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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1968
Page
10
Workmen digging a water line trench near Long Beach Airport unearthed a woolly mammoth skull and tusks. The AJA tusk joined at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, while the remaining bones at about 17 feet deep will remain in the ground. No further relief or removal planned at this time.
A Long Beach water project left bone fragments found at a site after pipe laying. Workmen kept the remains as souvenirs while airport officials collected some pieces. The fragments were reportedly salvaged during site cleanup.
A San Pedro tip lists fluorescent Water-color paint from G. E. Bradford and Son and bright nonfluorescent paint at The Lead Balloon in Long Beach. A Los Alamitos reader cites a high school club’s donations to Vietnamese orphans and Navy assistance via Project Handclasp to ship goods space‑available aboard naval vessels.
Cmdr. W R Wagner Jr is West Coast Director of Project Handclasp based in San Diego 92130. The message mentions inviting him to speak in Long Beach and seeking Ruth Huddleson formerly a school principal now at Horace Mann Elementary Long Beach 257 Coronado Ave and her willingness to visit.
A student helper at a Lakewood school writes about wasted cafeteria food and urges parents to teach children to finish their lunches. The letter connects local waste to world hunger and calls for action.
Two construction workers were injured when a trench digger bucked and threw them against a sidewalk curbing. Edward Mullin, 44, suffered hand lacerations and possible skull fracture while Tony Madriga, 41, broke his right arm. The incident occurred during a general labor dispute as Electrical Workers Local 2191 walked off.
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