News-Pilot from San Pedro, California • 1

$26000000 Set for Harbor Area Schools in Bond Issue New Schools for Wilmington San Pedro Area EHT 5 Today BANK DttBITA SI 827 422 a year ago (Holiday San Pedro Daily News Established 901 San Pedro Daily Pilots Established 1909 TErminal 2-0221 12 Pages San Pedro California Monday Evening June 2 1958 New Series: Vol 31 No 77 -v 4 $15 Million APL Cargo Structure Details Revealed Preliminary plans for a $15000000 cargo-passenger terminal to be built at Berths 90-93 in Los Angeles Harbor were released today by Bernard Caughlin the municipal ports general manager The agreement to build the huge new terminal and assign it to the American Presi- Elementary junior and senior high school and junior college facilities in the harbor and peninsula areas facing their greatest enrollment increase in local annals are in the line for $26 million in improvements and expansion if voters approve school bond propositions on tomorrows ballot A detailed description of harbor area school area benefits to be derived from passage of the $158500000 bond issue includes construction of the $3000000 Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson junior high school in northwest San Pedro relieving the pressure on Dana junior high Another major project is the acquisition of a site and con-siruction of a new high school Iit the central Palos Verdes area at a cost expected to exceed 54 million They are two of 30 high school and junior high projects scheduled for the district served by the Banning Narbonne and San Pedro high schools to be put into effect upon passage of the bond issue by the required two-thirds majority vote officials said Junior High Plans Other high and junior high projects for the harbor include funds for designing of new junior high school in the peninsula area and the North Wilmington area senior high school Construction of these two schools will be financed with funds from a future bond issue Ma improvements are scheduled for Fleming Junior High School in Lomita with the construction of a 19 unit classroom building a new cafeteria and conversion of certain classrooms Other Projects Other junior high school projects include additional land at Stephen White Junior High in North Wilmington classrooms and textbook room at Wilmington Junior High and an agricultural classroom at Dana Funds are earmarked for purchase of a site for a second high school in the central Palos Verdes area as well as completion of land purchase for the proposed North Wilmington School Also included in the bond issue is construction of a special school on the old Banning Homes Site Major classroom additions will be erected at three of the four big schools in this area including a 15 classroom unit at Banning High in Wilmington and an 18 classroom unit at Narbonne High in Lomita Among other improvements for existing schools are a girls locker room at Banning and a girls physical education room at San Pedro High In addition the San Pedro High site will be expanded by the purchase of additional land Momentary Schools A total of 54 elementary school projects are scheduled for the harbor area They include three new schools sites for three addition (Continued on Page 10) With space for 35000 tons of cargo provided on ground floor and in second shed beyond Parking area for 3000 cars is at center left New facility will cost $15000000 be assigned to American President Lines for some time in 1962 Two-story passenger-cargo building has auto ramps to roof for delivery of passengers and visitors to escalators Office space will be provided in wings in foreground Passenger facilities will be on second flooe of this building FRESH OFF THE DRAWING BOARD Worlds most modern shipping terminal pictured here in an architectural rendition made from preliminary plans will be built 'at Los Angeles Harbor Work will start in two months with completion scheduled 1 Dead 4 Overcome in Holiday 'Yachting by Fumes Tragedy Carbon monoxide fumes sleaking from a silver -dollar sized hole in an engine exhaust pipe turned a holiday ocean outing into a tragedy that spelled death for a Los Angeles man and nearly was fatal to four other persons the Coast Guard reported William McComb of Los Angeles succumbed to the poisonous fumes of the engine of the R-Mis-Take a cabin cruiser off Catalina on Sunday Narrowly escaping a like fate were Dale Weaver of Los Angeles owner of the 30 foot craft Hawkins 36 Miss Donna Barton 33 and William Dunlap 34 all of Los Angeles and Michael Jaszcyzyh 37 of Sun Valley Survivors of the craft said one of 'i he twin engines of the craft broke down on Sunday about five miles off the island Weaver and Hawkins were on deck and the others asleep below when Weaver heard a weak cry for help from Miss Barton The two men went into the fume-filled cabin and found all the passengers overcome and began taking them on deck Before they finished Hawkins was also overcome Me-comb was dead when he was found Weaver called the Coast Guard which dispatched a cutter and an amphibious plane to the rescue taking the survivors to Catalina for treatment A later- check of the boat