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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1959
Page
5
The second in a series by a narcotic addict recounts prison views on quitting. He details brutal withdrawal, high costs of heroin, and the lure of relapse. Addicts discuss hopes to move away, needs for medical testing, and doubts about support and belief from friends.
Matson Navigation Co is increasing its Pacific Coast to Hawaii freight rates by 1244 percent with filing to the Federal Maritime Board later this week. The last general Hawaii service rate rise was 9 percent on January 20, 1958. Randolph Sevier, Matson president, announced from San Francisco.
The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union ratified a three year contract to share in productivity gains from automation. About 17,000 dock workers and ship clerks on the West Coast join in a wage increase and mechanization fund, with a $3.08 hourly rate for longshoremen and $2.93 for ship clerks in straight time. The Pacific Maritime Association and ILWU will jointly administer the mechanization fund.
Peter Brummmer of Santa Catalina Island faces an 18th bookmaking charge as a new FAA backed VOR radio navigation facility nears completion near Avalon. The facility, 10 miles northwest of Avalon, aims to provide static free signals for pilot guidance with Omni receivers translating signals into cockpit navigation data. The FAA operates about 500 VOR locations now and plans 1,200 total. Brummmer was fined 500 dollars by the Sujinta commission and given four months probation in county court.
Obituary notices list numerous individuals with partial names and ages, noting deaths Sunday across multiple addresses. Surviving relatives include wives, children, and siblings. services and funerals are scheduled at local churches and mortuaries, with Rosary dates and funeral directors named.
The body of George Leach, 55, a Long Beach resident and father of seven, was found Monday in the Sutter-Butte Irrigation Canal near Marysville. Police identified him from papers in a billfold. He apparently suffered a heart attack while swimming in the canal and had relocated last March to work as a bulldozer operator in the Marysville area. His seven children are all married.
San Pedro California resident William Henry Ford, 32, was struck and killed by a car on U.S. 69 west of Chandler Oklahoma while hitchhiking with his wife Loretta. The driver, blinded by oncoming headlights, did not see Ford. no charges were filed.
The Civil Service Board asks the City Council to allow physician latitude in fitness determinations for applicants to police and fire, arguing bone structure and muscle mass can skew weight standards. It also seeks including juvenile officers in the Police Department promotional system, with a Civil Service Committee meeting set for Thursday at 10:15 a.m.
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