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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1957
Page
4
A Navy briefing outlines a plan to launch the 72 foot Vanguard rocket with small grapefruit sized satellites. If winds stay under 10 mph and stages perform, the first stage will ignite mid sea and release the satellite into a roughly 300 mile altitude orbit.
High winds reached sixty nine miles per hour driving the 23500 acre San Gabriel Mountains blaze. Six hundred workers fought to contain the 22 day old fire, still out of control despite containment efforts. Helicopters were grounded at Chilao Flats as crews mopped hot spots and several highways were closed, about 27 miles of road from Newcomb's Ranch to Big Pines shut due to danger.
The California Attorney General faces a series of suits challenging tidelands fund use by the Long Beach Armed Services YMCA after the Mallon decision. Testimony shows the Y serves sailors, including foreigners, with affordable dormitories and recreation while structural issues and bridge link disruptions hinder access to the Pico Avenue site. The conflict aims to establish a legal precedent on trusteeship of tidelands and fund expenditures.
TORRANCE a Long Beach man recently escaped from a prison was arrested trying to pass a bad check at a service station. Clark Vernon Watson 33 of Anaheim was booked on the check charge. Anna M Lanier 22 of Long Beach was arrested with him as police pursued warrants for Watson on auto theft and multiple check charges. Watson was nabbed at Carson Street and Arlington Avenue after the station operator detained him awaiting police arrival.
A small car rammed a large trailer near La Rochelle France on Monday night and was dragged about 15 miles. All five occupants were injured four of them when they escaped. The fifth remained inside until the ride ended. The truck driver did not feel the impact.
Federal mediator Harry Malcom failed to restart talks between Metro and the union. He will meet separately with both sides in the coming days as the strike halts Metro and Ashbury Rapid Transit System operations across 1985 cities. The union seeks a twenty cent hourly increase and a forty hour week. Metro offered a ten cent raise now plus eleven cents on December 1, 1958. Drivers earn 2.06 an hour, other workers 1.96, with the union arguing overtime elimination should not cut take home pay.
The MCL-Asbury strike disrupts service across 185 cities in Los Angeles Riverside Orange and San Bernardino counties. Long Beach to Los Angeles routes San Pedro to Los Angeles and other corridors are affected while Greyhound reports higher passenger volume and no major new stoppages.
Labor leaders react to a proposed pay moratorium aimed at halting wage increases amid rising living costs. AFL-CIO presidents and union chiefs from carpenters, plumbers, and electrical workers weigh in with caution, while some support targeted raises and others warn against blanket action. House Labor members debate feasibility and broader economic impact.
An interim committee formed by the Long Beach Community Welfare Council will study current municipal ordinances governing fund raising by voluntary health, welfare and charitable groups. Attorney Leo Vander Lans is named chairman to review if changes are needed.
City Councilman D Pat Ahern chairman of the Catholic Maritime Clubs of San Pedro and Wilmington was elected to the St Vincent de Paul Society board at the annual meeting held Sunday at St Rose of Lima Church in Maywood.
Funeral for Herman F Beyer, 8, of 2525 Eucalyptus Ave, will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Display Mortuary. Beyer practiced law in Long Beach from 1930 to 1940, then served as law librarian in the Jenkins Trust Building before taking over the county post. He died Sunday and is survived by a brother Edwin T Beyer.
The Long Leach Youth Band directed by Don Hem won first place on Sunday in the Escondido Toyland Parade, earning regional notice for performance and teamwork.
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