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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1958
Page
9
A California speaker ridicules a Illinois professor who questions golf and bowling as exercise and laments Midwest rivals in football. The column then relays a tax tale of B E Harmer who failed to pay estimated taxes before a six month voyage, with a pensioner’s check left unmailed and later mailed by a friend.
Gary Lindsay, 24, Huntington Park, was ordered to keep a short cut as a condition of one year probation for possessing a snap-blade knife. Judge Charles T. Smith measured his hair, finding it nearly crew-cut, and warned that long hair leads to trouble. Lindsay asked how long to maintain the cut, and the judge replied for the probation period.
Long Beach B'nai B'rith Lodge to install officers Sunday at the Lafayette Hotel. Dinner at 7 p.m. and cocktail hour at 6 p.m. Superior Court Judge David Coleman, president of Temple Israel Los Angeles, will speak on The Role of B'nai B'rith Today and install as officer. Entertainment by Ofra Diron Lionel Ames and The Madcaps. Officers include Myron Blumberg president Sol Levin first vice president Eugene Lenizner second vice president Milton Emlein recording secretary Morris Brower financial secretary Paul Davidson treasurer David Weisbly warden Herbert Jacobs guardian and outgoing president Herbert Sommer with Abe H. Sandler assisting. Milton Emlein master of ceremonies Sol Levin in charge of arrangements. Reservations with Levin or Grower.
Long Beach residents are invited to participate in the sixth annual Independent Press Telegram Consumer Analysis Brand Preference Survey. Free grocery bags will be distributed to households that complete and return the forms, with 10 000 homes emailed Saturday and survey returns accepted in person at survey headquarters 736 Pine Ave.
The ordinance committee continued a proposal to extend the chicken and rabbit ban north to Willow Street, with a citywide ban still a possibility. Health officer Dr. I D Litwack urged expansion beyond the current south of Pacific Coast Highway and east of the Los Angeles River. City Manager Sam E Vickers will report by the February 3 meeting.
City Council committee seeks legal opinion on liquor service at bowling alleys amid concerns about minors in spectator areas. Councilman Garrison says liquor is commonly served to players and spectators unless state law preempts regulation. Councilman Ahern argues bowling’s health benefits fade if players need stimulants. The council acknowledges state power may regulate bars within bowling alleys.
Long Beach officials assail a proposed rate increase for General Telephone Co. as discriminatory against the Long Beach area. Henry E. Jordan, chief engineer for the Bureau of Franchises, testified at a PAC hearing in Los Angeles, urging cost-of-service studies and additional direct testimony. The session recessed to Feb. 5 as city leaders seek a rehearing on interim boosts granted to General Telephone and other California utilities.
The city and Long Beach Oil Development Co. near agreement to start injecting 180000 barrels of water daily into tideland oil fields to abate subsidence and aid recovery. Mayor Healer and City Manager Vickers announced a signed LBOD letter of cooperation and amendments to the operating contract await council ratification.
Mrs Irene Malone lost her bid to keep 11500 Hancock Oil shares given by her estranged husband A C Malone. The State Supreme Court denied a hearing, affirming a 1956 decision that ordered return of 13 shares and allowed her to keep 13500 shares, ending a three year dispute.
The Board of Education discussed funding to provide classroom space in junior high schools. More than 4 million dollars for moving bungalows must be spent in four years. The plan, tied to anticipated enrollment, would authorize construction and operation budgets, with 37 permanent classrooms and 21 bungalow rooms added. The district may need about 3.9 million for yearly additions over four years. Public Schools Week dates were changed from April 22–25 to April 28–May 4, affecting Bancroft DeMille and Stanford junior high schools.
SCHOOLS SUPT. Douglas A. Newcomb said other fueler high schools will be affected by the increase. To accommodate students in these schools, bun galows will be moved onto their grounds from other locations. Cost estimates prepared by Arthur A. Knoll, business man ager for the school district, in Wal The possibility of discoloredj in City Clerk Margaret Heart ter today from farcels in well's office on the first floor die to the ST permanent class- the area south of Anaheim, SLJ of the city all. . . rooms will cost $678,590 and land west of De'sy Ave, was only one proposal has been the bungalow classrooms, $150, announced Monday by the l approved so far for submission 675. Water Dept. on the ballot. It is a charter Such discolored water is safe amendment enabling the city fo to drink but may discolors enter into agreements for 'clothes laundered in it, the lumi fixed of operations for the department. said. productive lifetime of a field Additional money will be ex peneded to provide lavatories, restrooms, other auxiliary facilities and to cover the cost If you are not already prope rly registered, Thursday is the deadline for qualifying for a special municipal election set for March 4. Deputy registrars are on duty
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