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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1958
Page
9
A long disjointed column mocks Generalissimo Rafael and Hollywood publicity stunts in Catalina and Huntington Beach. It blends jokes, quips about Burma, a doctor’s house call prank, and a Lakewood league tale about two boys seeking roles, finishing with a father’s cautionary punchline.
Long Beach faces high unemployment with 15,271 people out of work. Industry declines show manufacturing and trade down, construction dropping, and oil and government sectors shrinking. City officials and labor leaders advocate urban development and tourism expansion to create jobs, stabilize incomes, and attract hotels and conventions.
Coast Guard reports a calm Fourth of July weekend at Long Beach and nearby shores with about 150000 beachgoers Sunday, no drownings, six rescues in Alamitos Bay, 11 in Colorado Lagoon, and ten small craft aided. one skindiver drowned off Portugese Bend on Saturday.
Deputies report burglars cut a roof hole at Artesia Pharmacy on 18550 Pioneer Blvd and took about $900 from an office and drawers behind the counter. Two electrically locked cash registers were not opened.
Police report a rear end collision on Vesuvian Walk near Geneva Walk Sunday afternoon. Selma C. Opdahl suffered back injury as vehicles driven by Richard D. Opdahl and Bertha F. Fischer collided while both were reversing.
Metro politan Transit Authority workers were robbed in their Morgan Yard clubhouse on Ocean Park Avenue and Ocean Boulevard. Motorman George R. Harlow and conductor Gene B. Damran were held up around 1 am by a young gunman, who took $25 and locked them inside before escaping. Earlier, another motor man and conductor were robbed the night before, and last Thursday another pair were robbed by two armed men.
Long Beach Elks Lodge No. 858 hosts a 7 pm program for handicapped children. Speakers include Gladdes B. Nelf director at Adelaide Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic for children Hazel Olds Seaside Cerebral Palsy Clinic Joseph B. Dick Saint Mary's Long Beach Hospital Robert R. Dinwiddie director of Benjamin Tucker School and CP Association president Mrs Malcolm C Todd LB Exceptional Children's Foundation president Children from the Tucker School will perform in a program arranged by Dinwiddie.
Emma Hil degarden Holmes, 72, of 11843 E Ashworth St, died Saturday. Surviving daughters Aud rey Noble and Emma Nicassia. Service Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Lynwood Mortuary Chapel.
Vandals damaged a bean field on Frank Tonaka’s farm at 20712 Gridley Rd. Deputies reported vines trampled and supporting poles broken while a large amount of string beans was stolen, causing about $1,000 in losses.
Firefighters were dispatched to Las Allos Branch Public Library at 12 33 am Sunday after a lit cigarette or match was placed in the night drop slot. Flames were extinguished with two books badly charred.
The Air Force announces a reorganization shifting training center control to Long Beach Air Force Base under Fourth Air Force. The new 2478th Air Reserve Training Wing will run centers in Los Angeles Pasadena Van Nuys Phoenix and San Diego. Lt Col Herbert W Edmisten will replace Shy Col Graeme Bond as commander of the 2645th Air Reserve Center.
Three month old boy suffocated in his crib at 1414 Foster Road La Mirada Sunday morning. Frances Kimball, 21, found the infant after noticing nose and bumper pad marks. Firemen responding to distressing call could not revive him.
A 23 year old motor cyclist, Ronald W. Morrow of Huntington Park, died after his bike was struck by a second rider, George F. Dove, 30, of South Gate on an unopened section near Atlantic Ave. Vernon Osborn, 21, of Los Angeles, who accompanied them, described the crash. Dove was taken to Santa Fe Hospital in Los Angeles in fair condition. No charges had been filed. The closed freeway portion had just been finished and slated to open Thursday.
The third annual Western States Accordion Festival will run August 9 and 10 at the Municipal Auditorium. Prospective contestants aged up to 20 may register at the Music Center Studies Crac jotta Studio and Halle Studio of Accordion. About $50 in prizes will be awarded. World champion Ronald Sheetz and last year’s global title holder Johnny La Padua are expected to attend. Accordion Queen Antoinette Perachini will reign and crown her successor chosen by a jury including Dr Rudolph Berliner.
Huntington Beach reports a 79 year old Norwalk woman died after being struck by a car while crossing Pacific Coast Highway near First Street in a crosswalk. The driver Mitchell Provence of San Pedro remained under investigation with no charges filed. The victim, Lela McDavid of Littlelake Road, died hours after the crash at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach.
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