Action Line helps veteran locate long lost fire team leader
A Vietnam veteran requests help finding his old fire team leader from Lakewood High School. Action Line, with the Long Beach School District, traced the parents, found the Marine at Camp Pendleton, and learned he comes home frequently. a brother will pass along the message.
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Long Beach Considers Parking Under Gerald Desmond Bridge
The city of Long Beach is negotiating with Naval Shipyard Naval Station and Union Pacific to establish parking lots and possible businesses on 12 acres of land under the Gerald Desmond Bridge along Seaside Boulevard. Union Pacific retains private rights of way delaying final agreements. negotiations should wrap in about six months with leases likely to go to the Navy or commercial operators.
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Jamaican passport renewal process explained for Los Angeles area
A Jamaican honorary consul general in Los Angeles has not yet assumed full duties. The Jamaican Chancery says the New York Consul General handles most renewals. Send the renewal form, passport, and fee by registered mail to the New York address. expect return within about a month.
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Port Ambassadors of Long Beach Honor Harbor Visitors
The Port Ambassadors are a Long Beach Chamber of Commerce committee. Membership in the chamber costs $75 annually and the waiting list for Ambassadors is long. The group escorts visiting officials, greets docked ships, conducts speaking tours, and hosts visiting ship captains. For info, call the chamber.
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Wallace and Duncan Win Key Long Beach School Seats
Incumbents M A Duncan and Elizabeth Wallace won the two open seats on the Long Beach Unified School District Board by about two to one margins as just over 15 percent of voters participated. Wayne Roy trailed with 9 189 votes. Jay Johnson and Richard Loya also polled.
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Bud) Duncan
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Jordan High's historic football wins corrected in editor's note
Readers correct a previous item claiming Jordan High beat both Wilson and Poly in a season. A district official confirms Jordan defeated Poly and Wilson in 1947 7-6 and 27-12 respectively and again in 1951 20-0 and 13-6, in 1952 20-19 and 20-6, and in 1955 19-6 and 20-13.
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Garden Grove Head On Crash Kills Elderly Woman
A Friday night head on collision in Garden Grove killed 72 year old Ivy McNeal and injured four others. Elmer McNeal, 75, husband of the deceased, was near death in Westminster Memorial Hospital. Mrs Eileen Leonards, 35, and her daughter Tracy Verhulst, 7, were hospitalized in critical and serious condition respectively. A second child Bret Verhulst, 5, was listed very critical at Long Beach Memorial Garden Grove police reported.
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Rain Expected to Flood Easter Weekend in Southland
Wet weather looms across Southern California with 70 percent odds of rain as a storm moves from coastal waters to mountains and deserts. Expect moderate to heavy showers in Long Beach, gusty winds, and snow at higher elevations around 7000 feet or lower. Temperatures fall, with 60s in coastal areas and 50s in the mountains, persisting into Sunday.
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Memorials Mark King Day Nationwide Marches
President Nixon led a nation in commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on the anniversary of his assassination as troops guarded Chicago and other cities. In Memphis Rev Ralph David Abernathy led about 7000 marchers from the Lorraine Motel to city hall, the crowd quieting at the spot of King’s death. A brief robbery incident disrupted the rally without injuries.
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Pope Leads Good Friday Procession and Urges Peace
Pope Paul VI, in Rome, carried a cross through rain at a Good Friday service in the ruins, urging world peace. He condemned violence as not the Gospel’s lesson and prayed for an end to Vietnam, Nigeria’s civil war, and the Arab Israeli conflict, as Jerusalem pilgrims marked the day.
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The Big Quiver Rumor Citywide On Friday
Belmont Shore residents react to the predicted Big Quiver quake time 3 13 p m Friday with disbelief and casual jokes. Mrs L A Minor and her husband walk with their toddler Eddie as onlookers brush off doomsday talk amid lighthearted street chatter.
Sasa CNUCHE The Penny For Your Thoughts Joke
A fragment notes a man who coined a saying about thoughts and money and links it to a joke about paying for psychoanalysis. The line suggests a humorous comment on price and mind.
Artificial Heart Put In Patient At St Luke's
Dr Denton A Cooley directed a three hour operation at St Luke s Episcopal Hospital in Houston to implant a complete artificial heart in 47 year old Haskell Karp of Skokie Illinois The device built of fabric and plastic has four valves and chambers and is connected to a nearby power source Karp was conscious within two hours and could follow commands to move his hands and eyes The operation marks the first removal of a diseased human heart and replacement with a mechanical device with potential to function until a donor heart becomes available.
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Canadian Transplant Is Success in Toronto Heart Operation
A 35-year-old Calgary man received Canada's 15th heart transplant and first in Toronto at Toronto Western Hospital. The donor was a 41-year-old married woman who died of natural causes. The operation was led by Dr. Ronald J. Baird. The recipient is in satisfactory condition. identities were not released. The woman's kidneys were also implanted into two men aged 35 and 38.
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Sirhan May Escape Death Penalty
A brief note indicates Sirhan Sirhan may avoid the death penalty amid ongoing legal proceedings. The mention appears on Page A-3 with other items noted, including Easter services and a tax shelter for professionals slated for Page A-7 and B-7.
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