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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1958
Page
11
Long Beach residents claim ricocheting bullets from the police pistol range at 3401 Palos Verde Ave threaten homes and children. About 15 households report bullets in yards and on driveways as officers plan investigation and a proposed move of the range.
Two Miss Universe hostesses, identical twins Mrs. Elliott and Mrs. Hixson, create mixups at the Lafayette Hotel as they wear each other’s badges and share wardrobe habits. The piece notes their mirrored lives, left or right handedness, and twin bond amid pageant events with guests from Mexico and Illinois.
The Board renewed subsidence remedial engineering with DeGolyer & MacNaughton for Aug 1, 1958 to Jun 30, 1959. Fees reach up to 30 dollars per hour for engineers, with supporting staff costs. city covers about one third. Also approved 25,000 dollars for an industrial advertising program via the Chamber of Commerce, matching City Council funds.
Thomas D. Baldwin, 48, of 941 Rose Ave., had bail forfeited by Municipal Judge Lyman B. Sutter after arrest at Almitos Ave. and E. Ocean Blvd. on drunk and disorderly charges. Police say Baldwin ran from the curb and grabbed Miss Ohio by the arm during a Miss Universe parade event.
The city adopted a $27,915,759 annual budget after Councilman John F. Baker, recently recovered from a heart attack, was summoned to provide the fifth vote. Five votes were required, as Calessi was away at sea. Critics sought to cut $1.3 million in projects and block a Scherer Park pool, but were outvoted. Desmond lamented the lack of salary adjustments butDid not press changes.
The Long Beach Unified School District eyed a slight reduction in the operating tax rate as assessed valuations rise countywide. The board authorized a record budget of 34.7 million dollars for 1958 59, with a public hearing set for August 4.
A Superior Court jury deliberating the murder case of Eugene Victor Pearson, 49, was locked up overnight at a local hotel after five hours without a verdict. Judge Ralph K. Pierson set a reassembly for 8:45 a.m. as the eight-woman, four-man panel weighs first and second degree murder charges amid an apparent manslaughter option. The trial, tied to the fatal shooting of Ida Wolt in Pico Avenue cafe, proceeds amid related city budgeting and tax rate discussions by officials.
The district attorney's office Monday issued bookmaking complaints against three defendants. Gilbert James Repello, 30, of 3330 E 11th St, faces three counts for handling horse race bets at his laundromat on 4th Street. Kenneth Earl Garrow, 43, and Ella Katherine Kirkpatrick, 64, both of Bayview Avenue Wilmington, are cited on four counts each for taking bets from patrons at a cafe on Terminal Way Terminal Island.
Anglers aboard the Fisherman I from Pacific Landing caught the season's first albacore Monday. Four giants over 80 pounds each were hauled south of the east end of San Clemente Island. Skipper Pete Peters leads in the early season tally for three straight years.
Anthony N. Tom sick reported a theft at his Wilmington service station on 202 E Anaheim St. A money bag containing $100 was taken from the premises, per the owner who identified the suspect location and time as Monday.
Long Beach Youth Band announces drill team tryouts for girls ages twelve to fifteen with baton twirling experience. Tryouts run from seven to three p.m. each Thursday at Edison School located at 7th Street and Daisy Avenue. About twenty girls are needed. further notice will be provided.
A burglar removed a louver window pane at the Tip-Top Drive-in on 2672 Santa Fe Ave to steal 400 dollars in cash and checks early Monday.
Signal Hill police and fire union spokesmen announced a petition drive to force a special election on a 16 000 annual pay raise. They urged cutting the alley paving program by 15 percent to fund the raises, but mayor and council insisted the paving plan stands.
Southern California Gas Co and the City of Long Beach filed a joint application with the State Public Utilities Commission to authorize the sale of its distribution facilities in a northeast Long Beach area to the Municipal Gas Department. The agreement, signed June 12, would transfer about 2,665 new customers and 97,400 feet of line and other facilities for 419,340 dollars. The transfer area is bounded by Del Amo Boulevard, Carson Street, Lakewood Boulevard, and Bellflower Boulevard.
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce directors push for a city wide ban on street parking from 2 to 5 a.m. The proposal, led by John E. Riley Jr., seeks off street parking permits for residents lacking nearby options and aims to pressure property owners to add garages or commercial parking. The plan will go to the City Council after a board resolution backing off street parking for new multiple dwellings.
A group of about 15 000 county employees led by De Graeme asks the District Court of Appeal for a writ of mandate to force the Board of Supervisors to raise salaries by four million dollars annually. They allege the county violates the charter by not matching private industry pay and cites a 16 year old salary survey showing 40 percent of workers lack prevailing wages. Plaintiffs include Betty Walker Anna Woodward Arthur Perlenfein Jasper Tucker and Ernest Smith seeking relief if the survey is adopted.
Joseph C. Puplisi, a case worker in the County Bureau of Public Assistance, was re elected Long Beach representative to the Social Workers Standards Committee of the Los Angeles County Employes Assn He was named chairman of a commission committee between IWSC and other social work groups and has served at the focal office since 1499
Today in Long Beach the musical Gigi continues at Magnolia Theatre located at 2400 Magnola Ave with curtain set for 8:30 PM. The show invites residents to attend and enjoy the period style production in the local venue.
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