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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1954
Page
16
A Long Beach series opener exposes unqualified practitioners calling themselves psychologists. A mother pays a modest fee for her son’s treatment from a psychoquack, who yields no real improvement and costly bills. Officials reveal thousands of such operators nationwide and urge licensing reforms.
Final official figures for the June 1 City Council election will be determined Tuesday as the council canvasses votes. The only tight race is Ninth District between Virgil Spongberg and Bazil A. Carleson, with Spongberg ahead by plurality on unofficial totals. Absentee ballots remain to be counted and could alter the lead, but officials expect Spongberg to win. A separate item notes a Southern California Democratic conference in Los Angeles discussing runoff strategy for the November general election with attendees including Joseph Brennick, Richard Nussell and Ven Pahbrney.
Rear Adm. J. A. Snackenberg arrives as commander of Mine Force Pacific in a formal 7 p.m. ceremony at Long Beach Naval Station. The destroyer mine sweeper Shoveles fired a 13 gun salute as the Marina Corps honor guard presented arms and Capt. M. C. Heine, commanding U. S. Naval Base, guided the admiral. His headquarters move from Pearl Harbor places over 30 ships and 3,000 sailors under his command directing all minesweepers in the Pacific.
Requiem Mass will be offered Tuesday in St. Elizabeth's Church Van Nuys for Nicola Novelli 80 internationally known musician and voice teacher father of Joseph Novelli Long Beach. He died Saturday at Joseph's Hospital Burbank 349 had been a musician of the Los Angeles San Francisco New York Cleveland and Denver Symphony Orchestras. He also leaves his wife Rosina Maria Novelli and two other children Edward Van Nuys and Donald Inglewood.
Anaheim Road in Riverside County will close east of Verde Ave for about three months starting around June 28 due to bridge work over Los Cerritos Channel. Through traffic should detour to Seventh Street, about a half mile south, the nearest parallel route.
Former race car driver Sertoma speaker discusses tides and temperatures affecting coastal racing conditions. He explains how water motion and air heat interact with vehicle performance and safety considerations for coastal events.
A historical ship arrivals and departures briefing notes the involvement of Ralph De Palma, a former race driver, in maritime movement. The record highlights notable transportation activity linked to the racing figure during a specified period aboard a port facility or vessel.
Dieter Well jin, 37 days into a self imposed liquid plan, claims to feel perfectly supple and able to lift her feet over her head. The 63 year old Charlotte Hall, a naturopathy instructor, plans to continue the regimen while awaiting medical care for malignant carcinoma of the cervix despite doctors advice.
At 118 W. Pike St a Sunday night brawl left waiter Herbert Hathaway unconscious as dishes shattered and a window broke. Ernest Davis of Los Angeles was booked for assault with a deadly weapon after witnesses named him as the water glass thrower. Hathaway was treated for a head laceration at SeasSide Hospital and held for X rays.
James L. Prosser a 24 year old Army man from Ft. MacArthur was beaten about the head and body and robbed of 15 dollars in the downtown area early Sunday He was taken to Seaside Hospital and later moved to the dispensary at Ft MacArthur for treatment.
Dr. Leiby, chief of professional services at Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital, was assigned to a similar role at the new VA hospital opening in New York City, continuing his duties in overseeing professional services.
The Southwest Mosquito Abatement District expands a summer offensive around Lakewood and 15 nearby communities to curb culex pipiens. The effort runs June to October with increased staff, winter spraying, and gambusia fish to fight mosquitoes. District covers 277 square miles with 500,000 residents and a 67 thousand dollar budget for 1954-55.
Obituaries list multiple local residents including Pollock Martin Carr, Charlie N Hampton, Addie May Carsten, Julia E McDonald, Homer Lee Westbrook, Cecile A Mortimere, Lynna Baxter, Walter B Hopper, Ella Gay Taylor, and related survivors. Notices cover birthplaces, prior towns, move dates, service details, and burial plans with churches and mortuaries named.
The Long Beach Recreation Department plans a 7 p.m. Thursday program in Bixby Park as the first in a summer series. The Long Beach Junior Concert Band conducts James E Son and Marvin Marker leading a concert, Gary Fisher sings and dances, and Terry and Robert Leroux perform baton twirling. A Marion Renkin Dance Studio show titled Mid-summer Night's Frolic will also be staged along with motion pictures.
Mrs. Reymond May Golish, 52, describes her husband, an air craft mechanic, attempting to inch along a third story window edge and drain pipe before falling to the alley below. He fractured his skull and neck and died two hours later at Sea side Hospital. Police cannot explain why he tried the risky ascent as the apartment keys were found in his pocket.
Ground was broken Sunday at 2434 Chatwin Ave for a new 950000 Lakewood University Baptist Church plant. Rev Frank Kepner and local leaders announced plans for a 900-seat church, 125-seat chapel, and 1000-seat Alpha Sunday school unit in a contemporary design.
James Robert post aged 2 and Earl Charles Harmon aged 19 were booked in city jail on charges of burglarizing a store at 6262 Long Beach Blvd on March 8. Officers Calorie and C R Shepherd arrested Best in his car at Pacific Coast Hwy and Orange Ave, Harvard was seized at his home. Both confessed involvement as police reported the theft of engine heads manifolds and chrome plate accessories.
Fred Seney and Maister of youth from Lakewood Village Community Church will lead five high school students and a pastor and wife to New York City to attend sessions of the International Council of Community Churches meeting at Union Theological Seminary campus. The group includes Janice Brown Rod Wilson Marjorie Wilson Jeney Kileese and Sam Waggon ex. They depart Tuesday by train for the conference.
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