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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
2
A collage of holiday scenes and snatches of life from around the globe. Children in Bethesda yearn for family comforts, Chaplin greets Rome’s gala premiere, and Washington debates postwar spending as Yuletide imagery mingle with crime and wit.
A Long Beach Navy base, Ft MacArthur, Seal Beach ammo depot, and Marine barracks offer holiday menus. Sailors and Marines start with crab cocktail, airmen with shrimp appetizer, then soup, salad, roast turkey or ham or roast beef, plus trimmings and dessert. Access limited to club members. recruiting desks nearby.
City Council authorized Sam E. Vickers to attend the League of California Cities annual meeting for city managers February 23 to 25 in Monterey. The trip was approved at the Tuesday council session.
The United States Weather Bureau reports the day’s high and low temperatures for the region. Forecasts indicate clear to partly cloudy skies with light winds. Local station data shows stable readings with no extreme deviations expected tonight.
Signal Hill officials press to have police join a union after a purge dispute. An officer suspended over a month ago was found innocent by the Civil Service Commission, which ordered reinstatement. The council demands the officer waive back pay, risking a union strike and bypassing the Civil Service Board ruling. Also notes tides for today and Thursday.
The National Association of Manufacturers and the U S Chamber of Commerce rejected Economic Stabilizer Michael V DiSalle s plea to recruit businessmen for the Wage Stabilization Board After Truman s coal wage action the NAM and chamber said the board s purpose was destroyed and refused to aid DiSalle in discrediting new members The chamber president said Truman s action scuttled industry efforts to curb inflation and stabilization as a concept was permanently damaged by the president s act
The Port Board plans to raise Seaside Boulevard near the Edison Co. plant on Terminal Island by about two feet to speed Navy shipyard access for workers during rain. Navy officials request a new yard gate opening on Seaside Blvd opposite the Terminal Island Freeway to improve entry for shipyard employees.
More than 30 underprivileged boys and girls from the Long Beach area will attend a Christmas party today aboard the transport USS Matthews. The youngsters meet at 11 am at City Hall for transportation to the Navy base and then to the Matthews.
Bellflower mother Elizabeth Sullivan appeals to Vice President elect Richard Nixon to halt overseas orders for her son, M/Sgt. Arthur W. Sullivan, a WWII hero who endured the Bataan Death March, a Japanese prison camp, and 43 days at sea. She says he has given enough for his country and fears his health cannot withstand another deployment. Sullivan, now stationed at an Air Force recruiting stall in San Jose, faced severe malnutrition, blindness, hospital recovery, and multiple prison camps before the war’s end.
Two Tecate siblings, Ignario Redelo and Emma Redelo, aged 13 and 12, blind since birth, will undergo free cataract surgeries in a San Diego hospital. Anonymous surgeons expect 80 percent normal vision for both, with two weeks in hospital and six months of post op supervision. Mrs. Josephine Andazoia leads Tecate aid efforts.
Los Angeles County will provide 635 in aid toward street lights for Lakewood area. Funds cover lights at Lakewood Civic Center. Project aims to finish by October 1 with lights operating by then.
Tree Lane in Alta Dena will be lit tonight from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. The mile long Santa Rose Avenue route from Los Flores Street to Woodbury Road will remain illuminated all night through New Year’s Eve.
City Council approved two engineering design contracts totaling 38 050 for storm drain projects in 37th Street and Wardlow Road and trunk lines for Drainage District No 3 between Willow Street and Wardlow Road from the Los Angeles River to the Pacific Electric right of way. Work to begin before mid-1953 with funding from a city bond issue and state cost sharing.
A Marine sergeant on Christmas leave set off a phosphorus grenade in a Harlem tavern injuring 14 and was shot by a patrolman. The two other servicemen, Mark Sutter and Patrick Shanahan, were arrested on arson charges. The chase ended after McDermott slashed Patrolman Beckels before the Marine died in hospital.
The final contract for the Long Beach Freeway section between Pacific Coast Highway and the Atlantic Avenue diagonal bridge will be awarded shortly by the state highway division. Westates Electrical Construction Co. is expected to win with a low bid of 111,731 for lighting installation from 223rd Street to Atlantic Avenue in Compton. If no delays occur, the freeway could open to traffic not later than June 1954.
Attorney General James P. McGranery ordered a full scale FBI investigation into racketeering on New York harbor amid testimony of a reign of terror on the docks. The State Crime Commission and U S Attorney Myles Lane backed action noting indictments of waterfront figures and ongoing grand jury work. Albany’s Governor Dewey said he would seek $100000 to fund the probe as the waterfront corruption probe broadens.
Los Angeles County supervisors discussed submitting the Lakewood Country Club liquor issue to a public vote. Supervisor Jessup urged a vote while Darby opposed, citing influential interests backing the liquor department. The board also moved to appraise and acquire the Western Ave Golf Course in Gardena to prevent subdivision.
The board of supervisors announced bids will be opened January 20 for the installation of traffic signals at Ave and Del Amo Boulevard west of Long Beach. The project was ordered advertised for bids at Tuesday's meeting.
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