Military rites planned for D C Navy hero Don Gary
Retired Cmdr Don ald A Gary of Garden Grove Medal of Honor recipient for saving 281 lives during World War II will be buried with full military honors. He helped rescue 287 men aboard the USS Franklin after a 1945 attack off Japan, later receiving the Medal of Honor from President Truman in 1946. Services set for Westminster and Garden Grove with burial at Fort Rosecrans San Diego. survived by widow Dorothy and son Kenneth.
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Donald A. Gary
Garden Grove
Orange County
Cmdr
Ars
Liellerant
USS
Japan
Franklin
Gary
Finelly
Hardtack
Frank
Iun
Okinawa
Truman
White House
Westminster Memorial Park
Beach Blvd
Westminster
First Presbyterian Church
Euclid Ave
Ft Rosecrans
San Diego
Boys Club
Masonic Lodge 586
York Rite
Council
Long Beach
el Baka Shrine Temple
Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Legion of Alor
Dorothy
Kenneth
van Nuys
Not enough road funds for Orange County says supervisors
Orange County receives only 80 million of 824 million state transportation funds for six years. Caltrans District 7 lists 71 million to Los Angeles, 25 million to Ventura, with emphasis on maintaining existing freeways and no new routes since 1972. OC officials urge fair share while three priority projects lack funding.
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Orange
Los Angeles
Ventura
Orange County
State Highway Commission
Ventura County
Robert Datel
Transportation Department
Caltrans
Orange County Transportation Commission
Highway Commission
District 7
Ralph Diedrich
The
Transportation Commission
Ralph Clark
To Ana
Newport
Bristol Street
Bay Drive
Costa Mesa
Corona del May -Erentay
Bonita Canyon
Long Beach council voids all airport lease bids
The Long Beach council, voting 6 to 2, scrapped four airport lease bids to pursue a master plan under new airport director C R Chandler. A moratorium on new leases delayed piecemeal development while the plan is drawn up, despite bids from bidders including Dr Leonard Russo for a fixed base facility.
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Long Beach Ty Council
C.R. Chandler
Leonard Russo
Seal Beach Won't Put Costly Projects to Vote
Seal Beach City Council adopted a citizens advisory committee recommendation not to put capital projects costing over 500000 to a public vote. A motion to submit the issue to voters at the next general election failed 4-2. The council also authorized City Manager Tennis Courtemarche to negotiate with the Navy to acquire 6.2 acres for recreation at no cost. A $3 million state beach maintenance fund was noted, with a projected city deficit of 160000. An ordinance to regulate shopping center advertising promotions was tabled.
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Seal Beach
Citizens' Advisory Committee
Ronald Kredell
Tom Blackman
Russell Gray
Proctor Weir
Kredell
Frank Laszlo
Terry Barton
Tennis Courtemarche
Navy F
Surfside Colony
Pacific Coast Highway
Navy
Courtemarche
Public hearing on traffic problems in South Bay set
Tonight at 7 30 Redondo Beach City Hall and Thursday at Torrance City Hall public hearings will discuss corridor study addressing traffic in a group of cities including Redondo Beach Torrance Hermosa Beach Manhattan Beach Lomita Carson El Segundo Gardena Palos Verdes Estates Rancho Palos Verdes Rolling Hills Rolling Hills Estates Rolling Hills Harbor Area Los Angeles.
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South Bay
Southay
Redondo Beach
Torrance City Hall
Hawthorne
Carson
el Segundo
Gardena
Hermosa Beach
Lawndale
Lomita
Manhattan Beach
Palos Verdes Estates
Rancho Palos Verdes
Rolling Hills
Rolling Hills Estates
Torrance
Harbor Areas
Los Angeles
Coin arcade rejected for Norwalk mall
The Norwalk City Council rejected plans for an amusement arcade at the Norwalk Square Shopping Center. Mayor John Zimmerman Jr. and Mrs. Margaret Nelson voted for the arcade, while Councilman Robert White and others opposed citing incompatibility with the area. The arcade was to be part of a $1 million facelift approved March 14.
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Norwalk
Norwalk Square
John Zimmerman Jr
Margaret Nelson
Robert White
Rosecrans Avenue
Pioneer Boulevard
White
Zimmerman
Sed
Norwalk Extends Parking Moratorium For Residential Trucks
The Norwalk city council unanimously extended the residential truck parking moratorium for 90 days, marking a second extension in two months. Truck owners face $25 citations for on residence parking and seek a city lot lease arrangement to park trailers, a dispute that has spanned four months with council and truckers negotiating terms.
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Norwalk
Seacker
Mantre Rocker
Jim Griffin
Cecile
Long Beach consolidates tidelands agency under single director
Long Beach City Council approves a consolidation of tideland related functions into one agency to oversee Queen Mary and convention center, with Randall likely to lead as acting director. The plan unites four departments and creates a tidelands promotion and service arm along with a new administrative division.
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Long Beach
Cnts
John Dever
Ord
Uney Cay
Queen Mary and Convention Center
Tidelands Czarver
Randallee
Verrue
Audi. Co
Sidelands
Promotion and Service Corporation
Canera Reps
Barean
To Mary Tours Inc
Sry Ford el Cripaide
Drystas
Genter Ane
Surfboards OK on Seven RTD Bus Routes in SoCal
Rapid Transit District permits surfboards up to 54 inches on seven routes serving beach communities. Boards must be stored at the rear of buses. Long Beach area lines affected include B15 to Redondo Beach and Santa Monica, 829 from Lakewood, 846 along Artesia Boulevard, and B70 between San Pedro and Rolling Hills.
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Southern
California
Long Beach
Redondo Beach
Santa Monica
Lakewood
Artesia Boulevard
San Pedro
Rolling Hills
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