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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1957
Page
11
A lively look at consumer fashion fads and retail risk as stores chase the Davy Crockett shirt wave. Vernon M Fay notes women drive sweat shirt demand, with men and boys shifting jacket styles. Predictions vary on the fad’s spread from Bloomington to the West Coast.
Davis and Dilday head a San Mateo hospital campaign as Special Gifts and divisions begin. The drive targets a $1 million objective with two Special Gifts Divisions handling major donors and a Major Gift Division reporting early progress. About 230 to 300 volunteers plan to solicit prospects, with Women’s Division targeting 6,000 leads and ~1,000 captains coordinating card solicitations.
Three injuries from a rainy afternoon mishap spree on Redondo Ave and nearby streets. A 8 year old girl at Newport Ave suffered a possible skull fracture after darting in front of a car driven by Hazel Chambers 36. The girl was treated at Seaside Hospital. Chambers was not cited. Other accidents involved Atkins 16 with a semi truck collision on Sante Fe Ave and Willow St, cited for speeding and violations. Two girls 15 and 17 suffered minor injuries in a separate Willow St collision. William Murphy 24 suffered a possible head injury in a single car crash at Magnolia Ave and 25th St. Nathan Nemer 52 was cited for an illegal left turn. Howard Rook 22 sustained a compound fracture after a collision at Regal Way and American Ave. He was treated at Seaside Hospital.
Thirty eight Long Beach area men will depart Tuesday for Army induction. Twenty seven volunteers join the group assembling at 11 15 am at the Metropolitan Coach Lines Building 156 W Ocean Blvd. They will travel to Los Angeles to be sworn in then to Fort Ord for processing and basic training at Fort Ord Camp Carson Colorado or Fort Lewis Washington. The group is among those called since the board began operating in 1948.
Seventy six percent of Goodwill Industries employees contributed to the Red Cross, a 26 percent rise from last year. Total gifts amount to 115 dollars and 30 cents, per drive chairman Rose Bulgin. Figures cover Long Beach based employer only, excluding Goodwill locations in other Harbor Area parts.
The Campfire Girls Grand Council for the San Gabriel District in Long Beach is set for Friday at 7330 pm near Pan American Park to cap a week of events marking Camp Fire Girls founding 47 years ago. Achievement awards and district-wide honors will be presented, with groups collecting for a school library and delivering plant displays to a nursing home.
Long Beach Naval Shipyard workers delivered checks totaling 16250 to local representatives of national health agencies Monday. The donations, part of United Fund efforts, were distributed to groups including American Cancer Society, Muscular Dystrophy Association, United Cerebral Palsy, Crippled Children’s Society, Arthritis and Rheumatism Association, Crusade for Freedom, Care Inc., Mental Health, and City of Hope. Capt. George Over presented the gifts as administrative officer.
Four proposed plans to expand Long Beach City College parking would add space for about 350 to 400 cars each, aiming to accommodate roughly 1,400 autos. Dean Russell R Johnston and Dr George E Datson outlined options including use of Water Department land east of Clark Street and a joint Memorial Stadium parking area on Lew Davies Street, reflecting resident complaints over blocked driveways and student parking on streets.
Mrs Halliday, a prominent Dallas real estate broker now touring California, praises California real estate education while advocating higher professional standards for women in housing. She says US sovereignty limits her 1957-58 talks as she promotes home ownership and credit restraint reforms.
City department heads and City Manager Sam EB Vickers opened the first of three budget conferences focusing on the Municipal Budget. Finance Director S M Roberts downplayed the moment as the charter issue, rejected by council, faded. Departments see continued sessions over three weeks to finalize appropriations for council approval by July 16, with current total spending at 24,050,852 and next year’s projections expected near that level excluding bond funded improvements.
A $24,000 damage suit was filed in Superior Court Monday over earth slides at Portuguese Bench. Plaintiffs Doiglan J and Lucille Heddon of 42 Cherryhill Lane and Ohio Farmers Insurance Co allege the firm refused to pay for home damage. They claim the home was damaged by the slide and repairs would be pointless. attorney Morris Singer represents them.
Long Beach moves to issue the third and largest municipal bond unit after voter approval in February 1956. A 10.2 million dollar sale to bidders is set for April 30 pending Finance Department approval from City Manager Sam J. Vickers. Remaining unsold bonds total about 9.1 million toward a 29.22 million authorization. Proceeds will fund public safety building, hospital improvements, park and recreation projects, Long Beach Freeway terminus, and branch libraries with specific allotments.
Municipal Court judge urged a five year term for Charmig Brown 57 of 704 New York avenue after a drunken driving case that left a Marine fatally injured. Brown had a prior felony white line driving conviction in 1952 and served two years in state prison. Police said he was drunk when he fled the scene after the crash on November 17 with injuries.
The Long Beach Mounted Police won the grand prize trophy at the 1957 World’s Championship Rodeo in Phoenix Arizona. The 26 member troop rode in a 124 mile parade before a record 250000 crowd and performed the next three days at the rodeo. Officials Ward Thompson and Gap Howell Haney noted it was the group’s first appearance and the trophy honored the best mounted unit in the parade.
Judge E Curt Smith overruled city and state demurrers to Theodore R. Gabrielson’s claim for a 15 million dollar cut in city state title lands funds. Further hearings ordered on merits. Gabrielson seeks percent of funds preserved to the trust amid a related Mallon vs City of Long Beach suit.
Two Long Beach men pled guilty to passing counterfeit U S currency and possession of counterfeit bills in a San Diego federal case. Richard Travia Burton, 20, of 1151 Nhen St, and Daniel Bigene Bond, 27, of 1427 59th, were arrested March 4 by customs agents at the San Vallejo port after a Tijuana bartender reported they passed counterfeit bills in Mexico. A sentencing date of April 9 was set by District Judge James Carter.
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee approved a budget of 3,169,888 dollars for Long Beach State College on Monday. The figure excludes construction budgets which have not yet been addressed by the legislature.
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