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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1968
Page
6
Jack Cox, a labor leader rising from Texas roots, rebuilt baker and Teamsters networks in Southern California. His career spans Navy service, bakery unions, and San Francisco labor leadership, culminating in organizing efforts aimed at public employees. He envisions laws granting public workers grievance rights and collective bargaining similar to private industry.
Tibor Weinberger of Santa Monica and Charles Henin of Los Angeles tied on 54 of 60 points but Weinberger was judged winner after tiebreaks. Ron Gross of Compton took third as 80 players produced 240 games over three days at the Municipal Recreation Center. The field included eight masters or higher and 15 experts.
The Danish built schooner Eien lies heeled at a 61 degree angle in 20 feet of water off Cabrillo Beach after sinking Friday evening. Lifeguards report claimants negotiating with a Terminal Island firm for salvage amid possible looting. The 110 foot three masted ship had sailed the seas for 50 years and was moored at Cabrillo Beach for eight months. Tom Hurley, a Los Angeles real estate owner, calls the sinking very strange. No one was aboard.
Navy facilities at Long Beach hosted 51,600 guests over Saturday and Sunday for Armed Forces Weekend. The Naval Station Shipyard and Supply Center welcomed 23,500 visitors Saturday and 28,100 Sunday, with a Navy spokesman noting lines were like Disney land at the harbor pier where Navy boat rides operated.
City plans a $461,000 program to resurface major portions of Long Island Airport runways. The project would reface the middle 150 feet of the 10,000-foot diagonal runway and the northeast-west runway with concrete up to 2.5 inches thick, tapering to one inch at edges, with the easterly 4,300 feet of the southeast-west runway resurfaced with 2.5 to one inch. City Manager Mansell said work will be sequenced to minimize air traffic disruption and the city’s share is about $239,000, with the federal government funding the rest. Plans were prepared by the city engineer in cooperation with Nick Dallas and approved by the FAA.
The 38 caliber Colt automatic linked to Bonnie Parker will be shown June 12 at the Long Beach Gun Show in Municipal Auditorium. Once taken from Parker's body by Frank Hamer, the gun passed through several owners, now owned by William Luther of Inglewood, alongside other Parker Barrow mementos and a range of rifles, handguns, and shotguns.
Four Long Beach Scout leaders will join the Boy Scouts of America meeting in Chicago on Thursday and Friday. They will march with Long Beach Area Council to shape the eight year BOYPOWER 76 plan through 1976 and report to the local Scout board June 11 to set goals for training leaders and the camping program. The delegation departs Wednesday and returns Saturday aiming to raise the local youth participation to 15 of 100 eligible youths.
Services will be Tuesday at 2 pm in Patterson Shively Mortuary for Frank Cornelius Buck 88 a former missionary to China and school teacher who died Friday An ordained minister Buck went to China in 1907 for the Disciples of Christ and served 12 years in an inland area He directed a boys school taught Bible class for young Chinese business men and was awarded a medal by the Chinese government for his work during a famine One of his Chinese pupils later became a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University Upon returning to the US Buck taught in the public schools of Redondo Beach and San Pedro Surviving is his wife Mina Van Cleave Buck of 524 Russell Ave The couple also attended high school and college together Mrs Buck taught in the Long Beach School District for 25 years.
Long Beach police said Sunday that prowlers forced a window at the home of Mrs. Rudy R. Hulett on 2782 Second Street and removed a $380 television set.
Fragmented text touts TRYCO ointment for quick relief of skin infections and itching. It promises money back and easy application, but wording is unclear and references a product line with questionable medical claims.
When dentures fail to match natural teeth a new plastic cream forms an elastic membrane binding upper and lower plates. The Fixodent daily home remedy promises firmer fits, longer wear, and better bite control resisting hot beverages. see your dentist regularly and try the Frsopext offering.
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