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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1952
Page
19
The PT notes that the Medical Association has set up emergency care with a helpline 7 2 274 and urges readers to arrange personal physicians in advance. Readers including George Saylor weigh in, praising prearranged plans for heart attacks or seizures.
College officials have long urged a pedestrian signal at the Carson Street and Faculty Avenue crossing to reach PE facilities. LA highway district engineer M E Cessna notes pedestrian and vehicle traffic do not meet minimum signal requirements and warns signals could worsen delays and crash risk. A new overcrossing was recommended.
Light sprinkles expected in Long Beach tonight and tomorrow morning from a weak coastal storm front. Forecaster says most of the storm will pass north of the area with mainly cloudy skies. Winds will be light to moderate, temperatures slightly warmer with a 47 degree low this morning and 39 to 60 range yesterday.
MacArthur Elementary School at 6061 Centralia Street will receive playground improvements under a $12,817 contract awarded to Ansco Construction Co. The school board also approved an $8,500 bid from American Chain Link Co. for fencing at MacArthur and nearby streets.
Three new elementary schools will open Monday. Lakewood’s Cleveland School on Arbor Rd and Hackett Ave has 500 students in 18 classrooms under Principal Irma Thomas. Sutter School at Del Amo St and Daisy Ave seats 42% of its capacity with Principal Donald Ashley. Carver School at Pav e St and Rutgers Ave leads with 637 students under Miss Jane Howard. A pedestrian bridge over Heather Ditch is under construction with a crossing guard planned for Mezzanine St and Bellflower Blvd from 8 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.
Carol Ann Pagh a Mayzak girl aged year old who left coma after surgery at St. Luke s Hospital Pasadena cannot go home because her brother has the measles The mother Mrs Mark s Pagh seeks a temporary shelter until Jimmy recovers The surgeon says it is too early to judge the operation s success The child has not walked or talked since encephalitis triggered by measles in December 1948.
Burglars raided two apartment lobbies early today, taking items valued at 225 dollars. Dresden Arms manager Mildrad W. Riddle reported four end tables three lamps and two potted plants missing from the lobby at 527 E. Third St. Pauline A. Holmes of Olive Apts noted a combination end table and telephone stand rug mirror potted plant and stand valued at 79 dollars missing from the 40 Alamitog Ave lobby at 7 36 am.
The board, after Superintendent Douglas A. Newcomb's recommendation, votes to keep critically needed industrial classes operating during the public schools spring break from April 7 to 12.
Franchise Engineer Henry E. Jordan will represent the city at a State Public Utilities Commission hearing in Los Angeles on Associated Telephone Co. Ltd's rate increase. He will protest any unjustified or discriminatory local rate boosts and seek to compare proposed charges with other areas. The firm seeks higher pay station and business line rates while citing wage and cost increases since 1951.
Frances Mayalloc of 4243 Pine Ave. was struck twice on the head with a hard object by a bicycle rider after she gave directions near 400 block Virginia Rd at 8 20 p.m. She suffered a scalp laceration and was treated at Seaside Hospital. No theft or molestation occurred as reported.
A burglar broke into 5385 Atlantic Ave service station early today and took supplies and $990 in green trading stamps. Attendant Bob G. Eavers found the loot at 6:55 am and reported the note signed “Disappointed.” The thief demanded more loot in a taunting message.
Police stopped Marlin E. Orr for a faulty tail light in the 3500 block of Atlantic Ave and found two bags of marijuana and 38 hand rolled cigarettes. Orr and five passengers were arrested. drugs found at Orr home and a 20 month old child placed in Juvenile Bureau care. Authorities say the suspects bought a pound of marijuana in Tijuana.
The Senate faces a Monday vote on SB 940 the Holland Bill to confirm title to tidelands for the states. Harbor officials including Emmett M Sullivan John P Davis and Robert L Irwin race to Washington to attend the action and push for six new fort stations along the Kent from Galden to Granada VES while Raymond C Kealer chairs the oil committee.
Five sailors were arrested for strong arm robbery and released to Navy shore patrol for lack of a prosecuting witness. Det Capt L Q Martin announced. The men admitted taking $21 from an unnamed man after an assault at a cafe on Ocean Boulevard. Names: William H McDermot, Cleao M Dugger, Fred M Hart, Louis E Dykes, Joseph I McCormick. Zugg’s address is 715 W Ocean Blvd.
City Council gave first reading to an ordinance for the annexation of a ten acre tract of uninhabited territory owned by L. and Whaley. The land lies west of Palo Verde Avenue between the easterly prolongations of Stearns and Atherton streets.
A WWII tale unfolds from Bremen to Bogota as Capt. Wuebke pays a $10 bottle-brandy bet to Capt. Farrell via Mrs. Blanche Durkin of Compton and Mrs. Jane Westcott of New York. Farrell, long owner of Contour Chair Shops, recalls the meeting and notes Wuebke now flies for a Colombian airline.
City Council approved traffic engineer recommendations to divert heavy through traffic from Cedar Ave by laying a service road parallel to Wardlow between Cedar and Pacific Avenues. Pacific Ave will become a through street except at Bixby Rd intersection with four way stop, costing about $8000 for construction and drainage.
A proposed city fire department expansion of 14 projects costs 2.93 million. The plan, to be funded from land oil funds, includes seven new stations, five replacements, and two new structures aimed at lowering deficiency points and insurance rates. A key feature is an eight inch corrosion resistant salt water line to serve two embers in major disasters.
The Los Cerritos Municipal Courts building in Bellflower was urged to hurry plans and specifications. The board of supervisors, on Supervisor Herbert C. Lege’s motion, noted federal approval of steel and materials and instructed architects to bring in plans promptly.
The Public Housing Administration aims to dispose of the 500 unit Hough ton Park Village in North Long Beach, long viewed as an eyesore. A San Francisco spokesman said a determination is sought on whether the village can be liquidated without harming the defense program, with earlier sales halted by Korea hostilities and now seeking an early disposition. Removal of a similar Wilmington project was progressing, moving houses to Camp Roberts for defense use.
Federal mediators arranged conferences today with union leaders and company officials to end two western state bus strikes. Continental Trailways and Pacific Greyhound lines resume talks as 240 Trailways drivers walkout. Strikes affect nearly 120000 daily riders and 500 Long Beach patrons.
The Harbor Department funds the boundary line work at the Naval Shipyard Pier E weathered by subsidence issues. City coverage supports the project costs tied to boundary adjustments and related operations at the harbor facility.
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