Strike Vote Continues at Long Beach Union Rally
Union members gathered in Long Beach hearing management has not made counter offers, with Local 148 President Ed Wianecki urging influence over the company. The union shows a $63 million strike fund and seeks fringe benefits changes including health and dental care, retirement cost shifts, and a 25-cent hourly raise aligned with Detroit UAW settlements. About 5,000 signatures were reported on Reagan recall petitions as workers noisily debated work stoppage.
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Local 148
Speedy) Wianecki
UAW
Detroit
Pilot Dies as Two Southland Brush Fires Burn
Aerial tanker pilot Robert Morrison, 29, from Valley Vista, was killed when his Navy dive bomber crashed while dropping chemicals on a San Bernardino National Forest blaze. The 100 acre fire near Idyllwild was controlled by morning. 175 firefighters stood down as no structures were damaged. A second brush fire north of Azusa burned about 75 acres but was contained with no homes endangered. A third large blaze east of Coarsegold in Madera County destroyed 3,000 acres amid extreme heat and winds, main line near Thornberry Mountain southwest of Bass Lake.
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Southland
California
San Bernardino National Forest
Robert Morrison
Valley Vista
Navy
Azusa
U.S. Forest Service
County Fire Department
San Gabriel Canyon Road
Goothill Boulevard
Madera County
Division of Forestry
Thornberry Mountain
Bass Lake
Record crowds swelter at Southern California beaches
More than half a million Southlanders sweltered through a midsummer heat wave as crowds packed beaches from Long Beach to Laguna. A 23-year-old diver, Robert K. Maruyama of Los Angeles, drowned at Scotsman’s Cove near Newport Beach. Lifeguards tallied beachgoer totals including 100,000 at Long Beach and 200,000 in Los Angeles County with other large turnouts at Huntington, Seal, and Newport Beach.
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Long Beach
Laguna Beach
Newport Beach
Robert K. Maruyama
Los Angeles
Scotsman’s
Coe
Maruyama
Scotsman’s Cove
Newport
Los Angeles County
Huntington Beach
Huntington State Beach
Seal Beach
Stabbing at party leaves 15 year old injured in Long Beach
Veronica Valdez 15 of Scottsdale Estates told sheriff's officers a girl stabbed her at a party after which she was dumped at a Tor rance Boulevard construction site. Valdez, in Harbor General Hospital in fair condition with six knife wounds and a fractured skull, was found Saturday wrapped in a blanket. Police believe jealousy over a boy sparked the attack. Burglars had earlier broken into Taylor & Son offices at 1501 Oregon Ave and stolen equipment.
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Carson
Sheriff's Juvenile Officers
Veronica Valdez
Paradise Valley
Scottsdale Estates
Harbor General Hospital
Taylor & Son
Oregon Ave
Long Beach
Miss Valdez
Torrance Boulevard
Harbor Freeway
Washable shaker knit cardigan on special sale
Buffums offers a washable shaker knit cardigan with crochet trim and buttons. Long sleeves in white bone yellow and aqua sizes 36 to 42. Come in early.
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Rice
Woodcock
Reagan
Idyllwild
Alamitos Bay
22Nd Street Bridge
Tom Shaw
Mars
Hoag Memorial Hospital
Bolsa Chica State Beach
Alan Penn
Josef
Alan
Pine
Broadway
Santa Ana
Main
Palos Verdes Hawthorne At
Silver Spur Rd
Pomona
Marina
Pacific Coast
Lakewood
Graywood
Newport Center
I Nat
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