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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1969
Page
3
Action Line offers help by mail or phone. Write Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or call 432-3451 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. Questions chosen for general interest and usefulness.
The Olympic sized indoor pool in Belmont Plaza holds about one million gallons, with about 2 500 gallons used per swimmer on busy days. It is refilled every eight hours, and evaporation and splash-outs use another million gallons yearly. Filling to the brim costs about $200.
A reader seeks an outdoor beer and brat fest. city and state parks ban alcohol. Private picnic grounds are permitted, with Maple Leaf Park in La Puente and Premier Caterers in Los Angeles offering rental sites. Typical rates range from 15 to 60 dollars per day.
Health officials outline how to report dangerous living conditions affecting children. Investigators may visit, with court action possible under California law. Resources include the Los Angeles County Health Center and Los Angeles Police Department detectors for urgent cases. Related consumer tip lists child size swim fins and where to buy them with prices.
A bandit, claiming an accomplice would harm the clerk’s family, threatened Lyle L. Phillips at Hughes Market in Lakewood and fled with about 1000 to 1200 dollars after simulating a weapon. Deputies said the threat was a hoax during the investigation.
A Long Beach fishing boat accident claimed the life of Winfred D. Powell 64, 6625 Atlantic Ave. near Point Loma San Diego. A second unidentified man 30 was found dead in Colorado Lagoon with autopsy planned. lifeguards performed 242 rescues as jellyfish swarmed Zuma Beach amid subsiding surf and riptides.
A 64 year old Lynwood man identified as John A Leeds fell from a fourth floor fire escape at the Pacific Coast Club 850 E Ocean Blvd. He was pronounced dead at the scene when his body struck the terrace.
Two swimmers vanish in powerful surf last week. Javier Alarcon 25 of Placentia fell from a rubber raft in Newport Beach Saturday. Elmore Nelson 20 of Riverside swept to sea by strong rip tides at Huntington Beach Friday. Forecasts predict calmer seas and water around mid to high 60s today.
Huntington Beach police credited Cindy Marten a 14 year old of Commodore Circle with rescuing 6 year old Scott Lee Sargent from a apartment pool where he lay unconscious under water. Two men lifted him to the deck as Barbara Newell performed mouth to mouth resuscitation. The boy was taken to Huntington Intercommunity Hospital and was reported responding to treatment Sunday night.
A compressed item from the Press Telegram notes three independent events involving men. The readable fragment lists no clear outcomes, dates, or names beyond the general reference to male participants. Further specifics are unavailable in the supplied text.
James Allen Turney, 9, of Malibu, died at Santa Ana Hospital from injuries after riding his bicycle into a moving auto Saturday in Tustin at Red Hill Avenue and Mitchell Street. He had been visiting his father, Conrad Turney of Tustin. The driver was not held.
Police said burglars forced open the front door at 325 South St to enter Riggin's Bros Co and stole hydraulic jacks valued at 829 dollars.
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