at Terminal Island disclosed the large hole in the faulty engine exhaust pipe which was covered over by an asbestos coating to prevent possible fire and could not have been detected by the boats operators 5 Injuries Burglars Collect Over SI 300 Loot in Weekend Raids Burglars and thieves spent a profitable holiday weekend in the harbor area collecting over $1300 of assorted loot according to reports issued today In San Pedro Biggest loser was Norm's Mens Store at 371 Sixth St whose owner reported to police that burglars crawled in a skylight and lowered themselves with a rope to loot the shop Inside they took $236 in cash from a register and a desk drawer before they looted showcases of 12 sweaters 31 shirts 18 watches four jackets four hats four pair of cuff links nine pair of trousers and a sport coat The intruders escaped via a back door with about $750 of loot police said Bag Cash Gone Willie Stephens of 1006 Ct told police burglars entered his house during the night and carefully removed an overnight bag that was under the bed and his wife were sleeping upon Inside the bag he reported was about $525 in cash San Pedro burglars entered the Western Auto store at Fourth and Pacific Ave by climbing in a vent police said then chopping their way out of a storeroom From the store they took a television set four radios tw irons a mixer waffle ip-on scale and fans all worth about $209 Burglars struck twice on the waterfront raiding the fishing boat of Anton Bulich of 1147 Averill St while it was tied at Berth 267-A police report Missing are an automatic record play er and two pairs of binoculars Skiff Stolen George Clapp of Studio City told police burglars apparently untied his seven-foot skiff at Berth 34 Saturday and rowed it away He placed his loss at $200 Elmer Kelso of 1042-D Ban ning Blvd told police he made the mistake of leaving the front door unlocked while he went out for a visit When he returned the $115 television set he had in the front room was gone Another burglar broke into the home of Mary Olvera of 326 St and took a television set table radio and camera police said Handyman Kills Family Self LOS ANGELES (AP An unemployed handyman killed his mother and sister with a razor and then burned himself to death police report Officers identified him as Teodor Slosar 38 and made this report: He slashed the wrists of his mother Mrs Vittoria Slosar and the throat and wrists of his sister Viola Slosar 35 yesterday in the apartment where the three lived at 3225 Main St The mother was feeble the sister an invalid from arthritis Police said Slosar left a note in Italian which said in part: They are too much for me And I had to meet all those doctors bills too This is my penance I hope God forgives me Detectives said Slosar a native of Austria who had lived in Italy poured kerosene on a closet floor lit a match and burned to death BLIND BOMBER GUILTY PORTLAND Ore (AP) A US District Court jury after a day of confusion returned a verdict late Saturday night convicting six men including a blind bomber-extortionist of mail fraud dent Lines was signed last December by Lloyd A Menveg president of the Board of Harbor Commissioners The agreement which also was signed by George Killion president of APL stipulated that the steamship company will route all of its passenger and cargo business in Los Angeles and the surrounding area through the new facility for at least 20 years The terminal will include a two-story passenger-cargo structure 1000 feet long and 200 feet wide clear-span with the passenger facilities on the upper floor About 18000 square feet of office space will be provided in two wings at one end An unusual feature will be automobile ramps to the roof which will permit delivery of passengers and visitors to escalators there There will be a paved parking area for 3000 cars adjacent to the passenger facilities There also will be a second building to be devoted entirely to cargo which will be 630 200 feet clear-span Cargo capacity of the two sheds is estimated at 35000 tons and other features include 2400 linear feet of wharf dockside rail and truck facilities latex tanks and refrigerated cargo storage space To serve the facility a slip 1200 feet long and tapering in width from 500 feet to 300 feet will be dredged from the shallow inlet now known as Boschke Slough This dredging first of the projects construction phases is expected to begin in August It is anticipated that the entire project will be completed in four years by which time the American President Lines will have put its new 1400-passenger luxury liner into Pacific service The passenger-cargo terminal at Berths 153-155 now occupied by APL then will be assigned to another steamship comp any Caughlin stated US Navy Watches Soviet Trawlers WASHINGTON (AP) The State Department has notified Russia in response to a Soviet complaint that the US Navy is keeping close watch on -shipping in the ocean approaches to the United States Moscow had protested tHat US aircraft had buzzed Soviet trawlers in international waters near the Grand Banks southeast of Nova Spotia State Department Press Officer Lincoln White