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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1971
Page
14
Description of chaotic post Christmas sale where women dominated the stampede through stores. Men retreat from the melee as shoppers battle for dresses, belts, and wrapped gifts, some using strollers as weapons. Fathers grimace as children are dragged amid the chaos.
The Orange County grand jury reports that the county department of education should be diminished as direct services to districts shrink. It cites redundant programs, staff shifts, and misses in public health and nutrition projects, urging private funding for the Academic Decathlon and an independent audit while retaining some finance control.
The 24 hour Long Beach police and fire log notes Saturday traffic crash at Pacific Avenue and 2nd Street, a noninjury crash Sunday at Walnut Avenue and 9th Street, another injury crash at Fourth Street and Atlantic, plus a Studebaker collision at Westminster and Anaheim. An Anaheim Street incident and a note on audio-visual material purchases appear among miscellaneous items.
County leaders consider merging all seven sanitation districts into a single board. Chairman Robert Battin could lose per board per meeting pay, while Baker proposed a one-board directorship. The motion was withdrawn and County Counsel Kuyper asked to assess potential impacts.
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