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Independent from Long Beach, California • 25

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Independenti
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rwyw vrwyvnonr 9 Who Needs Flowers? forvLdpgmg ft in ome Recreation Leaders Meet Child, 14, Hid With Family, ol 6 iwwWte i i -J: 1. A COMPREHENSIVE' of the local 4iapi Ru-ation has Just been complected by the Long peacirRedjf Chapter. I The findings? Local stores have i than ample-supply, -of, able diapers for use; on made homeless by anfgtaftt quake or similar disaster .1 -j jlrfM TODAY is the diqr oflfpper-. ation Shakedown," 1 ft ifc)unty-wdde earthquake est, and counting diapers hix been Just one Job of iqany tskert On by the Red Cross trij rtak fcire that this area is to meet the challenge thaupO)fnes with a major temblor. Assuming that the pqriences an earthquake Intensity off i the -Crops reached very definite elusions based on 1 wh pened last time.

-y Officials feel that 10,000 Long- Beach and: 8 nal Hill families wofjd be affected by such a quak With 3,300 families needingjjto be evacuated and cared Tferj In shelters. Onh hundred! wopld die In the quake, and jj 5,000 would be Injured -'l000jof whom would require Mqppital treatment. And lnaddHoijf to the 1,100 homes demoted, another 4,600 resJjtfenees would be damaged. Based on the cx; 1933 earthquake, wg well know what would pen, said Roland Red Cross chapter AS A fense, Bureau sistance, P-TA. arjl officials stand regdy vate 33 shelters tdi se: and Signal Hill housing for 6,900 peraoi anticipate that pome persons would have through these shelters tion: to canteen se 5,000 volunteer wdrk victims in the field, ihcti- iL b.

They fed (i Sddi-cell for aiding FORMER TENNIS star Alice Marble (right) discusses recreation program problems with Dave Gray, president of District 10 of California Recreation Society, and Mary Scales, of the Veterans Administration Hospital staff, before lesday night. (Staff district banquet here Wednc Residence Relocated The city disposed temporarily Wednesday of the problem of the rambling house, but legal action still is to come. Acting on instructions from Asst. City Mgr. J.

R. McHenry, the' Public Service Dept, moved the old cottage from, its squatters site on an1 unpaved section of Del Amo some 150 feet to the west and slightly to the north. It now occypies a city-owned lot, safely off the right of way. McHenry ordered the summary move because of a fear that the city might be held liable in the event a motorist should ram the orphan dwelling. Superintendent of Building Edward M.

OConnor notified City Prosecutor James T. Starr by letter of two or three apparent law violations. Starr said be will investigate as soon as he gets O'Connors letter. According to the building officials the cottage was moved to! the unauthorized location-by W. L.

Fincher, of Western House Movers. 7763 E. Compton Paramount, about Nov. 7. Chief Engineer' Ray Broster-hous of.

the Building Dept, said Fincher admitted his firm did not -take out a city moving permit and holds no contractor's license from the state. No record was found that a city business license had been issued to the mover. FINCHER TOTLD Brostcr-hous, according to the latter, that he had been hired to move the dwelling by Eli Howard, of Norwalk, the owner. He had nudged it only a couple of hundred feet from its original location at the southwest corner of Long Beach and Del Amo Blvds. to the northwest corner of the same intersection when the job suddenly was called off celebrated Christmas last.

week Ujy a money dispute between thp THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1 Photo.) CAROL MORRIS will be decoration enough for the Long Beach float, welder Edward Mang conveys with an admiring glance. Miss Universe will have a double interest in the Tournament of Roses, representing Long Beach in the New Years Day parade and loyal to her home state of Iowa In the Rose Bowl game with Oregon State. (Staff Photo by Joe Risingcr). LONG BEACH 12, Marble Gives 3 Short Rules for Living Former tennis star Alice Marble says the art of living may be described as "being at home in life. Speaking at a district banquet pf the California Recrea- tion Society in Recreation Park Clubhouse Wednesday she observed that "nothing is more, painful than self-conscious fear of others.

