Longtime captain becomes fishing teacher at San Pedro harbor
Tony Barcott, a 41-year fishing veteran, leads Harbor Occupational Center’s unique 9th grade dropout program now known as the Professor. The West Coast’s only hands on commercial fishing course trains up to 20 students per session, with 240 plus graduates and a waiting list of 100 plus. Barcott emphasizes real work on wharf and sea for basic seamanship, navigation and gear maintenance, with many students gaining jobs after ten weeks.
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San Pedro
Tony Barcott
Southland
Harbor Occupational Center
HOC
Barcott
9Th Street
Pedro
Los Angeles
Arthur A. McIntyre
Dan Stark
Charles L. Scott
Frank
Long Beach
California
L.A
U.S
Washington
Illinois
Wisconsin
New Zealand
Sweden
San Pedro Bay
N. Pacific Ave
McIntyre
Carson High
Ucla Extension
Coop
San Pedro’s
Honest Man Found Twice by Insurance Broker in Long Beach
John Lundberg of United Insurance Brokers in Long Beach helped two honest residents Donald and Dorothy Hardy of Los Alamitos after burglars took jewelry valued at 500 dollars. The couple returned the recovered loot and fulfilled the insurer’s claim with a full payment, prompting reflection on integrity and trust.
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Diogenes
John Lundberg
United Insurance Brokers
Long Beach
Donald
Dorothy Hardy
Los Alamitos
Hardy
John Lundborg
United Brokers Insurance
Mrs. Hardy
Lundborg
Dorothy
Ocean Studies Center to delay boat ramp closure until 1978
Long Beach Planning Commission adopts an environmental impact report proposing joint use of a 13 acre west beach site by the Ocean Studies Center and the municipal boat ramp. Ramp is to remain until 1978 at least while alternate facilities are studied, with phased expansion and space reductions considered for parking.
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West Beach
Ocean Studies Center
Long Beach
EIR
John R. Mansell
Robert Case
Commission
City Planning Department
Case
Ports seek end to costly inventory tax on imports
Los Angeles Harbor officials urge the City Council to back a state bill removing the ad valorem tax on goods moving through the Los Angeles Long Beach port complex. They warn the tax drives shippers to other California ports and Pacific Northwest ports, and quote the tax's undefined application. The board also maintained a 33 percent rise in wharfage and dock rates, despite a 90 day moratorium request.
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Los Angeles
California
San Diego
Stockton
Oregon
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Reno
Las Vegas
Nevada
Watson
Harbor Commission
Transportation and Industry Committee
Harbor Department
Fred Crawford
California Association of Port Authorities
Long Beach Eyes Jobs Use For 1974 Funds
Long Beach plans to use part of its 25.9 million dollar six year allocation from the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for job producing programs. City officials cite industrial redevelopment and downtown projects as key to creating employment to match housing efforts.
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Don Brackenbury
Long Beach
Planning Commission
Ray Brosterhous
Travis Montgomery
Brosterhous
Montgomery
Richard L. Sugiyama
Westside
New technique to detect breast cancer described
At a Long Beach medical meeting a Detroit radiologist outlined a prediction pattern for cancer prone breasts using xeroradiography. The method may detect up to nine percent of cancers in early stages and relies on dense appearing breasts as higher risk indicators.
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Long Beach
Detroit
The
American Cancer Society
UC Irvine Center For Health Education
Memorial Hospital Medical Center
John N. Wolfe
Wayne State University
Mathematicians Argue Skill Dominates Ringo Win
Two Cal Tech professors testified Thursday that Ringo winnings hinge on skill rather than luck. They described a Long Beach State University based experiment at the Ringo parlor testing ring toss versus bingo, with results supporting a skill element in the game.
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Ringo
Long Beach
Cal Tech
Charles Litwin
Robert Dilworth
Ringo Parlor
W. Pike
Long Beach State University
Dilworth
Gary Lorden
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Fishermen’s Cooperative Association
Berth 73
Coral Sea
Kent Henderson
Dennis Webber
Grandma
Shelby Street
Abraham Lincoln
Pier 1
Murray D. Dailey
Southern California Ocean Studies Consortium
Chambers of Commerce
Milton Marks
San Francisco
Joseph Kenrick
State Board of Equalization
State Supreme Court
Ben Zinser
Medical Science
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