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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1969
Page
9
Long Beach plans reduced summer programs as state aid to high schools falls by over 500000. Only City College remains funded. 15 schools would offer limited classes, enrollments drop about a third, and gifted courses may be dropped.
Independent Tuesday January 21 1969 section B page B 1 markets on pages C 6 and C 7.
A group of Los Angeles business and professional men toured water project facilities from Oroville to Tehachapi, highlighting the California Water Project’s scale. They hailed the Oroville Dam and Tehachapi Pumping Plant as engineering marvels and emphasized the system’s role in meeting future growth and supply needs by 1971.
A permit allows tearing down the first Long Beach Burnett Library at 560 E Hill St to make way for a larger replacement on the same site. Temporary service runs at 1918 Atlantic Ave while reconstruction funds total about 268000 dollars for the new two and a half story complex with auditorium reading rooms and courts.
Two C97G Stratofreighters departed Long Beach in heavy rain on a 314 day mission to Africa to deliver food and medical aid to Biafra refugees. The advance group will base on Sao Tome with a 27 member crew led by George Lucas and Ronald Hess, while maintaining neutrality and no firearms on board.
A schedule of free events in Long Beach including exhibits at California State College Long Beach Faculty Art Show Masters Show by Saudia Stasinski and Robert de la Rocha Gallery C until noon and 1 to 4 p.m. A World Affairs forum by Long Beach City College Community Services Programs at Boyd High School Auditorium 235 E Eighth St. Films at Institute of Lifetime Learning 215 Long Beach Blvd and a 7:30 p.m. forum You and Your Income Tax with Gerald O Tollefson at Boyd High School Auditorium until 9:30 p.m.
The Western Oil and Gas Association plans to ask the State Water Resources Control Board to not declare sustaining fish and marine life as a beneficial use of Long Beach Harbor waters. Hank Wright will present a five page industry position paper at the Wednesday meeting in Los Angeles. The oil industry opposes the five parts per million oxygen standard and warns it could force some wells to shut down.
The World War II carrier USS Yorktown CVS-10 sails to Norfolk Va ending its 12 year stay in Long Beach. A farewell gathering at Pierpoint Landing starts 7 30 a m with small craft escorts and a Navy band. The ship will also carry five tons of Handclasp aid to Valparaiso Chile and Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
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