Oil Strike Delayed as Talks Continue Nine More Days
The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union extended negotiations with oil companies for nine days delaying a nationwide strike set for midnight. President A Grospiron urged 60,000 oil workers to stay on the job until 12:01 a.m. Jan 9 while talks on a two-year contract proceed. Wage progress shown, with a six-cent gap in proposals. job security remains the sticking point as the union seeks lifelong employment guarantees amid automation pressures.
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Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Seme
OCAW
A. ¥. Grospiron
Los Angeles Basin
All Companies
Elks Lodge Groundbreaking Planned in San Pedro
Groundbreaking ceremonies set for a one million dollar Elks Lodge in San Pedro at 10 a m on the seven acre site at 748 Cambra Drive. The project will span 9 000 square feet with banquet rooms club rooms a pool and offices. Raymond C Dobson Grand Exalted Ruler of the frater nity attends the ceremony. Construction begins in two weeks with initial units due about six months later.
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San Pedro
L A.m
Cambra Drive
Minat
Long Beach Man Shot as Woman Held in Ventura County
Harold Hughes, 32, was critically wounded in Simi Valley area after an argument. Joyce Marie Jones, 27, held near him with a pistol as deputies arrived. Martha Harper, 36, also involved, was with Jones. both women were jailed on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder. Hughes works at Texaco refinery in Wilmington and is reportedly separated from his wife.
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Long Beach
Joyce Marie Jones
Santa Susana
Martha Harper
David McGraw
Miss Jones
McGraw
Miss Herper
Ventira County
Hughes
Texaco
Wilmington
Slaying Ends With Husband's Suicide in Long Beach
Long Beach police closed the stabbing death of 25 year old Mary May Juliana, a social worker, after her husband Lee Juliana killed himself 16 hours later with a 9 mm pistol. She died seven hours after the attack at Community Hospital with deep neck and back wounds.
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Long Beach
Mary May
Maisie
Juliana
Lee Charles Juliana
Ohio Ave
Community Hospital
Woman, 66, Hit and Robbed in Long Beach Incident
Long Beach police said a 66-year-old woman, Julia Barda of 249 Wisconsin Ave, was knocked to the ground near Wisconsin Avenue and Third Street. Her purse containing more than $75 was taken and she was treated at a hospital for head injuries.
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Long Beach
Julia Barda
Wisconsin Ave
Wisconsin Avenue
Third Street
At &J. Fer 'S Hospital
Color TV Stolen From Long Beach Home
A 8700 color TV set was stolen from the home of William Patrick Ries at 2810 Magnolia Ave Long Beach in a police report filed Friday.
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William Patrick Ries
Magnolia Ave
Long Beach
Rites Held for Leebrick Air Warrior Civic Leader
Funeral services were held Friday in Lakewood for Richard Leebrick 49 of 415 Ave W. An air hero of Swolmourdale Ave he died after a brief illness. A WWII veteran he flew 50 missions in the CBI theater and earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster after 100 plus missions in the Korean conflict. He flew a cargo mission to Vietnam with the Air National Guard and chaired the Long Beach Municipal Airport Advisory Committee in 1956. He was an Elk of Lodge 888. Survivors include his wife Nancy and sons Scott Michael and daughters Catherine Linda.
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Lakewood
Richard
Leebsiel
W. Leebrick
Swolmourdale Ave
China
Burma-India
Leebride
Vietnam
Air National Guard
Leebrick
Long Beach
Elks Lodge
Nancy
Scott
Michael
Catherine
Linda
Voice of Prophecy in Person at Los Angeles Arena
Adventists' Voice of Prophecy brings 12 000 to 14 000 to Long Beach Arena for a daytime program. Harold M S Richards and Robert H Pierson headlining as founders and world president, with plans announced for a new short wave station to reach Southeast Asia. King's Heralds provide music.
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Voice of Prophecy
Long Beach
Herebert Ford
Adventists
North American
Harold M. S. Richards
Te Rad
Robert H., Pierson
Ford
Ippines
King's Heralds
Les Rodney
Pasadena Parade to Open Rose Festival With 15 Million Expected
More than 15 million spectators are expected to line the streets of Pasadena for the 78th Tournament of Roses Parade. Sixty floats 22 bands and 250 horsemen will march from Orange Grove Boulevard to Victory Park. The Rose Bowl game matches USC against Purdue. Theme is Travel Tales in Flowers with Thai minister Thanat Khoman as grand marshal. Sunny skies and low 30s morning temperatures forecast. Torrance declines to participate. Queen Barbara Hewitt to reign. Sunday’s Independent will feature a photo story and freeway map for best routes to the parade scene.
