Bitter Unemployment Pressure Faces Long Beach Poor
In Long Beach three jobless men stand on a street corner reflecting a widening urban crisis. The piece links their plight to a broader pattern of hard core unemployment in ghettos, amid reports that subemployment and poverty fuel civil unrest and demand bold local action.
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Anaheim Street
California Avenue
Robert Hamlin
Freddie Cooper
Bob Mathews
Long Beach
National Commission On Civil Disorders
McGraw-Hill
Poverty Agency
Witchcraft hobbyist seen as social fad and private art
A housewife in Beach City practices witchcraft as a hobby, dispenses potions to friends, and describes it as a mind based activity. Her husband notes disbelief yet curiosity while she balances work as a process engineer and family life with an eight year old daughter who views her mother with affection.
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Myron
Ohio
England
Samaritan in Dog House
Michelle Wilson took in 40 dogs after a breeder died to save them from the pound. She has given away eight and sold two. 30 remain at home, leaving her dog tired. The dogs refuse all food except hamburger.
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Michelle Wilson
Miss Wilson
Santa Barbara Sees Quake on City Anniversary
An earthquake rattled Santa Barbara at 8 33 a m on Saturday marking the anniversary of the 1925 quake. No damage was reported within a 20 mile radius authorities said radio announcer Gary Clark described his studio chair rolling during the broadcast.
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Santa Barbara
Gary Clark
KDB
San Pedro Pilots Endorse 24 Hour Port Halt
San Pedro Bay Pilots Association with 16 pilots from Local 63 call for a 24 hour work stoppage from 5 a.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday in protest of a wage raise plan approved by the Los Angeles harbor commissioners on June 26. Bernard J. Caughlin warns the action violates civil service rules.
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San Pedro
Port of
Los Angeles
San Pedro Bay Pilots Association
Marine Clerks Association Local 63
International Longshoremens and Warehousemens Union
Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners
Bernard J. Caughlin
Los Angeles Harbor
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