Towers Rise Over Palos Verdes For Telephony Skyward
Three 100 foot radio towers crown the Palos Verdes Peninsula near San Pedro and Rancho Palos Verdes. They pose skyward hazards yet serve Pacific Telephone operations with 600 watt warning lights and quarterly bulb checks. Linemen Leonard Lyon and John Clark recount climbs and the view from the small top platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palos Verdes
San Pedro
Rancho Palos Verdes
Gilbert R. Gray
Long Beach
Pacific Telephone Company
Leonard Lyon
Reseda
John H. Clark
Sepulveda
Clark
Casper
Wyo
Lyon
Customs accused of empire building over harbor personnel shift
Congressman Glen Anderson blasts the move to relocate 37 Customs employees from Terminal Island to downtown Los Angeles. He cites a $500,000 cost and urges awaiting a General Accounting Office survey before any action. Los Angeles and Long Beach officials and harbor bodies voice opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Anderson
Customs Service
Long Beach Terminal Island
Los Angeles
Customs
Vernon Acree
Anderson
Vincent Thomas
Harbor
Acree
Albert Bergesen
Terminal Island
General Accounting Office
Customs’ Office of Investigations
Office of Internal Affairs
Suggeston
Washington
Bergesen
Long Beach
Los Angeles Harbor
Customs House
Markets Section Highlights From August 30 1975
The Independent Press Telegram Market pages on section B cover prices and trends for stocks bonds and commodities as of the week ending August 30 1975. Analysts note shifts in blue chip equities and energy sector values with regional data and notable quoters from market leaders.
Park opens at White's Point county park in San Pedro
The 130 acre White's Point county park in San Pedro will open today with limited facilities. Drinking fountains restrooms and other basic amenities are not yet installed and portable toilets will serve visitors until plumbing is added. The gate at the Weymouth Avenue Paseo Del Mar driveway will be the only entrance open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White’s Point
San Pedro
County Park Department
Hillside Park
Weymouth Avenue
Paseo del Mar
Court orders probation for Q C appraiser
James N. Bertolino a 52 year old former Orange County residential appraiser received three years of informal probation after being convicted on three felonies. Judge Walter E. Smith required him to violate no law pay a 1000 dollar fine quit county employment and repay 427.64 in wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. Bertolino
Orange County Assessor
Superior Court
Walter E. Smith
Job rally and picnic at Ree Park for employment action
A day-long job rally and picnic Sunday at Long Beach Recreation Park hosted by the Harbor Committee for Full Employment runs from 10 a.m. to nightfall. Local union leaders will urge action on California unemployment with a petition to Gov. Brown and state lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Recreation Park
Harbor Committee
California
Howser
UAW
McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Workers
el Dorado Park
America
The
Teamsters
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Howard Dudley
Southland Allied Printing Trades Council
Jim Preston
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Comic Book Hobbyist Moves Comics to Bellflower Store
James E. Smith owner of Books 'N Things at 21832 Norwalk Blvd Hawaiian Gardens opened a shop devoted to comics three years ago. As collectors arrived he expanded, moving non comic stock to a Bellflower location to accommodate the growing comic book inventory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Bellflower Shop
Bob Shumway
James E. Smith
Norwalk Blvd
Hawaiian Gardens
Smith
Bellflower
Conan
Massachusetts
Wall display turns lost items into library feature
At George Nye County Library in Lakewood the lost and found items are showcased on a wall in the children's section as a display titled Early For getful. Children spot jackets sneakers and other items while patrons claim them helping clear space and revive interest in reading comic books and related arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nye County Library
Lakewood
Jean Holcomb
Children’s Library
del Amo Blvd
Harvest Fair draws seniors to Bixby Park in Long Beach
Several thousand senior citizens are expected for a Harvest Fair in Bixby Park Long Beach running 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with stage shows bingo dancing rogues and shuffleboard contests 53 aging services booths free influenza shots a harvest fair king and queen contest and a concert by the Long Beach Municipal Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bixby Park
Cherry Ave
Los Angeles County
Long Beach
Department of Parks and Recreation
Bixby Park Shuffleboard Club
Rogue Club
March of Dimes
Welfare Rights Organization
Elderly Nutrition Program
Public Library
Department of Consumer Affairs
Golden Tours Travel Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dick Emery
United States Customs Service
Washington, D.C
Independent Press-Telegram
Q.C
Bertolino
Andrew J. Hinshaw
Congress
Ree Park
Robert Gore
Garden Grove
Orange County Evening News
NYE
Hallowe
Jain Bixby Park
Department of Senior Citizen Affairs
AARP
Volunteers of America
Sunset Club
Central Area
Gray Panthers
Recreation Department
Idea Exchange
Bloomfield
Iva Sorensen
Alice Martin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Pacific Hospital
Meals On Wheels
the Mental Health Association
American Cancer Society
Long Beach Heart Association
Visiting Nurse Service
American Red Cross, Braille Institute
Long Beach Fire Department
Betty Davenport
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