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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1953
Page
13
A reader from the east criticizes California drivers for horn use, saying horns here are for weddings and warnings, not traffic. Pauline Dedtick condemns locals while others share thoughts on horn rules, baking, school district indebtedness, and traffic dents.
Long Beach Press-Celebram reports a Lakewood Chamber specialist renews calls for annexation to Long Beach. The piece links the push to municipal growth and regional governance tensions, noting local business advocacy and civic context.
Rural mail carriers in America travel vast distances by various transport modes to serve 34 million people. John W. Emeigh announced 32,546 rural routes nationwide with 37,000 members. California has 430 members. Steven J. Brewer presides with his wife Mrs. Brewer leading the auxiliary. The convention opened in the Lafayette Hotel with welcome remarks from local officials and a banquet planned, officers to be elected Tuesday.
Long Beach health officer Dr. I D Litwack warned residents the peak polio period is still ahead with about 200 cases this year, twice the five year average. He urged rest, nutrition, avoiding fatigue, crowds, and ill persons, and advised early diagnosis if symptoms appear. Gamma globulin is limited to household contacts and not for those over 30 except in pregnant cases, amid a national shortage as the Foundation reports a record polio caseload.
A Long Beach woman, Mrs. Arta Christiansen, shot herself and died two hours later after leaving a note to friends asking them to use her eyes. Coroner Joe Christiansen conducted an inquiry as investigators said transplant timing would be critical, but the body was not found immediately.
Stella Darlene Nolan, eight, remains missing after disappearing near a Norwalk auction stand on June 20. Deputies, rechecking clues, say no link found yet to foster cousin William Nolan, who is expected to be released as investigation continues amid tips and a reported suspicious car sighting.
Eligibility lists are being compiled at the Long Beach Veterans Administration for hospital attendants and laborers. The effort targets staffing needs at the medical facility and involves vetting applicants for hands on patient care and support roles.
Lakewood Chamber of Commerce backed study advocates annexation to Long Beach as the best path for representation and fiscal stability. James O Stevenson and a supplement to his 43 page survey were presented at a chamber board meeting. The report compares tax rates, revenue bases, and costs under annexation versus remaining independent, noting Long Beach lacks a sales tax and claiming broader tax bases could ease school and municipal expenses.
Superior Judge Fred Miller's son John David Miller, a Stanford Law School graduate, is among five local men who passed the April 1933 California bar exam. He will take oath July 22 before the Supreme Court in Los Angeles and plans to practice in Long Beach. Also passing were William Harold Cree of 4256 Pacific Ave and others: Hard KK Maycom of 1005 San Antonio Dr, Jack Stewart Stanley of 2241 South Street, and James Arthur Hayes of 17 Ocean Center Building.
Public hearings set for 11 a.m. Tuesday before the City Council on proposed annexations in Lakewood Plaza Units 1 2 and Plaza Unit 6 with Aug elections. Protests so far are under half the parcels, signaling continuances and further hearings for Lakewood Village District and Carson Gardens. Also on the schedule is notice of proceedings to annex land south of Atherton Street and west of Bellflower Boulevard owned by L. B. Whaley Co.
A 21-year-old Buena Park man was found guilty of two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Wayre Foster and his mother Belle Foster after their car was struck near a grade crossing on Compton Boulevard. Witnesses said the Foster car was rear ended while waiting for a train. The defendant, John David Satterfield, claimed the other car hit the train first. Prosecution said blood tests showed intoxication. Sentencing set for August 3 following probation hearing.
Seaman Robert Williamson, 21, of the USS Los Angeles, was injured early Sunday when his vehicle veered and struck a home at 800 Wedway Jr. He received treatment for a fractured nose at Seaside Hospital and was later transferred to Terminal Island Navy Dispensary. The residence is occupied by Mrs Hamiah V. Miller.
A 6 foot tall coach, Bob Russell directs the Miss Universe pageant prep teaching contestants to walk, stand and sit. He trains American and foreign entrants, noting cultural differences in attitudes toward pleasing men and women. He says men should please women.
A Long Beach veterans group plans to form a non profit, Veterans Co operative Housing Corp, to buy 1000 Cabrillo Homes units for a long term private housing project. It seeks city council approval to purchase 400 Annex No 1 units with a plan to replace them gradually with modern housing.
Two people were injured at the Spring Street and Lakewood Boulevard intersection in Lakewood. A sailor was taken to a dispensary on Terminal Island after a collision that sent him from his car. Police cleared traffic as tow trucks removed two badly damaged vehicles and normal flow resumed.
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