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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1974
Page
6
The Lakewood Recreation Department held the All-City Pine Wood Derby finals at Mayfair Park on Monday. Participants from city parks raced six ounce cars down a 45 foot wooden track powered by gravity, with kit costs about 35 cents.
Funeral noon today at Westminster Memorial Park for Henry Flanagan 74 who helped in the first oil strike at Signal Hill and ran his own oil contracting business for 30 years He died Saturday at an oil lease He was born in Waco Texas and moved to California as a child Surviving wife Juanita son Edward daughters Nora Teodorski and Virginia Upchurch sister Jewell Gerber seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren
Long Beach police and fire units logged a busy 24 hours ending at 9 p.m. Monday with multiple first aid responses, several noninjury traffic accidents, plus car and trash fires. Notable incidents occurred at 548 W Third St, 190 L Pacific Coast Highway, 4942 E Anaheim St, 30 S Pine Ave, 3700 Long Beach Blvd, and 617% W Fourth St among others.
Two Cerritos residents, Jackie Kline and Rosa Lee Mahr, led a drive to curb truck traffic along Artesia Boulevard, securing a city ordinance now in force that designates truck routes. Sheriff’s deputies have issued dozens of citations as drivers adjust, while residents report noise vibration and dust concerns near backyards and school buses.
Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Mottell's chapel for Carl Clarence Stoehr a 66 year old Long Beach businessman killed in a Friday Idyllwild traffic crash. He owned and operated Stoehr Wire Cable Company for 40 years and was a Moose Lodge member. He leaves a son Carl Clarence II of San Diego a daughter Carla Mae Luster of Garden Grove brothers Theodore Leonard Clifford and sister Mrs Roy Ischirrer. A burglary at D Sol E Mio Restaurant 5449 Cherry Ave saw $10.25 taken after a window was smashed by a burglar Mon day.
Medical evidence from a New York hospital shows Excedrin P.M. relieves sleep loss due to minor pain. The inpatients up to 79 years old experienced improved sleep and reduced pain without habit forming risk or prescription requirements.
In Long Beach Superior Court, Danny Edward Scott, 30, faces murder charges for stabbing 27 year old Thomas Leroy Long after finding him at his estranged wife’s home. Long’s body was found near 2228 E Eighth St. Bail originally set at 50 000 reduced to 7500. Scott free awaiting trial as jury selection resumes at 9 a m before Judge Ernest L Kelly. TV set stolen from Harold Reich home at 630 Daisy Ave valued 114 burglaries through unlocked back door.
Richard A. McDonald of Long Beach is appointed 1975 United Crusade Region 101 chairman covering southeastern Los Angeles County. Region III raised $1,545,000 last year. McDonald aims to maintain that level amid rising costs for agencies served. He is division chairman in 1974 and president of Paper Products Inc. of Long Beach.
Long Beach Unified School District announced annual personnel changes naming three new principals plus reassignment of twenty other school officials. New principals include Wayne Piercy at Hughes Junior High and Edward Nichols at Franklin Junior High. Michael M. Coppersmith becomes Bur Cham Elementary principal.
The East Long Beach Neighborhood Center will host a Friday open house from 10 am to 4 pm marking the dedication of its new Escuela de la Raza at 2600 E Seventh St. The multipurpose center contains the Eastside Escuela preschool, administrative offices, and the Bilingual-Bicultural Research Center, with classes shared with the Escuela Extension Center and Pepperdine MBA program. A community dinner and dance from 6 pm to midnight will follow the open house.
The bid opening for the 30 million Pacific Ter race Center convention complex on the Long Beach shoreline shifts to 2 p.m. August 16 to allow contractors to review an addendum detailing administrative and technical changes. City Council approved the plans June 25. no major changes are planned. The project includes remodeling the auditorium, a new exhibit hall, and a three-level parking structure with a landscaped plaza entrance.
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