Beach Gossip and Local Color from Long Beach
A mosaic of short items covers GOP nomination chatter in California and Miami, local bets on Nixon and Reagan, Sea Festival funding rumors, a kid in a judge routine, ribbon-cutting trends, a Custer painting exhibit, League of Women Voters Focus on Long Beach, an evasive ironing lady theft, a youth golf tourney at Recreation Park South, and plans for Billie Jean King day led by Mayor Ed Wade and Harry Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Alamitos
Nixon
Long Beach
Jack Crown
Miami
Jack
Rob Estes
Antelope Valley
Ed Wade
Harry Fulton
Jim the Pawnbroker Master of His Craft
Jim Craft runs a pawn shop at 144 Long Beach Blvd handling rings watches golf clubs cameras and more at 2.5 percent monthly. He says 80 percent reclaim items early while some borrowers pay years and quit. Craft notes good people seek help and he remains an observer of lives as he lends against hopes and dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Craft
Long Beach Blvd
Las Vegas
Hollywood Park
St. Louis
Nu-Pike
Craft
New York
Toronto
Boston
Buddy
Artesia Barbeque Tickets on Sale
Tickets are on sale for Artesia's Grand Old-Time Pit Barbecue on Sept. 12 at Artesia Park. Chamber president Bob Donnell announced prices of $2 for adults and $1 for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesia
Artesia Park
Bob Donnell
Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach School Budget Keeps Tax Levy Flat
The Long Beach Board of Education adopted a budget with a $4,146 per $100 assessed valuation levy and $66,448,795 in general funds despite a $6.4 million rise in operating costs for 1968-69. Salaries up $4.7 million and other expenses $2.3 million. state and federal grants offset part of the increase. A transfer plan moves Longwood Estates from Compton to Long Beach Unified, subject to Nov. 5 voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Board of Education
Elizabeth Hudson
California
Sacramento
Washington
Longwood Estates
Long Beach Unified
Compton Junior College
Compton City
Long Beach Sidewalk Art Show Ties to Sea Festival
Long Beach Art Association stages a Saturday sidewalk show on Pine Avenue with 250 paintings to judge. Prizes total 1500 dollars, best of show 500, plus ten 25 dollar honorable mentions. Viewers vote and cash awards go to top pieces. the event marks the 15th summer exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Almeraz
Dorothy Wells
Pine Avenue
Tom Poe
Kent Henderson
Long Beach Art Association
First
Sixth Streets
Long Beach
Joseph H. Krause
CSLB
Ted Baird
Long Beach City College
Rex Brandt
Southern California
Pine Ave
Art Association
Bixby Park
John B. A. Johnson
Walt McNulty
Cochairman
Philip Madden
Charles Winn
Sing Along With Mae and Broadway Serenade at Long Beach
Admission free events in Long Beach include a 2 p.m. Sing Along With Mae at Institute of Lifetime Learning on 215 Long Beach Blvd and an 8 p.m. Broadway Serenade by the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Scott Trotter at Recreation Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Area
Mae
Institute of Lifetime Learning
Long Beach Blvd
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
John Scott Trotter
Recreation Park
ABC School District Adopts 1968 69 Budget Plan
The ABC Unified School District approved a 1968-69 budget of 11.9 million dollars, up 1.6 million from last year, to support an expected daily attendance rise of about 1,500 students pushing total enrollment past 17,000. Officials anticipate the general funds tax rate to be roughly 10 cents lower than the prior year's 4.46 per 100 assessed value, with about 500,000 dollars allocated for salary increases for teachers and classified staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABC Unified
Torrance School Board Cuts Taxes
Torrance Unified School District board votes 3 to 2 to cut general purpose taxes by five cents raising the district tax rate to 4.20 per 100 assessed value. Budget stands at 29,879,475 with a 0.6 cent budget reduction. a funding error could cost about 200,000. An experimental League of Women Voters Rehearsal for Democracy program is approved for one high school civics class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrance Unified School District
Bert M. Lynn
Hugh M. Burns
State Assembly
Lynn
League of Women Voters
Airlift Aweigh to Aloha Land Training Cruise Begins
A 500 member Hawaii bound cruise of Southwestern Naval Air Reserve units began Monday with airlift from Los Alamitos Navy Air Station. Six transport planes supported the operation, officials said, marking a record for such a cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airlift Aweigh
Aloha Land
Naval Air Reserve
Los Alamitos Nas
Roger Coar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Malcolm Epley
Reagan
Rockefeller
Bobby Kennedy
I, PT
Larry LaVoie
Custer’s
Imperial Theater
Larry
Apt
Recreation Park South Course
Tom Shaw
Jim the Pawnbroker
Compton
L.B
California State College
Competi
Tors
Tropics
ABC
Ralph McClurg
Torrance School Board
Bob Andrew
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!