Park Maintenance Costs Under Debate in City Parks
A Town Meeting writer questions the Park Commission's claim that park maintenance costs are 550 per acre, arguing county studies put it at 1,250 per acre. The letter analyzes El Dorado Park East and urges disclosure of acreages per park, noting underdeveloped areas skew figures and urging prudent, shared funding rather than burdens on Long Beach homeowners. Authorities, budgets, and cooperative plans are discussed.
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el Dorado Park
San Gabriel River
Carson Street
Bixby Park
Los Cerritos Park
Commission
el Dorado East
Long Beach
Orange County
Los Angeles County
Chace and
Bonelli
Park Commission
Rose Makes $9,000 an Hour Showman Claims
Showman Billy Rose says he earned about four million dollars in stock gains since Oct 15 1963 averaging roughly 4733 dollars per hour over 436 NYSE hours this period. He notes earnings are on paper unless sold and cites holdings in ATandT New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad. Also mentions Lucy Baines Johnson leaving Washington for a religious conference in the Pocono Mountains and the death of Mrs Mary E Lasham in Owensboro Kentucky aged 83 with many descendants.
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Billy Rose
New York
Rose
New York Stock Exchange
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
New York Central Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Central
Pennsylvania
Lucy Baines Johnson
Washington
Pocono Mountains
Back Hill Falls
National Cathedral School
DIES John Allen Hawn rodeo star and actor dies at 81
John Allen Hawn known as Happy Jack, an early rodeo champion and movie extra, died in Fresno after a long illness. He bragged there was no horse he could not ride and won nine straight Salinas bucking bronc titles, also performing at Pendleton and Los Angeles rodeos. Domenico Aicardi, 56, noted for floriculture, writings, and roses in San Remo, Italy, died Tuesday. famed roses include Glory of Rome and Eternal Youth.
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John Allen
Happy Jack) Hawn
Fresno
Salinas
Pendleton
Ore
Los Angeles
Domenico Aicardi
San Remo
Ihaly
Aicardi
Rome
Goldens San Bernardino talk links storekeeper to Negro trade rise
Author Harry Golden told 400 to 500 listeners in San Bernardino that a white storekeeper helped spark a revolution in the South by cultivating the Negro trade in the late 1930s. He argued the storekeeper stands to gain the most from the Negro middle class rise.
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Harry Golden
San Berrardino
South
Golden
Postal Parley in Madrid on Language Plan
Postmaster General Wil Gal Hartigan outlined a plan at a Madrid meeting to make English and Spanish the official languages of universal citizenship. The proposal argues that minorities need access to goods and services from mainstream stores.
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Postal Parler
Madrid
LA — Assistant Postal Union
Wil- Gal
Interjiam Hartigan
Motion Postal Service
Park maintenance costs per acre in LA County study
The LA County study from ten years ago shows 550 dollars per acre for developed parks and 1250 dollars per acre for maintenance. The Park Commission should publish a list of parks with gross acreage, developed percentage, and per acre maintenance costs funded from the 775,330 dollar budget.
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LA County
Park Commission
La.c
Stepfather Suspected Killer Of Iowa Girl 16
Iowa police say Doyle D. Wileman 30 sought to force his attentions on Diane Linn MecConnell 16 after driving her to a highway spot. Investigators found letters in his apartment about her alleged insults and following her. He faced murder charges after she was shot on an icy Des Moines street while an eyewitness watched.
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Stepfather
Iowa
Des Moines
UPD
Doyle D. Wileman
Diane Linn MecConnell
Diane
Hileman
Students Warned on Hospital Parking
Hospital officials warn that legal parking at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital will become a federal offense on March 1 The warning comes as overflow from nearby Long Beach State College crowds the facility parking area and prompts stricter enforcement.
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Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Long Beach State College
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UCLA
el Dorado
Mary E Lasham
Owensboro
Colorado
Cheryl Sweeten
Cheryl
Arvada
Denver
Ven Kell
van Barke
Park Freee
Geet
Pate Aera
Asin
Jack B. Nimble
Parents’ Magazine
Fieiuhud
Lima
Children’s Dept
Earlybird
Pine
New Spring
Slacks
FBI
Lakewood Center
Pepperwood
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