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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1958
Page
9
A reader recounts Mattie Wade, a young mother of five, facing hardship until an anonymous benefactor provides money and Bible quotes. The column shares a neighbor's advice on valuing nonmaterial gifts, building tradition, and teaching children appreciation beauty tolerance and humor despite poverty.
City planning officials invite pro and con arguments on creating a new R-5 zoning classification. The proposal, result of months of talks with property owners, will be debated at a public hearing at 8 am Thursday before the Planning Commission in the City Council chamber.
Sheriff's deputies seek witnesses to identify a car that struck 140-year-old Vernal Dennis McGarvin and fled the scene on Lakewood Blvd in heavy rain. Autopsy showed drowning as cause. funeral set for Wednesday at Lakewood Mortuary Chapel for McGarvin and survivors include wife Glendora and two daughters.
Long Beach Local 12 Operating Engineers AFL CIO invite members and their wives to an open social meeting at the Retail Clerks Union Hall 2949 Belleporte Ave Harbor City. The gathering aims to encourage voting registration as stated by Business Representative Eugene Egbert.
A bookmaking complaint was issued Monday by the district attorney against Ray Neill aged 27 of 1829 Oak Street Bellflower. He was arrested Thursday after sheriff's officers said he took large race bets by phone from his residential garage.
A 93 page report to Attorney General Edmund G Brown urged a statewide curfew as a deterrent and 14 recommendations from the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Crime Prevention. It found 60 percent of California crimes involve juveniles and noted Los Angeles County’s four year drop in juvenile crime after a uniform curfew was introduced. The panel called for early detection and treatment of psychotic youths and criticized press and entertainment for fostering youth violence.
Two Long Beach residents died in separate traffic incidents. Lillian Madison, 19, of Myrtle Avenue, was struck by a hit and run vehicle in Los Angeles on Sunday. Sam Misita, 54, of Matney Avenue, died at Wilmington Emergency Hospital Monday after a head on collision at the Union Refinery entrance on Anaheim Avenue. officials suspect a heart attack contributed to his death.
The city hired Frank T. Shreve as an assistant to Robert P Tier in the traffic division, doubling the staff. Shreve, 32, came from Pleasant Hill where he was assistant traffic engineer for Contra Costa County. He studied at City College San Francisco UC Berkeley and Heald Engineering College and is an Army veteran. He will be joined soon by his wife and three children. Previously Bruce Frederickson resigned nearly a year ago to become district traffic engineer for Los Angeles.
The board toured a 1 1/2 acre Studebaker Road area east of the Los Cerritos Channel as a potential junior high site. Fred H. Bixby Ranch Co representatives named a price, while the historic Bixby west-of-channel property remains under irrevocable trust and possibly destined as a monument. Knoll noted district bond sales totaling 2 million dollars for the junior high and additions, with 3.25 million from 1954 still unsold.
County Assessor John J. Quinn filed Monday for re election to a sixth term, flanked by Sheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz. He completed nomination papers with Registrar Benjamin Hite and listed ten sponsors. Also entering were Municipal Judge Evelle Younger for Superior Court No. 3, William H. Ware Jr. for Congress in the 24th District, and Clayton A. Dills for re election in the 67th Assembly District.
A caller warned a United Airlines Convair 340 bound for San Diego that a bomb was aboard. The aircraft had just landed and all 16 passengers had left when police and investigators searched it for an hour. No bomb or tampering was found.
Three cruisers in Division 5 the Rochester Los Angeles and Roanoke return to Long Beach after a seven month Pacific cruise with about 3000 men. They visited Pearl Harbor Sydney Hong Kong Yokosuka Inchon and six Japanese ports. Rear Admiral John C Davidson assumes command from Rear Admiral Fenno at Yokosuka.
Clarence Hibma, history instructor at Bellower Christian High School, was appointed Monday to serve on the Cerritos College Citizens Advisory Council curriculum committee, adding a new district education voice.
Belmont J. San Chez and his former actress wife clash in a Los Angeles court over a $2500 monthly maintenance decree and a proposed community property settlement. The couple’s dispute centers on separation of assets as San Chez contends his fortune is separate property.
Betty Daniels, formerly Betty to Daniels, 35, testifies she was threatened by San Chez before seeking court relief. She estimates her husband’s assets at about 4,000,000 with substantial holdings and real estate still under dispute in the divorce case.
Secretary of State Frank M Jordan announces the issuance of a notary public commission to Thomas C Beyer of 6410 California Ave. The action formalizes Beyer's authority to perform notarial duties.
Charles Lawrence Markus of 2273 Cota Ave received six months in county jail as a condition of five year probation after a narcotics possession charge. Police found two cans of marijuana during a Jan. 25 raid on his home by Superior Judge Ralph Pierson.
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