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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1960
Page
1
Downtown Long Beach hosts a Miss International pageant outreach on Pine Ave with seven decorated platforms. Volunteers escort and support the 52 delegates from diverse professions and nations as residents meet the contestants in street clothes and native costumes.
Weather summary indicates mostly clear conditions today and Sunday with minor stutters in OCR. Temperatures remain steady with interior and desert areas seeing little change. Wind shifts to westerly at night into Friday and Sunday. Coastal region shows low cloudiness fog and afternoons clearing with high pressure extending into the Sacramento Valley.
SACRAMENTO UPJ A deputy attorney general urged the State Board of Education to buy privately printed reading textbooks despite a taxpayer suit in Sacramento. The contracts cover 6 320 000 books to be used in public schools starting September 1961 with a price cap of 10 percent above state printed costs. A later $2 374 650 contract for private printing was sealed after a suit claimed other printing could be cheaper, while Allyn and Bacon faced objections.
A Dallas bankruptcy court records 635 lenders from 26 states who loaned to uranium promoter John Milton Addison. Attorney J Harvey Lewis compiled the list for court receivers after Addison refused to file. A creditors meeting is set for Aug 23 with notices to be sent. claimants have six months post meeting to file. Addison was declared bankrupt June 27 by Judge T Whitefield Davidson.
Drew Pearson outlines a Macon bid scandal where Col Lanier with no shop or employees pursues a defense overhaul contract. Despite being low, he faces withdrawal of another bidder while GA congressmen Vinson Russell block a bribery-lobbying crackdown.
The California Department of Employment estimates Long Beach area employment at 133,670 on July 1, down from 135,428 on Jan 1. Unemployed totaled 12,243, with 11,173 a year earlier, as Toll notes shifts across oil, shipbuilding, construction and government, while retail, services, finance and real estate rose slightly. The area includes Lakewood, Signal Hill and parts of Bellflower.
Long Beach State College broke ground on a two million dollar engineering building for its three-year program. The 60,000 square foot facility will include 10 laboratories offices and auxiliary spaces replacing temporary frame structures.LBSC’s engineering division has graduated its first class and expects 200 students in the fall. Police report a pickpocket on a crowded bus who attempted another theft after being caught en route to jail.
California closed the 1959-60 fiscal year with a $129,262,173 surplus. Gov Brown used cash to balance the next year's budget. Most excess came from capital outlay carried over, plus higher general fund income amid a prospering economy. Also noted were the death of James H. Phillips, the editor William R. Watson, and visits by Ezra Benson and Sen Kennedy campaign matters. Burglary suspects caught in East Los Angeles after trying to open a safe. one suspect wounded.
The notice lists publication details for the Independent daily in Long Beach California, including address, second class matter date, court adjudication, decree number, and carrier delivery and mail rates per month. It mentions a per month rate of 2.25 and annual 27.00, with single copy 9 od.
In Dar es Salaam the Tanganyika Transport and General Workers Union, with about 20 000 members, votes to boycott all South African goods in protest of apartheid policies.
An ad describes rooms at the Huntington Hotel on Ocean Boulevard offering private paths and ocean views. It advertises daily maid service, writing desk, telephone, and a dining room with meals including beef and turkey options. Rates list 329 and meals per person with varying menus and public catering.
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