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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1962
Page
6
City officials will ask the Recreation Commission to establish a new senior citizens center to prevent the decline of popular club activities once offered at the site.
The 875 foot SS Naess Champion tied up in Los Angeles Harbor with a record cargo of 644000 barrels of crude oil. It will unload at the port’s supertanker terminal and feed the Mobil pipeline to a new tank farm on Terminal Island. Unloading should finish today.
Dr. Paul Woudenberg pastor of California Heights Methodist Church is named to the county Citizens' Advisory Committee on Narcotics. Other appointees are Dr. Eugene Ireland of Santa Monica and Dr. George Andersen of Hermosa Beach. The panel will review narcotics laws and suggest possible federal state and local updates.
Two legislative interim committees will gather in Anaheim next week. The Fish and Game Assembly and Joint Interim Committee will hold a workshop at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Disneyland Hotel with an executive session to follow. The Joint Interim Committee on Municipal and County Government will convene at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Disneyland Hotel to discuss account procedures.
Death notices list Katharine Dearle M, St Phyliss Daeley Ella Husted Nils Olson Margaret Pyer Willis Aprisson Arthur Gray Darell Hearn Ralston Elizabeth Postles Sarah Allen across Pasadena Long Beach Lancaster and Cypress with survivors, service details, and mortuary arrangements provided by local funeral homes. Names include Katharine Ernest Keith Dorothy Keiser Albert Ruth Battie Hilmer Harold Lana Cardwell Barbara Simpson Elizabeth Gray and others with multiple survivors and planned services.
Olivia Waldron 39 of Houston, known as the Black Panther, heads Fair Fame Shows Inc. as the only woman carnival owner in the United States. At the Western Fairs Association meeting in Anaheim she discusses ownership, changes in carnivals, and her rise from a 15 year old runaway to a boss with diamonds and furs, stressing independence and faith.
The city approves a seven story rectangular concrete training tower for the fire department. Financed from regular drills, the project totals 1.535 million dollars and will be built on city owned property at 2251 Argonne Ave. Bids will be sought by City Manager John R. Mansell with construction set to begin next month.
A Kern County report details the rollout of Coleman Engineering’s vote counting machines. By 8:30 p.m. ballots were in Bakersfield, with 600 ballots per minute counted and results finalized by 4:05 a.m. The county praised the accuracy while noting costs and potential precinct consolidations.
Keith Smith of Long Beach is honored with the Bishop Gerald Kennedy Award for distinguished service to the Methodist Church at the 11th annual Bishop's Laymen Luncheon held at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The 36 year old San Pedro based business executive is noted for dedicating half his time to technical aid and education in underdeveloped regions and for eight years directing self-supported programs.
Proposals to county net awards aim to aid projects in Africa Asia and the Americas through low cost farm machinery and research. Lt. Smith who helped found Agricultural Aids Foundation funds and oversees programs supported by over 500 000 in resources. Debs to present awards at a luncheon. winners include Paul T Berry Clifford G Gutting Gladys L Manley Joan Dean Maurice E Fykes Jr Merrill W Holmes and Elbert W Ralston among others.
The Long Beach Pharmaceutical Association will host a one day seminar Sunday afternoon at the Petroleum Club. Speakers include H A Adkins wholesale drug executive Dr Paul Olson marketing research authority and George Scharringhausen a Park Ridge pharmacist. Maxwell James Lederle Laboratories trade relations manager will moderate. Program begins at 2 p.m.
A market owner, Wayne Cy Renson aged 57, was robbed of $230 and a box of groceries by two men on Wednesday night. One robber carried a sawed off shotgun as he approached the victim beside his market lot at 3766 Orange Ave. The incident was reported to police.
A funeral service for Ralph B. Scott aged 66 was held today at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. Scott, a former service manager for a Dodge automobile agency here, served 30 years and died Wednesday morning of a heart attack at Riverside Hospital.
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