Huntington Beach Fourth of July Parade to feature 3600 participants
Huntington Beach hosts its 60th annual Fourth of July parade at 11 a.m. sponsored by the Huntington Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce. More than 3600 people will participate and hundreds of thousands are expected to line Main Street. The route runs from 10th and Main along Pine to Pecan, with 18 marching bands 32 floats and equestrian units plus clowns and marching groups. Golden West College unveils a 30 foot campus-on-wheels to guide students to vocational programs, promoting its theme Students Helping Students Achieve.
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Huntington ‘Beach
Golden West College
Oh-Wheels
Two Independence Day Festivities Planned for Downey
Town hosts back to back celebrations Saturday at Downey and in nearby parks with a day full of watermelon contests games and entertainment. A 4 pm concert at Warren High School will cap the events with a vocal group slated to perform.
Downey Police Chief Ivatt A. Robinson to Retire
Downey Police Chief Ivatt A. Robinson, age 68, announced retirement after 13 years leading the department. He founded the Downey Police Department on May 1, 1957, and previously served on Hendale police and as deputy chief for nine years. He and wife Alice plan to move to San Clemente, with two children noted in Utah and Valencia.
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Robinson
Alice
San Clemente
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Jim
Utah
Brigham: Young University
Allee ‘Mae
Iin Valencia
Ida Mack Rites Set Sunday
Ida Bella Mack long time Long Beach churchwoman and Pacific Christian College patron dies at 97 in Rosemead. Ordained in 1912, she and her husband ministered in the Midwest before moving to Long Beach in 1925. She led Church Women United, helped publish religious plays, and founded a perpetual scholarship fund at Pacific Christian College. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 p.m. at First Christian Church. Survived by sister Betty Richardson of Decatur Illinois. Forest Lawn Cypress in charge.
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Ida Bella Mack
Long Beach
Pacific .Christian College
Christian Church
iDisciples of Christ
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Mack
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Women United
Edwin
BE. Mack Perpetual
Picturephone promises new era of calls and mystery fades
AP dispatch notes the debut of picturephone reducing the mystery of overheard conversations on public pay phones. A Long Beach scene captures a caller awaiting Tessie, while census figures show 1967 California phones in use and widespread pay phone use. The piece predicts picture phone arriving soon, erasing the secrecy of voice calls.
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Long Beach Area
Tessie
Long Beach Public Library
Bureau of Census
Statistical Abstracts of
United States
California
U.S
Get-Acquainted With 7th Step Foundation Booth
The Harbor 7th Step Foundation plans two get acquainted functions in July to aid ex convicts transitioning from prison to society. The group will run a booth at the North Long Beach Fair and Carnival at Scherer Park Del Amo Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue with advance tickets offering substantial savings.
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Harbor 7Th Step Foundation
North Long Beach
Scherer Park
del Amo Boulevard
Atlantic Avenue
Retiring Downey Captain Honored At Farewell Dinner
Approximately 260 colleagues and friends of Capt. Roger E. Harmon 55 a member of the original Downey Police Department honored him at a retirement dinner at Rio Hondo Country Club Wednesday night. His retirement becomes effective July 10.
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Roger E. Harmon
Downey Police Department
Rio Hiondo Country
Harmon
Downey
Ivan Robinson
Robinson
Summer Festival Opens at Scherer Park in Long Beach
The second annual Summer Festival opens at noon at Scherer Park on Atlantic Avenue and Del Amo. Rides games booths and continuous music by rock and pop groups will raise funds to send neighborhood youngsters to summer camp. Hours are noon to midnight Friday and Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. Sponsors include North Long Beach Neighborhood Center YMCA Family Services Association welfare rights organizations Operation Head Start Cub Scout troops Tenants Union Long Beach Youth Action Commission Neighborhood Youth Corps and the 7th Step Foundation.
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Atlantic Avenue
del Amo
Jim Dillon
Dan Sperato
The
North Long Beach
Ymca, Family Services Association
Welfare Rights Organizations
Operation Headstart
Cub Scout Troops
Tthe’ Tenants Union
Long Beach Youth Action Commission
Neighborhood Youth Corps
7Th ‘Step Foundation
Boat Fees Move Delayed 90 Days at Newport Harbor
Orange County plans to assess fees on boat owners whose private piers cross county tide lands at Newport Harbor, delaying the action by 90 days. The issue surfaced after Newport Beach decided to levy a minimum ten dollar yearly charge, drawing a near capacity crowd to the board hearing room.
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Newport Harbor
City of
Newport Beach
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