barrels per day and a projected relief timeline of months to a year. Council approved the agreement unanimously, noting only state or federal action could compel production limits, while also extending a consultant contract and calling bids for street and park improvements including two Long Beach freeway overpasses and a junior high site sale negotiation.
The plan allocates 172800 from federal sources and 86400 from Memoria Hospital of the state to fund psychiatric operations. Long Beach hospital families approved similar amounts by the state Bureau. Hospitals will reapply next year for clinic and rehabilitation funding totaling 179180 for facilities.
Donald C. Carner, administrator of Seaside Memorial Hospital, said a grant will help complete the Memorial Hospital of Long Beach project and move toward full patient care. Hill Bur ton funds from federal act support hospital construction, with state matching and a Jobs for Athletes program aiding summer employment for over 100 college and high school athletes.
A theatre tryout for the production The Winslow Bay will be held at 1 30 p m next Sunday in the Magnolia Theatre at 12400 Magnolia Ave. John Carradine will be involved. Five men and four women aged 20 to 50 plus a boy about 16 are needed. The setting is England during World War I with English accents preferred. The director is Fat Brown. The play opens September 16.
Employment in the Long Beach Los Angeles metropolitan region rose in July with 2,480,890 people employed, an increase of 4,900 from June. About 176,500 sought jobs, 66 percent of the labor force, while manufacturing and construction led gains and educational services trimmed hiring.
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