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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1972
Page
7
Long Beach Fire Chief TL Rizzo warns there are no safe fireworks and any type can injure or kill. He notes it is illegal to shoot sell or possess fireworks in Long Beach and cites sparklers reaching 2000 degrees and capable of starting fires as proof.
Long Beach based Community Rehabilitation Industries received a state grant of 278000 dollars to expand its vocational rehabilitation services for physically and mentally handicapped persons. The award, announced by Robert E. Howard, will fund building alterations, new equipment, and doubling training stations from 100 to 200, serving the southeast Los Angeles area.
In wartime Long Beach tale, Mrs Yap recalls morale boosting flyers on retreating planes and describes how observing her nurse sister inspired a lifelong commitment to helping soldiers. A former patient recalls her passing the foyer as a symbol of dedication and care.
Miss Joan Schulte elected president of the Cerritos College Administrators Association succeeding Dr John D. Randall. Edward Wagner becomes vice president, replacing Richard B. Whiteman. Lowell Anderson is re-elected secretary-treasurer. Anderson coordinates business education at the college.
Emergency calls monitored during a 20 hour period include several non fatal traffic accidents at 19th Street Olive Avenue Clark Avenue Spring Street and other intersections. Also notes the installation of William Greenwalt as president of the Lynwood Chamber of Commerce with new officers Richard Bowen Robert Solton and Edith Wren at the Queen Mary dinner.
The Adams Family of chimps stars in the annual Long Beach Firefighters Fourth of July Circus at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The affair begins at 6 p.m. with a one hour pre show, then firefighting equipment display, colors, and dignitaries. From 7:20 to 9 p.m. the three ring circus features international stars, followed by six tons of fireworks. Tickets cost adults 3.50 and children 1.50.
The Long Beach State University bookstore, serving 28 000 students and about 1 150 professors, faced profitable declines as it relied on textbooks. The 1968 campus agreement backed a BCS data processing system for inventory control, with trade books accounting for around 70 percent of sales.
Hawaiian Gardens Ca firm KEC submitted the apparent low bid of 61410 for four reinforced concrete bridges with aluminum handrailing over Coyote Creek at Candlewood Country Club in Los Angeles County. County Board of Supervisors expects to award the contract in about 10 days with work to start within 30 days funded by the Flood Control District budget.
Patient describes aches in shoulders and legs with muscle spasms. Advertising note mentions pain relief through relaxation and nerve comfort, offering an appointment at Duncan DC location 2501 E Broadway.
Dan Heggem aged 28 is appointed administrative assistant by 68th District Assemblyman Joe Ang Salves of La Mirada. A California native, Heggem has lived in Norwalk 23 years and attended local schools including Cerritos College.
Assemblyman Robert Badham says California plans a 100000 study to test relocation feasibility of the Santa Fe Railway away from the beach in front of President Nixon and the Western White House at San Clemente. If feasible, the project would be publicly funded. Rio line would not share costs.
The 103rd Coast Artillery Transport Detachment veterans recall Churchill’s bracing presence aboard the Queen Mary and the ship’s crucial aid in moving 60,000 American troops to Normandy and beyond. Seventy-eight members survive, planning reunions aboard the Queen at Long Beach.
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