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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1953
Page
17
A collage of Long Beach snippets covers a university club call, a beagle litter where grandmother Penny milks the pups, Columbus Day bank hour shifts under new law, Singers Workshop progress and Rose Marie opera dates, a radio quip about wildlife officials, a diamond tale of admiration, and Banker Bob Reid’s Phoenix feast record.
A Stork arrives in Signal Hill when real estate salesman C Roy Conn helps Mrs Melvin L Mould deliver her fourth child in a car en route to St Mary's Hospital. Conn assisted after Rose dashed to police for help, baby weighed 7 lbs 12 oz, mother and child rushed to hospital and both are reported fine.
Costa Mesa Coast College dismissed Prof Clinton St John after he refused to sign a revised loyalty oath. The 33 year old mathematics and physics instructor had signed the 1950 oath but balked at the extra pledge against Communist party membership. He will sue in Superior Court within 30 days to challenge the action.
City Manager Sam Vickers urged the adoption of a permanent Ocean Blvd parade route in Long Beach but warned against impracticalities. He backs the current permit system managed after traffic and police consultation, while veterans groups favor reviewing stands at the Veterans Memorial Building and broad Broadway events.
A 35 year old garage man, Jack A. Emery, turned in a Chinese marked machine gun he said he received Saturday from an unidentified sailor for 20 dollars worth of car work. Emery admitted firing it near Pt Fermin and was booked for illegal possession. police noted such weapons require federal approval after thorough disabling.
Early morning fire in North Long Beach destroyed a rear addition at 76 E 55th St and forced Mr and Mrs Leslie Humble from their home. A backdraft caused an explosion heard by nearby residents as two cars were damaged and an adjacent dwelling at 74 E 55th St suffered heat damage. Firefighters under Battalion Chief William R Mendenhall confined damage to both houses and the vehicles.
F E Hap Howard, circulation head of the San Francisco Call Bulletin, was unanimously elected president of the California Circulation Managers Association at the close of the 25th annual meeting in San Francisco. He succeeds George Johnson of the Long Beach Independent Press Telegram and was installed at a Wilton Hotel luncheon amid a gathering of about 200 circulators and their wives.
City Manager Sam E. Vickers asked the City Council to place a Dec 8 ballot item for authorizing $200000 from tides and oil funds to build a protective bulkhead along Bay Shore Ave in Alamitos Bay. A deteriorated wooden bulkhead south of E Second St threatens the bay frontage and erosion has occurred.
Long Beach District Attorney charges former soldier Utah R. Morris with the October 9 fatal shooting of his brother-in-law Roscoe Hayes in Hayes home at 1041 California Avenue. Investigators say Morris, a psychiatric patient at a Brentwood VA hospital, confronted Hayes after a quarrel over a car down payment. Morris was arrested after a struggle on the Pacific Electric tracks near Willow Street.
Ruth A. Hartley owner reports burglary at a beauty salon on 23 E. First St. A thief entered through an unlocked window Monday and took phonograph records valued at 75 dollars.
A burglar fled the home of Mrs. Mary Elaine Wood at 4501 Faculty Ave with jewelry worth 515 dollars as she returned Monday evening. He jumped a back fence dropping nearly 200 dollars of loot. a flashlight and recovered pieces were found near the wooden barrier as officers noted the escape.
Jury selection begins in Long Beach Superior Court for Dr. Louis A. Mangan of Wilmington on six narcotics charges. The 67 year old physician is accused of five counts of prescribing drugs for addicts and one count of giving a false address on a narcotics prescription. He was arrested June 22 after investigators served as a narcotics user. Authorities say at least 55 known drug addicts visited his office over four years. He allegedly prescribed dilaudid, morphine derivatives, plus dolophene and methanone. He faces bond and probation terms in a case linked to the harbor area medical community.
A brick mason Joseph Piskul 55 died after a September 18 cavern at a 37th Street and Falcon Avenue manhole in Pollce. He suffered skull fractures leg and jaw injuries while eight feet below the surface. Employed by Paul Vukich Construction Co. the body was taken to James Hamroch Mortuary Los Angeles survived by son John A Pickul.
A detailed study by LeLeuw, Cather & Co urged downtown development of off street parking to serve 2253 vehicles. City Council received the 55 page report and will study it before commenting. Awaiting input from Long Beach Retailers Association and other civic groups. Estimated project cost is 6.6 million dollars.
The weather bureau forecasts scattered drizzles or sprinkles on Wednesday morning in Long Beach with considerable cloudiness and some afternoon sun. Temperatures remain unchanged. A five day outlook suggests showers around the weekend but little overall rain is expected.
City Manager Sam E. Vickers backed a $1,600,000 Dec ballot proposal to build 10 small self-operating bathhouses plus a larger unit near Belmont Pier funded from tideland oil funds. Critics from Women’s Council urged delay for review, citing shoreline plans and potential conflicts.
William J. Jones reports a year old Guernsey heifer valued at about 100 dollars missing from his herd along the Los Angeles River channel. He says the animal bears a capital H branded on the right shoulder and seeks information to recover the missing cattle.
Vickers recommends immediate contract with Stanley Stolz and Dodson for offshore oil development. Fees total 460 per day for six engineers and technicians with expenses paid by the city. A seismic survey contract, estimated at 50 000 to 75 000, awaits council review after state approval.
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