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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1960
Page
23
A collection of reader submissions covers oddities from a stalled Kamai message to a wandering letter from Wilming ton that circled Korea. It also notes Halloween loot, voting irregularities, civic pride, and reflections on taxes, safety warnings, and early bedtimes for Long Beach residents.
Editor notes LBSC’s largest job is training teachers for local schools. The division system, seven other divisions share the task, and 1,126 graduates were placed in teaching roles. LBSC lists extensive internship contacts, with many graduates staying in Long Beach or nearby. The placement office reports high preparedness and strong faculty, plus notable athletics ties and ongoing teacher education.
A World wide folk art and music program hosts 42 countries at the West Adult Center on Pacific Coast Highway and Cedar Avenue at 6 p.m. The 7 p.m. musical portion features 16 dances by 42 members of the Americanization program. Rosemarie and Otmar Winter perform the Schuhplattler from Bavaria. 7-year-old Linda Miyagawa will dance Sakura. Other representations include Belgium Finland Germany Greece Holland Mexico Norway Peru Spain and the West Indies.
Four ships of Destroyer Squadron 13 known as the Black Panther Squadron return to Long Beach Naval Station on Wednesday after a six month tour in the western Pacific. They follow the flagship USS Turner Joy to Pier 15 at 10 am, with Capt. J. D. Parker as squadron commander and Cmdr R Wentworth commanding the Turner Joy. A fisherman from the squadron is missing since November. Jessie Tyler Davis, 47, of 134414 Lewis Ave, was found dead Monday at the foot of USS Hubbard Pier, wearing hip boots he told his wife he wore surf fishing.
Long Beach City Council delayed action on boosting boat slip charges at the 14 million dollar marina. The delay allows the marina advisory committee to study the proposal, with a Dec 13 hearing and a Dec 19 committee review. Council members debated potential effects on boat owners and private marinas and weighed keeping rates in line with neighboring facilities.
A 20-year-old Long Beach State College coed was robbed of 11 dollars by a man about 35 who threatened her with a pocket knife on Bellflower Boulevard north of Anaheim Road. He forced her into an open field, took the money, then fled on foot. The victim identified the suspect’s description to police.
Dr William Fidler national executive secretary of the AAUP will address Long Beach State College and Long Beach City College faculty at 7 30 p m in the Chart Room LBSC cafeteria. This marks the first appearance by a national AAUP officer before the local chapter.
More than 1,300 attendees are expected at the Long Beach Area Boy Scout Council Recognition Dinner at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Municipal Auditorium. Guest speaker Freg L. Casmir, Pepperdine faculty member, will compare the old Hitler youth to benefits of the Scout program. Silver Beaver awards will be presented. Coffee will be served by 25 Sea Explorers, with music by the Municipal Band.
A diabetes detection station will operate 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Jewish Community Center Willow Street and Grand Avenue in Long Beach. Free testing to identify new diabetes cases is offered by the Long Beach Society of the Diabetes Association of Southern California. Additional stations run noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Clark Avenue and Oak in Bellflower and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 4813 Paramount Blvd. in Downey. Screening also occurs today until 8 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Building at 241 West Broadway.
Will H. Winston Sr a longtime Long Beach attorney and civic leader died this morning at age 69. He served as city judge and city clerk of Ketchikan Alaska from 1919 to 1923 and was a senior partner in Winston Carrall Winston. He led the Long Beach branch of several service and legal organizations and received the Silver Beaver award for Boy Scouts work. He is survived by his wife Gertrude M son W H Winston Jr daughters Willa Gilmore Lorraine Fulton sister Miss Mate Winston and 10 grandchildren. Services are set for 3 p m Thursday at the Diclay Family Funeral Directors Chapel donations may go to the Legal Aid Foundation of Long Beach.
A German motorship docked in Long Beach Harbor over the weekend to begin a new service linking the Pacific Coast with Japan and the Philippines.
The Santa Rosas discharged 5450 tons of cargo at Pier A Berth 7 before sailing for Longview. Police report three men tied to copra and plywood thefts and loot worth over $1000 recovered. Suspects Allen Roe 21 Carl Aldana 22 and William Skidmore 22 booked for burglary.
Dellaccio, a Lakewood High School Spanish instructor on sabbatical, travels to eight West Coast high schools from February to June to study foreign language teaching methods. He will meet with teachers and evaluate programs, preparing a report for eight districts including Lakewood Millikan Wilshire Jordan. In a separate late-night incident, Maurice Rockford reports a robbery at his Santa Fe liquor store, with a suspect fleeing after pistol threats.
Robert Meisling district manager of the steamship division of East Asiatic Co says the next ship will arrive in January and the service should then run monthly Capt Walter Karmatz skipper of the six year old German vessel received an aerial port photo from John P. Davis president of the Board of Harbor Commissioners during the visit
Dedication ceremonies were held for the new North Long Beach Boys Club building at 711 Via Wanda. The 5,000 square foot facility, opened for public inspection, sits at the edge of the Carmelitos Housing Project on land leased from the County Housing Authority. Attending were City Councilman Emmett Sullivan, Maurice S. Hubbell, Helen Wysong, Ray Bodgen, J. C. Ashbourne, Scott Dobbins, Tom Tobin, and Laurie Rughee.
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