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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1975
Page
8
Early Monday a fire at Century Room bar and grill at 191 Magnolia Ave. caused about 10000 in damage after a cigarette dropped in a trash can sparked the blaze. Fire officials said the 12 51 a.m. alarm was quickly controlled and no injuries were reported.
Neighborhood witnesses saw four teenagers befriend and pull away the Friendly Irish setter belonging to Johnnie F. Hoffman 20 who was dining at his home 917 N Gulf Ave Wilmington Lakewood deputies report a burglar forced open a Bellflower home to steal a stereo and a television valued at 440 dollars Tools worth 615 dollars were stolen from a shed at Robart Weeks 216th St Lakewood sheriff's deputies said
Three men faced Judge Walter Binns in San Pedro for illegal possession of undersized abalone on beaches. Filiberto R. Leon carried three abalone at Point Fermin and paid 85 dollars, Javier Armenta had one meat piece on White's Point and paid 65 dollars, Edwardo Garcia, with six undersized abalone and a valid fishing license, paid 35 dollars.
A Huntington Beach school project on a 45 acre lot near Warner Avenue and Gothard Street halted after bulldozers razed a registered archaeological site. Judge Steiner granted a temporary restraining order with a July 31 hearing to decide permanency. Archaeologists from Archaeological Research Inc. were to assess two sites, one of which may be Gabriellino Indian midden dating 1500 B C to 1600 A D. District officials aim to preserve or salvage the remaining site while delaying construction on the new high school.
Three survivors of an Anaheim private plane crash last week were reported in improved but still serious condition Monday at Canyon General Hospital. The group includes the wife of Thomas Gambrill, 35, the pilot who died, plus two youths and an adult male. A fourth survivor, Steven Jensen, 12, was listed in fair condition. Witnesses said the engine sputtered before the Piper Cherokee Six plunged toward Orange County Airport near Canyon Rim Road. Burglars broke into Gerald Tuttle’s home at 1424 Walnut Ave. and stole a television and jewelry valued at $750.
A former planned high school site south of Budson Elementary in West Long Beach was dedicated Friday as a playground. City officials and Navy and Long Beach Board of Education representatives attended the ceremony near Hills Street and the Terminal Island Freeway. The project began in 1973 with Navy housing residents and officials, with land leased to the Recreation Department for baseball, soccer, and bleachers after adjustments for naval personnel, and included participation from Eunice Ng Sato, Capt. Anthony W. Dunzeek, John Harina, Charles A. Steving Jr., Chance Hill, and Bob Van Antwerp.
The Long Beach police and fire departments logged numerous calls from Sunday evening through Monday afternoon. Incidents include fires at trash and car sites, electrical shorts, multiple first aid responses, and several injury and noninjury traffic accidents across Atlantic Avenue, Alamitos Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, and surrounding streets.
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