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OFFICE AND PLANT AT 1619 GRAMERCY AVE., TORRANCE

16th Year — No. 98 TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960 10* P«r Copy 60 PAGES

SCHOOL BOARD SUBS A MEMBERPenny

ThoughtsThe Pennies Photographer

thought it would be interesting to ask five people in Torrance the following question:

"Why did you choose the line of work you are now in?"

Mrs. Opal Carncs, 182 W. 2112nd PL, Wil- minglon, wait rcss:

"Mainly be­ cause I like tli is type of work the best. I've tried a lot of different oc­ cupations but always wind up back as a waitress again., Basically I like people and in this business you meet all kinds."

George Mik.l, 1529 Cravens, service station owner:"Actually, it

would be hard to say 1 chose it. 1 guess 1 kind of fell into it. I have been working in service sta­ tions since I

was about 15 and always want­ ed to have one of my own."

» * *Joe Davis, 1521 Cravens,

shoeshine stand operator:

"I worked in the shipyard business during the war and when that was over I looked at Torrance a long time be­ fore I decided * to locate here in April of 1951. But I want to say I have lik­ ed every minute of it."

Shirlcy Robinson, Chamber of Commerce, office manag­ er:"I came in to

fill in for someone while they were on v'a c a I i o n - three and one- half years ago and I've

i here ever since. However, staying here has been the

result of office expansion." * .

Kenneth Scott, 23G5G Park St., parcel de- liveryman:

"I was work- Ing for North A m e r i c a n part-time and started for UPS part - time. When I was laid off at NAA I started full time for UPS. I like i", all year around but not at Chrst- mas."

Local Police Grab Suspect After Slaying

Accused shotgun slayer Phillip Fox will enter pleas to charges of murder and kidnaping De,c. 12, it was decided Tuesday by Municipal Judge Otto B. Willett.

Fox, who was pulled out of his bed at 1830 Torrance Blvd., early Monday by Torrance detective Myles Hamilton,

is accused of killing his uncle, Dewey Fox, 37, of 21739 S. Western Ave., with a blast from a shotgun somewhere "east of Torrance" Sunday night, and then driving aroundwith the body, finally leaving it in the car in Manhattan Beach.

ARREST OF Fox is credited with clearing up a service sta-

Bandits In $8000 Cafe Haul

A bandit tall enough to be a pro-basketball player donneda Halloween mask, herded ' lion robbery here last week in three employes into a walk-in I which a 00-year-old attendant refrigerator, and fled with I was wounded with a blast from $1600 at the Plush Horse on !» shotgun. Pacific Coast Hwy. early yes- Police were led to the 1830 terday, Redondo Beach police' Torrance Blvd. address by a report. i traffic ticket found in the auto

The bandit called later to witl > Dewey Fox's body at First tell a telephone operator tha<, st - and The Strand in Man- the victims were locked in a hattan Bcach about 3:45 » '" closet. Monday.

The bandit, described by his j « * victims three maintenance' CALLED IN by Manhattan men as about 6 ft. 4 in. tall l police, Torrance Del. Lt. Don and weighing 250 pounds, raid- Hamilton and Det. Myles Ham- ed nine cash boxes stored in a (Continued on Page 4) cabinet after accosting the trio.

ONE OF the victims chal- lenged the lowering bandit,; saying, "You haven't got the"! guts to shoot!"

The bandit fired a 45-cali- \ ber automatic, apparently 10; settle any doubts about it, the slug hitting a steel kitchen cabinet and ricochetting back near the assailant.

Just before leaving the popu­ lar cafe, the tall bandit tossed coats inlo the refrigerator lo Ihe victims huddled inside.

AliOUT half an hour after Ihe holdup, the bandit called a local operator from a service

: station phone booth at 22802 ! S. Figueroa and said he had locked some people in a closet at the Plush Horse.

Torrance police were noti­ fied, and immediately inform­ ed Rodondo Beach police of Ihe call.

REDONDO POLICE searched through the building and its closets for several minutes be­ fore finding the victims in the refrigerator, they reported.

