South Bay area Comebacks not always losers
In the South Bay on Tuesday voters shifted councils in several cities. Carson ousted Mayor John H. Leahy by 37 votes while Sak Yamamoto won the third seat, joining Clarence Bridgers and John Calas in four-year terms. Torrance saw former mayoral candidate Albert Ise fall in a crowded field as James Armstrong led with 10,297 votes. Lomita, Gardena, Lynwood, and Rolling Hills Estates filled council seats with incumbents returning and new faces appearing.
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South Bay Area
Torrance
Carson
John H. Leahy
Sak Yamamoto
Leahy
Clarence Bridgers
John JM. Calas
Calas
Bridgers
Yamamoto
Rove Love
John Markulis
Aurelia de la Vega
Thelma Strelitz
Filiberto “Phil” Gonzales
Edward L. Manilin
R. Cleve Anne
Horace H. Hunter
Mary Ann Myers
William Areiler
Gerlad L. Gaffney
Albert Ise
James Armstrong
Orate
Donald Wilson
William Uerkwitz
Orin P .Bud Johnson
Johnson
Uerkwitz
Wilson
Armstrong
Ernestine Boyd
Bernard R. Casey
John Fiorello
Isen
Wiliam Lewis
J. E. ‘Jim’ Thompson
Harold D. Bud" Walsh
Recount Clears McKnew in Seal Beach District 4
A Seal Beach District 4 recount shows Thomas McKnew up by one vote over Jay Covington, eliminating a June runoff. In the March 28 election McKnew had 719 votes, two more than needed to avoid a runoff, with recount totals giving McKnew t at Covington 619 and Carl Poyner 96.
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Seal Beach
Thomas McKnew
Jay Covington
McKnew
Covington
Carl Poyner
Avalon mayor unseated as council fills seats
Incumbent Rudolph loses in a eight contender field for three Avalon City Council seats. Pitteh George Scott and educator Raymond A. Rydell win seats while Mayor Harvey J. Cowell finishes fourth. City Clerk Shirley Davy seeks re election against MereBeth Weller. Treasurer Barry William Stirity runs unopposed.
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Rudolph Is. Pitteh
George Scott
Raymond A. Rydell
Avalon
Harvey J. Cowell
Seait
Rydell
Palteh
Cowell
Shirley Davy
MereBeth Weller
Barry William Stirity
Incumbents swept out by Lakewood voters in council race
In Lakewood voters ousted three incumbents William Burns Robert Baker and Woodrow Smith while electing three challengers Sheila Pokras William Young and Wayne Piercy to four year terms Incumbent losses followed a campaign on busing West Lakewood High students to Jordan High School and ending automatic reelection of longtime officials Piercy led with 8385 votes Young 7263 Pokras 6767 as 14000 ballots cast of 37103.
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Hallowe
Lakewood
Sheila Pokras
William Young
Wayne Piercy
William Burns
Robert Baker
Woodrow Smith
George Nye
Piercy
Young
Smith
Burns
Baker
Larry Kline
Don Miller
William Moulton
West Lakewood
Jardan High School
North
Long Beach
Wayne E. Piercy
William FE. Young
Bellflower
Mary E. Lewis
Henry Kruid
Lewis
Kriid
Dan Massey
Ray Smith
Lewis N. Brown
James A. Thomason
Westminster
Derek (. McWhinney
Joy L. Neugebauer
Frank Fryer
Flacing
Willam
French
Conner L. Collacott
Southeast L A County elects 24 councilmen in nine cities
Twenty four councilmen were chosen in nine southeast Los Angeles County cities Tuesday night with only three incumbents ousted. Bellflower re elected Mary E. Lewis amid 22 percent turnout. Norwalk incumbents retained seats. Downey reelected Mayor Donald Winton while council seat was ousted. Cerritos elected two council members Frank D. Lee and Dennis G. Bradshaw amid 37.5 percent turnout.
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Los Angeles County
Downey
la Mirada
Cerritos
Donald N. Winton
Giles D. Hollis
Joseph E. DiLoreto
Waller S. Temple
Air Company
Winton
Theodore Jackman
Dean Watson
C. Bob Corwin
Temple
John C. Sims
Wendell W. Wiser
Kenneth J. Miller
Russell G. Lamkin
Diboreto
Hollis
Margaret J. Podurgiel
Earl J. Berry
Daniel Taylor
Frank D. Lee
Dennis G. Bradshaw
James E. Pearce
Lee
Bradshaw
Pearce
Juan de Cordova
West Orange County Incumbents Lose Seats In Four Cities
Incumbents were toppled in Anaheim Los Alamitos Buena Park and Huntington Beach as four West Orange County cities held municipal elections. Voter turnout ranged from light to moderate with results showing shifts among council seats and mayoral races across the region.
