Ed Griffith crosses into retirement with praise from pupils
Ed Griffith 71, a longtime Indianapolis Police Department officer, now serves as a crossing guard at 21st Street and Cherry Avenue. On the last day of school, a young passerby gifted him flowers and a note thanking him for his service, bringing tears to a hard-edged veteran as students handed him a crayon greeting from Room 3.
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ED Griffith
Indianapolis
21St Street
Cherry Avenue
Signal Hill Elementary School
John Dillinger
John
Starlight Serenades Opener Marred by General Malaise
The 14th Starlight Serenades opening at Recreation Park Long Beach featured the Long Beach Symphony under Michael Pappone. Early pieces suffered from ragged brass and squeaky clarinets though Gershwin and Lecuona numbers along with arias from Rigoletto and The Marriage of Figaro improved the mood.
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Recreation Park
Long Beach
Long Beach Symphony
Aaron Copland
Michael Pappone
Long Beach City College
Copland
Pappone
John Hyer
Robert Russell Bennett
George Gershwin
Ernesto Lecuona
Malaguena
Andrew Taylor
Khatchaturian
Bruce Polay
Lakewood Philharmonia
Kortz and Platt Named Acting Police Leaders in Long Beach
Ralph G. Kortz longtime Long Beach assistant chief becomes acting chief after William Mooney's retirement. Willis E. Platt named acting deputy chief in charge of administrative operations. Appointments by City Manager Mansell effective July 1 with plan to seek nationwide chief applications.
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Ralph G. Kortz
Long Beach
William J. Mooney
Willis E. Platt
John R. Mansell
Mansell
B. W. O'Neil
Kurtz
Platt
Maurice Z. Wishon
Robert Hill
Kortz
Westside Redevelopment plan stalls after long hearing
After more than four hours of debate at an overflow hearing in Veterans Memorial Building the Long Beach City Council and Redevelopment Agency remained in limbo over the Westside plan. Opponents cited lack of detail taxes subsidizing private business and no vote while supporters said the project would upgrade the area create jobs and grow tax revenue.
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Westside
Veterans Memorial Building
Long Beach
Redevelopment Agency
Ocean Boulevard
Pacific Coast Highway
Los Angeles River
Southern Pacific
Ray Brosterhous
Joseph Hairing
Pasadena Research Institute
Long Beach Economic Development Corporation
Hairing
James Hankla
The
Economic Development Corporation
Peter Wallin
Project Area Committee
Eugene Jacobs
Eugene Lassers
Los Angeles County
Philip Watson
Watson
Jacobs
James Gray
Long Beach Budget Bets Harbor and Water Departments
City Council approves fiscal 1975-76 budgets for the Harbor and Water Departments, funded from department revenues with no tax funds. The Water budget is 12.8 million dollars, up 12.4 percent, with a 325 thousand dollar contribution to the city general fund. The Harbor budget totals 54.3 million dollars, up 23.3 percent, after cutting 15 million in capital outlay and trimming 200 thousand from personal services and 300 thousand from non-personal expenses.
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Long Beach Harbor
John Mansell
Department
Board of Water Commissioners
Mansell
Thomas Thorley
Harbor Department
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Long Beach
Long Beach Council Backs Bill to Clear Names of Innocent Grand Jury Witnesses
The Long Beach City Council endorsed Assembly Bill 1044 to require county grand juries to publicly clear individuals who are investigated or called as witnesses but later found innocent. Council members criticized federal delays and urged legislators to protect people from guilt by implication and stigma, while noting the measure excludes federal juries.
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Long Beach
Fred Chel
George M. Medak
Intergovernmental Relations
Chel
Catalina to pay reduced dockage under city plan
Los Angeles council backed a Harbor Department deal with MGRS Co. to cut Catalina dockage to 25 percent of the normal rate during idle off season. The 50 year old ship would be charged 19 708.13 annually instead of 44 901. The measure needs a second vote with eight votes required to adopt.
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San Pedro
Mgrs Co
Catalina
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Mr. Griffith
Mars
Gagne
Shostakovich
Daniel Shapiro
Manuel de Falla
Tchaikovsky
Philip Apponi
Mooney
Harbor Junior College
Long Beach State University
Long Beach Police Department
Chief Kurtz
Chief Platt
United States
Bert Bond
Federal Grand Jury
Bond
Washington
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