The holdup yesterday wasj tile second in recent weeks. In j another early morning raid, | bandits tied up workers in Uie cafe and fled with $8000. j

ADMITS SLAYING . . . Nineteen-year-old Phllllp Fox, held in the shotgun slaying of his uncle, Dewcy Fox, admitted yesterday that he shot his uncle after a bitter argument over Phillip's girl friend. lie scheduled to cuter a plea on the murder charge Dec. 12.

(Herald Photo)

Work on New Area .Church Started

Construction was started this week on tho first unit of a masler plan for the Redondo- Torrance Church of Religious Science on their two-acre site located at Prospect and Knob Hill Aves. in Redondo Beach, according lo Doyace L. Miller, building chairman.

The completed master ̂ lan, ejuding land, will represent

stimuli of approximate- J;i75,000.00.

Garrabrant Quits, Ellis Given Seat

Robert H. Ellis, 36-year-old aircraft firm process en­ gineer, was named to the school board Tuesday night in a quickie election following the resignation of Walter A. Gar­ rabrant. Nomination and approval of Ellis to fill the sud­ denly created vacancy came without discussion after Board

President William B o s w e 11

For Schools

3-Year Tax on Ballot

Torrance voters will be ask­ ed to approve a 50-cent over­ ride tax for schools with a three - year time limit in an election on Tuesday, Feb. 14,

Torrance Board of decided Tuesday

1961, the Education night.

At the same time, the board appointed a commitlee to ad­ vise it on financial problems. Named to the committee were Nelson Rucker, Union Carbide;

"I'm distinguished by my absence on the committee I proposed," Bert Lynn, who headed .opposition to the October tax election, said after Tuesday's meeting.

read Garrabrant's resignation.

letter of

GRUESOME FIND . . . Manhattan Ik-ach police stand by us attendants remove body of Dcwey Fox, 37->car-old Torrance man, who was killed Sunday night by a shotgun blast in the buck. His nephew, Phlllip Fox, 19, also of Torruuce, is being held on a murder charge.

Supervisors Order New Look At Narcotics Law Proposals

On mo lion of Supervisor APPKOVEI) of the motion ; at the 1001 session of the State ^ even stronger laws are need-Kenneth Halm, the Board of calling for the .study was giv- , Legislature the problem will ed for the program to reachSupervisors Tuesday ordered en unanimously by the Board continue to grow," Halm de-a complete re-evaluation of of Supervisors as Halm re- clared.the anti-narcotics legislative ported on the results of an | ...program to be sponsored by all-day legislative meeting on • jju REPORTED that, with

maximum effectiveness.

HE ADDED that the cost of combattig narcotics which

the County at tho 1901 ses- narcotics recently at the Stale sion of the State Legislature! Building, when Wayland L. to secure the most effective, Speer, assistant federal com- strongest laws possible. missioner of narcotics, mado a

one exception, all members of the Slate Legislature at­ tending the narcotics meeting had indicated that they would

responsible for 50 per cent of crime in metropolitan areas either directly or indirectly is a staggering burden on the

County Counsel Harold W. special trip to Washington, j g j vo st rong support for t h o , taxpz.yers_ ^addition to UieKenedy was instructed to con- 1J c - to outline tho magnitude County's anti-narcotics legisla-fcr on the problem with Slier- of the narcotics problem in tive program.iff Peter J. Pitchess, District California?Attorney Wililam B. McKes- "California is the number

Halm stated that while he believes the original proposals

toll of pain and misery Inflict­ ed on those who become ad dieted.

"The public must be pro-for new narcotics laws would: tected against the narcoticsand Probation Officer two 'hoi spot' of narcotics, see-

Karl Holton to strengthen the j ond only to New York, and un- 'go a long way toward curbing i traffic and t.se crime it breeds, the proposed new laws. less corrective action is taken!the traffic in illegal drugs, 1 (Continued on Page f>)

Robert Triplitt, Hughes; Leon­ ard Ensminger, Torrance Me­ morial Hospital; Arne Tonne- son, National Supply; and James W. Cassidy, Carnation Co. The committee will meet wilh the board next Tuesday at 8 p.m. to discuss the prob­ lem.

Reason cited for calling Ihe election, according to school officials, is that the districl will be $1 million short for next year's budget. Money is needed to keep up with the increasing number of sludents, including 1800 new youngsters next year, and the inflalionary spiral, they said, while the amount of stale aid remains the same.

