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Independent from Long Beach, California • 11

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Independenti
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1 I -I TT Harbor! Job Start Set if vi-. i. i K'. 'Ail-- ri County taxes may nave to! be increased in 1938-59 to; cover rising expenses anid falling revenues, Coun-Ity, Manager Lindon S. Hoi linger said Monday.

Hollinger admitted the county faces a very difficult financial situation. He said boosts may be needed in the present 'county tax rate of 5L9246 per 100 of valuation. But county supervisors who I have final say. over the budget 1 11 indicated they will make every effort to block tax ln- A $334,450 contract for construction of a twp-story office building for Van Camp Sea Food Co. on Pier A East was authorized Monday by the; Board of Harbor Commissioners, i.

Ruane Carp, of San Gabriel, low Mdders, received the award to epns tract the 3644-square-foot Work expected to begin about Mayl nd will take about eight tnqnfns to complete. Van Camp has been granted a 25-year lease on 65,000 square feet about 1.4 acres vMth an option to lease ah additional 35,000 square feet. Lease terms call for yearly payments of about 553,000 to tiie harbor department -by the sea food' firm. "-i. vi -tr r.j IF l-F-j nFF "if 1,1 ji 4, CHILDREN BLAMED jr f-4 i- i ZFr -v i lit A fire whichl did an estimated $15,000 damage swept the second and third floors of an Unoccupied budding at 1824 American Ave.

Monday, Acting Battalion Chief John H. Montgomery said two engine companies and a squad company brought the flames under control in 20 minutes. Owner Carl (Dutch) $tye, who said children have been breaking into the building since a used car dealer vacated it last November, blamed them for starting the blaze. Firemen found affront panel window tpen ahd. cigarettes scattered on the floor.

NO CROSSING FOR lA WHILE Aerial view slums' Sold location (left center) of pontoon bridge across Inner harbors entrance channel.1 Bridge will be closed a 'month to permit relocation to new foundations (right center). New roadway branches off from Seaside Blvd. (lower left) i toward the new crossing. Bridge tos closed to traffic Monday. (Staff Phota) I Finest Morning Newspaper, TUESDAY, MARCH IS.

I95f I 1.100 SEE TROUPE Interest in on Risep Greco Says The Southlm Mother Arraigned in Burning WHITTIER Mrs. Maigiierit Consuelo Arce, 28, was azt raigned in Whittier Municipal Court Monday on felony charge that she punished her 4-yeai bid daughter. by burning hep hands over a kitchen stov. The mother was arrested1 last week after sheriffs deputies discovered that her child, Frances Ann, had first, second and third degree burns on. hands.

The girl told them! mother burned her as pui ment for stealing a toHillA. By JIM DOUTHIT Inhabitants of this war-worried world have become intensely curious about their neighbors, according to globe-trotting Spanish dancer Jose Greco. -By HARRY FULTON- YOU CONSIDERABLE talk these days about reces sion and 'depression." but Bill Thompson. 51-year-old automobile pretty well convinced that gocjd old positive thinking goerf a long way In avoiding economjc slumps. last month Bill was Salesman of the Month among about 30 satesmeii employed by the Harger-Haldeman Chry slW-Plymouth-Imderial dealership.

Whats so notable about that? Only that Bill i blind. He haa ucts Ike'f aeUing. for three years now, Thoi npsoa who has ja wife and thifed children, doesnt feel that he) at all handicapped In the work he does. 'SeUng is only as hard as you. ynake ft, said Bill If you thtakifs going tdj be rough, it surely will be.

nu adds: take the attitude that everybody who enters our show, nxgn Is Interested in buying a car jor he wouldnt have come I sell three things I sell the house, I 'sell jnyself and I sQ the -product. all you Have to remember rso lets not talk ourselves Intel a depression. I fflLL THOMPSON'S positive approach to selling snut be shared by others, For example, the following Depression. Story? was sent my jway by. a reader to emphasize the same thing: A man lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs.

