Safer guardrail idea from Long Beach inventor
L B Man Invents Safer Guardrail a self educated former Long Beach man has invented a plastic and water freeway rail described as a potential boon to motorists. William C Olson president of Thunder Enterprises says tests are under way at Nash Hammond with a 200 foot section planned for public tests at Lions Drag Strip. The Hydra Safe System uses step deceleration to reduce shock in five to 25 thousandths of a second releasing water to redirect shock vertically. Officials caution liability and maintenance questions but say the concept warrants further study.
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Long Beach
Mond
Lions Dragstrip
Olson
Excessive Profits on Government Contracts Probe
GAO reports Anaheim firm Lionel-Pacific earned profits up to 1403 percent of costs on 22 OCAMA contracts from 1967 and 1968 totaling 88547 dollars with 62935 dollars in profits amid gaps in small‑purchase price data. Proxmire blames weak tracking and Truth in Negotiations exemptions.
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Anaheim
General Accounting Office
Washington
Lionel-Pacific Inc
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Elmer B. Staats
Goa
Staats
Proxmire
Lionel-Pacific
Lionel Corp
New Jersey
Oklahoma City
OCAMA
Prox
Defense Department
Motive-less Los Angeles stabbings arrest for 27 year old
Six people including three children were stabbed in two attacks in Los Angeles Sunday evening. Police arrested Willie Jones, a 27 year old man, who was booked.
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Los Angeles
Willie Jones
L A and Orange Counties Declared Rabies Areas
State health officials will redeclare Los Angeles and Orange counties as rabies areas for one year amid 36 animal cases and one human death in Southern California this year. The notice broadens to include San Diego Riverside and other counties as well. Crime reports include burglaries and multiple stabbings with victims treated and stable, and LSD guru Dr Timothy Leary goes on trial in Riverside for contributing to the delinquency of a 17 year old girl who died swimming nude under LSD.
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Los Angeles
Orange
State Department of Public Health
Louis F. Saylor
California
San Diego
San Bernardino
Riverside
Imperial
Inyo
Timothy F. Leary
Smoke Damages Elks Club in Long Beach Blaze
Heavy smoke damaged the Elks Club at 4101 E Willow St after a small fire in a storage room near the stage. Firefighters from two engines and a truck worked about 6 hours with more units aiding as the blaze was discovered at 1 31 p.m. Cause under investigation. building and contents sustained extensive smoke damage despite minor fire damage.
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Elks Club
Willow St
Long Beach
John Montgomery
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