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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1967
Page
7
The California Commission of Aging approved a $16,000 grant to the Long Beach Community Welfare Council for 1968. The funds, part of 14 grants totaling $160,766, cover planning information and referral services a full service center protective services and a shut in program with Dr. Thomas Kiddie of Long Beach as a commission member.
Rev Dr Donald R Q Connor of Long Beach First Methodist Church will speak at the Senior Service Bureau and Neighborhood Center 535 Pacific Ave Friday at 11 15 am on The Meaning of Christmas. Group singing and music will accompany the program with a color travelogue to close. Counseling and information services are offered daily by the federally funded program supervised by the California State Commission on Aging.
Will J Sibley 62 of 4622 Lavitt Long Beach former police officer and deputy state attorney general died Sunday at Veterans Hospital Long Beach. Funeral Thursday at 10 am Dilday Family Chapel. Survivors include widow Leta daughter Wileta Harbert brother Ed and two sisters Ruth Patterson Grace Shefendecker.
Richard Hathcock, 52, manager of a market at 910 W. 17th St, and his family were held for over an hour by a well dressed bandit who extorted $4,000 from assistant manager Anthony Porciella, while a man in a car outside collected the cash. The robber, wearing a dark suit and overcoat, cut phone lines before fleeing at 8:30 a.m.
Francis Essic international president of Civitan Clubs will be honored by the Long Beach chapter at a banquet Friday night at the Edgewater San Marina Hotel. Mayor Edwin Wade will deliver a welcome address and present Essic with a key to the city at the 8 p.m. affair. A hospitality hour is scheduled at 7 p.m. Civitan Clubs in the California South District will join the Long Beach club in honoring Essic, active in the organization for almost 14 years.
Services will be held today at 3 30 p m in Westminster Memorial Park Mor tuary for George J Stormy Colton 86 a founder of Colton California died Saturday in St Marys Hospital He lived at 60 Platt St with wife Elvena surviving He was born in Colton rode the horse freight into Nevada mines with his father later helped locate gold in Searchlight California an uncle Fred Colton credited with gold discovery He worked on railroads 30 years and moved to Long Beach in 1923 active in oil prospecting on Signal Hill
Motttell’s Mortuary gains bureau approval to launch two ambulances at Third Street and Alamitos and two at 244 Redondo Ave, joining Bowers and Dilday Ambulance Services already operating in the city. Bowers and Dilday opposed the move, contending current service suffices. City Manager Mansell and Councilman Graham dissented, saying evidence of need was not shown.
The editor of Guyana's National Congress Party organ travels from Bloomington Indiana to Georgetown. He is a politician first, journalist second, balancing government line with occasional criticism. His visit includes an American football game and upbeat stadium atmosphere.
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