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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1970
Page
16
Grand marshals Mr and Mrs Knott lead a Ghost Town parade with costumed 48ers guest celebrities beauty queens marching units floats and bands. Miss Buena Park Sharlene Garish Miss Orange County Press Club Elayne Grammas attend in antique autos as Salvation Army Band provides tunes for horse drawn stage coach and wagon. After parade ceremonies Ghost Town Calico hosts additional events.
A middle aged couple protest censorship as readers and viewers confront bans. US District Court Judge William P Gray issued a temporary restraining order affecting seizures. A theater resumed showing Man and Wife hours after a seized film was replaced.
Long Beach resident James H. Gray of Jim Gray Imports Inc was named a Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award recipient for 1970 as one of 30 dealers nationwide honored for excellence.
The article notes the International Whaling Commission protecting the California Grays after they nearly vanished, now numbering about nine to ten thousand. It mentions whale watching near the harbor mouth, a Pierpoint boat, and a speaker describing peak viewing times before sunset. It also states Gray will be honored at the January 17–22 1970 NAD A convention in Miami Beach.
Rabbi Abi Wolf, at a Newport Beach convention, says young Jews demand relevance in worship and schooling. He notes liturgical retooling with jazz, multimedia services, and social projects, while camps foster personal spiritual expression and a broader search for involvement beyond synagogues.
Dr. Robert L. Francis, a Fullerton internist and cardiologist, elected chief of staff at Fullerton Community Hospital. Officers for 1970 include Dr. Robert M. Sigler as vice president and Dr. Willard E. Hawk heading a 10 member medical executive committee. Members-at-large are Dr. Gerald C. Hays and Dr. William F. Hohn.
Funeral services for Raymond Arthur Powell 69 a founder of Santa Fe International will be held Wednesday at Turner Stevens Mortuary chapel Pasadena He started at Union Oil Wilmington refinery and helped form Santa Fe Drilling Co now Santa Fe International He is survived by Mildred Porter Powell wife a daughter Mrs William P Rector and two sisters from Wilmington Ventura and Arizona.
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