Officials said lhal unless the districl knows early next year if the money will be available, it will be unable to hire many good new teachers, whose sal­ aries cost less than those of more experienced instructors.

If money is not made avail­ able, Superintendenl J. H. Hull said, Torrance stands in danger of becoming a "second- rate" school system with over­ crowded classes, where "indi­ vidual Instruction" would be difficult is not impossible, ad- mlnlslralors said.____

Decoration Judging Set

Torrance's second annual ouldoor Christmas Display Con­ test will be conducted again this year under the supervi slon of Iho Torranco Junior Chamber of Commerce will Dick Hatch as chairman, it wa< announced today by Bob Vro- man, president.

All residents of the City of Torrance are eligible. Entry blanks are available at the Torrance Chamber of Com­ merce office. 1511 Cravens

GARRABRANT, appointed to the board in 1957, cited press of business and his health as reasons for leaving his post. His term was scheduled to expire next July, and Ellis must stand for election April if he wisfhes to continue in the position.

In nominating Kills, Board Member Clinton B. Cooke pointed out that Ellis had been "a strong contender in the last election, and has shown a con­ tinuing interest in our schools."

ELLIS POLLED 1324 votes in the Ij58 school elections, losing a spot on the board to Cooke who received 1411. Bos- well led the ticket with 1868 votes.

In his campaign in 1058,Ellis called repeatedly formore emphasis on academicphases of the school system.

* * .ELLIS LIVES at 413 Via la

Soledad, and has been active in several community organiza­ tions, including terms as chair­ man of the city's Civil De­ fense Commission; chairman of the City-to-City program; treasurer of the Torrance Edu­ cational Advisory Committee, and a board member of the Hollywood Riviera Homeown- ers' Assn.

In addition to the scat now held by Ellis, other board po­ sitions up for election next April include those now held by Mrs. Grace Wright, only remaining member of the orig­ inal board, and Joe Arnold. Terms for Boswell and Cooke

ROBERT ELLIS Joins School Board

run until June 30, 1983.

Realtors To Seat Officers

Some 300 holiday-minded Realtors and their guests are expected to attend inaugura­ tion ceremonies of the Tor- rance-L,->mlta Board of Realtors tonight at the Plush Horse.

Delbert Vaughn will be in­ stalled as board president; and Irene Baker, Rose Craig, and Robert Trujlllo will be instal­ led as vice-president, secretary and treasurer, it was announc­ ed.

New board of director mem­ bers to be installed will in­ clude Don Borden, Hallie Crow, Lee R. Dawson, Robert Hatch­ er, Henry Mahler, William Me- Ewen, Kenneth Miller, Ken­ neth Peters and Dclmar Wright.

Outgoing officers are I.*e R. Dawson, president; Delbert Wright, vice-president; Irene Baker, secretary, and Don Huston, treasurer.

Women's division officers in­ stalled tonight will include Marie Whitacre, president; Kathleen "Moeskops, vice-presi­ dent; Georgia Marlow, secre­ tary, and Rose Craig, Ireasur-

JERRY RAPP HONORED AS HERALD SALESMAN

It took Jerry Ilapp only a month lo move from a newly appoinled HERALD carrier boy to the top as the "Carrier of tho Month" for November, Circulation Manager Darrell Westcoll reported yesterday.

Jerry, a studenl at Nativily School in Torrance, had been a carrier for Ihe HERALD Jusl one monlh when he received Iho nod as Iho oulstanding salesman among Ihe newsboys.

He is Ihe son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray R. Happ, 21821 S. Normandie Ave., and won his honors by winning the circula­ tion contesl for November.'

"Ho lias a fine appearance and a good sales personality," Westcott said after announc­ ing November's winner.

Jerry enjoys handling his HERALD route, and "enjoys tho response his readers have to the HERALD," ho added.

Jerry, who is 13, received a $5 bonus for sanlehlsie talo $5 bonus for sales in Ihe area soulh of Harbor General HOJ- pital which ho services.

Jerry's father, who Is »s proud of tho achievement as his son, is a machinist at Mar-

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