Ex-hood Cohen recalls underworld days for Long Beach students
Retired mobster Mickey Cohen spoke to about 150 Long Beach City College students on the Liberal Arts Campus Friday, describing his crime career from bootlegging to Las Vegas gambling. He reflected on eras, ethics, and his recent publicizing of his life to finance taxes and warn peers.
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Underworld
Long Beach City College
Las Vegas
Sammy Davis Jr
West Coast
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Brooklyn
Boyle Heights
Los Angeles
Bugsy Seigel
Chicago
al Capone
Jimmy Hoffa
Evangelist Billy Graham
Graham
Patty Hearst
Patty
Christmas Tree Lane Parade dazzles Long Beach crowds
Bands played as horses trotted and toddlers stared during the West Long Beach Lions Club sponsored parade along Pacific Avenue. The Long Beach Poly High School Band performed amid Nativity and secular displays on the Daisy Avenue parkway while families watched in warm coats and blankets.
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West Long
Trinie Masa
Long Beach
Pacific Avenue
Spring Street
Hill Street
Daisy Avenue
20Th Street
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Long Beach tideland oil income falls 10.7 percent in 1974 75
The Long Beach tideland oil revenue dropped 10.7 percent for fiscal 1974 75 due to low crude prices rather than production. If local prices matched national levels, city and state tideland income could rise by 24 million annually, with upland oil adding 0.5 million. Total oil and gas revenue reached 101 million for the year.
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Department of Oil Properties
United States
Leonard W. Brock
Brock
Long Beach
Tideland
Tideland Oil
Los Angeles River
Anaheim Street
Ocean
Termina Avenue
Thums Long Beach Co
SS Catalina suit to recover unpaid docking fees
The Los Angeles Harbor Department will seek $36,437 in Federal Court from Catalina Transportation Company M.G.R.S. Inc. and Channel Concessions Inc. for unpaid dockage fees on the SS Catalina from August 1974 to November 18 1975. Frank Wagner, deputy city attorney, notes the ship’s operators owe for docking the Big White Steamer at Catalina Terminal in San Pedro.
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Los Angeles
Adoption Day in L.A. Court Adopts 32 Children
In Los Angeles Superior Court 32 orphans were adopted by 20 couples and five single adults during the 13th annual Adoption Day. Publicized by the county Department of Adoptions, the event drew judges, officials, and media as older children were notably adopted.
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Superior Court
Laine Waggoner
Department of Adoptions
Hunter
Long Beach Area
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Catalina Transportation Company
M.G.R.S., Inc
Channel Concessions, Inc
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JoAnn Boydston
Harvest Ave
Norwalk
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Juanita Bowie
W. 101St St
Inglewood
Latisha Patrice
Carl and
Yvonne Calkins
Kristina Marie
Willie
Mattie Gordon
Gulf Ave
Wilmington
Darryl Wayne
James Holloman
E. 56Th St
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Gerald
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Karen Ave
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Carol Smith
Juno Ave
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