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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1963
Page
5
A group including Dorothy Salmons of 6 Elm Ave and Connie Harper on Ocean Blvd voice opposition to paying for TV and radio licenses. Nicholas Christiano and others doubt Americans will pay to watch ball games or shows. Some say paying reduces access and costs deter interest.
Long Beach police claim to have arrested Richard Gerard, 25, bartender from Huntington Beach, on a warrant charging him with running a $50,000-a-month electronic bookmaking operation. A raid found an electronic device transmitting bets but no second line of telephones. fingerprints led to Gerard, who posted $1,050 bail and was freed.
State Board of Equalization figures show a 4.9 per cent increase in Seal Beach taxable sales, outpacing Los Angeles and Orange County gains for the second quarter of 1964. City-by-city totals list Long Beach, Torrance, Buena Park, Santa Monica, and others with varied percentage increases and dollar gains, while Stanton and Tustin show declines.
City Manager John R. Mansell told the League of California Cities in Los Angeles County that progress hinges on good government smart business support and public confidence. He cited Long Beach projects like the state college site purchase and a five million airport runway bond as drivers of development, with Virgil H. Spangberg presiding as division president.
County officials defend Riverside conversion costs despite critics claiming Riverside is a lean nursing home facility and El Cerrito work faced delays. Builders cite aging structure, code demands, and late inspector requirements. Project aims for occupancy by January amid assurances of safety and stability.
Orange County sheriff's department won first place in the National Safety Council fleet safety contest, Group A for fleets driving over 60 000 miles monthly. The department averaged 4.54 vehicle accidents per million miles driven during the 1962 judging period, Sheriff James A. Musick said Thursday.
A Santa Ana judge found Lois June Campbell a 41 year old Long Beach woman guilty of misdemeanor assault for striking a Seal Beach police officer with her car during a minor traffic stop. Campbell waived a jury trial before selection. sentencing set for October 18.
Mrs. Campbell allegedly attacked officer Mark Reid on June 2, crashing her auto into his patrol car twice as he wrote a citation. She reportedly chased him, prompting him to seek refuge atop his patrol vehicle. Beach police arrested her as San Francisco delegates met. Campbell later said she was mad.
A batch of death notices lists Pearl Stanger, 79, of Los Alamitos. Josephine Mary McCall, 89, of Long Beach. Albert Hollabple, 79, and other local residents. Surviving spouses, children, and siblings are named ambiguously. services occur at various churches and mortuaries in Long Beach, Lakewood, Redlands, and nearby areas with details about locations, funeral homes, and service times.
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