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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1961
Page
8
A 14 year old Lakewood girl was dragged into a car by two 16 year old boys and assaulted after asking her mother for permission to walk to an ice cream parlor. The car was parked near her home and taken to a secluded spot where one of the teens raped her before returning to the neighborhood and leaving her with deputies. The incident was reported Tuesday.
Long Beach city council approved in principle a plan to contract defense services for indigent felony cases, stepping toward abolishing the city public defender position. The move, 8 to 1, follows a proposal by City Manager John R. Mansell, with county involvement to be clarified and a $16,550 annual office budget. Only Councilman Andrew Baird opposed.
Philip J. Brady, a deputy since 1948, was promoted by City Atty. Gerald Desmond. The appointment covers planning and zoning. Unanimously approved by the City Council and effective May 1, Brady will earn 191,290 per month. Brady, 46, has been a Long Beach resident since 1926 and previously served as public defender and deputy city prosecutor.
Fragmented OCR text lists multiple building permits and contractors across locations with sums and names such as Thimmantty Western Greyhound Lines Millie & Severson Kennall Swill Brymour Moreno Gearon Huilders Soames Fox Br George Coates Catlins Bros MacDonald Harolds. The garbled data includes addresses 6420 Wardlow 1255 Pa and project notes like decks and cement plants, lacking coherent narrative.
A building crane working at 230 San Mateo Drive Naples struck an overhead telephone cable Tuesday morning disrupting service for about 43 subscribers. Elton Watson General Telephone Co service manager said trouble reported at 10 a.m. The damaged section was replaced and service restored by 3 30 p.m. Watson called accidents like this fairly safe noting none in more than a year.
The Senate voted 28 to 4 on Tuesday to allow instructional television for public school districts, enabling use of TV for classroom instruction in Sacramento.
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Nine area cities including Avalon Commerce Downey Gardena Lakewood Palos Verdes Estates Pico Rivera Signal Hill and Torrance adopted an anti communism resolution sparked by San Gabriel City Council. The measure denounces communism and urges vigilance by citizens and officials. In other news Senator Daniel nomination for Guam governor awaits full Senate action.
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