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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1952
Page
2
After four years in recon at Long Beach the lim e steamer Frontenac is up for sale. A Canadian corvette turned banana trade ship, the 210 foot vessel had 30 000 cubic feet of space fitted with refrigeration this past year. A partner’s death changed ownership and talks with Japanese operators are reported.
Hill city council approved part time work for officers on their days off, reversing a prior ban. The council instructed the city attorney to amend a proposed ordinance banning such work. No action was taken on protests about new duty schedules limiting on duty officers to three at a time.
A motion to dismiss at tempted robbery charges is filed against Ronald P D Watt, 21, of Whittier, by his defense. The case concerns an alleged robbery attempt and requests erasure of the charge.
Precision tools valued at 301 dollars were taken from a machine shop at 1332 Gladys Ave. Police filed the report Monday. The case involves defendants Watt and Sanson charged with attempted robbery. Watt allegedly drove the getaway car at a liquor store robbery on Artesia Street. Two other defendants Medina and Brookshire were appointed to defend Watt. The date set for sentencing and proceedings occurred after arraignment by Judge Fred Miller.
Los Angeles reports talks aimed at ending an eight day Lockheed Aircraft Co strike began with Federal Conciliator Harry Mallicom meeting Lockheed and the AFL International Association of Machinists. The union seeks 14 cents extra, escalator and union shop while prestrike wages ranged from 4.28 to 2.52 dollars per hour.
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Richard M. Nixon arrives in Ontario from El Paso Nevada for California campaigning. He will launch a west coast train tour with a Pomona rally and then speak in Riverside Bakefield Tulare and other Northern California cities. Pomona proclaims Nixon Day and Whittier residents charter a train for a major campaign speech.
Harold J. Atkinson, 28, a Navy enlisted man, pleaded innocent to 16 counts of malicious mischief over tire puncturing on 39 cars parked on S Mitchell and Mariposa Aves. A municipal judge set October 14 for trial and Atkinson posted $500 bail.
Washington coverage notes the suspension of mortgage price caps under Regulation X effective immediately. Veterans and nonveterans gain expanded loan access, with down payment changes and higher ceilings for FHA and VA loans, impacting new home construction and private lending nationwide.
Governor Stevenson plans a push into Connecticut Massachusetts New York Virginia and Maryland to portray Taft as the real target of the campaign and to lure Republican progressives away from Eisenhower. He argues Taft has taken over Eisenhower's campaign and vows a hard eastward schedule with stops in Springfield Mass and Richmond Va and an AFL convention appearance in New York.
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