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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1956
Page
17
City College describes Mary Smah balancing fourth child birth with strong classwork and a 40 hour a week job while missing only one lecture before returning to class. The piece compares her to a State College student who missed a day of classes for a baby.
Newsman Spencer Crump compares a parking jet lease to historical sums, recalling Joan Temple paying 3025 in 1843 for Rancho Los Cerritos now part of Long Beach. He speculates an 8x15 foot car spot could surpass that price while noting local chatter about wells and Rancho losses. Also reports on Mr and Mrs Jack Crown’s Florida trip with Dick Nixons and memories of Will Reid Scouting gifts toward a park gate.
City Finance Director S. M. Roberts warned that a decline in the Municipal Airport oil field revenues is likely. He cited updated figures showing annual oil royalties dropping from 2,946,000 to 1,680,000 with next year’s outlook steeper, due to decreased gas pressure and high decline curves.
Governor Goodwin Knight designates the Long Beach Junior Concert Band to represent California at the Rose Festival in Portland Oregon June 7 to 11. The band directed by James E B Son will also represent Pasadena and the Tournament of Roses Association with Marvin M Marker as co director of the band.
A.M. Mayo of Douglas Aircraft Co. outlined space ship design challenges before the Aero Medical Assn in Chicago. He warned of intense heat on reentry and the need for heat dissipation and escape systems, noting risks from meteors radiation and extreme g forces.
Entry time for the Downtown Is in Bloom event offers 300 in prizes with a top amateur award of 200. Nineteen professional florists join a second division as gardeners decorate 31 downtown stores for April 24 to 26. Contact Vito Romans at the Retailers Associated office. Park Nuit adorns lamp posts along Pine Ave to 7th St with D and R Blacksmiths supplying hangers.
Jenny C. Penny, 24, observed a man changing a tire at her apartment 1330 Cherry Ave. She later discovered all four tires on her car had been replaced with worn-out ones.
Crews hoisted the 28 ton center span for a pedestrian overpass at Carson Street and Faculty Avenue while traffic was diverted for two hours. The $58 000 structure links sections of the city and state near the college campus and is to be completed by June. William H Michaelson superintendent notes the overpass will serve college students and be paved with asphalt as work continues. A 700 foot wire fence will be installed from Faculty Ave to Clark Ave shared by the Long Beach Unified School District city and district authorities.
Mrs Isabelle Winifred Harris 36 left notes for her two sons Richard 14 and William 12 before she hanged herself. A second note on the garage door told others to stay inside. Husband Oscar W Harris a ship yard welder found the body and reported despondency over health since before the baby Donald was born. The Harris body was taken to Coom Mortuary.
Wesley Burns, 60, of Avalon, leaped from a third floor hospital room window Sunday night. Police say the act was a suicide attempt. Burns suffered multiple skull fractures and had recently undergone surgery, with attendants noting despondency.
An 18-year-old high school girl, Stephanie Merriam Ingress, was arrested in Long Beach along with three youths in a swift roundup connected to Friday armed robberies of two drug stores. Suspects included Phillip Eugene Dotson and Donald Clothier, both questioned after being located in Yuma Arizona and Laguna Beach, with police tracking possible Florida travel. The trio, linked to the Ximeno Sundries Store and Belmont Pharmacy robberies, faced investigations as detectives hunted for further details and a possible getaway.
Destroyer divisions 132 and 231 light ships with 2500 officers and men arrived in Long Beach Sunday morning to a crowd of about 1500 wives, children, relatives and friends. Division 132 includes USS O'Brien Walke Rubbard and Small docking at Berth 18, Pier B after six months in Far East waters. Division 231 arrives from the Atlantic en route to Pacific duty, comprising USS Picking Potter Preston and Jewin as part of Destroyer Squadron 23 once led by Admiral Burke with World War II fame.
A blaze damaged an awning in front of Gilbert Furniture and Appliance at 5174 Atlantic Ave on Sunday night. The fire was contained before reaching the store.
A man armed with scissors entered Eugene V. Wiley’s residence at 1470 Orizaba Ave early today. He woke the family, moved the children, and left after examining doors. the 16 month old girl Sandra Jean was retrieved from her crib unharmed.
Taxpayers face final deadline as both federal and state returns must reach by midnight. IRS and California Division of Income Tax offer extended hours with offices open until 9 p.m. in Long Beach. Last year the city handled about 1,500 calls and visits on the final day.
William Miller seventeen forty one moved into a new home at 4420 Lakewood Boulevard when a truck laden with household goods toppled into a 600 foot canyon on the Angeles Crest Highway. Miller was thrown from the cab about 300 feet down and survived with cuts and bruises. His wife, following in the car, summoned help. Miller was taken to Glendale Sanitarium but checked out at 1 am to continue toward Long Beach.
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