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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1959
Page
5
Long Beach area smokers rush to beat the B-cent per-pack cigarette tax set to take effect. An estimated seven million dollars worth of cigarettes were brought in this month, up from normal two to three million, as distributors expect prices to rise.
Three men arrested after a $9,000 Downey Market robbery on June 5 were named in a Los Angeles Superior Court docket. They face five to three counts each, with bail set at $25,000 as they wait plea entries. The group, linked to more than 20 holdups totaling about $145,000, operated mainly in Long Beach and Lakewood over the past decade. Defendants include Haslett E. Smith Jr., 28, Robert McLemore, 40, and Verde Ave., with Neil Anthony Young, 32, also involved. Earl Ezra Gawthorpe, 40, Canoga Park, pleaded innocent to five counts and awaits trial on Aug. 3.
A collection of obituaries and funeral notices lists many residents by name with ages, addresses, and survivors. Services are scheduled across multiple mortuaries including Mottell and Peek, with dates and times such as Thursday 10 am and Wednesday 10 am, along with notes on remaining spouses, children, and siblings.
Clara C Gookins of Loveland Connecticut longtime Long Beach club church and civic worker died Monday in Loveland She was a statistician at Walter Reed Hospital in World War I led a Red Cross sewing unit in Long Beach chaired home economics at State Teachers College Silver City NM and belonged to First Congregational Church Beth El Chile Business and Professional Women's Club and University Women's Club
A city advisory committee urges creation or expansion of mental health services under the Short Doyle Act and ongoing study of city needs. It proposes an adult psychiatric outpatient clinic and continuous evaluation of services with possible city-level action if county provisions fall short. Surviving relatives and the committee’s formation date are noted.
The Supreme Court refused to review the trial of Charles Evan Turville Jr who is on death row for choking and beating San Pedro attorney Milo S. Smith to death during a robbery of the attorney's office on August 27, 1957. A 17 year old accomplice Lamar Mitchell received a life sentence.
Rasmussen Adventist education director will speak at the sixth annual camp meeting on Parents' Relationship to the School. He will address thousands at the 4100 E Imperial Way site. A polio clinic at the camp ground will offer Salk shots at $1 each.
An 89 year old former cowboy with failing sight shot himself in his small apartment on Monday night. Eugene Burner Gibbons was found in a chair at 621 W Jab St by his ex wife Mrs Marty garet Tweadie Gibbons. The body was taken to Dilday Mortuary.
Hospitals including Long Beach and Osteopathic plan near term increases of 2 to 3 dollars per day. Administrators cite labor costs and regional differences while a standard charges system aims to help patients compare bills within the area. Plaques and tables will list ethics codes and pricing in hospital lobbies and offices.
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