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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1971

Page

6

Make Way for Oil Tankers Pierpoint Facilities Move

Pierpoint Landing operators accept a new four acre site on the west bank of the Los Angeles River near Queen's Way Bridge. Harbor officials seek to relocate the landing for an oil terminal while Catalina Island boat service seeks permanent berthing near the new Pierpoint location. Tenants insist the operation remains open seven days a week.

Pierpoint Landing Los Angeles River Queen’s Way Bridge Board of Harbor Commissioners Gene Gregson Fisherman's Wharf of Long Beach, Inc Harbor Board Catalina Island Lester C. Bedient Avalon Transportation Service Pier A Queen's Way Bridge Barth 221 Pier J Pacific Sportfishing Inc Pacific Sportfishing F. E. McEwan Sportfishing Company Long Beach Pacific Pierpaint Landing Harbor Department Wayne Sharp Pierpoint Restaurant Harbor Commission Sharp Ron Dearcon Pierpoint Landing Tenants Association

Schools Trustee Resigns From ABC Unified Board

The resignation of Trustee Donald Hunt from the ABC Unified School District Board is accepted with regret and takes effect April 30. Hunt leaves to join the Simi Valley Parks and Recreation District, ending a tenure since 1969. his wife Joyce and he live in Norwalk. Other seats up for April 26 election include Gretchen Whitney and Bob Eliott.

Donald Hunt ABC Unified School District Board Hunt Simi Valley, Parks and Recreation District Cerritos College ABC Joyce Norwalk Gretchen A. Whitney Bob Eliott

Police Display Trailer Dedicated in Long Beach

A new police display trailer funded by the Long Beach Medical Association at $2,000 was dedicated for mobile displays and educational programs. Police Chief William J. Mooney credited Officers W. L. Rhoads and T. R. Holland for the design. It will be shown Feb 12 13 at Bixby Knolls and Belmont Shore venues with scheduled times.

Melvin A. Casberg Medical Association William Mooney Long Beach Public Safety Building Long Beach Medical Association Long Beach William J. Mooney W. L. Rhoads T. R. Holland Office of Community Relations Bixby Knolls Los Altos Shopping Center Pine Avenue Third Fourth Streets Second Nieto Avenue Belmont Shore

Ex-Prisoner Frishman urges student action for POWs

Ex-prisoner Robert Frishman of Long Beach told a Newport Beach luncheon that college students in Orange and Los Angeles counties are forming chapters of Concern for POWs to press Hanoi. He noted UC Irvine and Santa Monica Junior College chapters, and said mail bags sent to the North Vietnamese Embassy in Paris in December helped sway Hanoi. Funds from the event will cover a student envoy to accompany the bags.

Hanoi Newport Beach Robert Frishman Long Beach Vietnam Cancer Pqw’s Balboa Bay Club ULS University of California In Irvine Santa Monica Junior College Orange Los Angeles Frishman Paris United Nations Stanley Clark Orange County

Services Set for Church Leader Georgina Beggs

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Luke's Episcopal Church for Georgina Georgie Skinner Beggs a church and community organization leader who died Sunday at age 30. A past president of the organization was noted.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Georgina Georgie Skinner Beggs

City Hall Aide Is Promoted to License Clerk

Mrs. Sharron Flowers a part time secretary at Hawaiian Gardens City Hall has been promoted to business license clerk by Mayor Leland Johnson. She previously served as deputy city clerk in Artesia and is a deputy port warden for the Los Angeles Harbor Commission. Flowers and her husband Bob have children and live in Cypress.

Sharron Flowers Partetime Hawaiian Gardens Leland Johnson Flowers Artesia

Weaver Rites Thursday For Long Beach Market Executive

Cecil LeRoy Weaver 65, native of Utah and former Long Beach food market executive, will be buried or memorialized Thursday at 12:36 p.m. in Mottell's Chapel. He opened and supervised 13 markets for the Smith chain in Long Beach. Surviving: wife Maybelle, two daughters Lianne Cranston and Sehoryt Oxenrider, sister Laverda Bul Jough, and two grandchildren.

Mottell's Chapel Cecil LeRoy Weaver Long Beach Utah Maybelle Lianne €. Cranston Sehoryt C. Oxenrider Laverda Bul Jough Twn

City to Inspect Self-Serve Ice Cream Machines

Long Beach will shift inspection of self-serve ice cream machines from the state to the city Health Department. Dr. I D Litwack said state regulation ended last December and new state law authorizes local officials to assume duties. The City Council approved the move noting no extra staff or major cost, with about 1.5M machines to be licensed and 75 percent of the 40 fee retained locally.

Long Beach I. D. Litwack State Department of Agriculture

Classified Ads Talk Sparks Job Help and Machinery

Today’s classified ads highlight job help and machinery for sale. Readers see listings for tools, equipment, and dressn houses, with prompts to head toward the right home and explore available offerings in the local market.

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