Long Beach Notes Include Court Banter and Local News
In Long Beach a local court scene brings a joke on a judge in civics class, while readers are urged to show sympathy for Indian villages Gabyang and Chhindu facing subsidence. Reports mention Trinity Lutheran Church missing a 300 pound buoy bell after a theft, and local updates note Bob Rife’s return, Dick Hanna’s committee mix up, and Chi Omega’s Chi-O Cares lending center for sick room equipment.
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Long Beach
India
Almora
Nepal
Gabyang
Chhindu
Logan Goodknight
Indian Express
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Riftwood
Bob Rife
Cong
Craig Hosmer
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Dick‘ Hanna
Chamber of Commerce
Hanna
Sacramento
Chi Omega Sorority
Chi-O Cares
Around Baja Calif Outboard Voyage Heads South
Two small-boat enthusiasts Mil ton Farney and Larry Foglina plan a 2500 mile sea voyage around Baja California in a 17 foot Glaspar Seafair with two 35 horsepower outboards. Pilot Bob Gebhart will drop fuel drops to the boatmen from an single engine aircraft along the coast. Gebhart is a veteran airland search pilot and the trio uses Bendix navigation gear for the trip from San Pedro.
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San Pedro
Baja California Peninsula
Milton Farney
Spurgeon
California
Baja California
Gulf of California
Gebhart
Farney
Foglino
Hawaii
Hill Council Rejects Annexation Feeler From Long Beach
Signal Hill City Council on Monday night rejected a Long Beach proposal to unite the two cities. Mayor Ben A. Moyle and Councilman Frank Vaughan said Signal Hill intends to remain independent, while a Long Beach manager urged closer integration citing shared services such as gas, libraries, and fire protection. The council voted to receive and file the letter from Long Beach City Manager Sam Vickers.
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Long Beach
Signal Hill
Ben. A. Moyle
Signal’ Hill
Jas City
Frank
Vaughan
Sam Vickers
Vickers
Golfing mishap lands $53 fine and probation in park incident
Richard F. Downs, 19, of Los Angeles, paid $53 after getting stuck in a Recreation Park sand trap. Municipal Judge Lyman B. Sutter placed him on two years probation for driving on private property and ordered payment for $200 in course damage cited by City Prosecutor James T. Starr.
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Richard F. Downs
Los Angeles
Downs
Lyman B. Sutter
James T. Starr
Four Destroyers Return Home From Far East Tour
Four Long Beach based destroyers the USS Maddox USS Brush USS Samuel N Moore and USS Herbert J Thomas will return home Wednesday from a six month Far East deployment. The Destroyer Division 232 ships are to moor at Pier 9 Long Beach Naval Station at 900 AM under Capt Johnston who commands the division with the U S Seventh Fleet during the Far East duty.
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Long Beach
Maddox
Brush
Herbert J. Thomas
Far East
Destroyer Division
Long Beach Naval Station
Capt. Johnston
Johns Manville group donates to United Hospital Fund
A check for 10000 dollars plus the Johns Manville plant team gifts push the United Hospital Fund toward its 4000000 goal. Allen Harris and IA RB Girari present the donation for a 150 bed addition at Memorial Hospital, with plant employees previously contributing directly.
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United Hospital Fund
Swith
Clare
D. Hamman
Allen Harris
la. RB. Girari
Johns-Manville
Bert Gilbertson
United Hospital’ Fund
Memorial Hospital
Donity Hospital
A. F
Offshore Airport Proposal Shelved by City Council
Long Beach city council rejected the offshore airport project after advisory committee findings. Estimated cost ranged from 39.5 to 58.25 million dollars for a breakwater runway complex. Navy impact and insufficient local demand argued against the plan.
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Long Beach
Navy Breakwater
Public Improvement Committee
Charles R. Dooley
Appleton
Navy
Harbor Department
Douglas
Jess B. Gilkerson
Alamites Bay
Walter Hill Junior High school contracts set for new building
Board awards contracts for Walter Hill Junior High construction. Campbell Inc. wins general contract at 1,092,100. Clarke Plumbing & Heating 196,200. A Filan & G Electric 139,700. Addition to a six-building complex on Locust Ave expected to finish by September 1960, housing about 600 to 700 students.
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Board of Education
Los Carrilos
Walter B. Hill
Jior
J. A
Campbell, Inc
Clarke Plumbing & Heating
A. Filan
L& G
Electric, + Inc
Onal
Francis J. Heusel
AIA
Owen J. Cook
Health Insurance Proposal For Long Beach District Employees
The Teachers Association of Long Beach proposes a district funded health and hospitalization plan covering 4419 district employees with monthly costs of 5.97 per employee and 7 for a single dependent, 10.87 for two or more, plus a district financed life insurance feature of 2000 dollars per employee. A joint study and committee were suggested by Board members.
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Teachers Association of
Long Hengh
Long Beach Unified School District
Tale Group
Emphasis on figures tied to FALB proposal terms
The figures quoted were not necessarily those that would apply under the FALB proposal. The amount would depend upon the firm which underwrites the plan.
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FALB
Driver in Court Plea in Freeway Crash Deaths
Adolph B. Kinkelaar 41 pleaded innocent to four counts of misdemeanor manslaughter after a Santa Ana Freeway crash last week killed four men. Prosecution filed in Anaheim-Fullerton Municipal Court. three felony counts were dismissed. He sought a jury trial with hearing set for May 11. He is accused of abrupt lane change causing a gasoline tanker crash into an oncoming car.
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Santa Ana
Anaheim-Fullerton
Adolph B. Kinxelear
Sproul
Norwalk
Kinkelaar
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Robert Eugene Jones
Baja Calif
Moyle
Ian
Thompson
Hal Levy
Long Beach Water Department
Major Gifts Committee
Uni
Offshore
Dooley
H. G. Appleton
Los Alamitos
the. Johns-Man
Round Corporation
Wasi
NeWslow
Stork
United
Fmallairport
Gnal
Walter B. Hill Junior High
Liess-Gele Fram
Southland
Warren E. Powers
TALE
Cm Independent
Prees-Telegram
Raed
Dia
Belitower
Toney
Lakewood
Metcalf
Gorden Grove
Efferson
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