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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1956
Page
17
Bloomfield School principal Lawrence A Strimple notes a misspelling on a certificate from the I PT for a spelling bee. The letter pokes fun at staff spellers while recounting a Graham family dog on a psychiatrist couch joke. Readers share bus incidents and traffic gripes, from a dazed elder being guided to safety to a driver’s red light cautionary tale.
A morning crash on Garden Grove Boulevard killed Michaelsen and a woman passenger, who gave birth minutes later to a baby girl. Separate weekend wrecks near Fullerton and San Pedro left Anson and Edens dead, Rushing killed in Wilson High area collision, and two others injured in coast highway crashes. Officers identified drivers Joseph Anders, Thomas Thomason, and Gilbert Beck among those questioned or involved.
Book No 3 of the 18 volume Pic torial Encyclopedia of the World is on sale today at the Independent Press Telegram Building on Pine Avenue. Each week readers can buy one volume for 99 cents plus a coupon from the Sunday edition.
Two Coast Guard search targets were located overnight. The 24 foot Charinne ran out of fuel on a San Pedro to San Diego trip. its owner William L. Scuges of Redlands and passenger Earl Matchel were to Newport Harbor for fuel aboard a converted Navy whaleboat. The 22 foot Lickety Spit suffered engine failure near Santa Catalina Island en route to San Pedro. owners Mrs Ted Chrisman and Mrs Ted Chrisman of Highland Park and passenger Byron Steiner of Los Angeles were rescued by a passing boat and towed to Avalon Harbor.
A Long Beach pilot Robert J. Fitzgerald 39 ran out of gas during a sight seeing flight from Long Beach Municipal Airport. He crash landed in a plowed field six miles south of Pomona and the light plane flipped on its back but he emerged unharmed. Deputy reports indicate no serious injuries.
A fire on April 9 at 245 Appleton Street damaged walls flooring and some furniture while resident Pauline Rosertund was away. Firefighters brought the blaze under control.
Over the weekend 21,000 bags of coffee from Brazil were unloaded from the Nordanger of Westfal Larsen Co at the Port of Long Beach. The cargo is destined for Southern California markets.
Vermilion mayor George M Vermilion is congratulated on becoming a grandfather for the seventh time. A daughter, Laurel Jean, was born Saturday night at Bixby Knolls Hospital to Mr and Mrs Charles E Vermilion of 1101 El Mirador Ave. She is the fourth daughter in the Vermilion family including Mr and Mrs George Vermilion Jr of Colorado Springs who have one daughter and two sons.
Preliminary budget work shows no increase in the current tax rate of 1.36 per 100 assessed value. Total appropriations will be well below the 23,721,562 authorized for this year, with any rate rise likely achieved through cuts in the library and recreation funds. Deadline for department budget requests extended to March 30. full budget due for City Council review in June and adoption by July 27.
Orange County residents queued outside the Long Beach ABC office as 70 applicants sought 59 on sale liquor permits. The filing set a state fee of 8100 and a processing window of one to three months, with licenses issued to serve growing Orange County population.
The ill fated steamship Mazatlan will leave Long Beach Harbor Wednesday on her last voyage to a Japanese scrap yard. Once the SS Alaska, she met a fiasco on her maiden luxury cruise to Aras paleo and faced fires, adrift periods, engine failures, and liens totaling thousands. Now owned by General Steamship Corp and towed by the Wanda, the ship heads to Japan for scrapping, with a 30 to 40 day voyage expected.
George Reed, 54, of Los Angeles, pleaded innocent to murder charges in Superior Court. He is scheduled for trial on April 17. Reed allegedly shot and killed Leon P. Love, 28, after an argument at a cafe on January 29.
Eddie C. Atkinson, 30, of 4142 Erie Ave Apt 4, suffered severe facial injuries after falling and hitting his head on a cigarette vending machine at 6040 Atlantic Ave. Ten stitches were needed to close wounds at Seaside Hospital.
A 59 page two year study funded by the Boyd Foundation and led by the Community Welfare Council presents a detailed profile of Long Beach seniors. It finds about 11 percent of residents are 65 plus, with 112 per 1,000 seniors in Long Beach versus 81 nationwide. The typical male is about 76, married, from the Midwest, retired, and owning a home, while the typical female is about 72, widowed, reads often, and lives with others or in a rooming setup. The survey involved 120 researchers, interviewed around 5,000 seniors to identify some 7000 items tracked across 20 data tables. The project was directed by George M. Logan. Charles W. McCann drafted the report.
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