Compassion Helps Save Tot as Ocean of Support Flows In
A three month old Stephanie Odom in danger near death receives night care from Dr Dennis Fineberg and hospital staff. Southlanders donate over 1300 to cover medical bills prompting a Texas return for the family. Messages from Long Beach readers offer comfort and pledges, highlighting community support.
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Stephanie Odom
California
Stephanie
Texas
Southlanders
Odom
Louise Rosenbloom
Odoms
Long Beach
Vietnam
City approves $415000 plan for Spring Street area improvements
City Council approves a roughly $415 000 project to reconstruct Spring Street between Lakewood Boulevard and Bellflower Boulevard and to redo Clark Avenue and Bellflower Boulevard. The plan includes storm drains financed by the County Flood Control District at about $77 000 and adds a 14 foot raised divider island with a sprinkler system.
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Spring Street
Lakewood Boulevard
Bellflower Boulevard
Clark Avenue
Spring and
Wardlow Road
Spring
Carson Street
Clark and
Bellflower
County Flood Control District
Los Cerritos
Lakewood
Bellflow
Prison Fire Fighters On Terminal Island Earn Praise
On a 23 acre Terminal Island federal prison site the internal fire brigade of eight to nine inmates trained by LA City Fire Department fought a storage hut blaze holding 300 gallons of flammable liquids near a propane tank. The prompt CO2 and water attack saved property and possibly lives, earning commendations from the Los Angeles department and a plaque for Warden G W Richardson and a praise card for inmate Roger L Harher.
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Terminal Island
Uncle Sam
Federal Correctional Institution
Los Angeles City Fire Department
R. W. Smith
Los Angeles
Five Million for Los Angeles Roads Funded
The county budgets five million dollars for road construction in the Long Beach area. Supervisor Burton W. Chase notes the coastal Fourth Supervisorial District receives twenty three percent of the county's eighty one million highway construction budget. Projects include Willow Street Carson Street Lomita Boulevard Vermont Avenue Western Avenue Alondra Boulevard Avalon Wilmington Avenue Rosecrans Avenue with variedallocations ranging from 105000 to 2100000 dollars.
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Long Beach
Burton W. Chase
Friday Chase
Coastal Fourth
Long Beach Area
Willow Street
Studebaker Road
Carson Street
San Diego
Santa Fe Avenue
Lomita_ Boulevard
Normandie Avenue
Alameda Street
Vermont Avenue
223Rd Street
Lomita Boulevard
Western Avenue
25Th Street
Alondra
Harris Street
Frailey Avenue
Avalon City
Wilmington Avenue
el Segundo Boulevard
137Th Street
Rosecrans Avenue
Los Angeles River
Century Boulevard
Waterline Approved for Plant in El Dorado Park
City Council approves a two phase water pipeline to Island B for the renovation plant. Phase I starts immediately with 6.26 miles from Atherton Street to Island B carrying 200000 barrels daily. Phase II, 0.92 miles, to commence in 1971 to supply renovated water for injection.
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el Dorado Park
Island B
Long Beach
Wilmington
Atherton Street
San Gabriel River
County Sanitation District
Metropolitan Water District
County Flood Control District
Alamitos Barrier Project
John R. Mansell
el Dorado, Recreation
Bluff Parks
Lakewood Hears Budget For 1968 69 At 8 P M
Lakewood public budget hearing set for 8 p m Tuesday to review a 6 9 million 1968 69 city budget. Despite a 25 percent rise in spending the plan reduces property tax by shifting the levy from 225 000 to 135 000. Final tax rate will be set in August after county assessment figures.
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Lakewood
City OKs Large Oil Lease at Airport
The City Council approved a communal oil and gas lease covering 881 acres around Long Beach Airport. Leases are with Home Stake Production and Amerada Petroleum, with royalties of 25 percent of gross revenue and 25 percent of net profits. The city holds 214.8 acres, Douglas 246.7 acres, Boyar 419 acres.
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City
Long Beach
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Louis H. Boyar
Home Stake Production Co
Amerada Petroleum Corp
Boyal Group
Douglas
Raymond K. Kealer
Council
Harbor, Industries and Oil Committee
Boyar
Lakewood Boulevard
Donald Douglas
Bellflower Boy Wins Third in AAA Poster Contest
Bellflower third grader Johnny Ware of Ramona School earned third place in AAA national poster contest primary division. His cross walk safety themed drawing will be reproduced for distribution to schools nationwide. Dan D. Hoffman of the Automobile Club of Southern California presented the certificate of appreciation.
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Johnny Ware
Bellflower
Ramona
American Automobile Association
AAA
Dan D. Hoffman
The
Automobile Club of Southern California
Long Jaycee Vote Costs Glines Post
A 31-year-old Lakewood man and national vice president of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce narrowly failed to win the Jaycee presidency. Robert Glines, a highways engineer, was defeated on the 22nd ballot in Phoenix after 19 hours of voting. Wendell E. Smith of Plymouth Mass was elected.
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Lakewood
U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Robert Glines
N. Bonfair Ave
Jaycee
Phoenix
Ariz
Wendell E. Smith
Plymouth
Mass
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Beach
Jane
Southland Compassion
Tot
Gordon Odom
Sandra
Navy
Fineberg
L.B. Council
Alley
Clark
Wardlow
Man
Dick Emery
L.A. Roads
L.A
William F. Lever
Frances E. Richman
St. Joseph Ave
Teamsters
Berkey
Berkey Photo Service
Teamsters Union
Jack Cox
Sky Links Golf Course
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Douglas Plant
Kealer
Glines
Cyrus Vance
Averell Harriman
Paris
Parade
Lloyd Shearer
Independent, Press-Telegram
Karen MacQuarrie
U.S
Seer
Jeane Dixon
Kennedy
Robert
Independent, Press- Telegram
Miss Dixon
Independent
Press-Telegram
Oil Island
Long Beach Oil Islands
Parade Magazine
Southland Magazine
Tele-Vues Magazine
Independent Press-Telegram
PRX
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