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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1951
Page
17
A dispatch recounts the Malcom Epley Ist visit with a misread crowd and scattered attention as Adm Strubie spoke aboard the Mo. Woonsang Choi the Korean vice consul arrived with a surprise salute, while three girls offered a welcome sign. Bus drivers and Girl Scouts provide light vignettes on community life and camp plans in the San Jacinto mountains.
The 15 week case in Los Angeles County ends as Deputy District Attorney Sten rests for the People. Defense counsel Ramsey notes no further offers. Violet Berling, 33, accused of torturing and killing Kay Frances Erickson, sits crying at the table as Judge Miller warns jurors to avoid reading or discussing the case.
Captain Donald C. Carter of the Army Chaplain Corps, formerly of Long Beach, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry on the Korea front. He previously earned the Bronze Star in September 1950 and has served nine years in the Army, after leading youth work at First Brethren Church and before seminary ordination. He and his wife Dorothy Sorenson Carter and their daughter Lois Jean recently returned from Japan.
The first group of 43 planned layoffs due to depleted city finances is trimmed to seven job losses. Personnel Director Neal F Harrington said 38 salaries are saved and those employees retained through retirements designations and military leaves. Transfers to fill vacancies also helped reduce layoffs.
Seaman Clarence A. Peak of the USS Missouri reported a romance turn costly after a Pacific Electric ride toward Los Angeles ended at the line's end with the conductor using smelling salts. Peak says his $250 wallet vanished and the woman, in her early 30s with a tattoo on her right arm, disappeared. He had just returned from six months in Korean waters.
A libel action was filed in Federal Court yesterday concerning the Liberian-flag freighter Venerator. The ship, en route from Norfolk to Greece, was released by mutual agreement between opposing lawyers. Fireman E. James of Norfolk alleges he was beaten by Capt. D. Pattoes on March 20 at sea, seeks 30,000 dollars in damages and 314.32 in wages, naming four John Does as participants.
Municipal Airport gains rapid commercial activity after a modified federal lease. The city earns 31990.80 monthly from North American Aviation for 33.8 acres of anchorage at the west field, vacated by the government. A new steel hangar for the Air Force will vacate the south Butler hangar, leased to North American at 815,835 monthly. An 888,996 contract has been awarded to Anderson Aircraft Co. Los Angeles to greet the hangar. city officials foresee further profitable leases as finances improve amid the 1951-52 season.
Permanente Cement Co. purchases Long Beach and Portland cement facilities of San Cruz Portland Cement Co. and the bull cement ship Santaers cement. The Henry Kaiser organization completes the sale yesterday in the Charlmney Area XU. Local facilities near Harbor off W seventh St include silos and devk dinner harbor. Purchase price reported at 1,25,000.
Pine Avenue received new street lighting last night between 10h and 14th Streets, marking the completion of a modernization project. City Electrician Charles Morrison announced the installation replaces old standards from the assessment district with a new durable design along the street.
Captain Otto Faulkner announced promotions within the police department effective May. Promoted are Landsdowne Fred J Stevenson and William J Moones Landsdowne, a World War II veteran, is a develive inspector and husband of Catherine Landsdowne. Stevenson, a long time uniform division member, recovered from a motorcycle crash and has served in various HQ and field roles. Meaney, a FBI graduate with extensive police and enforcement training, is expected to stay in his current role as he moves toward lieutenant duties.
At the California Industrial Education Association meeting in Municipal Auditorium delegates heard that morning work is four times safer than evening work due to lower body resistance at 5 a.m. Dr. Lynne Monroe of UC Santa Barbara and safety experts from Douglas Aircraft and the California Department of Industrial Relations stressed home accident prevention and student safety education for 1200 attendees. A banquet tonight features Superior Judge Roger Alton Pfaff. tomorrow’s speakers include Wayne Hughes of the National Safety Council and Mott Heath of Ford Motor Co. In a separate bicycle mishap on Seventh Street, 11 year old Jacquelyn Warren was hospitalized after handlebars struck a post and she was thrown from her bike.
A three year Stanford Research Institute report released in Los Angeles pins smog in Long Beach and countywide on both public activity and industry. It cites backyard trash burns and car use as major pollution sources, with 60 per cent of pollutants from these activities and 40 per cent from industry, led by petroleum. the study finds no single substance behind irritation and credits human pollution for 90 per cent of reduced visibility on smog days.
REW members from the batship Missouri stroll Long Beach streets on liberty as the USS Los Angeles arrives at Berth 154 in Los Angeles Harbor. Civic officials plan a formal welcome tomorrow and the crew will be inspected. The Mighty Mo trains locally before Pacific Fleet duty.
A heat wave is forecast to begin Sunday in Long Beach with temperatures well above normal. Expect mostly clear coastal skies, morning clouds, and highs around 74. Desert regions will be sunny with 30s, while mountains stay clear and warm. Yesterday’s high low was 77 to 51.
Long Beach plans April 28 ribbon cutting for the new Belhart Street bridge over the Los Angeles River connecting Torrance and Municipal Airport via Carson Street. The day includes a luncheon, parades, a completion notice by Guy F. Atkinson Co., a guard show, and a dance, with Mayor Burton Chace among honored guests.
North American Aviation officials said employees at Long Beach Downey Torrance and Los Angeles plants will receive an additional two tenths of a dollar per hour cost of living raise for three months starting April 23. The package lifts the payroll impact to about 740 thousand dollars for about 22 thousand workers in the region. In Long Beach 1967 workers will gain six thousand five hundred fifty dollars weekly, boosting the total weekly payroll to about 150 thousand dollars. This marks the second COLA boost for Los Angeles area staff since the program began last October following a prior 2 cent per hour increase on January 29.
Leo Miller Jewelry Store on Pine Avenue reports theft of an engagement and wedding ring set valued at 1000 dollars. A middle aged man left the shop yesterday after examining several rings. clerk Harold B. Farmer alerted police and noted the man departed without choosing a ring.
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