Community letters raise questions on canning lids and local issues
A reader asks Action Line to publish Goodwill canning lid contact details amid a nationwide supply squeeze. The piece also covers jewelry appraisers’ exam requirements, Long Beach shoreline cleanup worries, and a Back to School Clothes Closet drive at the YWCA. Public officials note beach repairs underway and ongoing maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
YWCA
Sixth Street
Pacific Avenue
Jan Benlein
J.B
Dymally Opens Watts Parade Amid Ten Year Riots Remembered
Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally served as grand marshal for the Watts Summer Festival Parade marking a week of activities in the Watts area once torn by riots. About 500 observers on Central Avenue heard calls to address job shortages that sparked the 1965 violence. A separate liquor store shooting in East Los Angeles left one dead and a man wounded, with police reporting a gang attack and a brick assault on the clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Belmont Pier
55Th Place
J.K
Bluff Park
Garden of Eden
Ocean Boulevard
L.B
Molino Avenue
John Williams
Williams
Mervyn Dymally
Watts
Central Avenue
Tommy Jacquette
Unem
Los Angeles
Jacquette
Garnet St
Gusta
Ward proposes Canoga Park to Long Beach rapid transit plan
Supervisor Baxter Ward seeks a compromise with Los Angeles to fund a 500 million eight mile Wilshire corridor starter line by forming a joint powers agreement to sell bonds. The plan would pair Canoga Park Long Beach with an additional Wilshire segment linking to downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach, contingent on city approval and federal matching funds.
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Baxter Ward
Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Ward
Canoga Park
Burbank
Glendale
Long Beach
Bradley
North Hollywood
la Brea Avenue
la Brea
Downtown
Long Beach Line
Man slain at entrance to Alamitos Bay
A 56 year old Los Angeles man, Eddie Harris, was shot in the abdomen at 12 27 p m in a trailer at the entrance to Alamitos Bay Long Beach. His wife Bruce Compton Harris 51 is booked on suspicion of murder. The victim and witnesses described a morning fishing trip prior to the fatal argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Alamitos Bay
Long Beach
Eddie Harris
Clovis Ave
Bruce Compton Harris
James Harris
72Nd Place
Ocean Boulevard
James
Long Beach Man Killed Crossing Boulevard in Paramount
Kenneth Sullivan aged 58 of 1535 Gardenia Avenue Long Beach was killed Sunday morning when struck by a car while crossing Alondra Boulevard near Passage Avenue in Paramount. Deputies said the victim was not in a crosswalk and the driver was not cited or held pending investigation.
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Kenneth Sullivan
Gardenia Ave
Long Beach
Alondra Boulevard
Paramount
Passage Avenue
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Action Ine
P.C
Calif
Goodwill Industries
Action
Joseph Dawson
U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs
Commerce Department
Rockhound
State Insurance Commissioner
W.A.M
Hollywood
G. Douglas Lewis
Herz and Lewis Inc
Dymally
United Press International
Vo Salazar
Estrada St
Jesse Hernandez
County Usc Medical Center
Hernandez
Manuel Robles
Glenn Anderson
Dharbor City
Wilshire
Anderson
South Los Angeles
Harbor
South Bay
Ortho
Mattress
Matta
Wight
Orme Mattress
Long Beach Blvd
Std
L.B. Blvd
Sears
Lakewood
Candlewood Ave
Candlewood Shops
Lakewood Center
Torrance
Hawthorne Blvd
Torrance Blvd
Huntington Beach
Edinger St
Huntington Center
San Diego
Fay. Beach
Santa Ana
Bristol St
South Coast Plaza
Firestone
Downey and
Paramount Blvd
Jcpenney
Ates
Treasury
Eo el
Jcpenn
Carson St. & Paramount Blvd
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