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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1957
Page
13
A Long Beach columnist recounts charity drives for California and Southwest Indians, praising local citizens such as Ferry Clift and Jack Phillips for aiding Pala, Navajo, and Hopi communities. The piece notes a municipal sign change, a Ne-only display at night, toy drives, and a correction on penny postcard prices amid inflation.
Report by James Phelan details subsidence affecting multiple structures near the Edison Plant and Terminal Island area. Five incidents in the past year show a creeping, unseen force moving foundations and cracking windows. City Hall and local feed stores are referenced amid ongoing investigations.
The Board of Education ordered Asian flu vaccine for 2,700 teachers and 1,500 non teaching staff, covering district employees with an estimated cost of 2000 to 3000 dollars. Huntington Beach reported high illness absence while several Orange County high schools faced disruptions. The county Asian Influenza Committee endorsed intradermal injections to stretch vaccine supply.
Long Beach faces a slow sinking disaster as subsidence has lowered 20 square miles up to 24 feet, tilting a shipyard, cracking structures, and endangering 6300 local jobs. Experts warn the unseen force continues, while residents doubt the reality of the sinking.
City Attorney Walnfred Jacobson outlines legal limits on disposing of state granted tidelands with oil rights to fund Long Beach Naval Shipyard subsidence work. He notes 1913 1929 statutes require state land commission disclosure and possible court action if the state objects. The memo discusses trustee duties and a potential U S conveyance with voter approval, and taxes or revenues under the 996 statute.
Long Beach ranked eighth among 18 cities in its population class for deaths per 10 000 registered vehicles with 32 fatalities and 4 1 deaths per 10 000. On a population basis the city was at the bottom with 21 9 deaths per 100 000, Akron near worst with 20 6 a seven month tally. Officials expect radar enforcement to improve the standing.
Mues Lines managing editor of the Independent Press Telegraph will speak in City College Business and Technology Division Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Little Theater. Lines will discuss how newspapers shape public opinion during the first half. A Q and A follows. Last week’s speaker was Warner Anderson, TV star of She Lineup. The class runs Thursdays through October with free admission.
City officials expect a one week lag in rubbish collection as trucks ordered two months ago are assembled in Los Angeles and delivered, with seven old Islandby list vehicles kept in service. Cost totals 175680 dollars under Joe Gill Motor Co. contract. Police will not assist in enforcing the county ban on backyard incinerators.
Mrs. Virova Iyrna.co Beaver of 5947 N Fidler St Lakewood died Monday in an auto-truck collision at Cordelia north of Vallejo. Her husband H O Beaver 60 was critically injured. Patrolmen said the Beaver car southbound to Vallejo turned left off U S 40 into the path of a truck trailer driven by Lawrence E Anderson 52 of Woodland. He was not injured.
The National Recreation Congress convened sessions across Municipal Auditorium and the Lafayette and Wilton hotels. Leaders from state agencies, universities, and cities discussed teen issues, playgrounds, liability, and pensioned programs while a plastics project and new game equipment drew attention in afternoon sessions. The event draws about 3,000 recreation professionals and will conclude with a tour Saturday.
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