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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1961
Page
7
Contestants await outcome of Rossmoor incorporation election in a hot race for City Council. Seventeen candidates appear, polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. with nine polling places. Only woman candidate, Mrs. Chrystine Gretna, heads the Incentive Awards Program at Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
Rossmoor residents heard contrasting views on cityhood with incorporation backers urging more services and controlled growth while opponents warned of higher taxes and loss of county zoning protections. Candidates debated taxes, school zoning, and future development as community leaders sought to influence the narrow path to incorporation.
Rival hotel and motel interests unite under Dennis Gagnon as president to form the International City Hotel Motel Association of Long Beach. The group aims to promote tourism and coordinate efforts across communities, with about 40 members from rival organizations planning incorporation as the association grows.
Long Beach could become a regional aviation hub as the CAB nears approval for airline routes. Local officials expect direct service from Trans-Texas and Bonanza, with National, Continental, and United already tied to new Long Beach routes.
The clipping lists several death notices including WOLE-Edmund 3 percent at 455 E Ocean Blvd Apt 609 died Tuesday with survivors George W Witham and others, GALES Eva Lillign 56 at 567 E Vernon St died Thursday with husband Thomas and daughter, Harold Cooper and Raymond Wilmer listed among relatives, and more notices for Curtis Burtram Scott Anchorage Alaska former Long Beach resident, Aanna Mane Bertrand and Claya Heinzerling with service details, all accompanied by funeral homes and times. The fragmentary text notes varying services at Forest Lawn Mortuary and Christensen-Pine Mortuary with dates and survivor details, reflecting a string of obituaries in a single page.
Dr Clarence Allen, renowned structural geologist, told about 200 students teachers and parents at Marshall Junior High School that earthquakes begin about 10 miles beneath the surface as rocks crack under pressure. He described fault scarps formed by fault movement and noted major earthquake regions in Alaska Canada California Nevada Baja California and Baja California Sur.
Charles D J Bickley 20 and John La Rue Young 23 facing trial May 4 in Superior Court on robbery and murder charges stemming from the slaying of Elvin Teighnter during a Gold Room holdup. Co defendants Robert Minnix and Antoinette Trimble of Comp ton also pleaded innocent. police say Bickley admitted firing the fatal shotgun. All four were captured in Flagstaff Arizona after the crime earlier this year.
Autopsy by Deputy Coroner Henry Elienkranz determines EM-3 James Francis Doherty died from a fractured skull. His body was found Wednesday drifting past a destroyer at Pier 6, Terminal Island. He was last aboard his ship a small water tender and had been absent without leave since March 6 after trying to return from liberty.
Two Native Americans who tended to the Wise Building in Long Beach were killed when an eight foot high parapet weighed five tons collapsed onto the street below. The demolition was ordered for pedestrian safety after the 1933 earthquake left parts of the parapet unstable. The $5,000 repair forms part of a city program to rehabilitate parapets in the business district.
Fragmented OCR text outlines naval units in port with names and units such as ensigncies and personnel. The readable elements reference a ceremony or inspection and marine stations, but specific events, dates, or outcomes are not clear from the fragment.
A L Jackson headed the Torrance Police Officers Association after being elected president. Other 1961 leaders include Tom Wooljaridge as vice president Vincent Davey as treasurer Jan Bethea as secretary and several directors Geng Er Bette Glyn Hoyce Charles Oates Jim Doyle and Bill Winther.
Santa Ana district listing shows Daniel Balin head of the State Mental Hygiene Department slated to speak on Mental Health services in California. The event is at the Orange County Health Department on Tuesday at 3 pm.
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