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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1960

Page

20

Brown to Be Neutral in MTA Labor Row

Gov Brown signals a hands off policy in a labor dispute involving the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Amalgamated Transportation Union. MTA operators faces a possible wildcat strike as union spokesmen blame inaction on Brown and stress the need for settlement.

Brown MTA Edmund G. Brown Post Brotherhood of Railroad Metropolitan Telegram Transit Authority Amalgamated Transportation Troubles

Ballot Approval Repeated By GEORGE WEEKS

City Manager Sam E Vickers announced two days of unanimous council action on ballot measures to authorize extra funding from the Tideland Oil Fund for shoreline work and to set a municipal primary date with possible June election. The moves accompany reviews of building plans to avoid construction delays seen in Los Angeles ventures and discussions on MTA labor disputes and contracts affecting riders.

Municipal Auditorium Sam E Vickers Tideland Oil Fund Tervors Los Angeles

Rain Forecast and Storm Update for Long Beach Area

Weather outlook shows most sunny skies early, then a new storm front. By nightfall Thursday overcast with rain and gusty winds. Daytime highs near 60 with a nine hour downpour adding to season total of 3.01 inches in Long Beach. Snow falls above 4000 feet blanketing Mount Baldy with 18 inches atop a three foot pack.

Weather Bureau Long Beach Mount Baldy

Cross recovery at Rainbow Pier highlights icy bash

Angelo Kouropis, a 14 year old San Pedro fisherman and father of six, braved cold waves to retrieve the Holy Cross tossed during the Blessing of the Waters. He found it off Linden Ave after a long struggle, earning praise at the Epiphany banquet.

Angelo Kourapis San Pedro Kourapis Ottin Rainbow Pier Bro Kouropis Dutch Miller Demetrios Kauropis Miller Linden Ave Lafayette Angelo Kouropis

LBCC Branch Students Fill Officer Posts

Five spring semester Lakewood campus elections filled student offices. Linda Larson won the Associated Women Students presidency. Penny Walker captured the arts representative post in the runoff. New Associated Men Students officers are Mike Gilvert as second vice president Billy Maloney as secretary and Gary Martin as treasurer.

Lakewood Long Beach City College Linda Larson Heather

Licenses Granted To Two Builders In Long Beach

The Contractors' State License Board announced it will issue general building contractor licenses to Fred Ingle Sr. of 6690 Gundry Ave and Floyd A. Jones of Southern Empire Builders at 151 Hardwick St Long Beach if protests are received by June 26.

State License Board Fred Ingle Sr Gundry

Youth escapee eludes police near Lomita after car theft spree

A 16 year old boy who fled Juvenile Hall eluded investigators Tuesday in the Narbonne High School area of Lomita after stealing seven cars and $75 from two Redondo Beach candy shop clerks. Police said he is armed and considered dangerous, with sightings near Torrance and ongoing manhunt efforts by Los Angeles County sheriffs.

Anil de Deljuckal Narbonne High School Lomita Redondo Beach Sherif Los An Les Torrance Pawhunter James A. Wadsley

CBS Russ Expert to Speak at LBSC

Daniel Schorr, CBS Eastern Europe correspondent, will headline Long Beach State College Evening on Campus with a talk titled Who Runs the Communist World Today. The free campus event starts at 8 15 p m in the Little Theatre and is open to the public. Schorr, based in Warsaw, Poland, has covered Khrushchev travels and Communist affairs for four years and earned international honors including the Order of Orange Nassau.

Daniel Schorr Eastern Europe Columbia Broadcasting System Long Beach State College Senan Talk Little Theatre Schorr Warsaw Poland Nikita Khrushchev Stalingrad San Francisco Scharr The Netherlands

Lectures and film events in Long Beach areas today

Today in Long Beach features lectures on The Republic of West Germany at Dewey High School Auditorium at 2 pm and New Zealand North Island at Jordan High School Choral Room at 7 40 pm. A Motherhood screening plays at Hoover Junior High at 7 30 pm with Scotland shown at Millikan IM High School. Municipal Band concert in Exhibit Hall of the Auditorium.

Republic of West Germany Dewey High School New Zealand North Island Jordan High School Hoover Junior High School FILM Scotland Millikan IM High School

Not So Buenos Bird Proves He's Latin in Court

Federal Judge Thurmond Clarke ordered crop-dusting pilot Robert W H Gebhart to return for a probation hearing and sentence after he changed his plea to no contest. Gebhart, free on $5,000 bail, was arrested following a purse-snatching incident near San Juan Capistrano. A talking parrot and alleged smuggling were noted in the surrounding confusion.

Buenos Dias, Senor Robert WH. Gebhart Maple Ave Costa ‘Mesa Thurmond Clarke Gebhart Augusta St. Louis Ave

$2 Million Science Building Start at LB State College

The State Department of Public Works awarded a 2,000,747 contract to J. G. Watts Construction Co. of Los Angeles to add a third wing to the Long Beach State College science building. The three story wing will be as large as the two existing wings, housing 50 laboratories and two lecture halls with a greenhouse and astronomy deck for graduate level work. construction expected to take about two years.

State Department of Public Works Long Beach State College J. G. Watts Construction Co Los Angeles

Shea Becomes Commander of Destroyer Squadron 9

Capt. William H. Shea relieved Capt. Charles M. Henderson to command Destroyer Squadron 9 based in Long Beach. The 1936 Naval Academy graduate previously captained the attack transport USS Henrico. Henderson will join the Pacific Section, Board of Inspection and Survey. The change-of-command ceremony was aboard USS Mansfield at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.

William H. Shea Jey J Charles M. Henderson Long Beach

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