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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1960
Page
1
LAC column urges action as vandalism and carelessness rise in mountains. refrigerators shot up, signs wrecked, and a death linked to rifle fire highlight threats. calls for visitor restrictions and potential closures to protect wilderness and public enjoyment. community decency urged. government may act if behavior does not improve.
Miss Hong Kong Lena Woo signed a contract to star in a television series titled Hong Kong. Oscar Meinhardt of the International Beauty Congress noted other global beauties appearing on American TV after visiting Long Beach.
The Associated Students Senate adopted a seven point resolution urging approval of off campus fraternity and sorority houses. A committee will reconvene Oct 10 to decide. Opponents include Apartment House Owners Association and Board of Realtors in R-4 zones.
In London a former Burke's Peerage editor, Leslie Pine, urged impoverished British peers to form a union. He argued that wealthier peers could support those facing hardship, insisting that only a union can solve the problem.
The government asked a New York federal court to set aside NMU President Joseph Curran’s reelection amid alleged election improprieties. Curran called the charges a complete surprise and said the Labor Department has no basis for them. He noted no inquiries had been made of union officials or the Honest Ballot Association, which supervised NMU elections for 20 years.
A Long Beach based plant project seeks a $5 million carbon black facility with a 64 million pounds annual capacity in Southern California. The exact site is undecided and production is slated to begin next year. The case was adjudicated by Los Angeles Superior Court.
A warrant accuses 16 year old William Evans and his 55 year old father Joseph E. Evans of taking 62,628 dollars from the First National Bank of Akron. The younger suspect was arrested in Pittsburgh and Elder Evans remains at large.
An ad describes the Huntington Hotel on the beach offering rooms with private baths and city service, a large oceanfront dining room, and meals including turkey. It notes room rates around 429 per week and dining room services for guests and outsiders, with phone contact HE 6425.
Forecast notes fog and low clouds in the early morning then mostly sunny with a high. Mountain areas show high clouds with sun. some cloudiness midweek. Regions expect variable high cloudiness, mostly sunny today and Wednesday. Slightly cooler northern valleys. temperatures from mid 90s to upper 90s in higher and lower valleys. Light variable winds becoming southwest in afternoons. offshore winds in Concepcion to the Mexican border. Low clouds early then sunny. Wednesday mostly cloudy with little temperature change.
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