Startling rise in crime reported by Hoover in 1960
FBI director Edgar Hoover in Washington described a startling rise in crime for the first half of 1960 in cities over 25 000. Long Beach Chief William J Mooney noted increases in five of seven crime categories, with a 5 percent year to year rise and jumps across major offense types. The trend began in the first quarter and grew through April May and June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Hoover
FBI
Washington
Long Beach
William J. Mooney
Bureau
Hoover
Crime rises nationwide as robberies lead increase
FBI figures show the largest rise in robberies at 13 percent with burglaries up 12 percent and larceny over $50 rising. Murders up 6 percent, forcible rape and auto theft up 3 percent, aggravated assault up 4 percent, with all regions affected and cities under 250 thousand most affected. Long Beach 1959–60 shows higher counts in murder, rape, robbery, and burglary, while dispatch calls have climbed from 250 to 450 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Long Beach
Mooney
Linkage Contract Approved On Wilmington Oil Field Unitization
The Harbor Commissioners advanced amendments merging six LBOD contracts into a master agreement to place city tidelands into unitized oil holdings in Fault Block IV of the Wilmington Field. State approvals are sought before final action by the harbor board and City Council, with the city planning a court test to merge tidelands with uplands in a single unit if Lands Commission approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beech Oil Development Co
Wilmington
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Harbor Board
State Lands, Commission
State Attorney General
Harbor’ Board
City Council
Charles L. Vickers
Lands Commission
Uplands Oil Holdings
State Supreme Court
M. D. Hughes
Harbors
Death notices list several local obituaries
Death notices report Mrs. Gishwill er 79 of 1242 Orange Ave dies Saturday with sister Olga Jonson and brothers Erich Frank and Harry Bahr among survivors. Services in Wilcox Nebraska. Miss Lilian G Young 73 of 2538 Elm Ave dies Sunday with a brother James surviving. Martha Rice 77 of 7448 E 14th St dies Sunday with daughter Beatrice Hertz sister Agnes Beese and grandson Dan Hertz. Services held Wednesday. Mrs Mary C Hill 77 of 4522 W 19th St dies Sunday with husband Elmer and daughters Ethel Pursell Ann Allen and Betty Reynolds son Charles seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Rosary Monday. Kenneth Allen Lawrence Jr seven months of 2428 Mira Mar Ave dies Saturday with parents grandparents and great grandparents. Service and burial in Macon Ga Patterson Snively Mortuary directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gishwiller
Hertha
Orange Ave
Olga Jonson
Erich
Frank
Harry Bahr
Wilcox
Neb
B. W
Lilian G
Elm Ave
James
Mottell's& Peek Mortuary
RICE
Martha
Beatrice E. Hertz
Agnes Beese
Dan M. Hertz
Mottell’s & Peek Mortuary
Lawrence
Kenneth Allen Jr
Mira Mar Ave
Macon
Patterson & Snively Mortuary
Probe Ordered on Transit Use in Los Angeles Area
The Metropolitan Transit Authority authorized a survey to assess financing feasibility for a proposed 500 million dollar mass rapid transit system. Coverdale and Colpitts of New York will study projected ridership, fare revenue, operating costs, and debt amortization over 90 days starting Sept. 6, with questions guiding whether revenue bonds can cover costs.
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Los Angeles
CNL
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Icoverdale
Colpitis
New York
Authority
Coverdale and
Colpitts
Los Angeles Engineering
Daniel, Mann, Johnson, and Mendenhall
MTA
William W. Waketee
Lucy’s Church
Mottell’s
Peck Mortuary
Breese 64 Dies at San Francisco Movie Theater
B J Breese 64 died of a heart attack while viewing a motion picture in a San Francisco theater. His wife Mary Jane was with him. a doctor assisted unsuccessfully. Survived by son Billy from San Diego, mother Essiel Breese, sister Lenora Culpepper, and brothers Paul and Charles. Body to Lakewood Mortuary with services arranged. Breese was a long-time Long Beach resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard 1, Breese
San Carlos
Long Beach
San Francisco
Mary Jane
Breese
Billy
San Diego
Essiel Breese
Chestnut Ave
Lenora Culpepper
Magnolia Ave
Paul
Ontario
Calif
Charles
Broadway
Lakewood Mortuary
Lakewood ’Ortuary
Woman Fends Off Attacker In Night Street Assault
A 4%-year-old woman was knocked to the ground and her clothes torn as two men attempted an attack on Monday about 11 p.m. in the 400 block of West Fifth Street. She screamed, the assailants fled in a Dora 63 car. The woman later died Friday. Surviving relatives include daughter Mrs. Donita May Iyer, mother Mrs. Cora Brad ney, one brother and four sisters. Funeral service held today at B. W. Coon Funeral Home.
