Moon trip cost and gold sidewalk as tally of facts
A columnist riffs on moon mission costs equating 26 billion dollars to a gold sidewalk 11.64 miles long, discusses smog debates in Los Angeles and Edison power plant fallout, notes odd local topics from fruit trees to smoking taxes, and mentions Ford ex-president Arjay Miller’s retirement and a Pomona Scout campership appeal.
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L.A
U.C
Davis
Rift Wood
Long Beach
Arjay Miller
Ford Motor Co
Graduate School of Business
Stanford
Poverty Stricken Mother of Ten Seeks Stable Home
Gracie Webb, mother of ten and Long Beach Head Start worker, lives in a car after losing her Arcadia Court home in late July. With four to fourteen year old children, she and her family squeeze with relatives and temporary rooms while welfare agencies seek a three to four bedroom house or den for rent assistance from the City Housing Authority.
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Gracie Webb
Department of Public Social Services
Long Beach
Webb
Arcadia Court
Webbs
City Housing Authority
Robbers Steal 4 Guns and $70 from Local Storage Firm
Long Beach police report three rifles and a hand gun taken from Lyon Van and Storage Co. at 1404 California Ave. Burglars also stole office equipment and $70 in cash. The guns’ value was not yet determined.
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Lyon van and Storage Co
Cali
Fornia Ave
Long Beach
Drake Park Expansion Demolition set for Oct 1 start
City Manager John R. Mansell announced plans to demolish structures on 26 parcels acquired to expand Drake Park from 1.9 to 6.2 acres. Twelve parcels have sold for 278 436 dollars with eight more purchase agreements in place.
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Drake Park
John R. Mansell
Mansell
Navy Unit Citation for USS Long Beach Combat Excellence
The nuclear cruiser USS Long Beach receives the Navy Unit Citation for combat excellence in its Vietnam deployment from May 7 to October 20, 1968. Air controllers scored three MIG kills while its Talos battery shot down two more. The PIRAZ ship provided forward air defense and traced and intercepted aircraft entering the zone. Captain William A. Spencer commands the vessel.
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Long Beach
Vietnam
U.S
Secretary of the Navy
John Chafee
Department of Defense
Piraz
Five Teen Centers Fight Poverty in Long Beach
Five Long Beach teen centers operate under the War on Poverty to help youths 13 to 19 from hard hit poverty zones. Staff, led by Miriam Smith, emphasize trust building, counseling, and education on narcotics while letting teen councils run seminars films and activities. One former heroin addict turned president illustrates rehabilitation possible through center support.
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Long Beach
Office of Economic Opportunity
Youth Development Project
Miriam Smith
Teen Center
Free Admission Events in Long Beach and Palos Verdes Peninsula
A Long Beach area notice lists free services at Long Beach Free Clinic 2060 Atlantic Ave including medical care and psychiatric counseling until 10 p.m. At Peninsula Center Library 650 Deep Valley Drive Palos Verdes Peninsula screenings of The Surfer White Throat and An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge at 7:30 p.m. A 7:30 p.m. playwriting class is offered by visiting playwrights at Long Beach Douglass House Center 1021 Lime Ave.
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Long Beach Area
Long Beach Free Clinic
Atlantic Ave
Owl Creek Bridge
Peninsula Center Library
Deep Valley Drive
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Long Beach
Douglass House Center
Lime Ave
Salvation Army Bible Classes Continue at Camp Meeting
Free Bible classes by the Salvation Army continue at the Municipal Auditorium 3 p.m. today. Captain Bram Tinsley of the Toronto training school will lead the session on Made Whole. The talks follow daily 2 p.m. prayer meetings and evening rallies at 7:30 during the nine day Southland encampment.
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Salvation Army
Salvation Army Camp Meeting
Municipal Auditorium
Bram Tinsley
Toronto
Canada
Southland
Hollywood Pair Face Diamond Theft Trial
Two Hollywood men Darryl Vincent and Jeremy Frasch are bound for Superior Court on September 23 to face burglary and grand larceny charges in a $53,000 diamond theft at C C Lewis Jewelry Store 333 Pine Ave Long Beach. Police tie them to a gang involved in similar California and Bahamas thefts. Both pleaded innocent and a motion to dismiss was denied.
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Hollywood
Superior
Long Beach
Darryl Vincent
Jeremy Frasch
C. C. Lewis Jewelry
Pine Ave
Vincent
Frasch
California
Bahamas
Superior Court
Hampton Hutton
Hutton
Ronald L Short Killed in Vietnam War
Ronald L Short of Long Beach was killed in action in Vietnam, Defense Department announces. He was the husband of Linda M Short of 1834 Temple Ave.
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Rmy
Ronald L Short
Long Beach
Vietnam
Defense Department
Short
Linda M. Short
Temple Ave
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Malcolm Epley
Edison Co
Eddie Lovell
Ruth Rogers
Myrtle Ave
Better Homes and Gardens Mag
L.B
Pomona
Andy Gassaway
Santa Fe Ave
Mexicatessen
Frank Anderson
Ispot News
Tom Shaw
Ruby Leavell
Stel Prete
Uss
Navy
Pacific Fleet
William A. Spencer
W. A. Spencer
Mike Phillis
Robert Pierce
Teen Center 103
Teen Post
Pierce
Teen Council
Tinsley
The
University of Western Ontario
New Testament
Wycliffe College
Ronald L. Short
Viet
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