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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1975

Page

8

Whistling Styles and Social Perceptions Examined

The piece surveys pucker, taxi, and two finger whistles, with expert quotes on mouth shaping and breath control. It notes whistling as a musical tone and a cultural signal from gangsters to librarians, plus anecdotes about newsroom copyboys and new female staffers.

Dick Emery Everett Siegrist Long Beach Wilmington L Street Dick Clare San Pedro New York Flannigan Murphy

Four more file for Long Beach City Council seats

Four additional candidates filed for the Long Beach City Council on Friday in the City Clerk’s office. In the First District Philip Brickman John Hanna and Edward Mason joined the field. in the Seventh District Edward A. Tuttle qualified. Filings bring the total to 46 candidates for the March 18 primary with eight other contenders seeking citywide offices. The Seventh District has the largest pool with 15 candidates for a three year term starting July 7, plus a Feb 18 special election to wrap Wayne Sharp’s term.

Long Beach Elaine Hamilton Edward A. Tuttle Olive Ave Wayne B. Sharp Sharp Council

Long Beach cab firms seek fare increase hearing date

Diamond and Yellow cab companies ask the Long Beach Bureau of Franchises to set a public hearing on fare increases. Robert McNulty says financial data backing the request is being prepared. The hearing should occur within 20 days after City Auditor Courson’s report, with a 10 day public notice.

Long Beach Bureau of City Hall Robert McNulty Diamond and Yellow Cab Companies Louis Possner Murray T. Courson Possner

Hufford Named Permanent Los Angeles County CAO

Harry L. Hufford, 43, was unanimously appointed as Los Angeles County chief administrative officer after serving as acting CAO since September 3. He tops a field of finalists including Verne Orr and Gordon Nesvig and faces drafting the 1975-76 county budget amid inflation and potential tax hikes.

Los Angeles County CAO Harry L. Hufford Hufford Arthur Will Contra Costa County Will Verne Orr Gordon T. Nesvig Civil Service Commission Citizens Orr Nesvig

Lifeboat flies baby on lifesaving 180 mile mission

Coast Guard Flying Life Boat helicopter carried a portable incubator doctor and two nurses on a 180 mile roundtrip Friday to Goleta Valley Hospital near Santa Barbara. The 18 hour old Scott Nawrocki was placed in incubator and rushed to Harbor General Neonatal ICU. The baby’s condition was critical but with a good chance of survival.

Coast Guard Cmdr Herbert L. Johnson Huntington Beach Goleta Valley Hospital Santa Barbara Scott Narwocki Harbor General Hospital Catalina Preskill Virginia Bruce Lori Menard Harbor General Scott Elroy Nawrocki Goleta Rosemary Leake James Seidel

Compromise ends power struggle over LBSU newspaper

A dispute over control of Long Beach State University’s Forty-Niner was settled by a compromise placing day to day supervision with the journalism faculty while preserving student editorial policy. The paper will have an editorial director from the faculty, but a student board retains control of editorials and letters, with advertising and business managed by the faculty.

Long Beach State University Associated Students M. L. Stein LBSU Stein American Council For Education In Journalism Tortolano

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