Color barrier to jobs falling in Long Beach
In Long Beach and surrounding areas efforts to place minority youths into skilled trades gain momentum. Officials say discrimination persists in some firms yet training programs expand, with college graduates of color increasingly sought after by employers like McDonnell Douglas and Raytheon.
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L.A
California
Long Beach
June Roper
California Employment Service
Long Beach City College
Guy Garland
California State College
Bill Ballew
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Lou Cardona
McDonnell Douglas
Cardona
Ted Allen
Raytheon
California State
Babbush
Brenda Gomez
McDonnell Douglas Reports 1968 Profits Above $94 Million
McDonnell Douglas Corporation reports 1968 after tax earnings of $94.7 million or $3.33 per share after a board meeting in St. Louis. 1968 sales totaled about $3.6 billion with 47 percent from commercial work and 53 percent from military contracts.
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McDonnell Douglas Corp
St. Louis
James S. McDonnell
McDonnell
McDonnell Douglas Corporation
McDonnell and
Douglas
Aerospace
Idustry
Storms prove man’s limits against nature in Southland
Storms in January 1969 shattered rainfall records in Long Beach and Los Angeles County. Experts say full protection against epic storms is unlikely despite billions spent on flood control. The ongoing cycle could push the 1968-69 weather year toward historic totals if saturation storms continue.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Long Beach
California
Southland
Weather Bureau
Long Beach Receives 631000 Grant for Drake Park Expansion
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a 631064 grant to Long Beach for Drake Park expansion. The project adds 6.2 acres by extending west to Loma Vista Drive, with a total cost of 1.462 million including land purchases and new facilities.
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Long Beach
Drake Park
Maine Avenue
Park Circle
Loma Vista Drive
John R. Mansell
Mansell
Park
Chester Place
St. James Place
Department of Housing and Urban Development
What's Happening A Busy Long Beach Weekend Events
The Long Beach calendar lists morning film programs for children at Alamitos Library, a public concert by the Long Beach Municipal Band at Lincoln Park, and the Microcosm ’69 exhibit at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Sunday features an open ship at Long Beach Naval Station, draft counseling, writers workshop, and a singles dance club.
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Ping
Alamitos
Third St
Long Beach
Lincoln Park
Southern California
Bixby Park
Berkeley
Long Beach Naval Station
Pier 16
Citizens For Peace
Women’s Strike For Peace
Unitarian Church
E. Atherton Blvd
Douglass House Center
Lime Ave
el Dorado Park
Studebaker Road
San Pedro Man Denies 'MJ' Charge in Court
Jerry Zankich a 23 year old San Pedro man pleaded not guilty to two felony drug counts in Long Beach Superior Court and posted 11650 bail for a March 25 trial. He has a history of narcotics convictions dating to 1963 and was hospitalized after an attack and stabbing. Police seized about 750 dollars worth of pills a gun and marijuana at his 10th Street home on December 17.
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Jerry Zankich
San Pedro
Long Beach
10Th Street
Doctor says 80 percent of Americans are unfit
Dr Richard C Steiner president of Mile-a-thon International told Heart Fund campaigners that 80 percent of Americans are physically unfit. He urged physical checkups and treadmill tests before starting jogging and predicted an ideal program from Aerobics author Lt Col Kenneth H Cooper.
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Richard C. Steiner
Mile-a-thon International
Heart Fund
Steiner
Petroleum Club
Pair Asking 1.2 Million for False Arrest
Two Los Alamitos men Roy Pharman and Russ Christiansen sued Friday for 1.2 million dollars alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution. Each seeks 500000 with their wives seeking 100000 each, claiming they were followed by police after a grocery store visit on Oct. 26 and later arrested by about 10 officers. They had been acquitted in West Orange County Municipal Court on resisting arrest.
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Los Alamitos
Roy Pharman
Howard St
Russ Christensen
Trinette St
Garden Grove
Paul Gergen
Marvin Burton
Phurman
Christensen
West Orange County
O C Smith Added To Long Beach Benefit Lineup
Sensational singer O C Smith was added to the Long Beach Community Improvement League benefit at 8 p m Sunday in the Municipal Auditorium. He joins Dinah Shore Peter Marshall and other headliners in a show to retire the league mortgage with ticket sales brisk at the Municipal Auditorium and 555 E Pacific Coast Highway.
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O.C. Smith
Long Beach Community Improvement League
Municipal Auditorium
Smith
Dinah Shore
Peter Marshall
Dick Gauttier
Lee Duncan
Bobby Turner
Clarence Williams III
Michael Cole
Peggy Lipton
Simmy Bow
Art Reynolds
Stu Gilliam
Collage
Capitol Records
Municipal Auditorum
League
Pacific Coast Highway
George Dillard
Gene DiNovi
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Jim McCauley
Independent Press-Telegram
Hamilton Bowl
Chuck Sundquist
Storm
Man Is
Don Brackenbury
Long Beach Area
Roger Co4r
Zankich
Ben Zinser
Medical Science
Cooper
L.B
George Laine
O. C. Smith
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