Woman Oil Driller Lottie McFann Rites Held
Services will be at 12 30 p m Wednesday in Mortelle s Mor tell s Mortuary for Lottie B McFann known as the world s only woman oil driller She died last Wednesday March 13 at 75 A California native she grew up in Kern County She ran McFann Drilling Co after her husband s death in 1945 Her retirement in 1980 did not end her industry involvement Surviving are a son William C and a brother Harry C Carnahan
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Mortell's
Lottie B. McFann
McFann
Euclid Ave
Kern County
William McFann
McFann Drilling Co
Long Beach
Santa Paula Canyon
William C
Vietnam
Harry
C. Carnahan
Aerospace Education Scheduled at California State Long Beach
Aerospace Education scheduled for the 17th annual program at California State College Long Beach will run a split section this summer. The course, rated among the nation’s top 10 innovative programs by the American Council for Education, targets teachers and administrators to replicate curricula in elementary and secondary schools. It is the largest program of its kind in the nation for a decade and is expected to set attendance records. Besides aviation history, aerodynamics, rocketry, and guest lectures by industry and military experts, teacher-students will build an aircraft under Jay Ackerman of Long Beach City College.
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California
State College At
Long Beach
The
American Council For Education
Cal State
Buffums Plans 100,000 Sq Ft San Diego Store at Fashion Valley
Buffums a Long Beach based department and specialty chain announced a multi million dollar Fashion Valley Center store in San Diego Mission Valley opening in 1968. The 80 000 square foot structure will be designed to yield 100 000 square feet of merchandizing space and be a fully new concept for the chain. The investment runs about 5 500 000 with 200 employees and marks Buffums first in the San Diego area alongside nine stores planned after completion including Newport Center La Habra Santa Ana Pomona Lakewood Palos Verdes Marina Alamitos Bay and other recent openings.
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Buffuns
Long Beach
Fashion Valley Center
San Diego
Mission Valley
Buffums
Waile G. Young
Iie
Young
California
Buffurs
la Habra
Newport Center
Santa Ana
Pomona
Lakewood
Palos Verdes
Marina
Alamtos Bay
Top Rodeo Opens Five-Show Run at L A Arena
Pacific Indoor Rodeo kicks off Friday at Long Beach Arena with five performances in which Larry Mahan of Brooks Oregon highlights the field. Mahan returned to competition for the money title after a slump and trails season leader Paul Mayo of Grinnell Iowa by 184 dollars. Bo Ashorn of Houston breaks into the top 15 after a Phoenix win. Mayo leads with 9,357 to Mahan 9,173. Tickets available at the Arena and local agents.
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Larry Mahan
Brooks
Ore
Long Beach
Mahan
Phoenix
San Bernardino
Paul Mayo
Grinnell
Iowa
Mayo
Nationalrader
Bo Ashorn
Houston
Tex
Rordeo
Rodio
Arena
U S Allots 168000 for Long Beach Student Aid
The U S Office of Education allotted 168000 to California State College at Long Beach to aid needy students from disadvantaged areas under the Economic Opportunities Program. Grants will fund about 280 students next fall with up to 800 dollars per student for fees and books. the college had requested 198000 dollars.
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U.S. Office of Education
California State College At
Long Beach
Donald A. Tinsdale
Humphrey Named to CEO Post
David Humphrey, longtime Long Beach Chamber of Commerce PR director, was appointed Youth Program Coordinator for the City Commission for Economic Opportunities. He will coordinate federal, state, and local youth employment efforts with groups like the Community Welfare Council and private agencies, under a $20,000 federal grant approved by the City Council.
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David Humphrey
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
City Commission For Economic Opportunities
Humphrey
Carl P. Wallace
Commission
Long Beach
Wallace
Community Welfare Council
State Department of Employment
Board of Education
Chamber of Commerce
Tumphrey
Master Builders
Marlin Marietta Corp
Upson Co
Junior Chamber of Commerce
County seeks stiffer fines for channel pollution violations
A 1967 county report urges harsher penalties and stronger laws to deter waste pollution in the Dominguez Channel and harbor. It calls for more state cooperation, expanded enforcement staff, and tougher penalties, noting existing budgets limit engineers and personnel. The study lists 60 citations and 30 orders, with fines ranging to 150 dollars and a maximum of 500 dollars, plus a 28 dollar waste treatment program cited for compliance.
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Dominguez ‘Channel
State Fish and Game Department
Los Angeles
Lindon 5
Hollinger
Sacramento
Kenneth Hahn
Dominguez Channel
Los Angeles Harbor
Hollier
Queen Mary Drydock Move Planned for Wednesday
Movement of the Queen Mary into drydock is tentatively set for a seven hour 29 minute window from 12 01 am to 7 30 am Wednesday. Capt Monroe Hart says timing will be finalized with city officials. A preliminary injunction bars union pickets near the Queen Mary Pier F shipyard and tugs during the window. union officials must be notified 12 hours in advance.
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Monroe Hart
Long Beach Navy Shipyard
Hart
Max Z. Wisot
Queen Mary
Pier F
Youth Space Symposium Set at Naval Air Station
Students and teachers from Long Beach and Orange County high schools will attend a combined Air Youth Day and Women s Space Symposium at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station this Saturday. More than 600 students from 50 schools will explore aerospace careers, scholarships, flight demos, facility tours, and NASA film programs, folding into a banquet at McDonnell Douglas Missile and Space Systems.
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Long Beach Area
Orange County
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
McDonnell Douglas Missile and Space Systems Divi+sion
Huntington Beach
Mira Slovak
Continental Air Lines
California Aerospace Educational Association
Los Angeles
Hotel Sahara Post Filled Role Given to Bellis
Joseph Bellis son of Dr and Mrs Carroll J Bellis of Rolling Hills has been appointed assistant manager of the Hotel Sahara in Las Vegas Dr Nellis a surgeon from Long Beach notes his son has worked in the hotel business in the South land since graduating UCLA in 1985
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Joseph Bellis
Carroll J. Bellis
Rolling Hills
Sahara
Las Vegas
Dr. Nellis
Long Beach
Southland
UCLA
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Christian Science Monitor
Lottie. McFann
Herb Shannon
Jay Ackerman
Long Beach City College
Buffums’ Plans
L.A. Arena
CSLB
U.S
Evan
Plough, Inc
Jim McCauley
L.A
Queen Mary Drydock
Estminster Memorial Bark ‘Mortuary
Court of Honor
Westminster
Garden of Remembrance
Choice Central Selection
Cdr
Claude, O'Hara
USN
O'Hara
Ee Cdr
C. F. Ophara
Westminster Memorial Park Cemetery
Beach Bivd
Lam
Veterans’ Court OF Honor
Famites
Naval Air Station
Mayflower
Protection
Lakewood ‘Coll
Lakewood Chapel
Dilday
Lakewood Mortuary
Pacific Avenue
Bupay
Long Beach Chapel
Woodruff Avenue
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