said the Soviet complaint was made about mid-April and that it received a prompt answer Privately informants said that the behavior of the Soviet trawler fleet along sea and air routes between the US East Coast and Europe is suspicious in some respects The Russian vessels were said to be in waters which are not normally heavily fished They seem to have a large amount of electronic detection equip such as radar The number of vessels is constant one arriving as another departs which lays its larvae in the sand The larvae make their wray to the egg and feed on it When the baby fish are liberated to the ocean larger fish feed on them To these hazards of survival have been added the raids by thousands of human grunion hunters snapping up the parent fish before they can lay their eggs Following the close of the present four-day run the fish will remain at sea until June 18 when another four-day spawning spree will occur France Voting on DeGaulle Powers Bv GEORGE MCARTHUR PARIS (AP The French Parliament today began to jam through the sweeping grant of power demanded by Gen Charles de Gaulle so France's new premier can hasten to rebellious Algeria In the first of three ballots the National Assembly hoped to put through today the deputies voted 337-199 to continue the special emergency powers in Algeria with which French governments for more than three years have fought the Moslem rebellion there Then the Assembly turned ta debate on the No 1 demand made on it by De Gaulle before it elected him Premier yesterday his call for full powers to rule France for the next six months by decree The Assembly and the Senate outlined for themselves a backbreaking schedue so that De Gaulle can land in Algeria tomorrow or Wednesday to cope with his most immediate problem the insurgent army leaders and French colonists whose defiance of Premier Pierre Pflimlins government brought the World War II hero out of the political wilderness The Assembly went back into session this morning after 24 of the most hectic hours in its long history Prospects were that in another 12 to 24 hours of near continuous sessions the generals demand for a virtual blank check would be approved Ina Ray Hutton Weds Hairdresser LAS VEGAS Nev UP) Bandleader Ina Ray Hutton 39 has embarked on her third marriage She and Michael Anter 34 Las Vegas beauty shop operator took their vows Saturday night at the First Presbyterian Church The marriage -is Anters second SMOG FORECAST LOS ANGELES (AP Tomorrows smog forecast No eye irritation in the Los Angeles area Harbor Marks Quiet Memoria Five persons suffered minor i mington Receiving Hospital pol- Five Sought in Attack Case WILMINGTON Harbor Division police today are hunting for four youths believed to be involved in a reported kidnaping and assault of a Torrance housewife in Wilmington early Sunday Already arrested is one 16-year-old Wilmington youth who denied any part in the incident police report According to the report the victim gave police she and another companion were coming out of a Wilmington theater about midnight when five youths stopped them and made improper advances One of the women managed to flee but the Torrance woman was seized by the youths and taken to a nearby vacant house police reported There the youths allegedly assaulted the woman and later freed her The victim picked one of the youths out of a police mug book at San Pedro headquarters and he was picked up for questioning Yefs Vaccinate 750 Port Dogs A record-breaking 14620 dogs were vaccinated city wide against rabies in a special three-night program last ieek Dr George Uhl city health officer reported today Of this total 750 dogs received the shots in the one-night clinic conducted by San Pedro Veterinarians Drs William Kimball William Crow and Raymond Harris at the San Pedro Animal Shelter Dr Uhl praised the Southern California Veterinary Medical Association whose members contributed their services and the PTA whose chapters provided volunteers Eleven representatives of Gateway Council PTA assisted in clerical work at the San Pedro location now about one eighth of an inch in diameter Inside is a minute grunion On contact with sea water the sack opens and the baby grunion is liberated to be washed into the ocean At the same time the life cycle is being enacted over again by other adult grunion utilizing the same high tides for spawning The life span of a grunion is about four years While females lay hundreds of eggs mortality is high On populated beaches the nests may be disturbed by people The eggs are prey to a sand fly Fiesta Award Winners Told Winners of free prizes awarded during the Holy Trinity Church fiesta which concluded last night were listed today They are: 1958 Pontiac Vic Misuraca 2073 Whatley St living room set Mrs Garcia 327 Mesa St sewing machine Mary Rit-cher 1809 Fifth St cedar chest Mrs Rosalie Spognaro 1423 Walker silver set Mrs A Janowiak 4742 Twenty-second St watch Mr Costagliola 1130 Palos Verdes radio Mrs Isabel Perez 459 8th St Long Beach rotisserie Mrs Trinidad Gallegos 636 Fifteenth St set of dishes Louis Halverson 4418 Carolina St permanent waves Coleman