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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1962
Page
20
The new Miss International reportedly has no tour planned and rejects beauty contests, proposing meaningful service to promote Free World unity. The piece contrasts her stance with Australia’s candidate and notes skeptics about contest rigging.
A large crowd is expected for the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra second concert at Bisley Park today. Marie Gibson, noted opera star, and Rafael Mendez, famed trumpet virtuoso, are billed as the featured soloists. Ridder, chair of the Starlight Serenade, confirms the program.
Gov. Pat Brown visited the AFL-CO convention on Monday and paused to accept a campaign button from worker Agnes Walker, pausing briefly before returning it. The moment highlighted Brown's campaign presence at the gathering.
Dr. Robert E. Litman, head of the Los Angeles Death by Own Action Prevention Center, says the telephone is a major factor in preventing suicides. He notes 2,500 calls annually, a $309 monthly bill, and that about half of inquiries are resolved by phone. A single crisis can require an hour on the line and multiple follow ups with agencies.
A Superior Court judge denied a third penalty hearing for Boyle Alva Terry, condemning him to die in the gas chamber for killing Long Beach Police Officer Vernon Owings during a 1968 gun battle on Terminal Island. The defendant argued loudly as the judge ruled.
A denial of a rehearing request followed the Aug 3 jury verdict in the Vesey case. The defense argued bias and prejudice by the jury and claimed insufficient time to prepare. Judge Vasey rejected all points, noting no new facts or law justify a new trial or change the death penalty.
Terry was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to die in 1960. The State Supreme Court upheld the conviction but ordered a penalty rehearing due to improper conduct by a prosecutor. He alleges jail officials molested him, threatened him with death, destroyed vital papers, and deprived him of means to present his case before the rehearing began.
City Council sends Riesmo and C Kealer to mediate a quarrel between downtown merchants over reinstating curbside parking on Pine Avenue. A petition with 49 signatures supports the proposal. The group DLBA and Nemser push to restore parking while officials study impacts on retail sales.
U S Commissioner of Customs Philip Nichols Jr still favors a multi million dollar customhouse at 223rd Street and Hesperian Avenue in Los Angeles while keeping an open mind about other sites. He toured Harbor locations with local officials on a brief stop en route to Hawaii. He noted opposition from LA Mayor Sam Yorty who wants downtown Los Angeles.
In a landmark anti trust settlement in Long Beach, defendants including California Ally, Gen. Stanley Mosk, and various boards agreed to abolish six percent fee schedules within three months. The suit, filed Oct 25, 1960, accused CREA and related boards of fixing commissions and barred noncompliers from MLS and board services. The consent decree enjoins all parties from setting rates and promotes independent seller broker negotiations. James A. Edmonds Jr. of the Long Beach Board welcomed the judgment.
California labor delegates at the fourth biennial California Labor Federation AFL-CIO convention in Municipal Auditorium urged a widened economic program. They backed increased spending, reform of middle and lower income taxes, expanded civil rights, better workmen's compensation for retraining displaced workers, and approved hundreds of resolutions as Geo. Stanley Mas credited gains in his term.
An 18-year-old burglary suspect was shot three times and peppered with shotgun pellets as he fled police from a Malian importing firm at 1401 Latta Ave. He is hospitalized at General Hospital with unspecified serious injuries. Companion Paul Ruiz, 24, was unharmed and jailed. Police said the pair allegedly stole $102.
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