New Year caps promises of 68 rise in aerospace
Two major projects set to dominate Long Beach economics in 1969 DC-10 from McDonnell Douglas leads the airbus race with 141 orders and options valued above 2 billion continuing after American United Northwest and Trans International contracts Apollo space program from North American Rockwell Downey and Huntington Beach subcontractors sustains regional growth with 1 billion in airframe contracts plus engines by a major supplier.
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Southland
Long Beach
North American Rockwell
Space Division
Downey
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics
Huntington Beach
American Airlines
American
United Air Lines
McDonnell Douglas Board
James S. McDonnell
Northwest Orient Airlines
Jackson McGowen
Douglas Aircraft Company
Queen Mary battles wreckers as she yields to museum plan
The Queen Mary fights to hold onto her engines and decks while Lipsett crews remove gear for the Museum of the Sea Aboard the Queen. By March 15 the Lipsett team hopes to move out and let builders move in as DCQM nears finishing the rip-cut stage to convert upper decks into a 400 room hotel and convention complex.
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Museum of the Sea
Lipsett Division
Orgden Corp
Lipsett
Long Beach
Queen Mary
DCQM
Diners Club
Fred Rosenberg
Real Estate Outlook Bright for California Housing Markets
Real estate forecasts expect a strong year ahead with high demand for high-rise living in Los Angeles County and growth in Orange County. The Real Estate Research Corporation notes 990 new high rise households last year and only 202 new apartments added, with overall occupancy above 95 percent and 454 vacant units countywide. Bern notes optimism for Long Beach area landlords.
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Los Angeles County
Long Beach
Bellflower
Orange County
RERC
Dream projects reshape Long Beach shoreline and downtown
Long Beach advances a tidal and oil funded urban renewal scheme over five years. Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool, completed for 3.1 million dollars, hosts Olympic trials and opens to public use. Pacific Terrace Center plans a 15.7 million dollar convention complex with the Long Beach Arena and a 90 000 square foot exhibit hall, plus a 400 room hotel. A 113 acre landfill adds waterfront land, while Boise Cascade and North American Rockwell push major redevelopments including a 38 million dollar mixed use complex and Ocean Systems division growth.
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Alamitos
Magnolia Avenues
Pacific Terrace
Pacific Terrace Center
Long Beach
Boise Cascade Corp
Ocean Boulevard
Magnolia Avenue
Boise Cascade
North American Rockwell Co
Ocean Systems
Education Leaders reflect on a challenging year in Long Beach
Long Beach educators say 1968 was marked by change stress and turmoil. Supt W Odie Wright cites funding gaps while Dr Carl W McIntosh warns 1969 will bring more disruption. Enrollments rose at colleges as K-12 numbers fell and state budget cuts forced 3000 student reductions.
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Wiley D. Garner
Long Beach City College
Carl W. McIntosh
California State College At
Long Beach
CSCLE
Wright
LBUSD
McIntosh
State
Expansion of Airport Is Studied
City council weighs expanding commercial service while awaiting the long delayed airport study from Quinton Engineering. State and federal agencies granted six lines authority to add Long Beach to schedules on a temporary basis through January 10, with PACIFIC SOUTHWEST Airlines flying up to six daily schedules to San Francisco and San Diego.
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Long Peach
Long Beach
Quinton Engineering, Ltd
John Mansell
Pacific Southwest Airlines
San Francisco
San Diego
Air California
Pacific Air Transport
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Space Projects
Herb Shannon
McDonnell Douglas
Airbus
Jack O. Baldwin
Real Estate Research Corporation
Los Angeles
Long Beach Area
City Hall
Don Brackenbury
Belmont Plaza
Termino Avenue
U.S
W. Odie Wright
Long Beach Unified School
Ocean
Cedar and
Chestnut Avenues
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