Korea Receives Navy Destroyer Halsey Powell at Long Beach
Long Beach Naval Station transfers the destroyer Halsey Powell to the Republic of Korea at 10 am Saturday as part of a $100 million aid package. Ambassador Dong Jo Kim accepts the ship, to be renamed ROKNS Scout, with 10 Korean officers and 121 men aboard alongside 120 U.S. sailors.
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United Crusade Chief Jeza S Holton Named Head
Long Beach businessman Jeza S Syd Holton was named Wednesday to head the 1968 Long Beach United Crusade fundraising drive. Holton, manager of Holton and Son Mortuary, has been active in civic groups including the Chamber of Commerce Red Cross and the United Way. He aims to recruit business and civic leaders across Long Beach Bellflower Lakewood Paramount and Signal Hill. Last year the drive raised nearly 1.4 million for United Way agencies and Red Cross in the area.
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Syd) Holton
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Williams Rites in Whittier for Long Beach Pastor
Services are held at 3:45 pm today at Rose Hills Memorial Park Whittier for Rev J E Williams a longtime Long Beach pastor and originator of the Lille Church of the Fireside radio program who died Saturday in Montebello at age 75. A Kentucky native who came to Long Beach in 1930 he led First Nazarene Church then moved to Washington before becoming a waving evangelist. He launched the Laude Church program on KFOX while in Long Beach. Surviving are his wife, two sons John and William, and daughters Virginia Fitzgerald and Donna Godart.
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Antipoverty Drive Pushes Fundraising in Long Beach
The Long Beach Community Improvement League seeks $20,000 immediate funds to stay afloat and $30,000 soon to buy a building at 2222 Olive Ave and cover rent. Donors include Gov. Ronald Reagan and area churches. programs at risk if the drive fails include Head Start tutoring and the 24 hour crisis clinic.
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Benefits of Rapid Transit Network Revealed in Study
Stanford Research Institute, paid $68,000 by a federal grant, forecasts a $2.8 billion five corridor rapid transit network from downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach and four other terminals will yield at least 87 percent annual benefits over costs. It envisions spurring redevelopment in El Monte and Long Beach, reducing downtown freeway needs, boosting service industry employment, lowering employer parking costs, and shaping suburban high rise growth along the San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel corridors.
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Louis Konig Rites Held
Services were held at First Christian Church in Wilmington for Louis J. Konig a 65 year old harbor area rubber technician and community leader who died Saturday. He worked with West Mouldowney and Martin and did government experimental work. He was past president of Kiwanis Wilmington and on the Wilmington Dominguez YMCA board. Surviving are his wife Genevieve daughters Baily Lou Hayter and Nancy Ann Konig sisters Mrs Margaret Cook Mrs Mabel Hayward and seven grandchildren.
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Lomita Names Stephenson City Administrator
Lomita appoints Allen Brice Stephenson, 61, as city administrator effective April 1 after five years as Inglewood city administrative officer. He replaces Slattley D. Green, 44, who resigned amid council complaints over authority and overpayments beyond the $2,500 limit. Stephenson will earn the same $14,899 annual salary.
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