Groundswell for updating Long Beach city seal discussed
The Long Beach seal, adopted 1930, faces renewed scrutiny as critics note outdated imagery such as a rainbow pier a lagoon and a high wing airplane and an oil derrick in the harbor. Debate over symbolism continues amid a city history lesson from the Long Beach Historical Society.
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Rainbow Pier
Mark I. Houghton
City Right
Aray
The
Long Beach Historical Society
California
Golden Gate
Shell
Shell Oil Co
Signal Hum
County opens $798,500 Carson Regional Library
The county opened its new 33 197 square foot Carson Regional Library on Carson Street east of Main, with 98 000 volumes and a staff including County Librarian William S. Geller, Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, and Carson Mayor John Leahy. Volunteers from the Carson Women's Club helped stock shelves and set up the building, which features a fireproof night drop, a carbon dioxide fire suppression system, specialized visual materials, a three channel audio system, and a large community meeting room with a projection table. The library is part of a county system that adds 67 200 volumes to the city collection, bringing total local holdings to 164 000 volumes.
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County
William S. Geller
Kenneth Hahn
Carson
John Leahy
Betty Lee Addison
Harold Umbarger
The
Carson's Women’s Club
Carson City
Dominguez
Capita
Carson Tlegional Library
Carson Library
Carson Street
Main Street
Long Beach Police Fire Log Details 24 Hour Emergency Run List
A 24 hour emergency log from Long Beach police and fire departments lists multiple incidents including noninjury and injury traffic accidents, fires, fuel or gas issues, boat incidents, and a few investigations. Key locations cited include Hill Street and Obispo Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, Broadway and Long Beach Boulevard, and Terminal Island Freeway area with times from 9:01 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the period ending 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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Long Beach
Boris
Obispo Avenue
Hill St
Hill Street
Obispo Ave
Gasone
Terminal Island
Willow St
Paramount
U. Branch
Broadway
Long Beach Boulevard
Qist Street
Pacific Avenue
Utah
Catsell Street
Woodruff Avenue
Pacific Coast Zibway
Loynes Drive
Fifth Breez
Alelantic Avenue
Boath Street
Ldneen Avenue
Mrs Drury pleads no contest in fatal Long Beach case
Suzanne K. Drury twenty six pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Long Beach Superior Court for the Dec twenty eight 1971 shooting death of her husband Morley Drury Jr at their Harbor City home. Judge Carroll M. Dunnum set probation and sentencing for May three with bond at two thousand five hundred while allowing her to remain free.
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Suzanne K. Drury
Long Beach Superior Court
Morley Drury Jr
USC
Carroll M. Dunnam
Thier
Clearpool Place
Harbor City
Dunnum
Thomas M. Indovina
Dep. Dist. Attys
Ted C. Sten
Long Beach
Foreign Students Dinner At Cal State Long Beach
International Students dinner at California State College Long Beach on April 15 offers meals from many nations. Samir Nader says 600 foreign students may wear native dress and perform country arts such as a Japanese Kabuki play and Israeli folk songs. Admission is 3.75 for adults and 2.75 for students under 14, with proceeds aiding an emergency loan fund.
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California State College
Long Beach
Samir Nader
Lebanon
Cal State-Long Beach
Nader
CSLB
One Used Car Dealer Wins Permit In City Vote
Signall city council granted a used car lot permit at Pacific Coast Highway and Junipero Avenue by a 2 to 1 vote. Thompson offered a two foot landscaped strip but failed to win full landscaping. Previous operator Phil Hall’s wholesale license was denied 3 to 2. a temporary permit was rejected.
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Signall
Pacific Coast Highway
Willow Street
Bob Thompson Auto Sales
Junipero Avenue
Thomas Denham
Phil Hall
Ile
Gundry Avenue
Miss Mille
Denham
Miss Miller
Hall
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City of
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Beaches
LON
ORAT
Carson Regional
Raymond Dion
Math St
Buriars
Gardena
Lawndale
Lomita
Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Heights
Hermes Beach
Villa Carson
Victoria Park
Harbor Place
Panorama Drive
Steamer St
California Avenue
Sixth St
Seventh Street
Termle Avenue
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Cherry Ave
Gist Street
Gardenia Avenue
Auden Street
Drury
Associated Students
International Student Affairs Center
Bob Andrew
Sheraton
Avis
American Airlines
Sxpiras
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