HUD Funds Start Two Long Beach Storm Drain Projects
Federal HUD grants enable two Long Beach area storm drain schemes in Norwalk Santa Fe Springs Downey and Carson. Flood control officials say this marks HUD's first use for storm drains, with Norwalk area costing 3213000 and Carson drain at 3336932 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Area
Norwalk
Santa Fe Springs
Downey
Carson
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Orange County Budget Records Record $173.5 Million General Budget
Orange County adopts a record 173.5 million general government budget for 1969 70 with 54 million expected from federal and state aid. The budget shows population growth and rising assessed value while relying on external funds for welfare Medicare hospital and mental health programs. Revenue sources include licenses permits fines interest gasoline tax rebates and anticipated carryover totaling multiple millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Co
Orange County
1 000 Unit Low Rental Housing Project Starts
A federal county program to provide 1 000 low income housing units began in Los Angeles with Harlan L. Jacobson named director. under a 10 year contract the project will subsidize the County Housing Authority by 1.16 million dollars annually. The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development will fund the subsidy. Seven hundred existing dwellings will be leased and 300 more may be built by private builders. Units will be subleased in unincorporated areas to move families from deteriorating county housing into sanitary modern structures. Existing applications backlog noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Harlan L. Jacobson
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jacobson
Arraignment Set in Death of Stepson
A 58-year-old Long Beach man Stanley L. Miller is to be arraigned Aug. 15 in Superior Court on charges he murdered his 24-year-old stepson Robert J. Taylor after a July 25 drinking bout at the Miller home. Municipal Court testimony described Miller drawing a rifle from a closet before the fatal shot that left Taylor dead in a hospital two hours later. Taylor had been working in an Alaska oil field and was visiting the Millers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Stanley L. Miller
Hellman Ave
Robert J. Taylor
Miller
Taylor
Alaska
Millers
County Names L B Man as New Appraiser
Clinton Evans of Long Beach a 22 year veteran of the County Assessor's Office is now one of the department's chief real estate appraisers. Assessor Philip Watson said the promotion fills a vacancy in the county's western section. Evans resides at 2315 Charlemagne Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Evans
Long Beach
Philip Watson
Evans
Charlemagne Ave
DOD Moves Liaison Offices to West Los Angeles Building
Regional armed services liaison offices are relocating from Sunset Boulevard Hollywood to the West Los Angeles Federal Building at 11000 Wilshire Boulevard. Army Navy Marines Air Force Coast Guard and DoD information offices will be included in the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Sunset Boulevard
Hollywood
West
Los Angeles Federal Building
Wilshire Blvd
Army
Navy
Mariners
Air Force
Coast Aid
Department of Defense
Service set Monday for Sgt. John Calhoon
Monday at 10 30 a m in Forest Lawn Cypress for Sgt. John Calhoon 21 killed in an Edwards Air Force Base automobile crash. Calhoon a Long Beach resident 17 years a 1966 Poly High School graduate served three years in the Air Force including a year in Vietnam. Survived by mother Mrs Helen Calhoon and grandmother Mrs Emma Calhoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Lawn
Cypress
John Calhoon
Edwards Air Force Base
Calhoon
Long Beach
Poly High School
Air Force
Vietnam
Helen Calhoon
W. Canton St
Emma Calhoon
Oklahoma City
Long Beach Permits Drop But Yearly Valley Rises
Long Beach building permits fell in July from 1968 levels with total value of 3,694,800. Through July 1969 the year’s valuation reached 72,783,798, more than double the same period in 1968. Cerritos again led county projections, with Palmdale close behind. Carson Lakewood Norwalk Bellflower Hawaiian Gardens follow in permit values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Cerritos
Coleman Jenkins
Palmdale
Carson
Lakewood
Norwalk
Bellflower
Hawaiian Gardens
Seabird to Fly Catalina Route Commemorating Air Service
Channing Clark, ex Flying Tigers flight engineer, will fly a Fleetwing Seabird from the mainland to Avalon marking the island air service anniversary. escorted by Long Beach CAP units, the overwater flight also signals the first continuous scheduled air passenger service in the United States. The Catalina Island Visitors Bureau hosts a luncheon at the Airport in the Sky with commemorative medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catalina
Channing Clark
Flying Tigers
Island
Avalon
Long Beach
Civil Air Patrol Group VII
Clark
United States
Catalina Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Bill Mayer
L.A
Walter Wood
Flood Control District
Wood
Board of Supervisors
213Th Street
Vermont Avenue
del Amo Boulevard
Dominguez Channel
O’neill and
Irvine
Los Pinos
Ortega Canyon
L.B. Man
DOD
QSOS
Seach Arena
Rainbow Pier
Ringling
Barnum Baney Circus
Cereus
Anaheim Convention Center
Calif
Wallichs
J. Calhoon
Sgt
L.E. Construction
Los Angeles County Building and Safety Division
Ued
Sid Chaplin
Arthur Burns
Beach
Huntington Pacific
Huntington Beach City Pier
San Diego
Bay Blvd
Huntington Beach
Pacific Coast Highway
California
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!