Minorities seek more city posts in Long Beach
Long Beach aims to diversify city boards and commissions as NOW AAUW and NAACP leaders urge formal vacancy notice and open nominations. Three organizations backed resolutions calling for official notification of vacancies and a 30 day lead time for public submissions.
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Long Beach
American Association of University Women
League of Women Voters of
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Organization For Women
Women’s Community Resources Center
NOW
Civil Service Commission
Harbor Commission
Water Commission
Redevelopment Agency
Valparaiso
Arts Commission
Library Book Committee
Kathy Mason
AAUW
Boy Rickie Good loses legs in freight train incident
Gerald Good, his wife Barbara, and family live near Cypress California as 11 year old Rickie suffers double leg amputation after falling under a slow moving freight near Southern Pacific tracks. Surgeons could not reattach. Funds set up at Security Pacific Bank Buena Park and Capitol Bank La Palma. Blood donations encouraged via Red Cross in Santa Ana.
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Gerald
Jerry
Good
Barbara
Denni St
la Palma
Cypress
Bert Shepard
Germany
Shepard
Washington Senators
Good House
Richard Good
Security Pacific National Bank
P.O
Buena Park
Capitol National Bank
Red Cross
Santa Ana
81 Year Old Woman Freed After Competency Tests In Trial
Lucy Maxwell of Long Beach, 81, was freed on her own recognizance pending a Feb. 4 court hearing after competency tests found her sane. She had been jailed for alleged health code violations at eight Maine Avenue properties and had been moved between facilities before tests determined she could stand trial.
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Lucy Maxwell
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Maine Ave
Beach City
City Health Department
Health Department
Maxwell
Winston
Norwalk
Metropolitan State Hospital
Sybil Brand
Dept. 95
Manatt urges simpler voting rules in California speech
Former California Democratic Party chairman Charles T. Manatt told the Third Friday Forum in Sacramento the party should back a cleaner voter rolls, post card registration, standardized registrar procedures, and bilingual voter services. He also called for democratically elected state conventions and national committee members.
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California
Democratic Party
Charles T. Manatt
Sacramento
Lakewood Country Club
Manatt
Los Angeles County
National Committee
Jobs filled as 250 federal openings in Long Beach
Long Beach official said all 250 federally funded openings announced last week are filled with applicants outnumbering jobs eight to one. About 2,000 jobless residents filed applications by Friday afternoon and six hires have already quit, with vacancies to be filled from the applicant pool.
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Long Beach
Ghia
Bill Bond Among 4 Running for Council
Four new candidates filed Friday for the Long Beach City Council in the March 18 primary. The slate includes Charles F. Calix, Melodie D. Huckaby, Bill Bond, and Philip C. Syracopoulos, totaling 62 candidates for nine seats.
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Bill Bond
Bert Bond
Long Beach
Charles F. Calix
Ximena Ave
Melodie D. Huckaby
Farolito Ave
Hazelbrook Ave
Philip C. Syracopoulos
Tulane Ave
Coast unit to view disputed Harbour plan
The South Coast Regional Commission schedules 24 coastal zone permit hearings Monday at 9 a.m. in Long Beach Harbor Department. The Huntington Harbour project seeks 120 townhouses a 4 acre lagoon two beaches two tennis courts a tidal channel and 60 boat slips amid modifications to fuel vapor controls.
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Huntington Harbour
Long Beach Harbor
Harbor Plaza Drive
Edinger
Trinidad
Commission
APCC
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Independent Press Telegram
Mark Noo Sitet
Cypress Parks and Recreation Department
Clara J. King
Los Angeles County Superior Court
County Usc Medical Center
Sybil Brand Institute For Women
Mrs. Maxwell
Bruce Wasserman
Council
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