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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1976
Page
9
At 6 30 a m the event runs until midafternoon with entrants bringing their own rods and reels. Bait soft drinks and ice cream are provided free. Trophies in many categories will be awarded to youngsters up to age 17 who land the biggest fish.
La Palma City Council adopts a $2,741,262 budget for 1976 77 and delays setting the tax rate for two weeks after City Manager Burton Wesenberg cites lack of state utility assessment figures. He notes a likely overall tax rate reduction from $1 per $100 to about 0.98 with recreation and lighting district cuts, driven by a 19.2 percent rise in assessed valuations.
Long Beach City Council selected Marilyn Green to replace Don Ohl on the Convention and News Bureau board of directors. Green, a workmen's compensation lawyer with Cantrell & Green, has practiced in Long Beach since 1952 and is a Stanford graduate. Acting City Manager Robert Creighton cited efforts to place more women on commissions and boards.
The ABC Unified School District resumes deliberations on a proposed 43 million dollar 1976 77 budget due by Sunday to meet a state deadline. Supt Eugene Tucker proposes an alternative tax rate of 48 dollars per 100 of assessed value, 78 cents below the original plan and 54 cents under last year.
Orange County supervisors approved experimental wind turbine installations on half-acre park sites to test year round electricity generation. A Reseda firm will build turbines with a housing structure a generator and transformer, with ERDA funding potential, at Mile Square or Fairview regional parks and Los Coyotes Regional Park sites near Costa Mesa Buena Park and Fullerton.
Carson City council weighs leasing the abandoned city hall to service groups after seniors pack chambers and applaud a survey to gauge demand. Smith argues month to month lease to aid social services while a proposed multimillion center is planned nearby.
Orange County Transit District weighs using the old Pacific Electric right of way from Santa Ana to Los Angeles as a high speed rail corridor seven miles between Santa Ana and Stan fe valued at about 2.9 million dollars. If acquired it would connect with a light rail plan involving Compton Watts and the LA Long Beach area.
Bandit tokens a note saying this is a holdup and escapes with about 480 dollars from a Belflower bank on Lloyds Boulevard at 10 am Monday. Teller Sandra Ray, 18, reported the incident while deputies said the thief walked away calmly after grabbing the cash.
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