The solution she says, is in "growing up. And growing 4 up. she adds, is the realization that happiness is. the result from the district attorney, of a "sound mind, sound body, a worthwhile Job and a gallant spirit." .1 Miss Marble, now a nurse, in a doctor's offlee In the Saji' Fernando Valley, listed three rules for "Proper proper exercise arid eight hours of restful sleep; "There is no more dynamic power than she stated. She.

suggested that everyone reserve at least one day if week to take inventory of himself and to evaluate the pre ious week. Miss Marble believes there is no such thing as a person! "getting the breaks, "Success, she said, "is the -result of dull, dogged, un glamorous hard and suchra pattern leaves little lim. for self-pity. Merit plaques wfcre presented to two Southland recreate leaders at the close of the banquet. Recipients were Weston Walker, 919 N.

Olive Santa Ana, counselor fi the Junior Garden Club and Ralph Wilson, recrest director for Huntington Park, The banquet followed a day of workshop, sessions at Lo Beach State College. talk her into going But she said she would prun away if. I made her iome. BUZZARD, a member department tor years, was assigned to the station. His arrest by deputies from Temple City station.

Sheriff Eugene W. who announced the said a complaint would Hahukkah Holidays On Long Beach residents Jewish faith Wednesday began observance Hanukkah holidays. The feast observed for days commemorates the of the Maccabees over the forces under the Greek in a war which was from 168 B. C. to 165 B.

wkr was termed the first for religious freedom. Each night of the eight, additional candle Is Rare Porpoise Dies Tumor Boy Despite 24-Hr, ifdl es ter Operation ij placed with other porpoises of Tommy Strader, cight-year-a different variety, the animal; old Buena Park youngster who Dcspite a 24-hour vigil kept, bumping It's nose on the-walls by. divers and aquarists, the of the enclosure'. Later, when shock of capture was too much! for the Dalis porpoise captured s' control before sometime today. Owner of the hay, Leslie tingham, 11060 EL Alondra Rd told firemen he didn't know the blaze started.

The fire originated In southernmost of: three hamate age sheds. AH the sheds are' a field behind the Alondra. address. No estimate of dama; was made. However, 800 i of hay valued at about ton stored in the sheg-Firemen believed about 100 'toy could be saved.

County Battalion Chief eZ Fosdick directed the fire-figh ing operation. Companies fro Bellflower, Norwalk, DoWne and Artesia answered the cad i because doctors said he might por-'00 until Dec. 25, died nine her undergoing surgery owner and the mover. Nobody knows what will happen to the building eventually, However, Fincher said he intended to take it to his lot in Paramount, the original destination, 'if and when he can get the necessary permits. Tuesday night.

Doctors told the boy's 'parents, Mr. and Mrs. George that Indim, S1 Tomny ha(, chos, I Accused of harboring a 14-year-old girl in his home since Sept 2, a Norwalk deputy sheriff was suspended from the forqe and Jailed Tuesday night, 'fleers reported Wednesday. Janies Blizzard, 32, of 11930 Mapledale SL, Norwalk, was booked on suspicion of child stealing upon complaint of the girls parents. They had filed a missing person report.

girl admitted staying at lie home of 1 Blizzard with -his Jvife and four 'children. Deputies bund her. Tuesday night hiding in a closet "He was kind Jo me and the nost wondertuLtfather glrf Could have jjhefgirl sakLHe listened to me-Jind understood. parents 'didnt have time or me and wouldnt discuss my roblems. 1 THE GIRL.

was taken to, juvenile halt 1 Blizzard is the father of three sons and a daughter. His wife, is expecting a fifth child. Tie told fellow deputies 'he felt sorry for the girl and tried home. just return i of the two Norwalk was the Biscalluz, suspension, besought of the evening of the eight victory Syrian empire fought C. The battle days an lit until, eight candles are burning in the "menorah, an eight-branched candlestick.

For adults the observance carries the message of the right of freedom of conscience; lor the youngsters it is an observance during which they receive gifts each of theeight nights. Lighting of the candles is in observance of the miracle of a small jar of holy oil burning for eight days in ancient Jerusalems temple while new oil was being made. Marine Stadium Skier Injured Water Skier Ellis K. Jensen, of. Inglewood, was hospital- -ized at Community Hospital Wednesday after he struck a bridge pile in Marine Stadium while being towed.

