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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1958
Page
17
A chaotic morning near Pine Avenue sees a group of boys crossing against a still illuminated Dont Walk signal, prompting a crowd to surge forward. meanwhile city staffers exchange break-time stories at the Bank Building and a city engineer learns of colleagues' engagements. A column shares anecdotes on apple growing, a gubernatorial visit to Lincoln Park, and postcards from touring readers reflecting diverse local life.
A Sacramento hearing outlines a master plan for a vast freeway network in the Long Beach area with a target of 1980. The proposal calls for connections from the Harbor Freeway west to the proposed San and Pacific Coast Highway east, plus an Artesia Freeway through North Long Beach and a Riverside-Orange County link to Santa Ana Freeway near El Toro. Total mileage is about 12,250 with costs between 10 and 14 billion dollars. Funding could come without new taxes if a one half cent sales tax is retained. Vickery and Tel ford noted the plan mixes old and new elements and hinges on legislative acceptance. committee hearings continue in Los Angeles.
L brockahula sisters DeVilles rise with Hula Hoop on Imperial. Lor rie Pattie and Jeannie, daughters of Mr and Mrs John Slovick, tour plans loom as DJs weigh the toy tied hit against the big club scene.
Police caught 23 year old William Spencer Best of Long Beach and accomplice Gerald D Clack after a blood trail led to their arrest. Best was treated at Compton Medical Center for severe hand wounds while Clack was apprehended at a drive in restaurant after allegedly smashing a display window at Pete and Fred's Electronics and stealing items.
Police fired three shots at a fleeing car near the naval shipyard gate. Two burglars and the driver were later booked on suspicion of burglary. A wounded youth and a sailor aided bystanders led to hospital and emergency response. The suspects fled in a black top white body Mercury sedan, with loud exhaust.
City Council and Board of Harbor Commissioners meet to authorize outside legal help in the U S government suit to end land sinking in the Long Beach area. They favor a local firm but defer final selection to the Council. Harbor money to fund the work.
More than 1 000 tons of rock from Pier A were dumped in Long Beach Port Tuesday as work starts on Piers F and G. Officials watched from a nearby barge as rock cascaded into the harbor, marking the construction of two southward extensions at Pierpoint Landing. Graham Brothers oversee the project with an estimated cost around 12 dollars.
City auditors flag Marina Basin No 1 fueling facilities as poorly operated with sub-lease by Union Oil Co. and warn Navy runway expansion could threaten Long Beach. Projections show 1963 completion with new berths transit sheds and multi‑million dollar pier upgrades including Pier F and Pier G. Mayor and council debate project scope and regional impacts.
George Meany's top assistant Peter M McGavin spoke at the Long Beach Rotary Club luncheon at the Lafayette Hotel. McGavin, AFL head organizer since 1941 and Meany aide since 1954, is described as the labor movement's key figure. The meeting also noted government action on an oil subsidence suit involving the Wilmington Oil Field and local officials urged cooperation with federal efforts to curb subsidence in Long Beach. Samuel M Roberts was named subsidence control administrator for the Harbor Department, succeeding in the finance post Thursday.
The lease with the city would require eight hours daily operation but the exact hours are not specified. The audit cites that city facility hours have not clearly aligned with peak competition and questions incentives for competitive operation. Commission income totaled 1 105 15 for the year ending June 30 1958. McKinley Post 27 of the United Spanish War Veterans will meet at 1 pm September Memorial Building Page B-2 Col 8.
A novelty song and dance revue titled Revue Set at Park by the Granger Academy of North Long Beach, directed by Esther Beckley, will be staged at Bixby Park Community Program at 7 30 p m. The Long Beach Elks Band under Jack Plummer will perform.
Lakewood will place a measure on the November 4 ballot to pay city council members ten dollars a month. The unanimous council decision delays to the general election item, with eligibility rules limiting who could receive pay during current terms. Five members have served without pay since founding the city.
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