He-was hard of hearing, so he hac no radio. He had trouble with his eyes, so he had no newspaper. But he sold good hot dogs. He put up ajsignj on the highway telling howl good they were. He by the aide of the pad andcried, a.

hot dog. Mister. And He increased -hig meat and bun orddr and he bought a bigger stove to take bare of his trade. He got his! son home from! college to help him. But then something happened.

i His son said) haven't you been listeryng to the radio? Theres a big depression ort The international situation is terrible, apd the domestic situation it eUm worse. Whereupon the father thought Wejl. my son has been to college; he listens to! the radio and he reads the papers, so he ought to know. So, the father cut down on the nm order, took down his advertising signs and no longer bothered to stand on the highway to sell hot dogs. His hot dog sales fell almost over night.

You-were right, the father said to AS boy. We certainly are is he middle of a great depression. I IF YOU'RE STILL not convinced that there' in this business of positive thinking. perhaps youd be in- teres ted in reading a sign, which hangs on the wal) of a local business office. It says: I.

One day as I eat musing, sad friend, a voice came to me from Cheer up. things could be worse. enough things got) worse. As each year goes by, more people everywhere become interested in the life of those in far away lands, he said, Interest in our dances and in Other traveling troupes has been continuously increasing during the ten years since I- formed the group. Greco, acclaimed by many as the worlds leading male dancer and the leading interpreter of Municipal Judge John Dorylthe Spanish dance form, led his Li- -Pi Cv V- HEBE Dancing thunderous approval standing-rooni-only crowd.

1 GRECO CONTENDS that dancing is language' understood by any audience rio matter what tongue la 1 spoken. Spanish dances are enjoyed ahd their meanings become dear even more easily than the dance forms of nations; he believes. Even the Spanish dont al- they get the point, )ie said. Not every American really knows basebfcll, yet Its our favorite j. On stage a Classical Spaniard, reality Greco is an American, residing in New York City when not on tour.

HE WAS BORN 39 ypars ago in Italy and! moved with his parents to New York City at the age of 1(1. His 'first professional appearance ame at the age of 19 when ty danced In a New York Hippodrome Opera Co. productkm.jof Carmen. Attaining high esteem with audiences in (North aijd South America, he friade hlsj Spanish debut, to high critical acclaim, with the Ballet Espanol at Madrid In 1946. Fiery Spanish dancing isnt In the blood.1 1 Greco ttbL Its an art form whidi qomes by Inclination, not beesjuse the dancer Is Spanish.

1 AMERICA HAS NOT yet developed a national dahoe-form. but 0iink we wilVflie said. Perhaps it will come' from Jazz. i jl Despite hie traveling experience all over the Greco admits the Los Angeles, freeway system is baffling. He was a few mimitei late ter; his Mon- way night performance because he became lost on a freeway.

-4- 87,500 Damage for Iniuries 7 i -i- A Jury in Superior Judge Joseph M. Maltbyi ciurt Monday awarded Mrs. Edythe. M. WagenMast, 76, of 47 W.

9th SL, 57.500 for Injuries she suffered May 21, 1956; when her electric vehicle was hit by an auto. The accident took places at 10th SL and Cedar Ave. Driver Mahkn H. Bapp, 239 W. 6th St.

was defendant. ''t- ordinance while the FEP law would have Imposed Criminal penalties. Another complaint la that all heatings on. alleged Cases of racial discrimination would be held as secret Sessions the same as personnel) proceedings under the Brown Apt. Diorn also said the organizations i object to) provision whith would exempt employers who work ea statjp or federal contracts which have provisions against discrimination.

I P0LUNOEK explained county revenue Is' dropping at thp-dame time requests for departmental fundi axe Increasing. More money will be needed to staff probation for sheriffs department- and few rising relief costa. Preliminary figures indicate are departmental requests axe up! about 5110,000,000 over the 54I35390 budgeted In 1957-58. Furthermore, the county will go into the next fiscal year with about 12 million dollars less in cany-over, surplus. AS A RESULT, Hollinger said If will probably be necessary to collect a bigger share of, the budget from local property taxes which last year totaled 518SJ37.616.

