Tallichet built Reef and Ports o Call empire from Hilton start
Tallichet recounts a youth of pranks and expulsion, then military service. He joined Hilton Hotels rising to manager before launching his own chain Specialty Restaurants Inc. He opened the Reef in 1958 and expanded Ports o Call, Castaways and more through the 1960s, emphasizing atmosphere and later food quality with a large Proud Bird venue near the airport.
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Albuquerque
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Fred Boreman
Indiana
Johnson
Zoo Trip Sheds Light on Community Project
A Los Angeles Zoo visit as part of a citywide effort organized by the Long Beach Community Improvement League drew MacArthur Park Head Start children and other locals. The event showcased several sites including plans to buy three lots and two buildings at 2222 Olive Avenue and highlighted the league’s fundraising successes and activities.
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Lzelte
MacArthur Park
Long Beach
Hearing Set In Cop Fracas In Harbor City
A municipal court will hear four defendants on August 15 for battery against Officer James Abbott and Officer Stephen Hartt after a July 10 Harbor City fracas. Defendants Willie Bursey 24, Charleen Bursey 20, Sharon Stewart 20, Virgil Harrison 32 posted bonds totaling 5625 with Sharon Stewart at 1875 and others at 1250 each. The incident left six officers injured as 200 to 300 residents gathered when Bursey was arrested for reckless driving.
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Willie Clyde Bursey
23Rd St
Charleen
Sharon L. Stewart
Sharon Stewart
James A. Abbott
Stephen M. Hartt
Carson city planning chief envisions growth with new master plan
Richard Gunnarson the newly hired Carson planning director argues the city benefits from no downtown to save and will focus on a master plan balancing residential and industrial needs. He notes USC graduates aided early research and recalls his Navy service and prior posts. He stresses location and interrelated city factors driving development.
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Richard Gunnarson
Carson
Gunnarson
San Clemente
Hawaii
Inglewood
Bellflower
Westminister
North
Shell
del Amo
Costa Mesa
Burglars Take Record Player from Durkee Apartment
Burglars entered Don Durkee's apartment at 640 Long Beach Blvd through an open window and fled with a record player valued at $160, according to police.
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Don Durkee
Long Beach Blvd
Sunday Night Campus Echoes Student Role and Change
The Observer recalls a campus night where a janitor suggests expelling all demonstrators while the student government governor argues for more student say in decisions. A couple, children, and sculptures dot the scene as a quiet campus debates reforms and aims to build a new world.
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