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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1960
Page
3
Prosecutors expand the conspiracy case against Doyle Terry and co defendant Ross A. Wilson as witnesses, including the victim and an armed robbery witness, testify in the murder, robbery, and conspiracy action over the slaying of Long Beach officer Vernon J. Owings. Wilson faces a mistrial issue as the trial proceeds in Judge Harold W. Selweitzer's court.
Army Engineers demand Standard, Richfield and Continental Oil remove or alter the ald restle over Log Cerritos drainage channel south of the Pacific Coast Highway. City officials cite navigation hazards and Naples Improvement Association calls it a fire menace due to volatile pipeline fluids. Col. W. T. Bradley notified pipeline heads to demolish or upgrade the structure to comply with federal law. The report ties the trestle to hazards and potential legal actions.
Four of nine accused in a Long Beach based accordion sales racket were arrested in New Orleans as authorities investigated an operation similar to the Long Beach scheme. Extradition proceedings will target John L. Taylor and other suspects Judy McKesson, Thomas Patton, and Gilbert Gonzales, all named in the case. Police say the group induced about 1,800 parents to pay up to 625 dollars each for accordions worth 275 dollars.
Sunday Independent highlights Southland Magazine recipe for candy that blooms into edible floral pieces. Parade Magazine cover features Phil Silvers and Polly Hérgen clowning around. A probe into Francis Powers in a So viet trial is discussed alongside a royal family guard profile.
Ryan Electronics in Torrance received an eight million dollar addition to its contract with the Navy Bureau of Weapons for continued production of Doppler navigation sets at its Torrance plant. Orders now total nineteen million dollars and production on helicopter navigation instruments extends to June 1962. The self contained electronic device is designed for helicopters blimps and other hovering aircraft.
Today in Long Beach features the Municipal Band at Lincoln Park at 2 pm with on stage events, The Mousetrap at Magnolia Theater 2400 Magnolia Ave at 8 30 pm, The Playboy of the Western World at Off-Broadway Theater 211 Lime Ave at 8 30 pm, The Lady Chooses at Long Beach Community Playhouse 5201 E Anaheim St at 8 30 pm, and Ruin at Long Beach Actors Studio Morgan Hall 835 Locust Ave at 8 30 pm
Police Chief William J. Mooney appointed three veteran officers to the rank of sergeant. Detective John C. Cowan, motor officer Riley W. Brown Jr., and vice officer Charles J. Harmon received promotions effective immediately. Cowan is 34 with a year on the force and previously held the rank of captain in Iran with the Red Reserve. Brown, 32, has nine years on the force. Harmon, 31, will join Uniform Division Watch 3.
General Manager Brenan Thomas of the Municipal Water Department announced a state city land sale worth 1 078 225 dollars after 16 months of talks. The deal frees a spring street underpass project and adds land for a Cherry Avenue separation structure near the airport. State funds total 1 132 525 dollars with 54 300 allocated for airport revision. Water Department proceeds go to the Capital Improvement Fund for new mains near northeast Long Beach, a 60th Street to Orange Avenue line, and extra reservoir capacity.
A youth who staged two liquor store holdups here Friday was committed to California Youth Authority on robbery charges by Superior Judge Maurice C. Sparling. Paul Lee Cornish, 17, of Arlington, admitted taking part in stickups June 15 at stores on 3350 E Broadway and 5710 E Second St. Long Beach area investigators said Cornish Dominguez is being sought by police in several cities for robbery, but for burglary and auto theft. He was arrested Aug. 9.
California officer John J. Wood of Long Beach received a Medal of Valor for rescuing a woman from a burning trailer on Woodruff Ave near Artesia Blvd. He crawled through flames, dragged her to safety, and revived her. Other recipients included Harold S. Jacob, Richard B. Kramer, and Henry G. Shelby, who earned diamond pins and $150.
Yuba Consolidated Industries Inc and Kaiser Steel Corp filed a bid of 11 482 000 to build the San Pedro Terminal Island toll bridge superstructure. Officials said it was the lowest bid submitted for the bridge opening Los Angeles Harbor entrance.
Paramount district enrollment this year totals 8583 with Harry Wirtz Elementary at 806 pupils, Paramount Senior High at 1388, and Paramount Junior High at 1920. A 304-member teaching staff marks an increase of 32 over last year as a 6000-foot suspension bridge span is planned for completion in 1963.
Mull, 48, of 101744 Marine Ave in Wilmington, an alto passenger, suffered a severely injured right arm Friday when struck by a passing truck on Anaheim Street near Daisy Avenue, police reported. Mull was a passenger in a car driven by his wife Ruth and taken to Memorial Hospital. The truck was driven by Min King Bong, 65, of 518 Olive Ave, who swerved and struck Mull’s arm resting outside the window.
Arthur Dale Williamson, 21, a transient, received a sentence of one to 15 years in state prison for burglary. Superior Judge Maurice C. Sparring found him guilty of breaking windows in two Pine Avenue jewelry stores and stealing rings. He was arrested July 1.
Frank G Bonelli has been appointed by colleagues to a one year term as the county's representative on the board of directors of the County Supervisors Association of California.
Drs. Laurence Houts Withrop Macy and R. Brown of Long Beach attended the 45th annual convention of the Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in Denver Colorado.
Long Beach National Foundation unit leaders and volunteers will travel to Avalon on Monday to confer with March of Dimes campaigners. Avalon organizers include McClintock and Jimmie Nott, with Pierpoint Landing co-chair John Paap and Mrs Reed. Coordinates for the 1961 campaign will be set during a dinner at Hurricane Cave Restaurant.
Two more actresses Juliet Prowse and Dolores Michaelson will appear at a Democratic rally in Municipal Auditorium tonight at 8. Officers of the Long Beach Young Democrats and the District Democratic Council sponsor the event. Admission is 2.20 dollars per person with music by the Les Brown band.
Richard Garrett Dishman, 21, of Atlantic Avenue, was declared a probable sexual psychopath and committed to Atascadero State Hospital for 90 days of observation by Judge Sparling after being convicted of sexual attacks on two women. McKee, 21, of Pacific Avenue, faced kidnapping and assault charges with intent to rape, and earlier received prison terms. In Denison Iowa a community picnic is planned at Montebello Park on Sunday October 9 with attendees bringing lunch and coffee provided.
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