Perera Urges Global Human Rights Advocacy in Long Beach
L H Horace Perera secretary general of the World Federation of United Nations Associations spoke in Long Beach on International Human Rights Year. He urged Americans to push government action to adopt federation tenets and promote universal rights through UN agencies and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Horace Perera
Perera
World Federation of United Nations Associations
Long Beach
California State College
First Methodist Church
Dr. Perera
Switzerland
Federation
United Nations
Unicef
World Health Organization
Mary Plan for Aerial Tramway Over Long Beach Harbor
At a gala anniversary dinner in Long Beach the Diners Club Queen Mary Corp planned an aerial tramway to span 3200 feet over the harbor from Municipal Auditorium to the Queen Mary for 2400 visitors per hour. The event at the Lafayette Hotel drew about 700 guests including Queen Mary passengers.
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Long Beach Harbor
Municipal Auditorium
Queen Mary
Fred Rosenberg
Diners Club
Queen Mary Corp
Lafayette Hotel
Southampton
England
Caledonia Pipe Band
Ben Cellini
Southland
Local citizens urged to nominate exceptional federal appointees
A column notes residents are asked by the Nixon camp to submit confidential resumes for “exceptional individuals” to serve under the new regime. It praises local fishing spot findings, reports Crusade campaign contributions totaling $135,000 with Hornet leading donors, and recounts community kindness and local anecdotes from LB.
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Nixon
Interior Dept
United Crusade
H. W. Bird
C.o
Hornet
Navy
Property Tax Deadline Day Warns Los Angeles County
County tax collector Harold J. Ostly urges payment of the first 1968 69 property tax installment by December 10. Taxpayers who have not mailed checks should go to the post office for a Dec 10 postmark or pay in person at the Hall of Administration in Los Angeles Civic Center, with long lines expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Ostly
County Hall of Administration
Los Angeles Civic Center
Coast Guard HQ Site Proposal Draws Harbor Board Skepticism
Designed Facilities Corp offered a two story building at the Port of Long Beach with 22 600 square feet leased at two cents per square foot and 108 000 square feet rent free, plus 100 000 dollars in off site improvements and a port purchase after 10 years if GSA ends need. Port manager Vickers called some terms objectionable and the commission will inform the company. The Coast Guard seeks a waterfront Long Beach location as Heartwell Building at 19 Pine Ave lease nears expiry next June 1.
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11Th Coast Guard District
Port of
Long Beach
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Facilities Corp
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
el Monte
Harbor Department Administration
Harbor Department
Charles L. Vickers
Vickers
Coast Guard
Heartwell
Pine Ave
Douglas Aircraft to house McDonnell Douglas Finance Corp
Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach will become the headquarters for a new subsidiary, McDonnell Douglas Finance Corp, to provide financing and lease aircraft to airlines. The group has leased two DC-9s to Air West and agreed to lease three DC-8 Series 63 freighters to Flying Tiger Line for 1969 delivery.
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Douglas Aircraft Company
Long Beach
McDonnell Douglas Finance Corp
McDonnell
Air West
Flying Tiger Line
The
Finance Corporation
Santa Monica
McDonnell Douglas
Long Beach Arts and Lectures Schedule
A busy day at Long Beach venues features a Sculptural Environment exhibit at Long Beach City College Art Gallery until 4 PM with afterhours 7 to 9 PM. A World Affairs forum at Boyd High School Auditorium and a Norwegian Folk Music lecture by Dr. Finn Benestad at California State College Long Beach follow, then a Horace Greeley bassoon recital at MU 127 CSLB.
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Long Beach City College
Long Beach City College Community Services Program
Boyd High School
E. Eighth St
Finn Benestad
MU-127
California State College At
Long Beach
Horace Greeley
CSLB
Catalina Hovercraft Study Urged by City
The city urged a study of new transport systems before approving Harbor Carriers Inc. Catalina service. Council members Bond and Deats urged considering hovercraft or hydrofoils, with Bond proposing San Clemente Island as an airport site amid Catalina development plans. Possner to address the PUC in opposition.
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Catalina
Long Beach
Catlina Island
Bert B. Bond
Bureau of Franchises
Harbor Carriers Inc
State Public Utilities Commission
Louis Possner
The
Bureau
San Francisco Bay
Catalina Run
Bond
English Channel
Paul R
San Clemente Island
Catalina Island
Possner
PUC
Education TV project contract approved by city board
The City Board of Education awarded 197 081.15 dollars for phase one of its educational television plan and voted to seek federal matching funds of 49 677 dollars. Chester Electronics Inc. will wire 14 Long Beach Unified School District junior highs to receive broadcasts from City College campuses, install two transmitters, and equip 40 rooms at the Business and Technology Campus for the closed circuit system with a May 1 completion target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Education
Chester Electronics Inc
Long Beach Unified School
D.A. Clashes With Doctor in Goetz Slay Trial
In Long Beach, Deputy District Attorney Charles Sheldon disputed a psychiatrist’s labeling of Robert Goetz as a chronic paranoid schizophrenic. He argued Goetz knew what he was doing after stabbing Donovan Dutton 75 to 100 times and then acting with normal restraint.
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Robert Goetz
Donovan Dutton
Long Beach
Charles Sheldon
Goetz
Sheldon
D.A
Dutton
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William Broom
Independent, Press-Telegram
Max Wisot
Carl Wallace
Rev
C.L. Doty Jr
Voice of America
E. W. Wade
A. Jacoubowsky
L. Perera
Plan Mary
Edwin Wade
J. Treasure Jones
Jones
Wade
Jacques Costeau
Queen’s Court
O. W. Cole
Les Cohen
Tom Shaw
Malcolm Epley
Crusade Office
Boritwood
San Diego
Edison
Isabel Meyers
Arizona
New Mex
Desmond
Vincent Thomas Bridge
Yvonne Linnen
Duke
Rams
L.B
Blair Field
Bears
Yvonne
Spurn Guard
Port
General Services Administration
Douglas
James S. McDonnell
Long Beach Area
Deats
John R. Mansell
Passner
Iff
Chuck Sun
Frank Tomeszak
Pine Avenue
Rexall Drug
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