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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1956
Page
13
Pasadena police report a runaway four wheel trailer broke loose from William N. Gibson of Norwalk. It rammed lawns at 1485 and 1465 Linda Vista, damaged sprinkler heads, crossed Yocum Street, and crashed into the home of Arthur Sparks at 1451 Linda Vista, gouging an eight inch hole in the side.
Smog Chief Smith Griswold proposed changes to reduce first stage alerts by delaying alerts until three hours after ozone hits .5 ppm, with a two hour wait to the third stage after 1.5 ppm. A 15 member advisory committee led by Dr Walter McPherson studied the plan, and scientists will test the system in seven hour chamber exposure.
A night softball game at Eliot Junior High in Altadena left 41 year old Mary Locher with a fractured nose after a foul ball struck her face. She was hospitalized at St Luke Hospital for treatment.
Rep. Carl Hinshaw asks the Air Force to stop sonic blasts in the Pasadena San Gabriel Valley after a Pasadena Board of City Directors protest to Secretary Donald A. Quarles. He seeks a formal report and action to prevent further violations of regulations. sonic blasts have damaged homes and broken windows in Temple City.
Funeral services are set for Lewis R. Grant 39 husband of June Grant Pasadena Independent. He died of a heart attack yesterday in Long Beach while attending a convention of the Association of Classified Advertising Managers. Grant owned a service station at Rosemead Boulevard and Colorado. Family home: 3865 Arboleda. Turner and Stevens Co. handling arrangements.
Pasadena downtown barbershops increased adult haircuts from 1.50 to 1.75 this morning marking the final price lift after a 25 cent rise already adopted by other San Gabriel and San Fernando Valley shops. Children's prices remained unchanged, says John Adler proprietor of the Antiseptic Barbershop.
The Weather Bureau forecast persists with warm weather and night fog through tomorrow. Yesterday’s peak hit 84 in Pasadena, with 67 at 8 am, nine degrees higher than the same hour yesterday. In San Gabriel Valley inhalation irritation rose from an inversion layer at 1400 feet. Back yard burning will be prohibited tomorrow morning by the Air Pollution Control District.
Romelle Roosevelt of Pasadena petitions Superior Court for a final divorce decree from Rep James Roosevelt amid claims of infidelities with twelve women across twelve years of marriage. A Los Angeles petition for similar action by James Roosevelt’s son’s attorney was expected.
Arthur F. Francis, 50, president of a Pasadena auto salvage firm, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Los Angeles on grand theft and forgery charges. He allegedly negotiated over $100,000 in loans on damaged cars presented as good condition.
Pasadena city directors notified the State Public Utilities Commission they will take no stand on a proposed 2 percent service cut by Pasadena City Lines. Six of eight lines were to be reduced, with Route 8 first departure elimination. the plan shifts headway timing to run busses less frequently across Routes 1 through 5 and 8.
Pasadena figures earned scholarships and degrees from major universities while civic groups announced events. Seares will study irrigation science at UC Davis after winning a 500 scholarship. Trew earned a Brown geology master's. Rose earned chemistry honors at Princeton. An open Pasadena exam announced with pay 2344 to 419. July 20 deadline. Gardiner named VA chapter officer and Rotary leader. Violet growing talk planned by Joe Littlefield with a garden feature on page A7.
City directors approved final plans to widen Blanche Street from Hill to Allen as part of the March 8 bond issue. They also signed revised service drives north of Del Mar and east and west of Lake Ave and budget for next year. A further vote on sidewalk additions and other widening projects is planned.
Donald De Hut formerly missing aluminum worker faces a trial in El Monte Municipal Court on a catch-all charge of disturbing the peace after a 23 day search. He appeared with wife Hazel and posted 500 bail. De Hut disappeared Memorial Day and was later found to have hitchhiked to Salt Lake City. Rescue teams from multiple towns joined the search before learning his whereabouts.
More than 1 400 Local 770 Retail Clerks members authorized a strike to enforce contract demands. Negotiations led by state conciliator Adolph Koven with Thrifty Owl Rexall Whelan and Saw On chains ended with near universal rejection of offers. Union leader De Silva warned the deadline looms as talks continue.
Victor Leidner an eight year old Altadena boy remained unconscious at Huntington Memorial Hospital after a fall from a sycamore tree. He suffered a deep brain concussion and, due to his condition, x rays could not be repeated. He lives with his parents Dr and Mrs Walter E Leidner at 1400 La Solana. He climbed the tree Sunday morning at a friend’s home 1395 East Mendocino and fell 18 feet to a cement driveway.
M Vilas Hubbard president of the Citizens Commercial Trust and Savings Bank of Pasadena was named a member of the commission on legislation and taxation of the California Bankers Assn Roy A Britt announced Edwin H Corbin of Pasadena is chairman of the commission
James T. Jones admitted to giving a bad check as part payment of a $210 drunk driving fine last June 7. Judge Sprankie reimposed a 180 day jail term and added 180 days on a misdemeanor check charge. Det Dale Whitecar said Jones is suspected of passing other bad checks in Pasadena and county territory, including one to a bail bondsman.
A lighthearted column notes fashions for the coming season with gloss and jokes about frosting for Girls. References San Francisco signs welcoming GOP and anticipated convention crowds. Mentions grasshoppers canned for sale and a hypnotist actor in The Seven Year Itch. Includes social notices and local reflections on events and TV humor.
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