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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1952
Page
19
A long reader letter laments frequent automobile crashes linked to speeding, especially in a community with many commuters and servicemen. Cites need for heavier enforcement and individual self-discipline to curb danger on city streets. Also recounts a lighthearted jacket theft recovered, and a pun about prematurely wrapped lettuce at a market.
City council approves a dedicated mooring zone in Alamitos Bay to anchor 80 pleasure craft. The area lies southwest of the tideland tract near the San Gabriel River channel, opposite Vista del Golfo in Naples, extending toward 69th and 73rd Places. Ship owners must apply to the harbor master and buy a buoy, chains, and fine for 150 dollars before mooring. After marking, mooring elsewhere in the bay is prohibited.
Harbor Commission and Long Beach Oil Development settle a dispute over a retaining wall at oil wells. LBOD will cover 60 percent of the wall cost with 49 percent charged to reimbursable drilling and production expenses. The issue arose after a subcontractor proceeded without Harbor Department consultation, prompting revised project controls.
Details of selling 464 war built dwelling units in Houghton Park Village North Long Beach are being worked out by the Public Housing Administration field office in San Francisco A spokesman said the method of selling the trailer type houses will be announced later The disposition of the housing project was ordered yesterday by the Public Housing Administration in Washington Removal of the village had been sought by Long Beach residents the City Council and landowners The village originally had 50 units The sale began in 1950 but was suspended by the Korea war
Clyde A. Benjamin, 38, of 353 Daisy Ave, employed at a bowling alley on 258 Chestnut Ave, was treated at Seaside Hospital for a scalp laceration after a flying pin blasted from an adjacent alley struck him. Police said he was hit by the pin during the incident.
Four year old Thomas Rupp was playing at home with a stick when he fell and punctured his throat. He was taken to Seaside Hospital, treated for a small throat wound, and released later that night.
James F Lundak Jr 21 of El Segundo to be arraigned in Superior Court on April 14 for possession of marijuana He was held to answer to the higher court by Judge Wilber F Downs in Municipal Court at a preliminary hearing yesterday
The weatherman promised clearer warmer weather for Long Beach with mostly sunny skies tomorrow after late night and early morning fog. Temperatures should reach around 70 on the coast and 83 in the desert with light variable winds, and a long range outlook calls for scattered clouds and little chance of heavy rain after mid April.
The British freighter Grey Stoke Castle, watched by the Coast Guard in Wilmington, sails to San Francisco for cargo before a port return to India. Williams, Dimonds & Co. cite a British firm as owners’ agent. Coast Guard officers express puzzlement at Washington orders to monitor this ship and the Panama flag freighter Spatmatetri. The service says surveillance is for port security per commandant orders.
Sidney Wesley Patterson Jr. aged 17 is reportedly pulling out of a coma after a car crash. Attendants at Community Hospital say he laughed with his father, recognizes people, asks for different things, and is starting solid foods, though doctors say his condition remains uncertain with a long recovery ahead. he attends John Dewey Continuation High School.
Bids totaling 2 453 224 dollars for the first units of a Los Angeles County Juvenile Hall were opened by the Board of Supervisors. Awarding of contracts will be delayed until next Tuesday when the supervisors will sell 3 500 000 dollars in Juvenile Hall bonds to finance the construction.
Pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity were entered by Sgt Edward W. Sparks in Superior Court yesterday. He is charged with beating his 21 month old daughter at their San Pedro home when he objected to her crying. William Sanson, public defender, requested physicians to examine the defendant and discussed hospital detention for the soldier with Judge Fred Miller, pending trial set for April 39. Sparks, 38, was arrested after his wife, a Japanese war bride, hospital treatment at Fort ur for the child.
The USS Floyds Bay will arrive in San Diego tomorrow at 11 a.m., completing her second Korean War deployment. Headquarters of the Air Forces of the Pacific Fleet announced the arrival today.
Mayor Burton W. Chase reported to the City Council that a national airport survey led by Gen. J. H. Doolittle seeks city input on defense readiness and aviation progress. City Manager Samuel E. Vickers noted Douglas Aircraft and Air Force payrolls total 100 million dollars with 10.6 million in local capital investments, and that the airport is not a nuisance besides isolated incidents.
Trilling completed on three of four water department wells to be put on the pump this year. Frank E. Wall, president of the Board of Water Commissioners, announced. Three wells lie east of the San Gabriel River in Shotgun Strip, one west of the river. Tests will determine water flow and pumping equipment. Federal priorities secure two shallow 300 foot wells on the Strip to capture surface water. The wells will be used until a new source runs dry, then casing will be pulled. The current drilling program costs 140000, funded from water revenues.
Regina DeSmith, 10, of 2034 E Third St, received a possible fracture to the left hip and leg yesterday when bumped by a passing car on Bird Way near Cherry Ave. Taken to Seaside Hospital, driver Charles A. Gorrel, 44, of 2058 E Third St, was not cited. Police say the child apparently ran into the side of the car.
A local crossing dispute centers on Carver Elementary pupils crossing Bellflower Blvd and Mezzanine Way. County and city officials clash over where a crossing guard should be stationed with a proposed shift four blocks north to Spring Street urged by the school board and parents for safer student passage.
Scotty Decker eight of 1641 E Hill St climbed Signal Hill School roof to view city. Firemen used a ladder to rescue him as Captain A W Fry directed the operation descent. The boy yielded to safety after a tense moment in a sensational schoolyard incident.
Police report three downtown doctors were burglarized over the weekend. The Security Building at 110 Fine Ave saw $31 in cash and stamps taken. In the Stotesstopal Building at 812 Pine Ave, Dr. Dean E. Godwin’s office lost stamps and cash totaling $8.50. Dr. Harry Alban’s office was hit for a $1.50 bottle of sleeping pills.
Long Beach Red Cross reports an all time high blood donations 7100 pints for Q1 1952. January 3373 pints surpasses all prior months. February 1262. March 2465 from 13 banks. Bellflower site produced 163 pints yesterday.
Harriett L Brennan of 815 Bennett Ave reports clothing valued at 35 dollars stolen yesterday from a line in the rear of her apartment home.
D D Dean president of the City Employes Coordinating Council filed a request with the City Council for an across-the-board pay boost averaging 13 to 14 percent for the first three steps of the five-step salary schedule. They want the increase effective July 1 and funds for possible midyear raises if living costs rise, noting the current budget lacks such funds and affecting over 2,500 of about 3,200 city workers. City Manager Samuel E Vickers will study the proposal as budget time nears.
Edward L. Fagundes 43 faces assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder for shooting wife Jacqueline 20 last Feb 5. Trial delayed to May 6 as physicians at Harbor General Hospital say she is too ill to testify or be interviewed. she suffers infection and partial paralysis amid care for two children. Fagundes says the shooting was accidental during an attempt to frighten her over a child support case.
Paul Wilcox, executive director of Associated Property Owners, will be allowed to sit in on the City Council budget sessions late in Jiune as a listener only. Cliff Holz, president of the property owners, requested attendance. Wilcox may observe but cannot participate, and no discussion of council work is permitted during sessions.
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