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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1960
Page
2
A Long Beach columnist recalls calls to his desk as a community listening post for public gripes. He recounts irate citizens venting about welfare acts, election boards, and shoplifting, noting how the acts resemble a local therapy service. He muses on forming a listening business while sharing wary humor about regional civic life.
A survey at Leland Stanford Junior High School exposes how students used yearbook inscriptions to mask true feelings. Karl Wilder and Monty Arnold recall signing methods that hid lack of genuine interest, prompting readers to examine their own popularity in school days.
A threatened midnight strike against Douglas Aircraft was called off after negotiators reached a tentative two year contract. About 20 000 workers at Douglas plants in Santa Monica El Segundo and missile test sites nationwide are affected. Ratification by union members is required. Long Beach workers were not affected. In San Diego a wage increase agreement for 26 000 aircraft and missile workers was reached Friday.
Former Long Beach police officer James Ronald Higgins 29 was granted a new trial after the judge admitted error in instructing the jury on felony assault in a robbery case. Co-defendant Julian Edward Harris, 36, was acquitted of robbery. Higgins faced testimony about beating and stealing $800 to $3,200 from Paul Jenner, 42, at a Marina-area worksite on March 9.
The Long Beach Exchange Club is a semifinalist in the Lane Bryant awards for outstanding community service in 1959. It seeks a cash award and has earned a citation for the Laws for Youth booklet, produced with the Board of Education and Juvenile Division of the Police Department.
Three people injured in Wednesday traffic accidents around the Long Beach area are recovering, hospital officials say. Susan Rae, 22, of Seal Beach, was reported improving at St Mary’s Hospital. Patricia Irving, 35, of Santa Ana, suffered multiple fractures at Seasidée Hospital. David Bastian, 26, Coast Guard, at Seasidée Hospital in good condition. Elvis Presley is Parade Magazine’s cover boy for Sunday.
A three-count bankmakking complaint against Bernard Lester Baudot 26 of 252 Bonito Ave was issued by the district attorney's office. Officers say Baudot an unemployed bartender took horse race bets by phone from his residence at 1237 E 1st St and was arrested there Wednesday.
Superior Court Judge Franklin West granted Shareholders Protective Assn. of the Long Beach Federal Savings and Loan Assn. the right to intervene as a defendant in a state condemnation suit over a 2 1 (acral) borrow pit at the edge of the plush Bellehurst subdivision in Buena Park. West ruled after five hours of arguments in Orange County Superior Court. The state Department of Public Works and federal officers of the seized loan company sought to block the move, and West also allowed Buena Park to enter the case, which begins in Orange County Superior Court on Monday.
Howie presents The Boy Friend at Long Beach Community Playhouse 5201 E Anaheim at 8 30 p m Broadway Theatre 221 Lime Ave hosts The Boy Friend at 8 30 p m Fonts and paintings by Turner and Hilda Levy on view today at the Long Beach Museum of Art 2200 E Ocean Blvd from 5 p m to 9 p m
Public preview Friday night showcased Japanese festival items at Bret Harte Branch Mills iLibrary 1595 W Willow St. The festival runs through June 28 with exhibits from Mrs Hatsuke Masuda Mrs Hanka Manaka Azuma Gift Shop Mrs Harriett Covey says 50 participants are local residents. Special displays include antiques scrolls ceremonial ware paintings by Shoun Igarashi Miz Ritsuka Twasalsi Chrysanthemum Club.
Representatives from General Telephone Co and the Communication Workers of America negotiated early this morning in Los Angeles. The library program highlighted a Japanese tea ceremony with live readings from Japan and public relations officer Kelly stating no word had come from the meeting.
A labor dispute between the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union and the Pacific Maritime Association halted work in Long Beach and Los Angeles harbors on Friday. The Mouremacmir freighter at Los Angeles Harbor became the flashpoint as PMA argued more longshore workers would be sent to the ship until the disagreement on its targa was settled. Cargo handling aboard 25 ships in both harbors stopped as the dispute stalled operations.
City Auditor Mansell released figures showing Long Beach's oil contracts with Richfield and another firm yielded gross revenue of 30.63 million, down from 49.58 million. The city's net share dropped to 7.41 million from 13.09 million due to lower production and price pressures.
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