He suffered possible spinal injuries and cuts on his left leg -and right arm. James V. Lewis, of 1739 247th Lomita, wa operating tna inboard motorboat pulling Jensen. ori-rage sheds. (Staff.) 700 Tons of Hay on Fire in Norwalk Storage Shed A raging fire flashed through men whether' more than 700 tons of hay in flames could be.

brought! ur by Marineland "fishermen and the mammal died. Wednesday, Ken Norris, he Oceanarium's curator, announced. The. six-foot two-inch, 223-pound porpoise.v-the first of its kind to be brought into captivity alive, was netted by the crew of the Marineland hunter ship, Geronimo, Monday off the Catalina Island coast. In a Jast-ditch effort to save the animal, a sling was improvised and he was suspended in one of the smaller tanks at the oceanarium.

The sling, made of plastic tjands, suspended around the animars tail and fore-body supported the porpoise, conserving his energy and holding him to the surface so he could breathe. The sling also supported the animal during, treatment with Metioorten, latest drugs, administered act shock. would slowly sink to the bottom' of the tank. It. was Slaved from! drowning by i the other poises who would dive to According to the than constructed as final to keep the animal California Oregon and north of the Tehachapi Norwalk Wednesday and Killed in Mexico L.B.

Motorcyclist jMisscs Curve, William J. Austin, 21, of 619 Atlantic was killed when his motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve 10 miles north of Ensenada, Baja California, it was learned Wednesday. The ac-cident occurred Saturday, i Austin was employed by the LaFrance Fire Alarm Co. here. He was a graduate of Wilson High School.

i Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Sunnyside Cemetery. Dilday Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. If another such inufk should occur, the Real also anticipates dhatswne S.000 families Would all upon It for help following the disaster. In its latest check 'dtf'dyail-able food and clothing, jthei Red -Cross also surveyed the.

diaper situation. They estimate (that 232 infants would winS, tip at 'the shelters, and they iTufthcr estimate that each hi infants would use -13 day. Now that ndi 3,480 diaper nefd projected over a fou adds up to a total' dii quirement of 13,90 The survey reveal local stores now have 80,700 regular ia 14,794 disposable. which the shelter uroSil Diaper-wise, then, ready Jar the The situation is well 1 COL. LEWIS LOUOlfRAN of called wtj mild criticism of UJ5.

radio srvd TV i 'll In reporting result of. the Olympic he fra'id, Yankee radio and TV ierij mispronounce the i iini -lMeI-bourne, site of tbli years Olympiad. And he citima 'the correct pronunciation ji tMel-bunf" the acenhlojp the first The colonel's from Southern Australia, ho doubt. Jr county supervisor Roger W. Jepsup jas warm in his praise of entertainer Ken Murray as presented JMur-ray with a resolution -deqaring him "Mr.

Hollywood aaS fine at the supervisors meeting last Tuesday. He lauded-Murray fbr lag ronght laugh tci: and public service te cans everyth Mm ns the first Raowpiah to do a commercial television show, la I960, ad about the Ken Blackouts, seenl byjl diore than 5,000,000 and uojnf la Its 15th year. And he Mrld jiice things about -Kefa asm hil anthropist, faiiatlyl nan, father and church and pn munity leader, Murray was When ished he odd "With all these should be up foi: torney!" dr dr JESSUP used dred well-ehosen eulogize Ken, Mi remarks dijn' "hold water" in the meeting. He asked tific advisory comnUttee San Diego to continue studies on how tof-jr salt water to sea wi( the Jesilup fin- 4' attlftHftes, ijilrict IurrayB-1 didnt! fe- at imotheri point jnVPcjrtiXMen- Brought to shore wrapped In a wet blanket and. lying on a padded stretcher with water continually being splashed on its face, the animal had the constant attention of three divers.

The men, 1 including 1 David Brown, aquarist, Walked or swam around the circular tank with the animal to prevent it Mower Hurts Boy, 3 John C. Heller. 3, of 2030 Gale Wednesday caught his Finger in a lawn mower at his home. He was taken to Seaside Hospital, where a physician sewed the nearly severed finger tip- I 1 Mountains. Murray received his de-g in en- gineering from a a ington K.

State College in 1935 after a a tiqg from City Col- MURRAY lege here. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of Sigma Tau, engineering honor society. He started his career working on the Colorado River Aqueduct and recently has been serving as acting assistant regional director. He and his family live in Sacramento. $10,500,000 bond issue approved by city voters last Feb.

