Blind couple plans Amtrak trip to celebrate 32nd anniversary
Betty Harvey, blind, and her husband Lowell from Long Beach recount a 32nd wedding anniversary plan to visit Oakland by Amtrak. Lowell describes for Betty what they will see, read, and enjoy together, including letters from famous actors and authors.
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Betty Harvey
Lowell
Betty
Oakland
Oak
Adela
Om Betty
Lowellarvey
Long Beach
Supervisors begin budget cutting with small first day
County supervisors opened 1975 76 budget talks with only 279 826 in cuts from a 3 billion proposal as James Hayes urged to slash tens of millions including transit subsidies Pete Schabarum proposed delaying raises for 84 000 workers and forego his own pay raise reducing needs by over 40 million If approved a 30 cent tax cut could result though a 10 cent rise remains possible Edelman pushed for priority based cuts crime prevention health and social services while warning on revenue sharing use transit subsidies and urging careful review of agencies
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James Hayes
Pete Schabarum
Hayes
Schabarum
Baxter Ward
Kenneth Hahn
Ed Edelman
Edelman
Long Beach panel outlines senior citizen needs and goals
The Long Beach Senior Citizen Advisory Commission lists aims to curb crimes against the elderly, improve transportation, and establish a 24 hour emergency hotline in its first year. Accomplishments include Medicare card accepted for 10 cent bus fare, free flu shots for 6600 seniors, and state level push for a universal senior ID card.
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Long Beach
Senior Citizen Advisory Commission
George Toll
Commission
Toll
Long Beach Public Transportation Co
City Health Department
Fred Chel
State Assembly
William Conrad
Sunset Club
The
Volunteers of America
Parks Offer Busy Summer of Activities
The Long Beach Recreation Department unveils a large summer program with classes from June 30 to Aug. 28 across 42 elementary playgrounds and municipal parks. A 16 page brochure lists aquatics arts outdoor recreation and sports with preregistration forms and most programs free, says Director Bob Van Antwerp.
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Long Beach
Bob van Antwerp
van Antwerp
Signal Hill eyes $12 million hilltop road system study
Signal Hill City Council through its redevelopment agency studies a $12 million plan by Wildan and Associates to build grade controlled hilltop roads with widened Cherry Avenue and new connections, plus storm drains, a backbone sewer, water mains, and two 5 million gallon reservoirs funded by tax increment revenues over several years.
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Signal Hill
Obispo Avenues
Temple
Hathaway
Junipero Avenue
Willow Street
23Rd Street
Burnett Street
Temple Avenue
Hill Street
Stanley Avenue
21St Street
Temple Avenues
Agency
J. Ennis Neff
Citizens’ Committee
Rooney elected chairman of South Coast Regional Commission
In a 8-4 vote on Monday Robert F. Rooney became chairman of the South Coast Regional Commission ending an eight week dispute over the succession to former chairman Donald Bright. The panel will consider restructuring with a proposed six full time members plus six ex officio non voting members from the six regional commissions.
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Robert F. Rooney
South Coast Regional Commission
Donald Bright
Bright
Long Beach
Don Phillips
Gov. Brown
State Supreme Court
Tehama County
John Mayfield
North Coast Regional Commission
Brown
Ronald Reagan
Carmen Warshaw
Supreme Court
Warsehaw
David Commons
Rooney
Long Beach State University
Rubley
Senate Rules Committee
Assembly
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