Office chaos as 40 felony cases pending in district attorney’s office
Ted Sten, in charge of the L B district attorney’s office, complains of 40 felony cases awaiting trial amid court delays. He cites 14 continuances in one case and a staff stretched to the limit due to crime and judge shortages. Queen Elizabeth greeted by QM lease holder. public reaction favorable. Chuck Cheatham’s misdial mix up ends with a humorous note.
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Ted Sten
L.B
District Attorney
Murders in L B Rise, FBI Says
FBI crime statistics show Long Beach homicide rise in nine months of 1968 with 27 murders versus 12 in the same period 1967. Nationally, city slayings rose most in populations like Long Beach at 22 percent while western states led increases. Forcible rape up 18 percent and property crimes also rose.
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Long Beach
FBI Quarterly
FBI
San Pedro Names Peck Memorial Community Center
The San Pedro community building in Peck Park was officially named the George H. Peck Memorial Community Center by the Los Angeles City Recreation and Park Commission. Funds for the facility were bequeathed by the late George H. Peck.
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San Pedro
Peck Park
George H. Peck
Los Angeles City
Long Beach Pushes Youth Service Bureau Pilot Program
State Sen. George Deukmejian announced Long Beach seeks entry into a $100,000 pilot program to establish a Youth Service Bureau. The plan funds four communities with $25,000 each to hire a director and secretary and coordinate probation, police, schools, and youth groups to rehabilitate miscreant youths. The effort aims to provide professional and volunteer help to keep youths in school, employed, and out of crime.
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Long Beach
Commission On Economic Opportunity
George Deukmejian
Carl Wallace
California
Deukmejian
YMCA
Youth Service Bureau
FBI
Sen. Deukmejian
International Christmas Exhibition Opens at Long Beach Museum
Admission free events in Long Beach include an all day art show at the Long Beach Museum of Art titled International Christmas Exhibition. At 7 p.m. Santa Claus arrives at Christmas Tree Lane with Marvin Marker’s Long Beach Junior Concert Band on Daisy Avenue. At 8 p.m. Judith Keulen performs a mezzo soprano recital at California State College Long Beach MA-127.
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Long Beach Area
Long Beach Museum of Art
Santa Claus
Christmas Tree Lane
Marvin Marker
Long Beach
Daisy Avenue
Pacific Coast Highway
Hill Street
Judith Keulen
California State College At
Board Approves Voluntary Teachers Aide Program
The Board of Education approved a pilot voluntary teachers’ aide program for 14 northwest Long Beach schools to start by March 1 and expand citywide by fall. Bet ty Clement Barbara Heald and Robert Ellis outlined guidelines and volunteer recruitment from 50 to 100 people for spring service at Jordan High, two junior highs, and 11 elementary schools. Interested persons should contact Ellis and attend a Jan 23 orientation, with full briefings set for Feb 2 4 and 5. The program draws on studies of similar efforts in Los Angeles San Francisco and Oakland to provide direct educational services.
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Northwest Long Beach
Ellis
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Impossible Yule Dream: An Automatic Washer
A health challenged mother of five hopes for a washing machine for Christmas. She previously tried babysitting to fund a washer but could not continue due to her health. The family’s father left, leaving the five children to attend school while the charity notes they need clothing and gift certificates. Call Salvation Army at 432 7778 referencing Family Number 101. Approximately 100 youngsters enjoyed a bus tour of downtown shopping and Daisy Avenue Tree Lane, sponsored by Rex L Hodges Realty in Long Beach.
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Salvation Army
Daisy Avenue
Long Beach
Pilot and passenger survive backyard crash in Long Beach
Glendale pilot Peter L. Loeterick and Anne Brandt were treated in satisfactory condition after their single engine plane plunged into a Long Beach backyard pool. The craft clipped a second story garage and narrowly missed a sleeping family including a 6 year old girl.
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Glendale
Peter L. Loeterick
Anne Brandt
Woodruff Community Hospital
Roy R. Hardie
Greenbrier Road
Loeterick
Long Beach
Deddette Hardie
Roy
Lawrence Lehr
Roy Hardie Sr
Hardie
Anthony Davies
Greenbrier
Davies
Sub Crews Train On 55-Foot Sunken Tower Near Catalina Island
A 55-foot underwater tower will be anchored in 180 feet of water near Fisherman’s Cove on Catalina Island to train Beaver IV crews. The tower will include a dry capsule for transfer training docking rails and a 10-foot square diver’s platform. The project supports Beaver’s ocean system operations for deep water oil field work. A separate theft report notes Abdul Rahman Bawa’s car was broken into and a stereo player with ten tapes valued at 174 dollars was stolen from Long Beach.
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North American Rockwell
Fisherman’s Cove
Catalina Island
George Tuttle Jr
Beaver
Blue Cavern Point
NAR
Ocean Systems Operations
Abdul Rahman Bawa
Santa Fe Ave
Long Beach
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ILM
Pine Ave
Bro. Sten
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Queen Elizabeth
FT. Lauderale
Shelley Davis
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Diners Club
Clayton Dixon
Deerfield Beach, Fla
Chamber of Commerce
Chuck Cheatham
Lynwood
113
Kent Henderson
L.B. Rise
Chuck
Fran Pierce
Pat Pierces
Fran
Pat Pierce
Roland Bach
Riftwood
Eldridge Cleaver
Cleaver
Daisy Ave
West Lt
NEW Youth Aid Service
Board Oks
Board of Education
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