9. Major phase of the hospital expansion will be construction of a new 400-bed general hospital and school of nursing on site between Atlantic and American Avea. and 27 th and Columbia Sts. The bond Issue will provide $6,650,000 for this project. MUler said business 1 firms contacted to far in the survey have given "excellent co-operation.

He pointed out that the fund drive would be a voluntary com- was not! likely to live long in any case but that his chances would be improved by an operation. SANTA CLAUS came early to the Strader home over the weekend, bringing a toy fire engine and train which the boy had wanted. Then he was bundled! in blankets and taken to St. Orange. Twice Josepli's i during theo pital in operation Tuesday; Tommy's life hung Ih the balance.

When hi heart tPPcd-: surgeon massaged it to restore -the beat. Later the boy stopped breathing and the doctors tomy. BIT performed a trachco- i 8:30 life left the valiant little body for the last time, shortly after the surgeons reported defeat in their, original purpose. They said the malignant -tumor, not be removed. i Tommy a deaf; mute, but he had learned lip reading and was considered An apt scholar in Santa Ana's Franklin School for-the Handicapped.

Service will: be conducted at 11 a.mJ Saturday in Ftenaker Mortuary, Buena Park, with the Rev. Tclles Shamblin officiating. Interment will be in Olive Lawn Memorial Park. I general chairman for the cam- 1. I paign.

Committee members are: George A. Richards'Sr chairman; Harry Buffum, Donald C. Carner, Dr. William S. Cheney, Dr.

Orville W. Cole, Lawrence A. Collins Dr. John G. Cot- troll, Irving M.

Dumiq Harry B. Frishman. Virgil Gillespie, Clare D. Hamman, William A. Harrington, Howard Hatfield, Dr.

Russell M. Hus ted, David Lawrence, Lloyd C. Lee-dom, Dr. Hugh J. Prichard, Aaron Schultz, Dr, H.

Milton Van Dyke and Hale Young. Tool Engineer. Unit Formed Flrst charter to be granted a two-year college In California by the American Society of Tool Engineers was presented to Long Beach City College Busi chapter Wednesday campus, 1305 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. Prof, erick C.

Fred- Prae- eumrA ther.of the tool engineering de partment of Utah State College at Logan, was the principal speaker. Chairman of the unit here, student chapter 15. is John Hall, 1222 Harding St. Other offU cers: Don Ohnc-mus, 1532 E. 2nd first vice chairman: Wes Kimsey, 422-Zona second vice Elmer Fox, 4453 Cerritos secretary; LeRoy Bishop of Bellflower, treasurer, and Gary Winterburn.

3620 Lemon student representative. Wanna Make Mcney on the Series? Thats right, when it omei to winning Worlds beries for buying, renting and sellin O. Ho.wio Hustles has a perfect bat-tin1 average! Inf a Classified Ad and theres just about nothin1 I cant, do for. you. Dial HEmlock 2-5959 and let one of my teammates write you a fast-action Clasiified Ad for ivou the way we wrote one lor this advertiser fLAYEjfIANO, (: lent nad.

Could lactor's iuu. OA Hospital Fund Conducts i Firm Survey ef i United Hospital Fund Inc. December. It yvill be "the larg-lmunity project a project aimed announced Wednesday. it has est financial objective in thejat solving one of the city's most undertaken a survey of 15,000 history of Long) Beach philan- critical problems.

thropy, Miller said. The money will be used to furnish and equip the new hospital buildings provided by a survey of Long Beach area business and industrial firms, in preparation for a multi-million-do liar campaign to equip 'new hospital T1IE FUND'S leadership committee is scheduled to meet later this week to nominate a 1 buildings. i The firms are being asked to supply the fund with the names of their. executives and. number of employes.

This 1 is being done to bring the funds records up to date, president E. B. Miller explained. THE CAMPAIGN will get under way in January, with major gift solicitation set for darch and public contributions or mid-April. It is expected to be completed by June Exact goal of the campaign it expected to be set in mid- FIRE FIGHTERS play water on more than 700 tons of hay owned by Leslie Nottingham, 11060 E.

Alondra Norwalk. Ire, of undetermined started in the southernmost of three hay st AAAi.

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