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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1959
Page
4
In Long Beach and Los Altos drive-ins the lineup features The Journey in color with Deborah Kerr and Yu Bryner, and House on Haunted Hill along with The Cosmic Man.
Judy Garland said a Rightelsb operator damaged her paycheck in a year old contract dispute. She filed papers with Brooklyn Supreme Court seeking $150000 in retaliation from Ben Maksik, claiming he breached a contract and fired her in March 1938. The dispute now involves the American Guild of Variety Artists and could affect performances at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Los Angeles reports that wealthy Georgia contractor Joseph Hy Cosins divorces actress Georgia Pelham claiming she surrounded him with actresses and unemployed actors. Pelham did not contest the suit.
Gloria Vanderbilt denounces ex husband Leopold Stokowski in court over 1955 custody agreement. She accuses him of coercive control while seeking to shrink his three month custodial period to two weeks. Stokowski seeks to expand travel rights and increase custody to six months.
The General Accounting Office found Cessna Aircraft overcharged the government by 37 percent on B32 bomber tail assemblies and tooling. Reinhold Engineer and Plastics Co of Norwalk charged $178,000 too much on other parts, and Lockheed faced a separate overcharge case. Controller General Campbell urged tighter contracting oversight and said Boeing and the Air Force failed to adequately evaluate prices.
Beverly Hills developer Bradley Estates Inc led Friday with a 1 615 635 bid for a 140 acre Navy wartime housing tract off Gaffey Street near Anaheim Street. Barry Taper, firm president, bid 11 500 per acre but offered no definite plans. Local groups seek rezoning from residential to industrial to boost use.
In Los Angeles the Arechiga family remains in a ravine area slated for a Dodgers stadium amid eviction. Manuel 72 and Aviana 66 vow to stay, defending their long‑held land while transferring relatives move indoors. Neighbors say the conflict centers on two evicted Arechiga homes and planned recreation space.
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