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Ae University of Southern Nia
Purdue University
Thanat Khoman
Weather Bureau
Noikes
Southland
Long Beach
Lakewood
Redondo Beach
Downey
Santa Fe Springs
Torrance
Barbara Hewitt
Orange Grove Boulevard
Colorado Boulevard
Colorado
Sierra Madre Boulevard
Victory Park
Independent
Press-Telegram
Doomed Girl Ends Southland Visit
Six year old Suzy Dewey from Grand Rapids Michigan who is dying of leukemia fulfilled a dream trip to Southern California funded by a anonymous donor. She toured Disneyland and Universal Studios before returning home. A Marineland visit was canceled due to a fever.
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Suzy Dewey
Southern California
Suzy
Dis
Neyland
Movie Studios
Marineland
Grand Rapids
Mich
Disneyland
Universal Studios
Car Hurls Boy 10 to Death in Street Collision
A 10 year old bicyclist died Friday afternoon after being struck by a car on Eighth Street near Walnut Avenue. The victim, Michael Draper of 824 Maine Ave, was dead on arrival at St Marys Hospital after 12 30 PM. Police say the car failed to stop for a stop sign and discharged the motion sending the boy about 100 feet. The driver, Bobby Service, has not been charged while the investigation continues at Santa Monica Hospital and Douglas area officials.
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Frederick Gillman
Los Angeles
Sixth Street
Locust Avenue
Long Beach
Gillman
Newton C. Rogers
Tom Shaw
Michael Draper
Sharmaine Draper
Maine Ave
St. Mary's Hospital
Paul R. Fisher
Eighth Street
Santa Monica
New Daisy Avenue
Diday
New York Times
Bobby
Signal Did
Signal Oil and Gas Co
David
Skelton
Douglas Air
Craft Co
Angeles
Sional
Douglas
Proud Captain Beacons of Hope Aboard Hospital Ship
Captain Paul Engle of the USS Repose describes mobile medical power in Vietnam. The 750 bed hospital ship carried 22 doctors, 29 nurses, 250 corpsmen with $10 million in gear and a frozen blood bank. Repose treated 3,000 patients, aided Da Nang and Chu Lai efforts, and boosted morale while moving to battlefronts as needed.
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Paul R. Engle
USN
Vietnam
Capt. Engle
Engle
Naval Hospital
Uss Repose
Long Beach Naval Hospital
da Nang
Chu Lai
South Vietnam
Drilling Firms Asked to Bid on 122 Offshore Wells
Thums Long Beach Co issued a call for bids to drill 122 offshore wells from Island D. Wells will reach depths up to 4,000 feet with casing planned in some locations. Bids close January 19 as conventional rigs may be used with up to six rigs.
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Thums Long Beach Co
Bass
Island D
Long Weach
Dorn Raps Tax Plan for Transit
Los Angeles County Supervisor Warren M. Dorn criticized a transit funding plan proposing subsidies from gas, vehicle, and sales taxes rather than property taxes. He argued against using property taxes and noted Mayor Samuel W. Yorty urged city funds for the Southern California Rapid Transit District study.
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Los Angeles
Warren M. Dorn
Dorn
Samuel W. Yorty
L.A
Southern California Rapids
Man Held in Shooting at Woman
A 87-year-old man allegedly fired 11 times at his wife with a semi-automatic rifle and was booked on suspicion of attempted murder by Norwalk deputies. Gordon Napier, 12225 Louis Ave, South Whittier, was captured in Santa Fe Springs after fleeing his home following the 5 p.m. shooting. His wife Edith Edna, 42, suffered a superficial arm wound. Napier gave no reason for the shooting.
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Norwalk
Sheriff's Deputies
Gordon Napier
Louis Ave
South Whittier
Napier
Santa Fe Springs
Edith Edna
Hahn to press for study of assessments
Supervisor Kenneth Hahn said Friday he will press vigorously in Sacramento for creation of tax review boards to examine under assessed property. Hahn welcomed support from the State Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation. The committee’s final report urged merit in the idea and said it would help keep the assessor’s office on its toes.
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Kenneth Hal
Sacramento
Hahn
State Assembly Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Burglar Nabs TV Typewriter And Coat In Home
Harold 4 Hammond reported to Long Beach police that a burglar took a portable television set a typewriter and a tan topcoat from a residence at 723 East Ninth Street on Friday.
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Harold
Hammond
Long Beach
Ninth St
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