Box 291 San Pedro and Christine Reid 669 Second St TSiHlS June 2 LOW 4:30 am 15 3:59 pm 16 HIGH 11:02 am 40 10:0 pm 64 June 3 LOW 5:24 am 14 4:44 pm 18 HIGH 11:53 am 39 10:51 pm 61 June 4 LOW 6:09 am 11 5:35 pm 21 HIGH 12:45 pm 39 11:35 pm 56 til August With the exception of the first spring spawning run the season is closed until June July and August by the State Department of Fisheries as a protective measure The grunion 6 to 8 inches long is the only fish to be born on land and take to the ocean after birth It is found only in Southern California waters from Santa Barbara south to Lower California The highly specialized spawning habits of the fish are a signal for thousands of people to flock Holiday Traffic Toll Passes 350 Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic 356 Drowning? 124 Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS That nations traffic deaths in the long Memorial Day weekend surpassed the preholiday estimate of 350 Late reports of deaths on the highways may boost the total past the record high toll of 369 reported in a three-day Memorial Day weekend in 1955 The latest figures covering a 78-hc-ur period from 6 (local time Thursday to midnight yesterday showed 356 persons were killed in motor vehicle accidents In other violent deaths during the extended holiday weekend the first of the season 124 persons drowned and 87 others were killed in miscellaneous type accidents an over-all total of 567 The National Safety Council which had estimated the preholiday toll at 350 had expressed belief last night that a decrease in traffic in many areas because of rain might hold the toil below its prediction However it passed the mark and final reports were not tabulated The heavy toll was termed by council officials as proof that impatience intemperance and indifference bring death on the highways especially on holidays The traffic total compared with 294 reported during the 78-hour nonholiday period from 6 Thursday May 15 to midnight Sunday May 18 The count was made in an Associated Press survey for comparative purposes -It also showed drownings and 71 deaths from miscellaneous accidents an over-all total of 448 in juries in traffic accidents as the Harbor Division enjoyed one of its quietest Memorial Day weekends on record according to reports issued today Thomas Hansen 13 of 933 Alma St suffered a possible fractured left knee Saturday when he reportedly rode his bicycle in front of a ear driven by Marie Nugent 20 of Mary-mount School Palos Verdes on Seventh St west of Grand Ave police said He was treated at Wilmington Receiving Hospital One person was injured when a car operated by Waldo Joeri-man 29 of Los Angeles crossed the wdiite line on Anaheim St near Watson St colliding with two' vehicles coming the other way driven by Lavern Ogden 22 of 1446 Hearth PL and Edward Beasley 20 560 Oliver St police report Marie Ogden 20 in the Ogden car suffered a possible fractured knee and was taken to Wil- to the beaches They hunt the fish during high tides at the full and dark of the moon The female grunion wiggles ashore out of the backwash of a wave She is followed by several male fish The female grunion begins to dig nerself tail foremost into the sand until she is buried to her pectoral fins The males swarm around her and one or two usually manage to arch themselves around the female As she deposits her eggs in the sand the males deposit their melt which seeps through the ice said Automobiles driven by Robert Flores 24 of 333 King Ave and A1 Ackley 36 of Santa Clara collided Saturday night when Ackley stopped at Anaheim St and Nicholson Ave to ask directions and Flores struck the rear of his car police said Estelle Ackley 36 of Santa Clara suffered foot and leg lacerations police said and was treated at Wilmington Receiving Hospital Flores was later booked on suspicion of drunk driving Kenneth Bonning four of 665 Fourth St suffered leg bruises when he rode his tricycle in the path of the car of Samuel Borelli 65 of 2127 Grand Ave as Borelli was leaving a service station at Fifth and Gaffey Sts Saturday police report The boy was treated as San Pedro Receiving Hospital and released sand to the eggs in the pocket and fertilizes them The female then wiggles her way free of the nest and waits for the next wave to wash over her and convey her back to the ocean TJie average wave interval is about 12 seconds After the tide recedes the next-ing area is left dry for Iwo weeks The eggs are warmed by the sun until the next moon phase once again brings the tide to the nesting area The waves gently erode the eggs from the sand Each-egg is Grunion Schedule Spawning Dance on Area Beaches Tonight By RAOUL RIPEN WALDT Southern Californias piscatorial phenomenon the grunion make their first summer spawning run this year on beaches tonight Beginning at 10:30 pm and continuing for three more nights approximately one hour iter each night the grunion will dance on the sand at Cabrillo Beach doing their bit for grunion posterity Grunion libido is geared to the moon phases They spawn at fortnightly periods at the full and dark of the moon from March un Vx 'a.