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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1958
Page
10
A Lakewood Center store crime Sunday led to a boy being arrested after authorities say he stole a porta RS radio. He reportedly told officers he hoped to be caught. Firemen were called but not needed for the incident.
Four people including Haywood Cook and Bessie Cook were saved from 10-foot swells off San Pedro docks when a group of picnickers raised the alarm. Firefighters using a rope crawled through knee-deep water to reach them, causing none to be seriously injured though all sustained cuts and exposure. The group, stranded on rocks amid rising tide, was hauled ashore and treated at local hospitals.
A 16 year old pilot, Robert Gilbertson of 11626 Idaho St Hollydale, crash landed at Compton Airport Sunday night after landing gear failed. The nose wheel caved in, plane skidded to a stop on its nose. Rusty Burns of Rusty’s Flying Service warned the youth but contact was not made before touchdown. Gilbertson escaped unharmed. more details from Townsend Notes and local notices follow.
Multiple obituaries list ages and addresses, with survivors and service details. Names include Trene M SBALLE, Isabel STIDGER, Anna Carroll, Elizabeth BENDLER, John Moorse, Grace Darling STARR, Maybill Arnold, Esther Hann, Wilson Vealey, Sarah Walker, Frank Nelson, Lois Buchmann, Nira Jones, Sophia SQUIERS, Karen Parlin, Aimee Goodrich, Larry Anderson, Raymond Mills, and others. Services at Sheelar-McFadyen, Mottell's & Peek Mortuary, and local churches with rosaries, masses, and burial plans reflected.
The first annual Navy summer scout program at Long Beach ended August 31 and was deemed successful. Captain Robert S. Clark, commanding officer, said 200 Boy Scouts from Long Beach and Los Angeles councils took part. Weekly, they spent two days at the naval station learning about military life, competing in athletic events, and visiting ships while staying in barracks and dining at the mess hall. The station plans to expand the 1959 program to include more councils in the Long Beach Los Angeles area.
John Carr and Joseph Fisher were involved in a two car crash at Stearns Street and Marwick Avenue. Clarence Edwin Clegg Jr. and Stanley Carr were the other drivers, with injuries reported as head lacerations and minor hurts. The Lakewood Rotary Club meeting will feature remarks by Buffums' vice president John Carr and program chair Joseph Fisher.
Union workers from Local 9 AFL-CIO picketed Craig Shipbuilding Co on Water Street and Mendocino Avenue. James Daniels of the West Coast regional office said the Federal Capulation Service would arrange a new meeting with the company after contract negotiations broke off on September 12, with a midnight plant strike Thursday.
A pair of armed men posing as clerks robbed Redford Buffum Hotel employees on Sunday night. They beat two staffers, took $195 including $20 from Creighton Redford, and fled after disabling a safe. One officer described two suspects around 30 years old, about six feet tall, 165 pounds.
Two armed men robbed a 21 year old night clerk at the Lafayette Hotel of 250 early Sunday morning. Police said the bandits rode away on bicycles after taking the cash. describe two men about 28, wearing suits, one with a .45 caliber automatic and the other with a .38 caliber revolver. The incident occurred around 3 45 p m near Elm Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets. A separate report notes a purse snatch by two suspects on bicycles minutes later.
At a meeting the United Rubber, Cock and Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America (AFL-CIO) opened a cash box and demanded money as a clerk hesitated and a gun was shown. A switchboard operator, Eva M. May of 623 E. 8th St, was mentioned amid chaotic proceedings continuing through Saturday.
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