Long Beach Firm Chosen as Special Counsel
The Long Beach firm Ball Hunt & Hart was chosen by the City Council as special counsel to assist in defense of the U S government subsidence suit against the city. The 7-0 vote followed committee recommendations, with talks on immediate contract and potential future additions. City Manager Vickers said retainment should be arranged very quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weeks
Long Beach
Ball, Hunt & Hart
Walnfred Jacobson
U. S
Trey
Sam E. Vickers
Dadiey
Spongberg
Lewis D. Reese
Vickers
J. Edgar Wise
American Mortgage Services
American Ave
Long Beach Blvd
Wise
PT Staff Writers Win California Bar Awards
Two Independent Press Telegram writers Bob Houser and Don Maddock won California State Bar Association awards for their court based series. They were the only pair from one newspaper organization honored. Houser received an Award of Merit for a five part series on crowded courts. Maddock was honored for four articles on divorce courts in Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Press-Telegram
Bob Houser
Don Maddock
California State Bar Assn
Houser
Maddock
Long Beach
U. S
South Pacific
Wset-Tv
South Bend
Ind
Elsa
Rebecca
Todd
Bett
Jennifer
Jessica
Brett
Sebren Ave
Panoramic views spark debate over Palos Verdes statue plan
Long Beach residents react to Supervisor Ford’s proposal for a 500 foot statue on Palos Verdes Hills. The concept envisions Atlas bearing a glowing globe with a night light and searchbeam, towering over Rolling Hills homes and raising concerns about visibility and the seaside view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anson Ford
Palos Verdes Hills
Long Beach
Atlas
Rolling Hills
Palos Verdes
Newsmdy Baxter Onmolwuntro
Mls
Walteria
Adlus
Eye From Outer Space Found Under Theater Seat
A single glass eye was discovered under a seat at the Palace Theater on Pine Avenue. Police report the odd find as part of a bizarre incident involving the Eye From Outer Space arrival as a local theater event.
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Outer Space
Palace Theater
Pine Ave
Memo
Hollywood
Demons, Missiles, and Marijuana: Local Sentencing Story
A guided missile mechanic was sentenced to 12 weekends in jail on narcotics possession charges. Grant Leonard Lydon, 21, of 19tt estant Ave, received a $500 fine and five years probation. His attorney cited his client’s rapid physical growth and slow emotional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph K Pierson
Grant Leonard Lydon
Lydon
Albert C. 8. Ramsey
Inter
Ramsey
Court Halts Mass Picketing at Mastic Tile Plant
A Superior Court judge ordered a halt to mass picketing at Mastic Tile Co and reduced lines from about 50 to 20 at the West Coast Artesia Street plant. The restraining order lasts until Oct 1 with show cause for continuance. The Long Beach facility shut down after talks with striking Inter national Chemical Workers Local 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mastic Tile Co
West Coast
Bayard
Rhone
E. Artesia St
Long Beach
International Chemical Workers
Local 1
Mastic
Leonard Janofsky
National Labor Relations Board
Free City Documents Budget Clash Rocks City Hall
City officials weigh free issuance of documents on demand after state ruling. City Manager Lamb Vickers to study how to provide the service while avoiding budget strain. Police pay-raise dispute and a $600000 gas compressor station plan also move forward as council reshapes finances and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Heartwell
Mrs. Heartwell
Gerald Desmond
Charles M. Garrison
Joseph B. Lamb
State Attorney General's Office
Mgr
Lamb
Vickers
Long Beach
D. Pat Ahern
San Gabriel River
Carlson St
Long Beach Council Endorses Props. S and T on Ballot
The City Council voted 6 to 0 to endorse Prop S and Prop T the Jobs for Long Beach package for the November 4 ballot. Five members supported the motion with Desmond noting officials favored the measures as individuals but not as a formal body. Prop Up was also unanimously endorsed, while officials remained silent on three other charter amendments. Prop 5 a $2.47 million bond for downtown streets, and Prop T a $4.245 million bond for Municipal Auditorium upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Desmond
Recordi Ay
Virgil H. Spangberg
William T.dalessi
Lewis D. Reese
Charles M. Garrison
Charles R. Dooley
Raymond C. Kealer
John F. Baker
D. Pat Ahern
Dooley
Long Beach
Police Seek Motorist in Fatal Hit Run
Police continued their search Tuesday night for the hit run driver who struck and fatally injured 68 year old Fred E. Pomerleau as he crossed 7th Street at Temple Avenue. Witnesses said the car sped through a red light, swerved across the center line, nearly hit parked cars, and then fled the scene without slowing. Pomerleau’s death marks the second traffic fatality here this year, compared with 38 at this time in 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Pomerleau
Temple Ave
7Th St
Pomerleau
Pomerleat
Extended Child Care Sought at Grant Nursery School
Parents of working children seek extended child care at Grant Nursery School located at 64th Street and Orange Avenue. The program would cover before and after school supervision, lunches and snacks, with supervision by teachers holding state permits and fees tied to income. If demand exists, the plan could launch next school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Durden
Grant Child Care Center
Kathy Bear
Jody Dixon
Grant Nursery
Grant
64Th St
Orange Ave
Ruth Sandier
State Department of Education
additGrent
City Council Protests TB Patient Transfers to Olive View
Long Beach officials announce 75 beds freed by transferring TB patients to Olive View Sanitarium to ease hospital crowding. The council and welfare groups protest the move as abrupt and not consultative, while some patients agree to return to county care. County Supervisor Bonelli orders a full inquiry into the Department of Charities action. Recovery Service Club protests with calls for humane handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach General’ Hospital
Long Beach
County Board of Supervle Sors
Olive View Sanitarium
San Fernando Valley
L. D. Litwack
Leroy Hyde
The
Olive View
Harry duChene
Charles Brantingham
Community ‘Welfare Council
Lakewood
Bonclit
Department of Charities
At Recovery Service Club
Mary Strys
Recovery Club
Oil Union Delegates Hear Sorley Today
William C Sorley will address the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union convention at Municipal Auditorium on the third day. A roll call vote is planned to raise per capita tax from 1.50 to 2.50 monthly. Delegates passed resolutions condemning right to work, urging union cleansing, backing Supreme Court decisions, and predicting a one third employment rise in air chemical and atomic industries by 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William c Sorley
Afl-Cio Committee On
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Municipal Auditorium
Thel
International
Elwood D. Swisher
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Virgil H. Spongberg
Ahern
Ahearn
Wilmington Feld
Dalesse
Garrison
George Hart Jr
McGrath
J. H.davies
Councillan
Desmond
Joseph A. Ball
California Bar Assu
USC
School of Journalism
Ohio University
WLW
Cincinnati
Barbara
E. Ocean Blvd
Herb Shannon
Avalon
Pacific Landing
AAT
Walter von Kleinsmid
Sikorsky
Municipal
Orville Wright
San Feéro
Torrey
Garden Grove
Jefferson
Janofsky
the Southland
California
Council
Oil Union
Supreme Court
Uptown
East Long Beach
Kiwanis
Exceptional Children's Foundation
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