$250000 Gift for Long Beach Museum Garden Named for Earl Burns Miller
Mrs. Loraine Miller Collins donates 250000 to Long Beach for a garden at the new Museum of Art. Architect I M Pei will design the space with a pool fountain benches and trees. Funds may later fund outdoor sculpture. City Council to vote on agreement and honor Collins.
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New
Long Beach Museum of Art
Loraine Miller Collins
Collins
Long Beach Civic Center
Earl Burns Miller
I. M. Pei
Museum of Art
John R. Mansell
Mrs. Collins
Mansell
George Johnson
Time Ties For The Sleepy On Busy City Street
Street life slows in a crowded avenue as pedestrians lapse into a quiet pause amid a sea of divergent destinations. The scene captures a city moment where the weary and the stylish converge before resuming their separate journeys.
Chel bills to shield reputations of subpoenaed witnesses
Assemblyman Fred W. Chel introduces Assembly Bill 1044 to require grand juries to publicly state when subpoenas do not lead to indictments. The measure allows subpoenaed witnesses or those under investigation without indictment to request statements that insufficient evidence existed. Chel argues subpoenas can unfairly damage reputations.
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Fred W. Chel
Dlong Beach
Chel
Democratic Women’s Study Club
Lafayette Hotel
Assembly
Long Beach
Store owners get preventive checkup shows city crime study
Detectives Aughton and Rhoads examined more than a dozen bottle shops and delicatessens for security gaps. They advised stronger deadbolts, back doors, visible displays, and silent alarms as part of a broader drive sparked by a surge in robberies. The effort began with a Feb. 26 meeting of the Southern California Retail Liquor Dealers Association and follows saturation patrols already reducing holdups.
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Long Beach
Robert Aughton
W.L. Rhoads
Police Department
Southern California Retail Liquor Dealers Association
John Mansell
R. V. Hill
Bus fare cuts considered by Long Beach officials
Long Beach residents urge expanded reduced fare eligibility for city buses. A 1:30 p.m. hearing in City Hall will discuss lowering the 10 cent senior fare from age 65 to 62 and allowing a retiree spouse to ride at the reduced rate if the couple’s income meets the senior limit.
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Long Beach
Bureau of Franchises
City Hall
Carl R. Quinn
Second St
Louis Possner
The
Bureau
Possner
One Word Change Could Boost City Revenue Sharing
Carson and other Southland cities press for changing the revenue sharing formula from taxes collected to taxes paid in a federal bill. Officials met with staffer Dr. Greenberg and noted key supporters Rep. John Burton and Rep. BF Sisk. The impact hinges on final drafting scheduled for late summer or fall.
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California
Carson
Southland
The
Eatlesen of
Congressional
Carson City
Frederick Bien
Gil Smith
Bien
John Burton
San Francisco
BF Sisk
Fresno
Congressional Democrats
Chet Hollifield
Hollifield
Haltman named City Employes chief
Whitney A Halteman former executive director of the Associated County Employes of Contra Costa County is named general manager of the Long Beach City Employes Association. He succeeds Gordon Hayter who left for a Los Angeles County employee group. Halteman has held roles with Protective Finance Corp GE and E I du Pont and led several public employes organizations. The Long Beach group numbers about 3000 members across city departments except police and fire.
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Whitney A. Halteman
Associated County
Contra Costa County
Long Beach City
Halteman
Gordon Hayter
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Protective Finance Corp
Denver
Oregon State
Santa Clara County
Peninsula Association of Public Employes
Redwood City
Calif
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Don Brackenbury
Lawrence A. Collins Sr
Helen Dutton Newcomb
Pine
Curt Johnson
Bob Houser
Independent Press-Telegram
Health Department
Aughton
Rhoads
Bob Andrew
California Contract Cities Association
City Council
County Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles
Dominguez Annexa
Haltman
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co., Inc
Richland
Wash
General Electric Co
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