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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1958
Page
9
A man advertised a 1954 Cadillac for sale and sold it with a three day no interest note. The buyer feigned legitimacy, rented an apartment for a front, and disappeared with the car. Police and FBI steps follow as they pursue extradition under the Dyer Act.
The subsidence advisory committee voted 5-0 to urge City Council approval of long debated Long Beach Oil Development Co contract amendments for expanded water injection in city owned tideland wells. The Board of Harbor Commissioners also ordered additional amendments, with Mayor Kealer signaling agreement if the council concurs.
Marie Gusswein 50, of Aubrey Hotel Room 108, found nude and brutalized in a rear stairwell at the American Typewriter Sales Co. building 344 E 4th St. Two alleged former husbands released after tests failed to link them. Charles Fontaine 31 identified her body, reporting she used the name Ewald Carlj Gusswein 61. Police await coroner autopsy results.
Second District Court of Appeal reversed a dismissal in the Island Dope Case charging three young men with narcotics possession. Robert A. Hanley 18 Allan J. Simmons 20 and John E. Vildosola 19 face trial after the appellate court found the informant’s identification and reliability plus officers’ stop and search gave probable cause. The May 1 arrest at the Air Force base yielded one pound of marijuana in their car and the case returns to court.
A pol iue dinner and business meeting for World War I Barracks 154 and auxiliary is slated for 6:80 p.m. today at the Veterans Memorial Building located at Broadway and Cedar Ave.
County, city and school officials met to discuss options for annexing the Carmelitos area to Long Beach. They weighed tax losses of about 15000 dollars yearly against savings on water and sewer services for residents and housing authority gains. A follow up meeting will be announced.
David W. Bryant was elected Monday to a second term as president of the board of directors of the Visiting Nurse Service of Long Beach. Other officers named include Mrs. Eugene Hamilton as first vice president, Dr. Halvor G. Melom as second vice president, Mrs. Blake Allison as treasurer, and Miss Mary D. Forbes as secretary. New board members are Mrs. Will Winston, Mrs. T. M Arrowsmith, Dr. Dukkti Green, and Ward Johnson-Steff.
The Long Beach based submarine aircraft carrier Phil Sea, flagship of Rear Adm. Ahroon, departs Monday for Far East duty. After a Hawaii stop she heads to the Philippines, Japan, and Hong Kong with HS 21 and HS 6 squadrons. It relieves USS Princeton, now aiding flood relief in Ceylon.
James P. Kane has been installed as president of the All States Society. Other officers installed were Mayme Wright as first vice president Fred Wilkes as second vice president Minnie Burns as third vice president Ivilla Decker as fourth vice president Ruth McGinnis as fifth vice president Ora Lee as secretary Mae Harrington as treasurer and Jeanette Bueltner as publicity director.
The Southland plans a new $1,700,000 junior high near Anaheim and Studebaker to serve an estimated 4,000 more students over five years. The 15-acre site will hold about 750 students in its first year, with the district shifting additions and bungalows to accommodate growth by 1962.
The City Bureau of Franchises unanimously approved a regulation urging private school buses and drivers to meet safety standards. A proposed ordinance will be sent to the City Council, with exceptions for vehicles and drivers passing state highway patrol tests. Other topics included retaining plans for a Long Beach Motor Bus Co loop at Gardenia Avenue and city personnel bus passes.
Rep Craig Hosmer announced Charles Bennett Sr appears to attend the U S Military Academy beginning July Bennett 18 is the son of Mrs Marjorie Bennett and Detective Insp Charles D Bennett Sr He is Poly High School 1956 ROTC commander and Marine Reserve private first class Alternates named Gordon Gibson Carl Price and Peter LeClair each 19 with local parent details
Federal budget requests for 1959 include 1 035 million to draw up plans for modernizing Long Beach Veterans Hospital not expanding beds. Other Long Beach area projects include flood control funding and studies for the Long Beach Los Angeles breakwater.
The Long Beach Union Labor Temple Assn elected seven directors at its annual stockholders meeting held at the Labor Temple on Locust Avenue. New president Jack Arnold and officers including William P. Vans and J. W. Brimhall were named, with William P. Evans appointed general manager and representatives from multiple locals in attendance.
Frank Benjamin Burnett, 35, of Seattle, admitted breaking into Aggie’s Sporting Goods at 635 Pine Ave on November 11 to “learn a trade in prison.” Superior Judge Ralph K. Pierson sentenced him to six months in county jail and three years probation after Burnett said he would rather be elsewhere than prison while awaiting sentence. Burnett broke a front door pane with a garbage can cover and hid behind the counter before officers confronted him.
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