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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1958
Page
9
Pat Mahon, a St Anthony's High School graduate, earned third place in the national Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow contest and a $3,000 scholarship. She will study chemistry at the San Francisco College for Women after also winning a National Merit Scholarship.
Mayor Raymond C. Kealer urged the city to cooperate with the federal government to stop subsidence and save the Naval shipyard. City Attorney Walnfred Jacobson outlined two objectives: field wide repressuring of the Wilmington oil field and damages claims, with council support for aggressive action and swift implementation.
American Aviation officials announced an Aero-Space laboratory will be set up at the Downey missile division. The lab will not require new hires and aims to integrate several dispersed research groups under one unit. Vice President J G Beever said it will spearhead North American’s expansion in basic research. Dr E R Van Driest was named laboratory chief.
Vera Williams recounts Grace Wiley a famed reptile keeper who moved to Long Beach in the 1930s with her mother and a menagerie of snakes including a 12 to 15 foot python. Grace calmed fear with calm talk and hands on handling until a cobra bite ended her zoo days in the 1940s. She and her mother rest in Sunny Side Cemetery.
The Sea Hunt episode The Underwater Bank Robbery filmed at Alamitos Bay Marina shows actors as police in a staged Long Beach scene. Lloyd Bridges and crew shot underwater action at Silver Springs Florida, with the Long Beach bank set built in the Marina admin building.
The City Council gave first reading to an entrance setting rubbish collection rates. Monthly charges: apartments 75 cents, duplexes 90 cents, single family dwellings $1, commercial enterprises by average rubbish. Some firms may dispose themselves. Other actions include bond counsel for Jobs for Long Beach, architectural contracts for Jordan High Hatch Cafeteria, and a multiphasic health screening program with state reimbursement up to 13547. Construction on Bay Shore Walk seawall bid 61770 with half funded by property owners.
A political clash emerges in Signal Hill as eight backers push to legalize draw poker casinos while five councilmen plus city officials urge residents to oppose petitions for an autumn vote. A city public defender showdown prompts talk of shifting duties to the county, with LA’s model cited and a budget of 15000 dollars under review. George Gay Jr. questions the plan, signaling thin support for large 2 to 35 table operations and possible outside money influence.
The Board of Equalization sitting as the citys Property Assessment board cut Douglas Aircraft Co property assessment from 172700 to 145070. The Los Altos Assn failed to prove unequal assessment compared with May Co.s county assessment.
Youngsters aged 8 to 14 may join a free dog training class at Houghton Park starting Saturday. The program runs 11 am to noon and requires adult accompaniment, organized by the Recreation Department.
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