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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1951
Page
2
The governor's amendment to the tideland grant signals major growth for Long Beach with potential citywide funding. Critics urge careful spending and timely planning, proposing X cents as the first major council project following the approval mindset.
Defense lawyer cross examines Dr. Frederick D. Newbarr, chief county autopsy surgeon, in the Bierce murder case. He testifies Mrs. Florence Bierce 56 was intoxicated when strangled in a downtown hotel room January 4. Autopsy notes bruises could result from a fall. Edward Bierce 46 pleads innocent and insane. The trial continues.
City Manager Sam Vickers yesterday named Rezin A. Hemry to run the collection and accounting division of the Public Utilities department. The post becomes permanent July 1 with Hemry acting manager until then and earning 506 dollars monthly. He succeeds Alice B. Safford, who retires July 1 after 27 years as office manager.
Swope Park Zoo attendants in Kansas City guarded five remaining seals after one seal died from swallowing a three foot butcher's cord tossed into the pond by a spectator. The incident prompted calls for stricter supervision and public safety measures at the zoo.
Washington June 7 41F senators saw a high altitude aerial photograph 45000 feet up. John A McCone undersecretary of the Air Force described a new type camera while showing gates on a four lane highway trees and automobiles. He and chairman Joseph C O Mahoney examined two golfers and what looked like golf balls near the cup.
In Clarksvill e Tennessee a Louisville and Nashville Pan American express collided with a late local on a single track in a cornfield. Six trainmen were killed and 20 to 25 others injured, with one critical and five seriously hurt. The local crew reportedly did not wait for the local on the siding.
Walter Booth, 80, known as a shuffleboard whiz, embraces the “living dead” moniker from a Los Angeles doctor who warned longevity creates a Frankenstein burden. Booth jokes opponents are the burden as he tapes a win in Long Beach. Local medical voices defend climate as favorable and voter turnout concerns arise after D. Patrick Ahern’s council loss remarks.
Dr Morhardt returns to Los Angeles and defends remarks about Long Beach elderly residents. He says statements were taken out of context and not published in lectures. He cites no disparagement, insisting the example aimed at California seniors was misinterpreted by an Oregon reporter.
A tanned oldster recalls fleeing Kansas and jokes of insanity while watching a friend win a shufeboard game at Lincoln Park. An old partner laughs as Booth applauds the shot and remarks on life since leaving Kansas.
Sacramento June 7 Maj Gen C D O Sullivan says the California Cadet Corps will hold its seventh post war summer encampment from June 17 to 29 at Camp San Luis Obispo.
Sacramento June 7 The Assembly halted action on a controversial bill requiring urban unincorporated areas to pay for services they receive. Amendments by Julian Beck would reduce the measure to a policy statement, possibly sending it to an interim two year study. Richard Graves of the California League of Cities argued against forced annexation while Hal Kennedy of Los Angeles County urged further study, noting only one unincorporated city among 13 counties.
Low tide today reaches 29 feet at 6 19 p m and high tide 3 2 feet at 2 p m with another high tide at 11 35 p m Low tides tomorrow listed as 0 0 feet at 7 30 p m and 3 feet at 6 14 p m with high tide 3 3 feet at 2 56
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