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West Orange County
Anaheim
Los Alamitos
Buena Park
Huntington Beach
Orange County
Incumbents Win Seats in Signal Hill Council Election
Keaton King led the field with 304 votes to become parks commissioner. Former Councilman William F. Mendenhall will return as mayoral post he left two years ago with 502 ballots. Councilwoman Gertrude Beebe kept her seat with 404, while Sandra Miller unseated for a second term with 363. Denham did not run. other candidates trailed including Neff 324 Wells 298 Thompson 240 Mekis 209 Randi 206 Callen 93. Turnout reached 54 percent.
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Anaheim
Calvin L. Pebley
Ralph G
Jerry’ Sneegas
Don R. Roth
John Seymour
William F. Daly
Thelma M. Jordan
Ray Cook
Edward M. Hartnell
Barr Williams
Janes Proctor
David M. Fishman
James EB. Gentry
Ray Grob
Dove Smelling
Paramount
Joli Mies
Ted J. Mosier
Arthur Salazar
League of Allied
Walter §. Scott
Mies
Mosier
Salazar
Scott
Artesia
Robert J. Jamison
Jamison
Gordon G. Herrema
Henry Dirksen
Walter {. Mullkin
Ray Carrillo
Joe Nieto
Jack Roeth
Jim van Horn
Burt Vis
Dirksen
Mullikin
Pioneer General Hospital
Artesia Medical Center
Escoa
Signal Ini
Keaton King
William F. Mendenhall
Gertrude Beebe
Thomas Denham
Sandra Miller
Jennis Neff
Ed Wells
Eliott M. Thompson
Nick A. Mekis
Robert Randi
Marion O F
Mee Callen
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Bob Andrew Salt
Lomita
Nunzio Jeff Giuffre
Edward J. Hermann
David A. Martin
William R. Morishita
Candice L. Nash
Doris F. Diamond
Sidney Lemberger Jr
Lawson L. Chadwick
Lynwood Lynwood
James B. Rowe
Henry J. Liewer
Morris
Green
Liewer
Rowe
M. R. Mason
Jeffrey
Compton
Rolling Hills
Philip Battagliz
Regan
Thomas Heinsheimer
William MacCabe
Carl Ghormely
Rolling Hills Estates
Avalon Oosts
Tom Shaw
L.A. County
Ralph McClurg
Larry Lynch
Norwalk
Robert White
Pete Fogarty
al Palladino
Margaret Nelson
Michael Dever
Dean Lough
Douse Senn
Daniel Brooks
Stephen Butler
Edward Rivers
George Juny
Orange CO
Bob Geivet
Bob Sanders
Charles H. Long
Joseph N. Hyde
Kenneth D. Miller
Hyde
Long
William W. Parton
Martin Mesias
Edelbert A. Jorgensen
Martha S. Bernel
Ienry Duke
Jerry A. Matney
Dave Shipley
George C. McCracken
James J. DeGuelle
Doyle Miller
Paul C. Jones
Bernard J. Mahoney
Warren G. Hall
Cypres
Heal
John Kavel
Delo Kanade
D. Gray Farley
Alice
J. Prankiewich
Ugh M. la
John Massehe
Tizard Warren
Stanton
Farmer Goungilman Frank N. Marshall
Wotra
Albert G. Nuijens
Frank Koll
Marshott
Nuijens
Kohn
Mark K. Coolidge
George J. Boudreau
Micky Costa
Ancuituons Cily
Desse Ab
Daevis
Harold BR. Borsmin
Stanley
Moyer
Merwit A. French
Garden Grove
Bernard C. Adams
Jehn &. Dean
Dean
W. E. Donovan
Woodrow W. Butterfield
Reiis
Adams
George B. Bantter
Donovan
Butterfield
Jerome G. Colton
Tom Williams
Fountain Valley
Bernie Svalstad
Marvin Adler
Svalstad
Adler
Ronald Shenkman
John Harvey
Clarence G. Casper
Roy D. Richards
Paul P. Savarino
Jan Wilhelm
ABC Unified
Tlawaiian Gardens
Venn W. Furgeson
Leland
Jose Ue Jesus Barrios
Betty Drewdall
Vale G. Martinez
Carolina Negrete
Richard G. Hott
Marl J. Seely
F. Springs
Santa Fe Springs
Ernesto BR. Flores
Betty Wilson
William J. McCann
Mores
Armando J. Mora
Isabel Elizalde
Simeon Ladenese
Ana Bartunek
McCann
Juan Ybarra
Signal Hill
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