Storeroom Blaze on USS Bryce Canyon
Fire aboard the destroyer Bryce Canyon at berth 240 Y in Bethlehem Shipyard on Terminal Island caused an estimated 71 damage. Heat from a welding torch ignited a box of paper cups, leading to paper towels tarpaulins stored paint and rubber fume. Los Angeles harbor firemen aided by sailors and Bethlehem Shipyard crews fought dense smoke to extinguish the blaze. The fire was reported at 11 53 pm and declared out by 1 32 am with firefighters breathing apparatus used throughout the operation.
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Harbor Division
Navy
Bryce Canyon
Jack Douglass
Los Angeles Harbor Division
Bethlehem Shipyard
Douglass
Terminal Island
Zoning Rejected for Broad Way Market Expansion
Coun cilman Paul R. Deals saw his bid to rezone R-4 to C1 for a new market at the northwest corner of Second Street and Falcon Avenue denied by a 4 to 2 vote of the Planning Commission. protests from 42 percent of nearby property owners influenced the decision, with questions about mixing commercial use in a residential belt and alternative special-permit routes discussed.
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Paul R
Broadway
Falcon Avenue
Second Street
Planning Commission
City Council
Deats
Richard J. Poper
Arnold B. Berg
Werner Rudhti
Roland R. Bach
Donald W. Phillips
W. Robert Piérce
James Hayes Named to Resources Board
Sacramento Assemblyman James A. Hayes of Long Beach was appointed to the Governor's Advisory Committee on Ocean Resources. He joins another Assembly member on the 25 member panel to help plan development of offshore facilities for the state.
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Sacramento
James A. Hayes
al Long Beach
Thursday
Hayes
Glate
Veteran Docker Lawrence Retires After Forty Years
Longshore leader Bill Lawrence leaves labor life for retirement in Lassen County California with his wife Gloria and family. The 49-year union veteran reflects on his docks career in San Pedro Local 13, several state and national roles, and his militant past influenced by 1917 Bisbee deportation and the 1934 California strike. He supports automation, a shorter work week, and a liberal AFL CIO direction while recalling a transforming labor movement and personal shift from radical activism to public service.
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Lawrence
San Pedro
Lawrence Tow
Southern, California
ILWU
Seg Ikeld
Wester Mine
International Workers of the World
Arizona
California
Long Beach
Poe
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
FDR
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Lawrences
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Bill Lawrence
USS
James Hayes
Detroit
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Peer
Pete Ve
Solun-U
NS Carpets
Willbanks
Collbadnes
Seor
Hell
Lin
Fetal UK
Freeman Ave
Signal Hill
Southland
America
Alexander Sun
Monarene Smith
Barren
Firth
Regalwave
Magee
Gullstan
James Leo
Pavlie Coast High
Freeman Ayn
Trempamare
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