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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1953
Page
11
A local columnist recalls electric blankets and shavers for Christmas, a damaged trailer mystery with stray coins, and a Red Nose ride for a dime. Judges at Nichols Manor pick festive light displays, while City Gas Dept probes why turkeys roasted slowly, hinting at changed gas content and potential equipment issues. A wildfire threatens Monrovia along a long front.
In Lincoln Park Bobby Goltz 12 of Daggett Street won the all-city marble championship beating 15 year old Fred Colsen California Avenue Playground entrant. Goltz credited his father Ed for teaching how to hold a shooter and practiced four hours daily to reach near perfection. Jimmy Calcagno 6 entered Stevenson School and won first-to-four division.
Long Beach voters face a council decision after the Chamber of Commerce appeal to hold a balloting delay was rejected. The report notes dust storms and wind damage from a recent Southern California wind event, with statewide temperatures ranging from 31 to 46 degrees and a Palmdale high of 122.
City Council, by a 7 to 1 vote, orders a special election for January 21 despite Chamber of Commerce opposition. Mayor Lyman and Sutter voted against. Kealer absent. Resolution urging postponement was filed. Poll cost estimated at 40,000 dollars.
Clara A. Henry, 46, of Anderson California, was slightly injured when a car she rode in crashed into a light standard at King Beach Blvd and 44th St. The driver, Paul Webb, 37, of Downey, allegedly fell asleep at the wheel. The car was a total loss.
The City Council approved a plan to equalize salaries and fringe benefits for employees of comparable grades across city services including harbor and water departments. A charter amendment is to be drafted for May 11 primary election, creating an all city personnel council to analyze pay scales and remove inequities.
Burglars failed to crack a concrete encased safe at the R O Gould Co automobile agency on American Avenue. They smashed a second floor window, pried tools from the premises, and fled with 2000 spark plugs, heaters, fans, a $75 typewriter, and other accessories worth about 1300 dollars.
Corrections noted by City Auditor John R. Mayseil in Harbor Department reviews for the fiscal year ending last June have been fixed in all but a couple of instances. Assistant General Manager Charles Vickers told the Harbor Commissioners that General Manager E. J. Amar was authorized to issue 36 day revocable permits with Foster & Kleiser Co. for three signs on harbor property. The signs are on property bought by the Harbor Department for Long Beach Freeway development at locations Ninth St and Pico Ave, 318, 1 Seventh St and Pico Ave. The annual rent is $25. A second permit with West Coast Terminals, Inc. for rental of buildings at $150 monthly was approved to correct a prior typographical error in the rent.
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