But the supervisors have said they want to cut taxes, Hollinger said. And we are doing everything hiananly possible to fulfill that request. Furthermore, assessed valuations throughout the county will not be increasing as fast as last year, with a compare Me boost in the tax; rate. Hoi-linger said. ONE FACTOR, still Unsettled, 'is whether the county's 25, 000 employes win get pay raises next June.

Puxiiv the current fiscal year workers received boosts totaling about 10 million dollars and the total payroll allocation reached 5156,665.162. Recommendations On salaries are made- each year on the basis, of a city-county-school survey of pay scales in private industry. personnel Director John James said although final figures are not available there has been a leveling off in salaries and wagm. It is 'doubtful if Increases to; be recommended will go above 2 or 3 per cent perhaps not at all, Janies said. Hope was expressed by Supervisors Burton W.

Chace, Herbert Legg and Kenneth H4hn that If a tax rate boost is it can be held to 2 or! 3 cents. Rites Set for Crash Victim 51 Funeral services far Clarence Yonas, 51, of 812 Raymond Aire, one of two Long Beach persons who died in an auto accident near Hemet, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Dilday Mortuary. Services for the second victim. Mrs.

Bonnie Reed. 42, of 4640 Obispo St, are pending at Mottell's it Peek Mortuary. They died when Yonas car went of control on a twisting rpad near Idyll wild Saturday during 'a rain-snowstorm. It plunged from the highway and crashed In a gully. I Mrs.

Reed's husband, D. Reed, the third passenger In the car, was hospitalized at Hemet. I Yonas survivors Include his wife. Beth daughter, Carol; son. Clarence mother, Eliza J.

Yonas. BIG RESPONSE Ad Bargain Big Success for Ad Week 5 days for 5 an tars is a Wo have had hudreds at ro te day. after haves of to da If this after wo ntgo feo today. This after Saturday, so Mart Shot I NEWPORT BEACH-j-Bullets whined in swank Balboa Peninsula residential area Monday as two Ontario brothers staged a desperate flight, to avoid arrest; One of the youths was wounded during the gun battle after he released a man lie used as a shield. Jailed on suspicion of grand theft auto; Were Gerald Lee Gallant 18, and Roacoe Addison Gallant, 2L The latter, is also held on a'jcharge of assault with a deadly weapon.

ROSCOE SUFFERED Jagged bullet wound across his chest while shooting it out with police from inside the 540,000 home of W. Herbert Alien: 1601 Bay -Front where, he had barricaded himself. He rushed into the home after releasing Charles P. 1540 Bay Front whom he had held hostage while trying to escape on joot from pursuing poUcfc i GALLANT brothers wild flight began Just a stones throw from the city police station when officers to halt their car becaiise of a traffic Fleeing from the police car at speeds up to hours, the brothers finally abandoned the vehicle, which had been reported stolen. When it became mired in beach The younger brother was caught without a fight after officers sealed off the residential area and began a house-to-house search.

Hospital authorities said the older' brother's wound, was not serious. Suspect Charged on 3 Counts Alberto. Romero Villa, 23-yearmdd bandit' suspect who was shot! while fleeing from officers March 10, was charged with thred counts of robbery in a complaint issued Monday by the district attorneys office. The charges involve purses that Villa allegedly snatched from three women to get money for his 5100-a-dgy heroin habit. The purses contained 5161, 55 and 53.

i SINKING CITY Subsidence Spotlighted in Magazine Long Beach's subsidence problem is gaining more national attention this week. An article in the April. issue at Qoronet, entitled Californias Sinking City, redds: As pumpaj keep sucking-oil from the earth below, nature retaliates and Long Beach continues settling slowly threatened by oblivion. 1 -THE ARTICLE scans the subsidence problem, pointing out the geological aspects and the city's fear of losing its Navy. installation unless subsidence is halted.

