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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1958
Page
9
The Los Angeles TV column recalls Teresa Brewer’s Perry Como appearance after childbirth and an elderly actress Adeline deWalt Reynolds gaining fame on screen. A Seaside Hospital note reveals a charity payment for a child’s emergency care in 1858. A laundry story ends with a punchline about a missing barrel and the soap.
In plant solicitations at Pacific Valve Procter and Gamble Johns Manville and Long Beach Motor Bus Co lead toward the United Hospital Fund Achievement Dinner on March 12 at the Lafayette Hotel ballroom. George Brown notes over 80 firms have participated and several topped $100 per employee with Seaside Hospital leading in participation.
Entries for the Long Beach Hobby Show at Municipal Auditorium May 16 to 13 are open for display only non commercial entries. Lois De Lano, manager, says categories cover individuals families and clubs. Sponsored by City Recreation Department. Last year the event drew 50 000 spectators. No entry or admission fees. Entry blanks mailed on application to Lois De Lano. Deadline for entries is April 25 with booth assignments then.
An 18 year old brunette, Jacqueline M Amaral of 625 WW Ocean Blvd, was arrested after sailor Ralph Joseph Meyer alleged a setup during a date. He said he was beaten and robbed of 822 by a group including the woman, her self described brother, and three others behind the hotel.
A 20 year old shipyard helper, Frederick Arsenault of Harbor City, asked to be sentenced to state prison on bad check charges after admitting a 50 a day heroin habit. He cashed 22 checks totaling 550 to finance the habit and said he walked away from a federal narcotics hospital in Fort Worth. Superior Court Judge Ralph K. Pierson sentenced him to one to 14 years and recommended commitment to the California Youth Authority hospital at Vacaville.
Gloria Jean McGann, 20, of 2732 East Ist Street, broke her jaw in a collision with a car driven by Shirley G. Gray, 35, of 793 Newport Avenue, Tuesday afternoon at Ist Street and Lindero Avenue. McGann treated at Community Hospital. Genway to Veteran's Hospital for minor bruises. Roy Terry, 16, of 5592 Nelson Street, Cypress, suffered two lacerated left foot when his cycle hit the gear of a car driven by Richard Roy Smith, 28, of 12241 Derby Drive, Garden Grove, on Pacific Coast Highway near Walnut Avenue.
The first session of the adult discussion course Looking at Modern Painting will be held today at Spin in the Municipal Museum of Arts. Sponsored by UCLA extension, the class explores contemporary art and will be conducted by Jerome Allan Donson, the city art director. Registration is at the museum.
William S. Grant veteran of five terms and the 70th District Assemblyman filed his declaration with Registrar Ben Hite. Elected in 1947, Grant is in Sacramento arranging for a city subsidence bill as an emergency measure in the current budget session. He said the subsidence legislation must be completed.
Grant, a Los Altos resident and Long Beach figure, is praised for sponsoring legislation, aiding the National Guard Armory and State Recreation Commission, raising court salaries, and improving child care. He chairs elections and reapportionment, serves on health and military committees, and guides local YMCA and chamber efforts. A hospital wing ground breaking will accompany a 2.54 million expansion at Community Hospital to add 171 beds, funded by a 20.5 million bond. Medical officials and city leaders will speak at 4 pm behind the nurses’ home.
A new square dancing class for beginners will meet at Silverado Park clubhouse at 7 pm next Wednesday under City Recreation Department guidance. Jack Minar will call the session, with 15 weekly meetings at the same time. A $2.50 per person fee applies. An intermediate class follows each beginner session.
Philippine mining officials Juan de G. Rodriguez secretary of agriculture and natural resources along with Benjamin Gozon director of the bureau of mines and Leopold Abad head of the mining division visited here Tuesday on their way to interest American industrialists in financing Philippine natural resources. Rodriguez was named honorary port pilot in a ceremony by Harbor Commissioner John P. Davis during a Harbor Department lunch in San Francisco before returning to Manila.
Alpha Beta Food Markets announces completion of negotiations to acquire Raisin Markets Inc. The combined firms expect higher earnings per share and substantial financing. Officials note stock consideration and notes valued around $21.55 million, with 13/ton stores in Los Angeles and Orange County as part of the deal.
In a special session the City Bureau of Franchises voted 3-2 against any service reductions by Long Beach Motor Bus Co and to oppose fare increases not justified by the depreciated rate base. The panel favored holding line on fares while debating systemwide curtailment and a midtown hub restructure. A hearing on the proposed rate increase is set for May 18 at the Veterans Memorial Building.
Seal Beach City Council voted 4-1 to terminate City Engineer Charles Trygg after he offered resignation for April 15, amid clashes over flood control work. Mayor Paul Calvo faced an impeachment push from Councilman Harry Ross but prevailed as the motion failed. Trygg received a month of severance pay plus accumulated vacation time.
North Long Beach Democratic Club schedules a public potluck dinner at Houghton Park Clubhouse Saturday evening. Democratic candidates for the 48th congressional district and the 44th and 70th assembly districts are invited to attend. attendees should bring a covered dish, club president Ralph Corbett announced.
Otto Willie Sanders, 41, received a three year probation with county jail time after a Superior Court judge found him guilty of forgery. The judge barred travel outside Los Angeles County without written probation approval and reproached him for years of trouble across the region. Sanders was arrested December 21 for attempting to cash a forged $169 check at a market on Atlantic Avenue, admitting to cashing about ten similar checks previously.
County Supervisors honored Henry F. Hank Burmester who retired Saturday as editor of the Press Telegram. In a unanimous resolution they praised his noteworthy achievement and devotion to Long Beach and Los Angeles County, extended sincere wishes for health and success, and ordered a parchment scroll for presentation at a future meeting.
The city approves 18 month leases totaling 350 dollars monthly for two parking lots on Ocean Blvd at Chestnut Ave and further north on Chestnut. Ralph J. Gallagher gets 200 dollars monthly for the first property and Husted Graham Auto Parks 150 dollars for the second.
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