Seafarer Digs Code Unearths Pirate Gold Treasure
Seafarer Bob Matyas of Long Beach and his prospective son in law Army Pfc Daniel Carrasco found a pirate chest on Junipero Street beach driveway. They earned $2000 from the discovery after following clue No 10 and decoding numbers 63 9 13 hike ending with success.
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Bob Matyas
Long Beach
Dis
Junipero St. Beach
Matyas
Lindero Ave
Army Pfc
Daniel Carrasco
Red International Sea Festival
Mystery Pirate treasure found at Sea Festival along beach drive
Matyas discovers a chest marked by a ninth post on the driveway to the beach parking lot and seizes a Sea Festival treasure. He recounts crowds gathering, receiving buttons, and a $1000 prize split with teammate Daniel Carrasco, who joins from convalescent leave. Carrasco’s wedding was postponed due to illness. The hunt hinged on clue No. 7 locating the chest by latitude and longitude, a sailor’s trick learned from 22 years in the navy.
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Daniel Carrasco
Ft. Ord
Matyas
Long Beach Free Clinic Faces Eviction and Closure
The Long Beach Free Clinic faces closure within a month due to exhausted funds and lack of community support. Landlord Joe Hood threatens eviction for loitering and outside patients, offering to seek license revocation. A fund raiser is planned by the Peace and Freedom Party on September 6 to help cover moving costs and operational needs.
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Long Beach
Gaviota Ave
The
Peace and Freedom Party
Virginia Waters
la Perla Ave
Rabid Skunk Bite Tracing Leads to Oregon Beach Park Find
An Indiana family tied to a rabid skunk bite was located Friday at Beverly Beach State Park near Newport Oregon. Mr and Mrs Duane Lund and six children from Gary Indiana said they were bitten by the same skunk which had escaped in Corning California. An Oregon State Board of Health spokesman said rabid animals bite indiscriminately and cautioned Mrs Jane Newhand of Anaheim and the Lunds to begin Pasteur treatments.
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Indiana
Anaheim
Beverly Beach State Park
Newport
Ore
Duane Lund
Gary
Corning
Calif
Oregon State Board of Health
Lund
Jane Newhand
Community events schedule at Long Beach August weekend
Open ships at Pier 9 Long Beach Naval Station until 4 p m and Sunday 1 4 p m. Free medical services and psychiatric counseling at Long Beach Free Clinic 2060 Atlantic Ave 1 p m. Children’s program at Douglass House Center 1021 Lime Ave 1 30 p m. Public concert by Long Beach Municipal Band at Lincoln Park 2 15 p m with later show 6 15 p m. Exhibit pottery by Thomas Gaines Gallery A California State College at Long Beach until Aug 21. Municipal Band performances at Bixby Park Caruthers Park Naples Colonnade 4 30 p m 7 15 p m Writers workshop at Douglass House Center 1021 Lime Ave 8 p m to 10 p m.
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Long Beach Naval Station
Long Beach Free Clinic
Atlantic Ave
Joyce Mockridge
Long Beach
Douglass House Center
Lime Ave
Lincoln Park
Thomas Gaines
California State College At
Bixby Park
Caruthers Park
Naples Colonnade
Writers’ Workshop
Bill Jackson
Alamitos Man Faces Jail Term for Grand Jury Lie
Kenneth E. Brandyberry of Los Alamitos, aged 31, was convicted by a federal jury on four counts alleging he lied to a grand jury probing horse race fixing. He faces sentencing September 22 before Judge Warren J. Ferguson. he had earlier received immunity for his April 18 testimony in Los Angeles. The charges involve tips on a Pomona race, bets, and bookmaker knowledge, with each count carrying up to 2000 dollars and five years in prison. The federal investigation continues.
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Los Alamitos
Kenneth E. Brandyberry
Martha Ann Drive
Warren J. Ferguson
Brandyberry
Los Angeles
Pomona
Marina residents seek camping ban along Long Beach bulkhead
A petition signed by Laura Kalayzian and 20 neighbors asks the City Council to post and enforce a ban on camping from the east end of Appian Way to Palm Park along the Long Beach Marina bulkhead. It cites lack of sanitary facilities and ongoing trash, garbage, dead fish and bait as health concerns.
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Long Beach Marina
Appian Way
Palm Park
Laura Kalayzian
Promoter John Dickson Held to Answer Grand Theft Charge
John Dickson former head of Long Beach Promotions Inc was held to answer on a grand theft charge stemming from discrepancies in his personal accounts. He will be arraigned August 29 in Dept E Superior Court. Audit findings show $605 in hotel entertainment expenses with variances. total shortages cited exceed $675. Dickson, released on $3125 bond, led a city funded agency facing post audit removal and the agency’s $340000 budget allocations.
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John Dickson
Long Beach Promotions Inc
Belmont Pier All City Fishing Rodeo Draws Large Turnout
Nearly 700 youngsters competed in the All-City Fishing Rodeo for Kids at Belmont Pier. More than 50 took trophies and prizes while others received candy bars and Cokes. The event was co sponsored by the Long Beach Recreation Department and the Southern California Tuna Club with numerous SCTC members assisting. Tony Valencia won the largest fish award a 5 pound 8 ounce shovelnose shark while Debbie Yarzabowicz captured the girls division bat ray. Rick Ruhlow earned Belmont Pier Trophy as best fisherboy of the year.
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Belmont Pier
Long Beach
Recreation Department
Tony Valencia
33Rd St
Independent, Press-Telegram
Debbie Yarzabowicz
Dawson St
Jeff Mills
Foreman St
Pat Tannehill
Glen Dinsmore
Mickey's
Rick Ruhlow
Molino
Art
June Ascolesi
Leo Apel
Terry Paige
Dan Dyer
Ken Shirey
SCTC
Beavers
Marvin Baecker
Paul Southgate Jr
Robert Ziebarth
Walter Oliver
Mulford Smith
Thomas Hardesty
Robert Yancey
Otto Petri
John van Dyke Jr
Roy Wal
Southland Servicemen Die in Vietnam Action
The Defense Department announced 34 Vietnam casualties Friday including two Southland service members. Marine Pfc. James R. Byrne of Torrance and Army Sp. Paul A. De Vegter of Long Beach were killed in action.
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Southland
Defense Department
Marine Pic
James R. Byrne
Edward T. Byrne
Hickory Ave
Torrance
Army Sp
Paul A. de Vegter
Floyd C. de Vegter
E. Carson St
Apt
Long Beach
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Bernard J. Ridder Jr
Independent Press-Telegram
Carrasco
Sandy Matyas
Long Beach Poly High
L.B. Free Clinic
Huckleberry Finn
By Preston Reese
Hood
Free Clinic
Ron Lofstrom
Lofstrom
Kewaneens
Kewanee, Ill
Lynwood City Park
Picnic Association
Long Beach Area
Alamitos
Marina Area
Dep. Dist. Atty
Martin Oghigian
Century Plaza
Dickson
Belmont
Donnell Culpepper
Jim Swett
Barracuda
Chuck Millerat
Carbina
Sargo
Bryan Haynes
Mackerel
Eddie Rodriguez
Tomcod
Brad Stevenson
Yellowfin Croaker
Jimmie Hill
Charlie McShane
Herring
John Isukamoto
Pompano
R. McKiney
Greg Perie
Kent Mencderson
Viet
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