Fair Housing Volunteer Shapes Long Beach Effort
Gracia Drury leads the Fair Housing Foundation in Long Beach, using door knocking and neighborly examples to overcome prejudice. She urges more funding for low income housing while acknowledging limits after a recent city funding setback.
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California
Foundation
Watts
Los Angeles
Gracia Drury
Long Beach
Long Beach Economic Opportunities Commission
Curt Moody
Mrs
John R. Mansell
Drury
Signal Hill opens first recreation program at Hinshaw Park
The city launched a first recreation program led by Patrick MacManus with Roberta Wyman as arts and crafts leader. In two weeks over 900 joined activities as adults and youths participate, with a budget planned by a newly formed Recreation Commission headed by Councilwoman Sandra Miller.
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Signal Hill
Pat MacManus
Roberta Wyman
Hinshaw Park
Sandra Miller
California State College At
Long Beach
MacManus
Area on Lie on Dean's List
Twenty one students from Long Beach and nearby areas are named to the winter quarter dean's list at California State College at Los Angeles for earning at least 3.4 GPA in 12+ units and ranking in the top five percent. Local names include Roberta Burns Leonard Jakl Clarence Ealy and Susan Haytack plus others from Bellflower San Pedro Paramount Norwalk Downey Compton and Downey.
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Long Beach
California State College
Los Angeles
Roberta Burns
Leonard K. Jakl
Clarence Ealy
Susan Haytack
Two Long Beach Girls in Special UC Riverside Program
Two Long Beach high school juniors join 66 peers in a UC Riverside summer program designed for top students who have completed junior year with at least a B average. Deborah Klein and Joyce Shintani are among the participants, taking part in an eight week session that allows college level work for credit across nine UC campuses.
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Long Beach
University of California, Riverside
Deborah Klein
Roycroft Ave
Joyce Shintani
E. Calderwood Sr
UCR
Thomas Broadbent
University of California
Fun Spot Soon Will Be Church
The Christian Center Church sells its current Melodyland Theater facility to the First Church of the Nazarene for 500000 dollars. Escrow on the theater sale is set to close August 9. The Nazarene plans to use the 900 seat venue at 1420 Candlewood Street to replace its smaller Anaheim church at 1212 East Lincoln Avenue.
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Christian Center Church
Melodyland Theater
First Church of the Nazarene
Danny Dare
Sammy Lewis
Ralph Wilkerson
Nazarene
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