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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1960
Page
2
Long Beach East 10th Street has endured years of digging, harrowing, paving, and patching with blocks closed to traffic and sides torn up. A Neighborhood Inn window touts OPEN ANYHOW as crews continue work while officials address ongoing disruption.
Muslim Jew Rustam Rastani warned against war in the Middle East during a Friday talk in Somels Israel. He urged Arab Jewish friendship as essential to peace, describing peace as a long range project needing education and recognition of national rights for all. He spoke after addressing the Lions Club at the Wilton Hotel. Rastani, a Haifa Technion graduate and former Israeli parliament member, is on the Jewish Arab Association for Peace and Equality central committee and edits New Outlook.
Ray Eugene Hill aged 25 from Los Angeles died after his motorcycle struck a crash railing at the Broadway offramp from the Long Beach Freeway. Police say he traveled about 120 feet after being hurled against a utility pole and died at Seaside Hospital. The accident occurred at the same pole involved in a prior crash weeks earlier. This is the first fatality of the year. The body is at Angelus Funeral Home awaiting coroner’s examination.
Five educational workshops are scheduled as the United Rubber Workers District 5 Council enters its second day in Lafayette Notes. Topics include contracts collective bargaining unemployment insurance public relations and political activities. About 140 delegates from local unions in California and other Western states attend the three day convention.
A committee planning the seventh annual convention of the Veterans of World War 1 Department of California will meet tonight at the Wilton Hotel. Department Cmdr. Robert W. Norton and officers will map plans for the convention here July 14 to 17.
Long Beach and Lakewood 20 30 clubs spearhead a Mile of Dimes on Pine Avenue with two roles of adding machine tape to collect donations for March of Dimes. funds support polio victims and arthritis birth defects research. Co chairs Alf Friend and Don Downen announce the event extending along Pine Avenue and will add to local campaign totals toward a $125000 goal.
Long Beach's city shelter handled 21,255 animals last year, mainly dogs, down from 21,436. Auditor John R. Mansell reported Friday. Income declined from $93,323 to $91,884 and license receipts fell from $72,247 to $70,151. The shelter operated at a slight loss.
A picture story in Southland Magazine Sunday profiles Dolly the German Shepherd with feline companions Tonga and Flesh. The article showcases their playful antics and bond across a lighthearted page.
Frank Visca of the American Federation urges Long Beach lifeguards receive the Los Angeles County pay scale retroactive to January 1. The county pays 545 dollars for lifeguards and 603 for skip pers and lieutenants, while Long Beach offers 485 and 537. He argues duties are the same and state rules allow beach maintenance funds to cover the raise. The council previously deferred an immediate raise for police captains to July budget discussions.
The 48th District Democratic Council unanimously endorsed Dr Wallace H Moore education professor at Long Beach State College for the congressional race. The 117 member delegation pledged to mobilize clubs and funds to back Moore in the primary and against incumbent Republican Craig Hosmer in November.
The 28,000 ton Orient and Pacific liner Oronsay called at Long Beach on its first Southern California visit after a full reconditioning in Britain. She carried 425 passengers in port and sailed with 730 aboard for a 17 day cruise to Acapulco, Hilo, Honolulu and Kauai. Entertainer Gardean Lefiehya Lee Miss Hawaii 1959, a hula specialist, highlighted the lineup though she did not place in Miss America.
Long Beach State professor Carl E. Gregory urged in a Petroleum Club address that democratic free enterprise survives only with new ideas, imagination and ingenuity. The event showcased the Cooperative Management and College Training Program now guiding student on-the-job experiences with 100-plus firms involved since inception.
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