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5Th St
Edythel
Dora
Rose Ave
la Car Y
Donita May Iyer
Cora Bradney
B. W. Coon Funeral Home
City Council committee advances several zoning and welfare items
A city committee led by Councilman Rob Crow cleared a backlog of items from 1959, but left several topics for longer discussion. It recommended adopting amendments to protect welfare agencies, enable fraternity houses in certain districts, grant overtime for 12 to 1 3 pm work on Good Friday, reclassify Pacific Coast Club, and adjust zoning for small lots. It also recommended rejecting a plan to require fence enclosures for apartment pools, and asked for an ordinance banning betting markers while taking under advisement regulations on Easter chick giveaways and licensing cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Crow
Alamitos Bay
Sorrento Dr
Pacific Coast
PCC
Bert B. Bond
Lewis D.reese
Andrew H. Baird
Sw. A. Graham
Ex-Organist Mrs Healy Dies at 72 in Paramount
Ida Healy aged 72 of 18551 Orizaba Street Paramount died Sunday. Original organist at Our Lady of the Rosary Church from 1926 until recently. Son Lynn Mokler Elementary School in Paramount bears her name. WWII hero Lloyd Mokler among survivors. Also survives daughter Kathleen Linden and brothers George Frank Lawrence Zamboni. Service Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Paramount Mortuary in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Healy
Orizaba St
Paramount
Our Lady of ‘the Rosary Catholic Church
Lynn Mokler
Paramounts
Lioyd Mokler
Kathleen Linden
George
Frank
Lawrence
Zim‘boni
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church
Mortuary
Stereotyper Wayne Jackson died at Garden Grove
Wayne W. Jackson 10, a stereotyper for The Independent Press Telegram for the past decade and a California resident for 39 years, died at home from a heart attack. Survived by wife Eve. sons Ronald William W dr and Donald Lee. sister Mrs. Helen Price. mother Mrs. Walter Butler. six grandchildren. Private service set for Wednesday at Garden Chapel Mortuary.
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W. W
Wayne) Jackson
N.laird St
Garden Grove
Independent
Press-Felegram
California
Jackson
Eve
Ronald
William W
Donald Lee
Helen Price
Walter Butler
Garden Chapel Mortuary
Bloomfield District student enrollment climbs to 2719
Hawaii Gardens reports anticipated first day enrollment in Bloomfield District schools reaching 2719 students, up 322 from June. Melbourne School is set for 845, Hawaiian School 632, Killingsworth School 534, Bloomfield 70, with fall classes resuming September 12.
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Hawaiian Gardens
Bloomfield
Melbourne
Killingsworth
TV Repairman Sentenced for Attacking Two Women
In Torrance a television repairman was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. James Charles Wardrop Jr., 26, of Caspiak Avenue, admitted attacking a staffer Cinda Buick and her daughter Rita Austin in their home, claiming intoxication and memory loss. The incident left Buick with injuries requiring 70 stitches. Wardrop faced concurrent 15 year terms handed by Judge Maurice Sporting. The related traffic death of Caye Wilbert Hunnewell, 21, from a collision on Avalon Boulevard near Harbor General Hospital, is noted separately.
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Torrance
CNS
Caye Wilbert Hunnewell
Harbor General Hospital
Hunnewell
Spaulding Court
Long Beach
Avalon Blvd
Viola’ Pitman
E. Carson
St. Torraice
Caspiak Ave
Buick
Maurice C. Sporting
Wardrop
Chimp Murphy Put in 15 Day Quarantine
A chimpanzee named Murphy found in San Pedro is placed in a 15 day quarantine by the San Pedro division of the Los Angeles city health department. The quarantine aims to spare 12 year old Daniel Jacobson of Long Beach from antirabies shots unless the animal dies.
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Long Beach
San Pedro
Murphy
Daniel J. Jacobson
Pacific Ave
Los Angeles
Pennsylvania Picnic at Bixby Park Planned Sunday
The Pennsylvania State picnic runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Bixby Park with program events starting at 1 p.m. The gathering features community activities and socializing in the park.
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Pennsylvania
Bixby Park
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Anaheim
Santa Ana
Harry Fulton
B.J. Breese
Witnou
Egree Wage
Clarence T. Fritz
Aldrich
L. B. Man
Amooth
Mart
TFN
A. M
A.mo
Sankamericard
6Th
Long Beach Blvd
Sears
Compton, Downey, Santa Ans
Araheim
Westminster
Memorial Park
Cash
Far
Rose Garden
Raymond L. McKee
Atlantic Ave
Paul T. Holland
Joseph M. Mooney
Aayirer
Aare
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