Maiden Voyage Car Transport Unloads in Los Angeles
The 520 foot MV Savonita arrived in Los Angeles on its maiden voyage with 2 200 Italian Fiats. Longshoremen loaded cars onto elevators for wharf level storage at Industries Terminal. The 5200 ton vessel will also call at San Francisco and Seattle and features a tank stabilizing system and auto exhaust ventilation. Fiat Roosevelt Motors plans another transporter, the MV Turinita, soon.
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Los Angeles
Indies Terminal
Savonita
San Francisco
Seattle
D. E. Manning
Fiat-Roosevelt Motors Inc
Fly-Past to Honor Missing U S Pilots at Patriots Day Parade
An Air Force fly-past honoring Americans captured or missing in Indochina will highlight the Sauna Beach fifth annual Patriots Day parade. The theme This Is My Country features 4500 participants from 55 Southern California cities with entries from the Los Alamitos Mounted Police and the Third Marine Aircraft Wing Band to antique cars. Grand marshal is Mrs Carole Hanson of El Toro director of the National League of Families of American Prisoners.
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Air Force
Indochina
Sauna Beach
California
Los Alamitos Mounted Police
Marine Aircraft Wing
Carole Hanson
el Toro
National League of Families of American
Hanson
Stephen P. Hanson
Southeast Asia
Laguna Beach Exchange Club
Patience Wright
Daughters of the American Revolution
Britannia II Pursues Transoceanic Rowboat Feat
P O press agents tout the Britannia II as the first of its kind to stay in radio contact with P O lines within a thousand miles at sea. Fairfax provides a two person Sunday dinner in a rowboat recipe and notes navigation by sextant compass and radio time signals with vitamin C and multivitamins aboard.
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P&o
Fairfax
Britannia Js
West Point Accepts Torrance Senior Raymond Perkins
Raymond K. Perkins a Torrance North High School senior earned a West Point appointment per Rep Glenn Anderson He ranks 15th of 650 graduates with a 38 GPA He is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Perkins 18001 St Andrews Place Long Beach burglary report follows detailing a bedroom window forced at Heinz Fischer 1744 Redondo Ave items valued at 473
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Raymond K. Perkins
Torrance
North High School
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Glenn Anderson
D-Harbor City
Anderson
Perkins
Henry Perkins
St. Andrew’s Place
Heinz Fischer
Redondo Ave
Long Beach
Denture Adhesive Cream FixonENT Promises Secure Fit
A new plastic cream called FixonENT with US patent 3,008,988 claims to hold upper and lower dentures more securely. The elastic membrane may absorb bite shock and protect gums, allowing stronger chewing and clearer speech. instructions suggest precise application with a pencil-point dispenser and up to hours of wear.
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U.S. Pat
Gillen Rites Held for Long Beach Pioneer Harry S Gillen
Services were held for Harry S. Gillen 75 former Long Beach businessman and fraternal leader who died at Leisure World Laguna Hills. He arrived from Wichita in 1922 started H S Gillen Tire Co on Fourth Street and Olive Avenue, ran it 34 years and retired. He is survived by his wife Maude Ina and son Dr Robert W Gillen of San Marino.
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Harry S. Gillen
Long Beach
Laguna Hills
Wichita, Kans
Mr. Gillen
H.S. Gillen Tire Co
Fourth Street
Olive Avenue
Maude Ina
Robert W. Gillen
San Marino
Unemployment Hits United Crusade Funding Target
J A Green executive director of the West Orange County United Crusade says the agency will miss its 1970 71 goal by nearly $100000 as a crucial summer period approaches budgets of 31 agencies supported by the United Crusade have been cut from 2 to 15 percent
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West Orange County
J. A. Green
United Crusade Agency
United Crusade
Cerritos Expands From Dairy Land To Modern Suburbia
A mid century aerial view shows Cerritos surging from cattle pastures to a growing city of 16 000 residents in 8.78 square miles. The centerpiece is a multi million dollar Cerritos Shopping Center under construction near the San Gabriel River Freeway and Artesia Freeway with Mt Baldy visible in the distance.
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City of
Cerritos
San Gabriel River
South Street
Mt. Baldy
Artesia
Roger Coar
Housing agency seeks new executive director in Long Beach
The Fair Housing Foundation of Long Beach seeks an executive director after Laura Ober resigned in January. Frieda Klein serves as interim director. applications due by Feb 27 with interviews beginning March 13 for top candidates. Salary range is 9000 to 12000 annually.
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Fair Housing Foundation of
Long Beach
Laura Ober
The
American Civil Liberties Union of
Southern California
Frieda Klein
FHF
National Committee Against Discrimination In Housing
Fair Housing
Ending of School Camp Challenged by Hawaiian Gardens
Hawaiian Gardens plans to challenge ABC Unified School District’s decision to discontinue the sixth grade outdoor recreation camp program. Mayor Leland Johnson notes City Council opposition, citing the camp as a vital educational experience. The program costs $45,000 annually and may be eliminated for economy reasons. The council urges exploring alternative financing.
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Hawaiian Gardens
ABC Unified
Leland Johnson
C. Robert Lee
W. Carl Rodgers
Charles Hutchinson
Rio Hondo College Hosts First Open House
Rio Hondo College will hold its inaugural open house on Saturday February 27 featuring classroom exhibits demonstrations an art show video and film adverts and a pop concert Tours of the $17 million campus at 3600 Workman Mill Road run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. guides will lead the way.
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Rio Hondo College
Workman Mill Road
Sement
Extra-strength Anacin preferred by doctors for headaches
Survey of internal medicine doctors shows twice as many favor extra-strength Anacin for headaches over rival formulas. Auten is cited for comparable relief without prescription, lower cost, and non narcotic, non habit forming benefits. Anacin promises fast action and improved functioning.
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Auten
Minnesota Picnic in March Hosted at Recreation Park
The annual Minnesota winter picnic will be held at Recreation Park in March with county registrations starting at 10 a.m. President Freeman Jofenson Montebello announces emcees TV entertainer Harris Nelson and his son Mark. The Long Beach Municipal Band will perform a one hour concert.
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Minnesota
Recreation Park
Association
Freeman Johfenson
Montebello
Harris Nelson
Mark
Long Beach
Quiet World calmative promises relief for mental and physical tension
A new product Quiet World is described as a simple calmative with a relaxant and a pain reliever. It claims to ease simple nervous tension by combining a full dose of pain relief with a calming effect to soothe both mind and body.
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Quiet World
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