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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1952
Page
2
A caustic column blends politics and power critiques on NATO general Ridgway budget disputes and postwar policy debates. It lampoons authority, cites Truman era lines, and mocks lawmakers crashes while noting a Korea war campaign and workers ousted for alleged Red links.
City plans a 723348 dollar sand filled embankment to extend from the Los Angeles River to Rainbow Pier to counter tidal floods on the west beach. A preliminary design will be submitted to the City Council by City Manager Sam E Vickers. construction could start March 15 with completion by midsummer.
City to install ten new air raid sirens in blind spots. Engineers say units meet government specifications after exhaustive tests. Sirens will supplement sixteen existing units at fire stations and the municipal airport.
Welder Carl Szewczyk Jr., 26, of 67 Alamitos Ave, pleaded guilty to one count of forgery before Municipal Judge Frank C. Charvat. He was ordered to appear Monday for sentencing after being arrested December 12 for forging his name on checks totaling 395.
Long Beach 87 52 New York 40 31 Los Angeles 85 83 Oklahoma City 33 Las Vegas 57 47 Omaha 25 Boston 36 24 Phoenix 95 Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 39 22 Cleveland 20 Portland Oregon 239 Denver 22st Levin 47 35 Des Moines 22 Salt Lake 48 29 Detroit 23 San Francisco 14 49 Fairbanks 14 Seattle 43 27 Miami 4 63 Thermal az prin 84 Minneapolis 22 121 Washington 42 33 New Orleans 59 TIDES High tides 8 feet at 40 48 a m low 2 4 at 4 33 a m and 0 8 at 6 09 p m Sunday high 4 1 feet at 12 58 a m and 6 3 feet at 11 43 a m low 2 4 feet at 6 50 a m and 0 3 at 6 57 p m
President elect Eisenhower named four civilians to head Army Navy and Air Force and a deputy to Wil son. They include Robert Ten Broeck Stevens Army Secretary Robert Bernard Anderson Navy Secretary Harold E Talbott Air Force Secretary and Roger M Kyes Deputy Secretary of Defense. Anderson is a Democrat. others are Republicans. All appointments require Senate confirmation.
Reporters close to President elect Eisenhower said William McChesney Martin Jr. may stay on as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. No formal request has come from Eisenhower or his spokesmen. Martin believes Congress intended board independence and plans to complete his term.
A ten man crew on a military plane parachuted to safety Thursday night near the Morocco Algeria border. The route was from Rome to Sidi Slimane near Rabat. One crewman suffered a broken leg and his name was not released.
Owen Lattimore was arraigned on seven counts of perjury and pleaded not guilty. Judge James R. Kirkland released him on a $2000 bond and signaled a March trial, as Lattimore’s defense and the Justice Department debated travel restrictions.
The Big Water Festival runs tonight in Alamitos Bay and Naples Canals with over 45 illuminated floats. Bids open Jan 15 for Artesia Street paving as a divided four lane highway linking Alameda Street to Long Beach Boulevard. District Engineer Fred L. Everitt says the project connects with new pavement from Long Beach Blvd to the east city limits and from Downey Avenue through Bellflower, funded by gas taxes. The plan envisions a marine stadium as a speedboat and college crew racing course and an anchorage for ocean going boats to complete harbor development.
A young bandit, aided by a brown haired girl driver, attempted to rob Vaughn's Liquor Store at 908 Daisy Ave. Owner Ray Norton dodged inside a revolving door as the revolver came out. The pair fled in a car with out of state plates, leaving the escape to police.
The DoD released a casualty list naming Pfc. Laren Rylance of Garden Grove and Pvt. Eagar J. Denning Jr. as wounded. Rylance was listed as killed in action while Denning Jr. was reported wounded. both are sons of local residents.
Freezing rain and sleet struck the nation’s midsection turning roads to glass and halting travel. In Texas sleet and snow slowed traffic by midday. A deadly collision near Amarillo injured several, including four from one family, as weather stretched from Missouri to Kansas and beyond. Snow and fog affected airports and roads across multiple states.
A storm that delivered moderate rain to the Central California Coast on Friday moved southward this evening. Another system follows with a chance of rain late today or Sunday. The Weather Bureau warns of moderate snow and strong winds in winter sports areas Saturday.
Bellflower announces the homecoming of Robert C. Lee returning this week from Korea duty. He is listed as residing at 9123 Harvard Ave.
Marie Trujillo, 29, of 234 Pacific Ave., denies performing a bawdy parody of Jambalaya on E First St. in front of an arresting crowd. Judge Wallace set January 8 for a jury trial and released her on her own recognizance.
Harold E. Page, 46, of Los Angeles, was ordered by Superior Judge Fred Miller to appear for probation hearing and sentencing on Jan. 15. A former employee of H. S. Gillen Tire Co., Page was accused of stealing a company truck loaded with tires and tubes on Aug. 14.
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