Ruin Report on Carmelit es Site and City Plans for Renewal
Long Beach officials push to tear down and rebuild the Carmelit es project after years of vandalism and decay. Architects praise enduring concrete structures while noting design flaws such as small rooms and lacking patios. HUD funds totaling about 7.5 million are sought for remodeling with potential 16.5 million for full reconstruction. Watt Industries offered preliminary planning.
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Andards
Longreech
Housing Authority
Long Beach
Department of Housing of Urban
Carmelitas
HUD
Watt Industries
Hubert A. Temple
Watt
Dominguez Hills College president announces retirement
Dr. Leo F. Cain, founding president and longtime leader of Dominguez Hills, will retire next summer at age 67. Cain, who became president in 1962 and helped launch the college, faces criticism over campus security while a search for his successor aims to conclude by next spring.
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Leo F. Cain
Dominguez Hills State College
Cain
Palos Verdes Estates Bank
Carson
Dominguez Hills
John Crowe
San Francisco State University
Glenn S. Dumke
Chandlor
State University System
Dumke
San Jose
San Francisco
California
Great Waldo Pepper Aviation Pioneer Tallman Aims High
Aviator and film consultant Tallman directed aerial sequences in film and staged historic flights. He recreated Bleriot’s 1909 cross channel flight in 1961 and flew the Spirit of St. Louis replica in 1967 for the Paris event honoring Lindbergh. He piloted 500 aircraft types and recovered after a 1965 leg loss to continue flying.
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Waldo Pepper
Louis Bleriot
France
England
English Channel
Santa Catalina
Tallman
Watt Proposal For Carmelitos Housing Project At $712,000
Watt proposed to perform Carmelitos housing project work for 712000 dollars contingent on HUD allocation. The firm previously under Magnolia Industries did East Los Angeles Maravilla Housing Project work costing 505722 dollars. Watt president Raymond A. Watt was appointed by Nixon as a consultant to ex-HUD Secretary Romney for about six months.
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Watt
Magnolia Industries
East Los
Nixon
HUD
George Romney
Timeless Gift of Gold Echoes Christmas Wise Men
The passage extols gold as an enduring gift that transcends generations from adults to children. It links gold to the first Christmas when Wise Men brought gifts of frankincense, myrrh, and gold, suggesting a memory that lasts.
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