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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1954
Page
15
A lighthearted column recounts a mistaken police stop over a murder suspect with a shared license, odd misstatements about a president, gulls following ships, a hotel overcharge tale, a math riddle about $93 per man, and the tale of Kodiak's Little Red Schoolhouse repainted by public works, highlighting local color and quirks.
Long Beach Municipal Court enforces a $1 penalty on moving violation tickets under a state traffic excise tax. Legislation earmarks funds for a driver education program, but no enforcement mechanism exists beyond judges urging payment. Clerks report 1–2 percent refuse to pay, yet few challenge the levy. January penalties totaled $2,133 across courts and the Traffic Bureau.
The Veterans Administration Nursing Service faced criticism from the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association showing nurses being diverted from the VA pool. Miss Dorothy Wheeler defended VA by citing affiliations with 32 VA hospitals and 42 universities using VA facilities for nursing education amid plans to install creosote poles for Plaza lighting. She argued the VA’s approach supports the nursing field and claimed substantial recruiting remains a statewide issue.
The USS Repose is in Long Beach Harbor after nine months of Far East duty. The ship arrived from San Diego where it discharged 188 patients, returning to port following a lengthy overseas assignment.
The 60-foot Florida racing schooner Dirigo II was reported to have been taken in tow by the Canadian ship Imperial Edmonton after hurricane winds damaged it off Central American waters. The U.S. Coast Guard abandoned search and rescue when tow confirmed. Crew of four including owner James W. Crawford from Sarasota, Florida, were reported safe. The Canadian vessel planned to bring the disabled schooner into Acapulco, Mexico.
Chaplain T Allen Newman, son of Beulah Farrell, took his first ride in a Marine Corps Sky Knight jet at Toro Marine Corps Air Station. He described the experience as similar to a commercial flight, noting the difficulty of maintaining a fighter plane while flying blind and serving as a lookout for Col. O Connor during an instrument flight. Newman and his wife Shirley reside in Santa Ana.
A marine traffic sentry at Gate 5 fired twice on a car leaving the Navy base at 2:25 a.m. The sedan carried four men and a woman, with the driver reversing at high speed after a failed attempt to take the woman inside. Police issued a lookout for the black 1952 or 1953 sedan.
Police reported two injuries from Thursday night and early today as thick fog reduced visibility. Mrs Bess Dollarbide 50 of 73142 E Broadway suffered a broken right ankle in a three car collision at Anaheim Street and Santa Fe Avenue at 1 40 AM. Her husband O M Dollarhide 53 rode with her. Car occupants Billy Sparkman 26 of the Navy Base and Donald Farmer 33 of 1412 FE S4th Street were involved in a second crash pushing Dollarhide into a head on collision. Earlier, Donald Webber 19 of Auburn California hit a barricade on Ocean Boulevard east of Termino Avenue. Passenger Judy Muskerwick 17 of 12682 Wright Street Garden Grove was treated for an injured arm at Seaside Hospital.
Charles W. Leblo, a 41 year old machinist, sues Pilot Chemical Co for 1 million dollars over fumes from a Nov. 16 incident. He says inhalation caused lasting stomach and lung damage, requires ongoing treatment, and left him unable to work. He details a harrowing escape and a hospital stay before entering recovery at Garrett House.
The National Heart Association designates Heart Sunday as a house to house canvass in Long Beach Signal Hill and Lakewood with fire stations as collection points Volunteers will canvas homes from 1 to 5 pm with about 54000 Valentines prepared. The 1954 goal is 850000. Ed Shaw and Mrs Brass co chair the drive with district committee members listed across neighborhoods.
The Lakewood area opened three new mail routes delivering to 1465 new homes west of the San Gabriel River. Postmaster George McMillin announced authorization came from Washington Wednesday afternoon and the first mail was delivered Thursday. Previously residents collected mail at Lakewood general delivery. The district lies west of the river and is bounded by Los Coyotes Diagonal Palo Verde Wardlow Studebaker Peabody Park Crest and back to Los Coyotes.
Judge Charles T. Smith, presiding judge of the Long Beach Municipal Court, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday to a combined meeting of Young Republican Clubs of Long Beach on The Judiciary System in California. The YMCA at First Street and California Avenue will host the event.
Rep. Craig Hosmer told a Lincoln Day audience in Long Beach that after the Korea war, the nation faces surprisingly little economic distress. He praised Eisenhower administration leadership, urged a Republican Congress, and predicted rapid progress with continued GOP governance. Hosmer, from Los Angeles, spoke to about 350 at the Lafayette Hotel Supper Room.
Navy Lieutenant Jaxy Li Kapstewart died of a heart attack today after being stricken at his residence 120 E Eighth St He is survived by his mother Mrs Dora Stewart of Chehalis Washington The body is at Dilday Mortuary.
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