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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1960
Page
24
The city Recreation Department sponsors a pet event featuring pets and owners judged for many quirky categories such as longest, shaggiest, best impersonation, and top dressed. Entries include pets poems and drawings with registration at 8:30 and judging by noon. Trophies awarded at 12:30.
A Long Beach secretary, Anne Curtis, driving Eric Peterson’s vehicle, crashed through a sidewalk and plate glass into her office at 2415 Curry St. The incident follows a separate anecdote about a stranger lending a shirt to a father with a sick child. The piece also discusses upcoming primary election write-ins and the effect of abolishing cross filing on voter behavior.
Blanche Collins a 35 year Long Beach library veteran was appointed city librarian by City Manager Sam E. Vickery and confirmed by the City Council. She will succeed Edwin Castagna on June 11 and oversees 10 branches with a combined circulation larger than the main library.
The Independent and PT won a merit certificate for circulation promotion work in the 23rd annual Newspaper Promotion Awards by Editor & Publisher Magazine. Ralph Taylor accepted the award at the National Association convention in Phoenix, with Minneapolis Star and Tribune and Detroit News also receiving honors in the >100,000 circulation category. Twenty-three judges from advertising, publishing, PR and research fields evaluated the entries.
The State Division of Architecture awarded Coastate General Contractors of Long Beach a 183,938 dollar contract for alterations to the State Division of Highways office in Los Angeles.
Washington House subcommittee urged approval of 3.915 million dollars for subsidence remedial work at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Rep. Craig Hosmer led the request with support from Rep. Clyde Poyle and Long Beach delegation. Projects cover Pier 5 deck and utilities and seawall works.
Five men who advanced American sea power will receive awards from the Navy League at the opening session of its 58th annual convention in Anaheim. About 3,000 delegates attend the four day meeting at the Disneyland Hotel. Names of the winners will be announced by Frank Garde Jameson.
Unemployment declined slightly in April to 10 489 in the area. March had 20 746 jobless and a year ago 19 956. George Toll of the California Department of Employment credited hiring in the building trades for the pickup. New work applications in April totaled 2 288, down 756 from March. The area includes 16 figures from Long Beach Lakewood Signal Hill and Bellflower.
Long Beach motorists face higher risk as safety checks show 40 percent of 900 inspected vehicles fail. Newton J. McLaughlin of the Lower Beach Safety Council warns conditions are worse than the past four years. The voluntary program stresses that many unsafe cars belong to diligent owners, with stickers available after fixes. The police will not cite violators in the program conducted at 14th St end Pine Ave, daily hours 10 12, 2 4, 7 9, and 1 to 5 pm Saturday. Car owners may also seek free checks at local garages this month.
An inconsistent list of dispatch calls is reported from midnight, including gas leak, house fire, vehicle crash, and alarm events. Several lines contain garbled names and locations, making precise identification and chronology difficult.
The Pacific Maritime Association says night dock work resumes after a series of labor relations meetings with International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union Local 13. ILWU officials offered no comment when pressed for confirmation of the joint announcement.
Sadie E. Barnes, 80, was dragged down the front steps of an apartment at 1207 Gardenia Ave by a robber who grabbed her purse and fled. The victim, residing at 927 E. 3rd St, was shaken but refused medical treatment. the purse was recovered nearby.
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