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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1960
Page
21
Thirty three sealed crates weighing up to 8500 pounds carry 800 Thai and Vietnamese religious and art treasures. The Okanagan unloaded them from Bangkok shipments and will ship them in sealed rail cars to Indiana and Washington for a major museum tour.
Lt. Paxton Lockhart, radar officer of the USS Ammen, testified to a Navy board that he stopped watching the USS Collett for 15 minutes after initially tracking it, believing two other ships posed a greater threat. He only resumed tracking about four minutes before the collision near Newport Beach, amid 11 Ammen crew deaths.
Lt William J McBurney testified on the Ammen Collett collision at Long Beach Naval Station describing near miss moments and fog signals. He cited differing sea routes and questioned why foghorn sounds were not heard while mechanical horns were. The Collett crew testimony completed. rulings to await higher HQ review. Public hearing on Willow St Katella Ave extension drew brief turnout and one question from a golfer about El Dorado Course impact at Millikan High School. City engineers explained the highway’s alignment and traffic controls at the Studebaker Road intersection.
A Belmont Shore festival event pairs Crawford and Krust in a mock quick-draw duel on Second St with blank guns at 8:30 pm Aug 3. promoters back the show, while local readers are invited to watch. Nearby travel notes cover a power outage at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley and a Red Cross blood drive by the Bellflower Motorcycle Club.
Gov Edmund G Brown will speak as the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California opens its three day Lafayette Hotel meeting. More than 500 delegates from 57 counties are expected. the council, chartered in San Francisco in 1901, represents about 350000 tradesmen from San Diego to Exireka.
Harry Willey founder of the Long Beach Municipal Band sails at dawn to hunt his annual marlin. Now living in Hollywood he reports a catch each year since his first at Catalina Island in 1903. At eight years old he aimed for his 57th marlin between Balboa and Catalina.
Civil Defense officials in Long Beach say evacuation would be futile during a major disaster. Allan K Jonas of the California Disaster Office warns that evacuation is meaningless. Lt Leonard Kearney agrees noting weekday traffic and panic would jam streets. He urges families to stay home with surplus food and shelter in the home if possible.
Labor industry and community leaders unite to secure military orders for Douglas Aircraft Co. Long Beach to prevent job cuts at a factory employing about 20 000 workers. Organizers push for orders such as C133 or C8 swingtail cargo planes aided by defense funding and airlift modernization.
Long Beach port saw eight ships from Amphibious Squadron 7 and the French destroyer Cassard dock Monday at Berth 913. USS Brenner served as host for the operation while nearly 1,000 Marines from Okinawa and the Far East arrived aboard USS Navarro. The group, part of the 2nd Battalion 1st Regiment, 1st Division, marks the Marines first port landing here in years before heading to Camp Pendleton for furloughs. Other ships include Cavalier Talladega Okanogan Mathews Merrick Cabildo Point Defiance with three more due Wednesday, all with the 7th Fleet for weeks of leaves and training.
The American Legion Auxiliary 480 at Signal Hill presented a certificate of appreciation to The Independent for covering their activities over the past year. Representing the auxiliary were Elizabeth King secretary and first chairman, and Thelma Blichа junior past president.
Craven Harry Hughes Craven, 19, of 2702 Santana Avenue Compton was committed to the California Youth Authority by Superior Judge Maurice C Sparring for a robbery case. He admitted helping rob the operator of a motel at 1130 West 101 Highway Wilmington, with $50 in May 1950.
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