Discussed are dyke systems as a possible solution or the ceasing of oil production. The article concludes: But the final hope of saving Long Beach la the pumping of sea water Into the underground. This is called re-pressurizationj The coat i of the equipment to do the Job would come to 532JXXXOOO but oil productivity could be Increased and could pay the Job world-famed Spanish Dance Troupe before an Evening at "jwayi understand the full in- Eight audience of more than yet nellan scheduled a preliminary hearing for March.25 at 10 a. Mrs. Arce, of 8637 W.

Ion Ave, is free on 51.000 ba! and her daughter is being cared for af Juvenile Hall in' Angeles. 1,100 persons in the auditorium of Long Beach City College Monday night. He and his dancers met with Sign-up for Voting in Flurry Deputy registrars in the Long Beach Lakewood Signal Hill area reported Monday an early flurry of enrollments by voters for the June 3 statewide primary. Persons not now properly registered must sign up not later than April 10 to qualify tor primary A deputy is on duty every business day from 8 a. m.

to 5 p. m. in the office of Long Beach City Clerk Margaret Heartwell. Names and addresses of the 131 deputies in Long Beach, 25 in Lakewood and eight in Signal Hill are on file in the Clerk's office. Persons required to register are new residents, those who have Just reached the age of 21, those who have changed name or address, those who desire to change party affiliation and all who missed both the primary and general elections of 1956.

Frazer Enters Congress Race Robert V. Frazer, 42, who says he is 100 per cent Irish, picked St. Patricks Day Monday to file as a Democratic candidate for the. 18th District Congressional race. I think that with the Luck of the Irish, Til win, Frazer said.

The Democratic Council last Wednesday endorsed Harry S. May for the 18th District seat now held by Republican Craig Hosmer. May was a 95 to 5 choice over Frazer. Frazer said he will resign his Job as a welder for the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. The law forbids a civil service worker to engage in politics.

Frazer resides at 3387 Roxanne Ave. Mother 24, Accused ot Killing Baby BELLFLOWER Mrs. Gloria Chamas, 24-year-old Bellflower mother who shot and killed her infant daughter Feb. 11, was arraigned on murder charges Monday in Los Cerritos Municipal Court. Mrs.

Chamas critically wounded herself with a 22 caliber pistol after slaying the baby, Loretha. in the crib of her home at 10031 EL Center St Municipal Judge Landis ordered Mrs. Chamas to appear for preliminary hearing at 10 am. March 24. At the time of the shooting; sheriffs deputies said that Mrs.

Chamas apparently was despondent because her husband; Gust, 24, a track driver, had worked only irregularly in recent months. The couples other daughter. Laura, 18 months, was in a crib in another room of the home arid was unharmed. A na Larry, 5. was la kindergarten at the time.

ILL ADMIT THAT THERE ar rr going tough these; days. One is Mrs. Mattie 'Wade, a young woman who works as a maid for Charm Unlimited on Ocean Blvd. Although still In her early 20. she finds herself charged with the responsibility of providing for five children by her-aelf.

She long and hard toj dr this. but sl)e xeceived great comfort from an anonymoiis letter she received the other day, I It contained a 55 Mil and this note: Dear Mattie: If you find good tise this, JUs remember James 1:17 and the last 10 words of verse 25, Chapter 17 of Acts. verses convey this message: Every good gift and every perfect gift is Jrom above and cometh down from the Father of lights. I He giveth to all life'i oad breath, and all things. County Will Open Hearings Over! Job Discrimination A 1 5 County supervisors will openlgtoups objected beca hearings today on a proposed measure is primarily use the a civil equal employment opportunities ordinance to curb Jpb discrimination in LoT Angeles County.

Both opponents ahd backers of the measure have requested time appear at pm. a sion at the, Hall of Records. Supervisor Warren M. Darn admitted the new. law has ran into protests from citizens who originally supported a stronger Fair Cnployment 1 Practioes Law; APPLYING GREASEPAINT Jose Greco, one.

of the worlds top dancers and leading interpreter; of Spanish dance farms, hurries with his makeup. donday night before leading his world-famed troupe before an' "Evenings 'at Eight audience at Long Beach City College. The program- went on a few minutes late because the star had become lofift in: the freeways system. DORN SAID (Staff Phota) minority the i ho.

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