This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1976
Page
16
Jimmy R. Phelps, president of Cal Western Packaging Corp., reports burglars broke a security belt and forced entry into the Compton warehouse at 2337 Del Amo Blvd, stealing 45 cases of peanut oil liquid shortening valued at $50. Deputies investigated Wednesday.
Two men robbed Pettey’s Liquor Store at 227 West Willow Street at 8 45 p m on Tuesday. One suspect armed with a pistol forced the clerk to hand over 55 dollars from the cash register. Gerald D Wohlford 30 reported the incident saying the thieves also took his wallet containing 1 dollar.
Lakewood deputies reported a theft of X-ray film valued at 614 dollars from a counter in the X ray lab at Kaiser Hospital on Rosecrans Avenue in Bellflower. Frances Gunderson, the supervisor, said the lab is next to the emergency room with many employees and patients passing the open door daily.
Marlo Obledo state secretary of health and welfare will be the keynote speaker at CORO second annual banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Golden Sails Restaurant 6285 E Pacific Coast Highway. His talk follows CORO’s first annual conference on Chicana concerns with talks by Richard Ala torre and Dr Henry Ramirez. Workshops will cover affirmative action women’s rights education and community affairs.
Assemblyman Frank E. Vicencia of Bellflower seeks his party nomination in a district that includes Bellflower Paramount Compton Lynwood and Willowbrook with 48,782 Democrats and 11,97 Republicans. His opponent is Orlan F. Thompson a 64 year old union driver public relations man born in Decatur Illinois. Republican candidate Richard G. Coxson a 48 year old CPA from Bellflower area is unopposed on the GOP side. Coxson has held CPA and finance roles and is a former Long Beach NAA president and current accounting educator appointee.
Cullen proposes a 39 page coastal bill aimed at limiting super agency control over air and water quality, density, energy, and coastal aesthetics. He criticizes Beilenson’s 105 page draft for overreach and restrictive rules. be noted support from business groups and Los Angeles County supervisors. In Sacramento Beilenson bill faces hearings in Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee.
John P. Grazer urged adoption of a rating system for port operations with no objections from employee groups. Other city departments already use similar plans, and the board postponed final action to the first Wednesday in June with full commission presence expected. The meeting also authorized a study contract with James R. Leonard and Associates to review organization, manpower, policies, facilities, and the electronic data processing system.
Household items valued at 31400 were taken from the home of Clyde Waits at 6340 Orizaba Ave by burglars who forced open a tent window to gain entry. Long Beach police reported Wednesday.
The Hellflower Unified School District failed to receive bids for the 50 year old Lincoln School, valued at 376000, as surplus property. A gavel broke on the final call. Trustees accepted a 4128 architectural bid to move a kindergarten building to Esther Lindstrom School and install a portable unit. They will study future actions and reviewed the 1976 71 budget with projected income of 19729982 and expenditures of 15470.
Lakewood City Council voted 4 to 1 to issue American Express city credit cards to each council member for official business, despite City Attorney John Todd opposing the move. The vote followed 15 commissions and committee vacancy actions, with resignations accepted from 12 commissioners and planning commission changes amid new appointments by council members Plunkett and Van Nostran.
The South Bay Life Center in Torrance reported a wrong host-line telephone number in Wednesday editions. The correct number is SL-HELP.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.