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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1955
Page
19
A local tale centers on Mrs. Sven Olson and a gilt plant tree in her Park Avenue office. Colleagues funded the operation with gifts after a hospital visit, celebrating a playful, if costly, gesture amid school and city scene chatter.
City Manager Sam Vickers urged a drastic retrenchment in the next year to cover income losses and increased expenditures. He proposed scrapping a chamber advertising contract and a 830,607 industrial ad allotment, while pushing departmental spending screens and minimal capital outlays. Vickers also called for potential new revenue sources and a review of service charges to align with costs.
Police report two fatal crashes and multiple injuries from a Monday night collision. A 26 year old California College student, Hohn W. Marratte, struck a pedestrian at Cedar Ave and 6th, blamed for failing to yield. A separate incident left three injured near Gate of the Ink and 143 N. Gattoy, San Pedro, as Norma Ferray drove the car involved. Funeral services are pending for the deceased and investigators cite excessive speed and failure to observe traffic signals as factors.
A garbled OCR note describes changes to street lighting and a city council discussion. Mentions a place in California and references to traffic lights and a city manager, with unclear entities and mixed phrases.
The school board approved three holidays in November. Veterans Day and the day after were designated as closures, affecting classes and school operations on November 24 and 25.
Leaders of the United Neighbors Community Chest say Thursday's report meeting will push the drive beyond the halfway quota of 815000. Current unit rankings show the Long Beach Fire Fighters Assn top at 87 percent, followed by Commercial and Industrial with 50.2 percent, and Special Groups at 9S percent.
Six lone chiropractors face false advertising charges. One defendant to stand trial today as a guinea pig to test allegations against Dr Carrie Coleman and others. proceedings unfold in Municipal Court with defense claims about prior treatment history and alleged radionic devices.
City council moves to a special election on February 9 to approve a four million dollar appropriation from the Tideland fund for Alamitos Bay Marina. The unanimous committee recommendation cites rising construction costs since December and revised plans by city engineers.
California educational chief Roy E Simpson delivers a talk at Municipal Auditorium as part of the California School Supervisors Association general conference. Wayne University figure Dea rred speaker and others discuss improving instruction while long Beach naval ship Toledo ties up for welfare events.
Charles A. Gates, 25, of 24075 Neptune St Wilmington, surrendered to police after a car struck and killed pedestrian Clemon Warfield, 23, in Wilmington. Gates claimed he might have hit someone Saturday morning and said the headlight and radiator were damaged, with the car left after driving several blocks.
Long Beach files two state suits seeking tide and oil money potentially up to 130 million dollars. City attorney challenges include ex parte orders, objections, and anticipated motions to sustain objections and strike the intervention complaint. Objections cite that the Malonian event lay beyond original issues.
A taxpayer files in Superior Court seeking an injunction to halt further payments on the Bellflower garbage district contract with Andrew V. Techn. The Lakewood Bellflower Citizens Committee member leads the suit aiming to void the 1900 dead animal collection contract and recover costs. The suit claims illegal payments and bribery linked to officials, including alleged bribe to influence a supervisor’s vote and possible invalidation under state health and safety code.
The filing argues the state and Robert C Kirkwood lack standing and seek to inject foreign issues. It claims the independent complaint mirrors base allegations and seeks identical relief. It criticizes the Supreme Court ruling on the TDAL statute and alleges improper use of released fines benefiting the state.
The Guy F. Atkinson Co. of Long Beach received a 82,863,722 highway contract from California State Department of Public Works to grade and pave 2.6 miles of State Route 94 between Golloge Ave and Campo Red in San Diego County. The project includes six bridges and five pedestrian undercrossings.
Three more witnesses testified in the county grand jury probe into a rubbish contract scheme. Indicted are George Turner and two others connected to contractor Andrew Vo Hoai, with questions about bribes and influence on Turner’s garbage contracts.
Rites were held Friday at Rose Hill National Cemetery in San Diego for William L Fry, 19, son of Mrs Selina Fre of 334 E Arbor? Tin. Fry died in action at Chosin Reservoir Korea on November 28 1950.
A 40 year old woman and co owner Donald Woods stopped a liquor store robbery on Monday night at 12 St Joseph Ave. She struck the armed intruder with a sawed off shovel handle, sending the weapon flying. The bandit fled as police were alerted.
A $144940 contract was awarded by the Board of City Commissioners Monday to 4 tter CG Grashong for bulkhead construction on the north end of Pio A, 4395 California Ave.
A head on collision between a Greyhound bus and another truck on the Santa Ana Freeway west of Minner Street at 8 p.m. left four people injured, with one passenger severely hurt and air traffic disrupted for over an hour. The most seriously injured was 28 year old Richard of San Diego who suffered facial injuries and a broken nose. Other injured included Harley E. Schaffer of Pico Rivera and the driver William A. W. Carver of Puente.
Kraft of the Independent Press Telegram and 45 newsmen aboard a TWA Constellation completed a 19 hours 12 minutes nonstop Los Angeles to London flight the fastest ever for the route. The group aims for a 16 000 mile European tour interviewing dignitaries and officials. The plane departed L A at 8 40 a m Sunday with a New York gas stop finishing in London Monday.
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