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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1958
Page
13
An old Louisville Courier piece mocks state pride as Texas and Alaska brag about size, coastlines, resources, and feats. A narrator in a club car imagines a Texan and an Alaskan banter over who is greatest, highlighting hyperbolic boasts and regional foibles.
Lakewood officials vowed the on again off again Lakewood Community Carnival would be in business at 6 p.m. at Lakewood and Del Amo Boyds. The event faced red tape permits and other misfortunes after rescheduling from July 16 to July 22 and a late arrival by United Shows.
By Dave Emery construction will start in Artesia within two weeks on a lavish 3 acre park that includes a playland. Full scale development of Stormfield Park on Pioneer Blvd with a contract worth about 1,010,615 dollars was awarded to a Los Angeles firm. The project funds include 168,000 dollars to be spent in Artesia and rest allocated to five county parks. County Supervisor Frank Bonelli said the plan aims to improve regional recreation and restroom facilities while expanding play areas in nearby communities. A separate incident reports a youth attack at Bloomfield rest area involving a 18 to 20 year old group. a 520 dollar bill was wrested from a victim and the assailants fled. Also reported, Seaman Sylvester, 31, broke his left leg aboard the tanker Flying A off Long Beach.
Long Beach architect James RK Friend designed six new parks featuring a life size shoe play structure ten feet tall and sixteen feet long built from plaster and metal lath. The plan includes three sided toy rooms, sandpits, slides, swings, courts, fields, and an air conditioned activity building with meeting spaces. Other parks span Pico Rivera West Whittier El Monte That He Pie City and Azusa with nursery rhyme inspired pieces like a pirate ship and oversized Jack o lantern candlesticks.
A 2 30 p m hearing in the City Council chamber will gauge the Jobs for Long Beach urban improvement plan. Mayor and Advisory Public Improvements Committee back the proposal, with a $25 million bond program and projects including parkways, lighting, and theater district enhancements. Proponents say the plan could bring 5,000 jobs and increased tourist income. Members listed include Harold Appleton and Donald Comfort among many residents. ex officio planners Vickers and Roberts also noted.
Clara Coppola, Miss Italy, vanished in New York after leaving Rome on July 12. By Tuesday officials reported she was safe, in good hands, and expected to arrive by plane, easing fears that the Miss Universe pageant entry list could dip below 80 contestants.
Plane bearing beauty contestants for Miss Universe lands at Long Beach Municipal Airport at 9 30 am. Convention in Lafayette Hotel opens with hobbyists focused on contests and continues through Saturday.
A private reception and dinner in honor of foreign consular officials and Miss Universe contestants will be held Friday at 6 30 pm in the Grand Ballroom of the Lafayette Hotel Los Angeles and Long Beach officials will host the event with remarks by Mayor Ray Mond C Keeler and harbor commission members. The program includes a reception from 6 30 to 7 30 pm and welcoming remarks by department representatives.
Astrid Tanda Lindholm, a 20 year old from Mass Australia, arrives in Long Beach and loses five dollars she posted as bait after a jaywalking incident. She was slated to appear in court Wednesday but failed to appear intentionally. Previously she was seen sightseeing near Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard with a camera while a motorcycle cop wrote a ticket, and she identified herself before the officer persisted.
Patrica Marie Vogts, Miss Maryland, insists she is single as she enters Miss Universe trials. The 22 year old nurse aims to set the record straight after last year's competing Maryland entrant, Mary Leona Gage, was found married and disqualified. Vogts arrives in Long Beach with an affidavit declaring she has never been married.
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