Two new members join Long Beach Rodney Dangerfield club
The Long Beach chapter welcomes Laura Sweet of Wilmington and A Schremp of Bellflower. Sweet vents about the frustration of the easy to assemble kit jokes as she recalls botched builds and missing bolts. The piece lists common aggravations from broken zippers to stubborn detergent boxes and wrong numbers in the shower.
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Long Beach
Rodney Dangerfield
Laura Sweet
Wilmington
A. Schremp
Bellflower
Mrs. Sweet
State rushes malpractice legislation to ease doctors
Long Beach physicians urge immediate relief as bills seek medical injury commissions, patient compensation boards and assigned risk pools. Advocates warn premiums soar, crises deepen, and some doctors may return to military service or confront patients in possible confrontations.
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Fred W. Chel
Dlong Beach
Dennis E. Carpenter
Newport Beach
Chel
State Board of Medical Examiners
John H. Sewak
Long Beach Medical Association
Rescue of 12 Fishermen From Sinking Clipper Off Baja California
A tanker Texaco Georgia earned credit for rescuing 12 fishermen adrift after the tuna clipper Sheri D sunk 80 miles from Cabo San Lazaro. Skipper W Howard Day and 18 year old Charlie Harrell led the survivors to safety aboard the tanker, with Mexican nationals sharing a $250 recovery kitty.
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Baja California
San Pedro
Texaco Georgia
W. Howard Day
Coast Guard
Day
Charlie Harrell
San Diego
Charlie
Cabo San Lazaro
National Maritime Union
Ferdinando Berry
Long Beach Harbor Commission weighs Queensway Hilton marina plan
Developers of the Queensway Hilton Hotel seek authorization to build a 300-boat marina for the Los Angeles Yacht Club between the hotel site and The Reef restaurant. The commission sent the proposal back to staff for a revised financial plan while a second action funds a hydraulic model of the Long Beach-Los Angeles port complex to speed harbor studies.
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Long Beach Harbor Commission
Los Angeles Yacht Club
Los Angeles River
Queensway Bridge
Reef
J. Jay Feinberg
Feinberg Development Corporation
Yacht Club
Fish Harbor
Los Angeles Harbor
Commission
Feinberg
Harbor Department
Charles S. Lavington Jr
Long Beach
Lavington
San Pedro Bay
Dedication of Compton court and TASC offices
The dedication ceremonies for the new Compton Juvenile Court at 477 E. Compton Blvd and the Compton Treatment Alternative to Street Crimes Project offices at 4513 E. Compton were led by Supervisor James Hayes. He stressed the juvenile court will ease witness and victim travel, noting juveniles drive much of Compton crime, and described TASC as a federally funded three year program to curb street crime through treating drug abusers. The project is coordinated by the county probation department with local police and agencies. Master of ceremonies was Judge Everett Ricks with other speakers including Judge Richard Gadbois and Mayor Doris Davis.
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Compton
E. Compton Blvd
TASC
E. Compton
James Hayes
Everett Ricks
County Probation Department
Compton Police Department
Water discoloration possible during Wardlow Road pipe work
The Long Beach Water Department cautions that nearby Wardlow Road area residents may see discolored water as a 20 inch cast iron main is shut down for repairs. Ameron Inc. will remove scale and apply cement mortar lining to improve the line and prevent future discoloration while service remains available via temporary lines.
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Wardlow Road
Pacific and
Cherry Avenues
Blaine Vernon
Long Beach Water Department
Vernon
Water Department
Pacific Avenue
Sug
Ameron, Inc
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Circus
Thrifty Drug
F.C. Anderson
Memorial Hospital Medical Center
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Barry Keene
Eureka
Robert M. McLennan
Downey
Department of Consumer Affairs
Carpenter
Newton R. Russell
Glendale
Peter H. Behr
San Rafael
Alan Robbins
North Hollywood
Sewak
Armed Services
William Hyman
Mrs. Day
Roger Coar
Daniel Provost
Des Moines
Iowa
Baja
Mexico
Ensenada
Jose Lopez
Heribert Higuera
Manuel Rosas Rivera
Gabriel Diaz Villarreal
Antonio Gonzales Zapata
Raul Recio
Jose Luis Cecena Marquez
Humberto V. Rodelo
Antonio G. Mendez
Robarto Jarado
Independent
L.B. Marina
Compton Court
Los Angeles
Hayes
Bank
Alamitos Bay
Mercury
Tom Shaw
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