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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1957
Page
9
Collects humorous public and business signs seen on fronts of shops, bars, parlor windows, and a bus station. Notes clever wordplay about mirrors of daily life, from non profits to dancing bans, with examples like We can fix anything Wrong With your TV except the lousy programs and NO DANCING in PeeWee Cafe, reflecting local wit and misreadings.
Thousands fill Municipal Auditorium as colorful processions mark the opening of the Order of Eastern Star 84th grand chapter session in Long Beach. Lt Gov Harold J Powers delivers welcome. Marguerite Weisheimer honored. Elmer J Walther remembered. schedules show meetings through the day.
Mrs Capitola Staley a 42 year old Huntington Park resident filed suit in Los Angeles for 25000 dollars claiming a visit to the Fun House on the Long Beach Pike caused injury. She says an uneven floor tossed her through an unlocked door and left her bruised shocked and with a back injury against operators E C and C J Telare.
Seaside Memorial Hospital is trialing a Motorola leased radio paging system for 24 staff members. The tiny receivers notify them of messages without two way communication, improving quiet operations and patient comfort.
A jury in Superior Court acquitted John Hardon Turner, 43, of Los Angeles, on assault charges after a weeklong trial. Turner admitted breaking his foreman's neck and biting part of the ear of victim Harry Warsnop, 49, who sat in a plaster cast. Warsnop was injured during a fight aboard the SS Massmar at Berth 25 Pier C. Attorney Edwin J. Wilson argued self defense for Turner.
Davis Frank Alvarez of Whittier was granted five years probation on condition he enter a federal narcotics hospital. Superior Judge Beach Vasey ordered jail time until the hospital accepts him after Alvarez admitted involvement in a July 31 Cerritos Avenue burglary, during which nine silver dollars and an electric razor were stolen.
Second Lt. Robert A. Lang and Second Lt. Richard G. Caldwell, both of 4751 E Pacific Coast Highway, won second and third place academic honors in the 1957 West Point Signal Corps class after graduating last week from the U S Army Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth.
Dr Cara J Bellis was named a fellow of the American College of Gas Imenterology at the organization annual convocation in Boston.
Rainy late Sunday into Monday sparked three Long Beach collisions injuring four people. Randie Moore Jr., 13, was hospitalized with head injuries after his northbound motorcycle skid on Pacific Coast Highway near Bellflower. Patricia Schink, 23, suffered facial lacerations when her car skidded while turning from 2nd Street to Ximeno Avenue, ending at a tree and a damaged garage. she was treated at St Mary’s Hospital. Two others sustained minor injuries in a three-car crash at Cherry Avenue and Willow Street. Dr. Allen Ross and his passenger were uninjured, while Mary Nelson and Samuel Martinez were not hurt.
Thelma George Filace, 36, of 2000 Britton Long Beach lost control of her car at Hathaway Ave and Palm Dr in Signal Hill Monday night. The impact toppled a power pole transformer, sparked grass fires, and cut lights for over 50 street lamps and numerous homes. Minor head cut reported, no treatment needed.
Long Beach authorities fail to overturn an appeal ruling that invalidated a city ordinance banning Wire-a-Line, a bingo style game in the downtown amusement zone. The council will decide whether to pursue further action or amend exemptions.
An Air Force sergeant pleaded guilty in Superior Court to assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury after being seen twisting a shoelace around a cab driver's neck. Sgt. Alexander F. Klein Schmidt, 29, faces sentencing by Judge Beach Vasey on a date to be set. The case began when officers arrested him September 25 at Alamitos Ave and Broad way. the victim John J. Watkins, 48, of Bellflower, was unconscious but recovered. Police said Klein Schmidt claimed to be an FBI agent and had been drinking before the incident. He had recently been transferred to Long Beach Air Force Base from Dover AFB, Md.
An advertisement promotes Spe Specialists for emergency and tricky situations with a humorous claim of helping readers out of impossible jams. It urges calling Hemlock 2.5989 for prompt courteous service.
City councilrees delay any policy position on tideland questions pending more definite purposes from Assemblyman Allen’s Judiciary subcommittee hearing. Atty. Lamb said a conference with consultant Cook will occur Thursday with the city legal department to set the agenda for the planned Nov 6 and 7 session in Los Angeles.
The Board of Education authorized a contract with an architect to design a $32,000 handicraft shop at Mughes Junior High School. Construction to begin in February and finish by next fall. The session also cited Millikan High School as a top Southern California building, and presented AIA certificates to Hugh Gibbs and Gust K. Newberg Co. The board will review education for multiply handicapped children within two months and voted to oppose a liquor license near Franklin Junior High due to proximity to a school.
A Los Angeles man, Henry H. Hari, 45, was fined $150 in Superior Court for assault after clouting a 56 year old man, Harry Tanaka, during a July argument on E Carson Ave. Hari received one year probation and a Beach Vasey 35 judge imposed conditions. The incident occurred during a dispute over ops.
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