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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1955
Page
14
An incorporation movement gains momentum in Garden Grove as about 200 supporters met on Thursday night. If public hearings finish by March 8, the election could be held April 26. A voter registration drive aims to swell the 8,237 eligible voters.
Long Beach hosting the March of Dimes Dance at 311 E Ocean Blvd with Carl Vindano's Orchestra, a Pageant of the South Sees charity show at Anaheim High School by Moore's Hawaiian Nani Troupe, and Lakewood announcing the Pan American Festival and a youth model plane club. The Lakewood 20 80 Club donated over $160 to the YMCA from Christmas sales, with new campus editors at City College and several local students earning awards. multiple local incidents and trials noted.
A 35 year old man rammed his car into a parked vehicle to flee two postal inspectors and was arraigned in Los Angeles on a felony charge of altering a postal money order. Charles Buddy Zemple alias Rathbun cashed a 344.65 money order after altering 1.25 at Long Beach and faces $7,300 bond after police tracked his stolen car and recovered several altered orders.
The City Council opened non official briefing sessions on Thursday to discuss long term programs and problems. Council members will convene weekly with no actions taken at these meetings. Councilman Gerald Desmond reported on a San Diego visit and Alamitos Creek area plans were reviewed by City Manager Samuel E. Vickers including an 18 hole golf course and recreation facilities.
A 38 year old woman with a three year old back injury was hypnotized before a group of 19 doctors and psychologists. Dr Dorcus guided relaxation and eye stroke techniques as the patient moved from chair to bed and then awoke after the demonstration.
A 90 car fast freight chased two boys on bicycles across a Whittier trestle over the San Gabriel River near Olympic Blvd. Paul Carter, 10, was knocked from the bridge but unharmed, while Larry Lane, 11, hung onto a railing as the train roared by.
Two teen boys, one 15 and the other 46 years old, confessed to burglarizing Walker's Market and Park and Eat Cafe on January 14. They traded stolen cigarettes and sweets for gas, drove to New Jersey to visit grandparents, then returned with parental notification to Santa Ana police.
Obituaries record numerous Long Beach residents with ages and death dates, listing survivors and service times. Names include Berton Hickox, Helen Tate, Frank Frauenfeld, Laura Roberts, Fredrick Abramson, Gladys Kata, George Fry, Clifford Plunkett, Eugenia Anderson, Anne Cote, and Hugh Stevenson, with funeral chapel details and interment plans at various cemeteries.
Long Beach quartet the Four Bits of Harmony will open the Harmony Festival of Quartets on Feb 5 at Municipal Auditorium. The seven year group, led by Charley Pursgrove and including Chuck Hopper Dick Montgomery and Don Nunez, has 390 selections and famed numbers such as By the Sea Minnie the Mermaid. They have appeared on TV and sung for Red Cross and VA hospital benefits.
The American Legion Post 617 plans an 8 o clock meeting at Veterans Memorial Building Broadway at Cedar for a review of music movies and a motion picture. Capt William Sullivan Foster leads the gathering.
More than a dozen doctors spoke to about 350 people at Poly High about heart disease, its causes, and treatment options. The Long Beach Heart Association sponsored demonstrations, films, and a panel of experts including Drs Kellogg Cruse Reed and Secrest, plus a heart model, X rays, and an artery transplant technique. A play and short program accompanied the symposium, which aims to educate the public on preventing and managing heart ailments.
An exhibit of books and pamphlets showing a cross section of fact and fiction about Australia is on view in the Art Department lobby. Installed on Australia Day Wednesday by Leslie Swadling of the literature and history department of the library.
The Unitarian Church choir sponsors a church party tonight at 7:30. Ridge, canasta, pinochle and scrabble will be played and refreshments served.
The Social Security Administration rules declare housewives employing a sitter or cleaning help as employers if wages exceed 30 in a three week period. A 2 percent employer tax is deducted from the babysitter’s wages, unless paid by the housewife. Tax records including each sitter’s name, Social Security number, and total wages are due at the Bureau of Internal Revenue in April.
Four women and two men at Long Beach City College received the Viking Award for readership scholarship and contribution to school activities during a Sweetheart Prom at the Deauville Club Santa Monica. Winners include Kerry Jones Carol Cochran Pete Synodis Barbara Lewin Kay Nagle Carol Nyman and more, with new student body officers installed at a cabinet dinner.
A 16 year old escapee from a Bay detention home in Whittier was captured by police after a four mile chase through three cities. He burglarized a home in Palos Verdes Estates and stole a car in the Hollywood Riviera area of Torrance. After capture he faced burglary and auto theft charges.
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