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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1957
Page
9
A confusing tale recounts a Phoenix to Blythe bus breakdown ending in passenger jam in Hell with crickets, followed by a rescuing bus. Other notes describe a Rinby Parke robbery mystery, a Yup owner’s parakeet returning after a dramatic shop theft, and community and crowd estimations fueling local theater and senior club efforts.
Long Beach inventor Lee Brown developed a portable oil well machine with a surface grapple that allows changing drill bits at the bottom of the hole without lifting the pipe. He has applied for a patent and aims to speed drilling, reduce cost, and adapt to rotary and turbine methods.
Police seek Barbara Zoe Wilson alleged to have left her daughter Janet four at Kingsuon Nursery in Monte in June. Janet is believed missing in Long Beach. nursery staff report the child is ill and needs her mother. Father is a sailor aboard USS Shelton in Japanese waters.
Municipal and state offices close Monday along with federal offices, banks, and most stores. The Post Office and its classified and contract stations will be closed. No mail delivery while holiday collections and dispatches occur. Downtown stores plan to reopen Tuesday night.
Mon day advertising salesman John Croll of the Lakewood office of the Independent Press Telegram helped save a junk dealer choking from ammonia fumes at Bills Auto Parts in Paramount Avenue Hollydale. He performed artificial respiration until an ambulance arrived though the dealer’s name remained unrecovered by responders.
Lakewood City Council moved to seek Lakewood’s help in delaying a proposed industrial subdivision that could endanger Long Beach Municipal Airport. Airport advisory chair Richard Leebrick warned the plan might cut the diagonal runway by up to 3,000 feet. subdivision owners seek 23 000 per acre for 16 to 25 acres, while city funds to acquire the land are lacking.
Long Beach city council rejects starting test case proceedings to enforce the Air Pollution Central Districts Oct 1 ban on backyard incinerator burning. Council overruled a motion by D Pat Ahern while Ahern was backed only by Charles Dooley. The body voted to file a notice and await a city attorney's report.
Thirty one Belgian ostage stamps valued at $200 were stolen from Wally's Stamp Store at 239 Alamitos Ave Monday. Gail K Headstrow, owner, filed a police report. Three teenage boys are suspected of the theft.
Jaconson told the council that other Los Angeles Basin city attorneys unofficially fear antismog measures could complicate a long test of the ban. He said the district rule applies to local residents as well as the city, and a court challenge might let the district prosecute homeowners for violations.
The bar boss admitted suggesting a Gyro Room waitress try games with patrons to earn money and advised Connie Gibson to get service mens money. He denied taking part in any theft, but faced questions about tempting overcharges and payoffs during a 1957-58 court proceeding and chamber election news overlaps.
Jiolston resumed testimony as Ram sey called four character witnesses including Long Beach Bartenders local executive secretary Udushy Callahen Clar mce Ryder amusement bartender Joseph Christansen and real estate agent Lawrend Medsker. They affirmed Holston's general reputation for honesty, each admitting on cross examination by Deputy District Attorney Vnomas W. Cochran that they had never discussed Holston.
San Francisco police sought Long Beach sailor nicknamed Smoky for questioning in a department store burglary. Richard Aliyn Dobbs, 19, admitted he and Smoky were the two burglars who overpowered a watchman and stole 11 guns and 250 bullets from Em porium last Wednesday. Dobbs said Smoky was absent without leave from his Long Beach base and had planned a later meeting to divide the loot, but failed to appear.
The California CIO Council announced its 8th annual convention will be held in Long Beach from November 17 to 20. Work toward a merger with the California State Federation of Labor remains stalled amid ongoing county level dissension. A Los Angeles merger meeting is planned for September 16, with renewed talks expected after AFL-CIO leader Meany’s representative returns.
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