Queen Mary tenants post 1974 earnings dip from 1973
City study shows most Queen Mary tenants earned less in 1974 than in 1973. Shipboard hotel facilities run by Hyatt under Pacific Southwest Airlines contract led all gains with a 46.6 percent rise in late 1974, while Specialty Queen Mary Corp. restaurants increased 36.68 percent.
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Pacific Southwest Airlines
Hyatt House Group
Queen Mary area revenue drops reflect 1974 downturn
The Independent Press Telegram reports SQM built on city land by the Queen Mary earned 306 295 in gross revenue. Opened mid 1974 with 49 shops and 14 occupied. SQM saw total gross receipts decline 4 3 percent from 8 135 476 to 7 788 218. Patron counts at the sea museum fell 273 144 and revenues dropped 24 percent from 3.2 million to 2.4 million. Parking receipts slid 11 15 percent from 437 630 to 388 796, implying about 150 000 fewer visitors in 1974 amid fuel and recession pressures.
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Queen Mary
Sea Museum
America
Long Beach professors update teaching skills through workshops
The Department of Motor Vehicles requires exams for license renewals, and many professionals must return to school to refresh training. At Long Beach State University the Faculty Development Center runs a two year program where LBSA professors attend sessions to learn new teaching tools, receive peer feedback, and have teaching videotapes reviewed.
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Long Beach State University
Jim Robinson
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Robinson
Long Beach Neighborhood Cheers Departing Postman Jim Robbins
For three years residents call Postman Jim Robbins more than a mail carrier. They honored him with a specialness party as he leaves his 21 year North Long Beach route for a shorter one. Robbins cites health as reason while a German shepherd named Wendy waits loyally on his rounds.
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Jim Robbins
Virginia Road
Cedar Avenue
Country Club Drive
Bixby Road
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Frances Park
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Counterfeiting Food Stamps Faces Competing Views
Federal public defender Alexander Loebig Jr. says counterfeit food stamps are rising due to more people eligible for aid and printing schemes. Secret Service agent Robert Powis counters that cases are rare, citing two incidents totaling hundreds of thousands in value.
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Secret Service
Alexander M. Loebig Jr
Robert E. Powis
Los Angeles
U.S. Secret Service
Leebig
Federal Court House
Powis
Loebig
Orange County
R.E. Powis
Bet ting on human nature and the bail business
Andy Andriole a Long Beach bail bondsman marks 28 years in the trade noting courts set bail and his profits depend on 10 percent of bonds. He says drunk drivers drug cases and fugitives risk skip bail while he trusts homosexual offenders and bookmakers as the most reliable clients.
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Andy Andriole
Long Beach
Andy’s
Andy
O.R
California
Independent Press Telegram earns honors in 1974 CNPA contest
The Independent Press Telegram won first in best youth interest coverage and two second place awards at the 1974 California Newspaper Publishers Association contest. Judy Hazlett supervised the May 1 top edition. Poly High School journalism students wrote the stories. Paula Perren edited. John Dixon edited sports coverage, earning second place, marking the department’s continued high showings since 1973. A second prize went to a series of editorials on the wage dispute between policemen and Long Beach.
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Independent
Press-Telegram
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Judy Hazlett
Poly High School
Paula Perren
I.pt
John Dixon
Long Beach
Future course opens at Long Beach State University
The Continuing Education Office at Long Beach State University offers a six session course on adapting to the changing future. Dr. Al Hamel says topics cover technological and moral shifts cited by futurists. Classes meet across six Fridays and Saturdays this spring, with rolling enrollment and a $20 fee covering two weekends.
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Long Beach State University
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