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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1955
Page
23
A Long Beach style April Fool spoof pretends to report on a city of perfect courtesy drivers a litter free town and a record voter turnout. It teases readers with mock municipal boasts and a closing nod to April Fool humor.
The government charges South Pacific Canning Co. of Long Beach moved nearly 13 tons of decomposed canned tuna across state lines in violation of the Pure Food and Drug Act. The first of 16 consolidated suits filed in Las Vegas accuses shipments from Mobile Alabama to Memphis Tennessee and New Orleans Louisiana to Little Rock Arkansas and into New Jersey.
Charles L Hudson 47 of 5502 Chestnut Ave died Thursday while helping move a truck at 2019 E Werd row Rd. An autopsy is underway. Foreman August M Knuutila says crane may have struck a live line. mortuary notes no burn marks.
Long Beach students end 60,000 pupil term until Monday April 11 as schools close for spring break. AFL Tri State Council convention opens at Wilton Hotel with leaders from Local 108 Local 170 and city labor groups attending. Newport Beach braces for up to 50 000 vacationers amid new residency rules and police measures while Orange County and LA County students prepare for week away.
The City Health Department asked Long Beach parents of children in the Salk polio vaccine trials to notify the department. Dr. Litwack said names must be sent to the Michigan revaluation center for eligibility and future vaccination plans.
Four Long Beach residents disembarked from the Winer Kungsholm after docking Thursday afternoon. Among those returning from a world cruise were Mr and Mrs Chester Hosmer and Mr and Mrs Percy Scott, parents of Congressman Craig Hosmer. The ship, Swedish American Line’s 22,071-ton vessel built in 1952 at a cost of 29 million dollars, sails to Acapulco this evening and ends its 17 day voyage in New York City, which began January 8.
Three incumbents sought re election in the Long Beach Unified School District where 12 candidates vied for three seats voting ran light with 12 to 15 percent of registered voters in the Long Beach city limits. 140,591 voters registered. results expected by 9:30 p m at the school plant on St St and American Ave. Other candidates include Richard Eugene Baker Richard W Barnes Charles E M Crutcher Dr Charles H K Fabish Robert C Fein Robert Wallace Frazer J Kirkpatrick Coy Sanders Frances M Veeder and others.
B J Mense a longtime Long Beach real estate broker died at 75 from a heart attack in his Linden Avenue apartment. He came to Long Beach 36 years ago from Minneapolis and was native of Washington Missouri. Survived by two sons two brothers and four sisters. Funeral set for Monday at Cathedral Chapel Sunnyside Mausoleum with charity donations requested to the Children’s Benefit League. Mottell’s & Peek Mortuaries in charge.
A appellate court unanimously ruled the motorist penalty for moving violations constitutional. The decision said the term penalty equals a fine and the Legislature can impose fines. a local traffic bureau must collect the penalty or send violators to court. Judge Sutter warned many drivers will have to pay or face jail.
A Civil Air Patrol drive opens with a 1:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday review at Long Beach Air Force Base. All five oval squadrons, 14 to 18 year olds, will participate in the full-dress inspection and air rescue team checks. About 350 cadets join, led by Capt. Lloyd Peterson and Capt. R. E. Toler. A 20 week first aid class starts next Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Building 10, LB AFB, instructed by Lt. Charles Williams.
Oakland joined 21 agencies opposing the Allen Bill for state seizure of Long Beach lands and revenues. The council resolution urges Alameda County legislators to oppose the measure, citing the need to recognize Long Beach’s full rights to lands granted by California. In Signal Hill, a crash involving a stolen car sent two 16-year-old girls fleeing from a school bus. a 14-year-old Long Beach boy accompanying them was later captured. All three were booked for auto theft. no injuries were reported in the 23rd Street and Cherry Avenue collision with the First Brethren Church school bus. The car’s owner, Herman I. Morris, reported the attempt to borrow the vehicle earlier that afternoon.
The wives and children of Marines landed at San Pedro Naval Supply Depot at noon aboard the USNS transport. They were greeted by husbands and fathers of VMR-152 Air Transport Squadron from El Toro Marine Corps Air Station. The unit had been at Barber’s Point, Oahu, for years. The group had left Pearl Harbor aboard the naval transport last Saturday.
Independent Press Telegram offers a free kids only classified ad during Easter vacation. Ads run three days in 140,000 homes. Sell toys, swap items, or advertise babysitting and lawn mowing. Write ad on form in Classified Section, bring or mail to Classified Ad Counter. No phone calls. Offer valid Easter week only.
Dr. George C. Baker Jr., SMU chaplain, told Rotary International District 162 delegates in Municipal Auditorium that Rotarians must act as architects of hope. He warned about America’s moral climate, citing juvenile delinquency and mental health issues, and urged honesty and courtesy as Rotary’s core needs. The conference, beginning Thursday and ending Saturday, included leaders from Long Beach to Newport-Balboa.
The Texas Co. reports its 15th producing well on the city lease at Municipal Airport. Well No. 7 in Area 2 yielded an initial 1,800 barrels of 32-degree gravity crude and 3,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas. It is the southernmost foresterly producer on the £,000 acre lease.
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