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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1956
Page
23
A massive driftwood arrival from the Los Angeles River piles along the beach from Linden Ave to about 2nd Street, estimated at 35 000 tons. City Sanitation bulldozers shift debris back and trucks haul logs to dumps as the area braces for cleanup.
Two Long Beach men, Assemblymen Bill Grant and Herb Kluckstein, display identical CALIFORNIA LEGISLATOR plates. Kluckstein’s reads A44 for the 44th District, Grants reads A70 for the 70th. They plan to keep using the plates through 1957 and 1958 and are expected to seek reelection in 1956.
Three masked bandits identified as Number One, Number Two and Number Three held up a hardware store at 6464 Lone Beach Road. They forced two men and a customer into the office, bound them with rope, and stole about 360 dollars from the cash box before fleeing. Police describe the assailants as a 34 year old man in a yellow jacket, a 20 year old in a brown jacket, and another in a dark coat.
Officers responding to a man dozing at a ditching roadside found a submerged car missing. One officer saw red and white glow and discovered Cassidy’s car still burning after nearly an hour underwater. Cassidy, unhurt, reported he drifted off on the way from work before the accident.
In the Wilmington oil field operators moved toward a unitization program for secondary recovery and subsidence control. About 75 firms met in the Municipal Auditorium and formed an eight member committee to draft an organizational plan and study formation of an engineering panel for technical data ahead of legislation.
Long Beach Republican Klockstem announced his candidacy for a fourth term representing the 44th District in the Assembly. He highlighted a solid public service record dating to 1939, extensive committee roles, and a platform built on his Long Beach accomplishments. Nominated opponent Richard Nussel may challenge him in the 1954 general elect.
Cold foggy weather hit the Long Beach area as a weak storm dropped under an inch of rain in coastal zones. The U.S. Weather Bureau predicted warmer temps for Los Angeles and Orange Counties with mid 60s expected, and no storm in sight before Sunday.
Long Beach Youth Band will depart Sunday for New Orleans with seven members including two Negro musicians, despite an announced ban. Band Director Gordon Carmen says he will take them along if officials fail to decide on the spot. The trip includes concerts in Albuquerque Dallas and Amarillo en route, while a pedestrian was injured in Anaheim by a car hitting a crosswalk.
An eight county Seventh-day Adventist Youth Leadership Convention planned for Catalina Island was canceled due to heavy rain and will be held Friday to Sunday. About 350 delegates from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Orange, Riverside, Imperial, San Bernardino and San Diego counties will be transported from Newport Beach to the island at 11 am and 1 and 2 am Friday and return Sunday night.
The article notes 66 members in the band with many new, less experienced players. Carmen says Crump and Cohn qualified for the trip via musical ability, but she recalls the band invitation implied two Negro boys would be allowed to march in either parade.
Twelve year old John W Koenig of 10952 Allen Drive in Orange was diagnosed with polio at Orange County General Hospital the third case this year. Physicians there confirmed polio but could not determine its type. He was admitted to the hospital last Sunday.
The Mothers March of Dimes polio drive raised about 36 thousand dollars, with the Lakewood Beach chapter reporting roughly 29.6 thousand after Tuesday night drives. Mae Algeo, executive secretary, notes the need for continued donations to fund victims and vaccine development, directing funds to the Foundation for Infantile Paralysis at 115 Pine Ave Biloe Building.
Ford will scrap automobiles, equipment, and tools damaged by flood at the Long Beach plant. Plant manager Rp. C. Armour said replacements will come from suppliers nationwide. Dealers in Southern California are receiving Ford cars from San Jose and Dallas plants as the site operates on a tightened schedule. Armour expects assembling cars again by February 13 with rehabilitation progressing on a two hour basis.
Jazz Room owner Jack Stapp and bartender Ivy Leder were charged in Municipal Court with six counts of bookmaking. Police say they were arrested after taking marked money from an undercover agent who bet on Santa Anita horses. They were to be arraigned today, each free on a habeas corpus writ.
Long Beach murder case delays likely postpone formal sentencing of Billy Morse and John Davis for the December 1953 liquor store killing of Lynn Feaster. Jurors sentenced Morse and Davis for first degree murder January 13, with death in the gas chamber possible after a leniency recommendation. Attorneys plan motions for a new trial and postponement as they pursue defense challenges and exhausted counsel.
Final examinations canceled last Thursday due to the storm have been rescheduled for February 3. All classes normally held on February 9 will be canceled, and examinations will be held at the same hours as scheduled for last Thursday. Students unable to take exams on February 9 should contact instructors promptly, college officials said today.
Charles E Williams 32 of Torrance was sentenced to 1 to 10 years for stabbing his estranged wife with a butcher knife. He pleaded guilty January 4 to assault with a deadly weapon. The victim Bette Williams 28 described the attack at her home while discussing divorce. she suffered seven chest wounds and three in the back.
Hardesty reported that a pilot waterflood boosted output by 300 barrels per day. Consensus attributes subsidence to reduced sub surface pressure from oil extraction and supports studying cost sharing among operators. Invitations to 124 operators cover 104,890 barrels per day from 2,730 wells.
A 15 year old Eliton Roadstrom pushed by a pickup struck 1 9 young Andre Palmer Jr. in a crosswalk near Pacific Coast Hay and Chestnut Ave. The boy sustained a broken left thumb a head concussion and lacerations and was admitted to Sesside Hospital. Roadstrom was cited for pedestrian right of way defective brakes and license issues. Raymond Smith drove the push pickup.
Vandals smashed the ornamental globes on Rainbow Pier early today as police report the incident. No injuries noted and investigations continue to identify those responsible.
Long Beach City College oral arts division inaugurates two new three unit courses aimed at music teachers in Long Beach and Orange County. The classes will run Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Lakeland Campus Room 418 with instructor Leave Warner, UC graduate, offering lectures and demonstrations on piano teaching methods. Further details available from the college music department.
Yorba Linda area gains approval for five new oil wells. Board of Supervisors authorized four wells to West jement Ol Co and Al in the vicinity of El Cejon Ave Prospect Ave and the Anaheim Union Water Co canal. The action expands oil extraction sites west and north of the town.
S Fred Goodall 24 of 1221 Lewis Ave was ordered by Municipal Judge Martin DeVries to serve 10 weekends in city jail after a Nov 19 incident at 1095 E 10th St. He allegedly fought Wallace B Brown 34 of 6058 Larélei Ave Lakewood after Brown refused to wipe windshield for a $1 gas purchase. Goodall must also pay Brown's medical bills totaling 13 dollars.
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