Catalina operators deny ship sale and plan to keep service
SS Catalina owners say the 2200 passenger ship remains unsold and will continue cross channel service for several years if Harbor Department financial issues are resolved. Pending liens are released, aiding a potential June revival between San Pedro and Catalina Island, while a separate suit seeks damages against Catalina Terminal operators.
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Los Angeles
MGRS
San Pedro
Catalina Island
Catalina Terminal
Los Angeles Harbor
Fred B. Crawford
Harbor Department
Crawford
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Long Beach Harbor Department
California
Catalina
Wagner
Superior
Stanaland
Good Friday services held across Long Beach area churches
Long Beach area churches observe Good Friday with noon to 3 pm union services at Covenant Presbyterian Belmont Heights United Methodist and other locations. Speakers include Michael Dixon Ralph Mosby Jr Condon Terry Kesler Clement Coates and more. Local choirs and soloists provide music as communities join in worship and offerings support Released Time Religious Education.
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Mark Clutter
Long Beach
East Long Beach
Belmont Heights United Methodist Church
Robert Kesler
John Clement
Kenneth Coates
Truman Barrett
Bixby Knolls Nazarene Church
North Long Beach
Carrol E. Ward Jr
Robert L. Leffel
Westside
West Side
Planners foresee yearlong delays from new environmental rules
Long Beach planners warn state guidelines for environmental studies will swell the backlog. Robert Case says amendments to the CA Environmental Quality Act will raise workload for the Planning Commission and Department as reviews extend beyond negative declarations to environmental impact reports. Budget and staffing may need a 50 percent increase to handle the added demands.
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Long Beach
Ernest Mayer Jr
Mayer
Planning Department
City Council approves extra funds for Long Beach Emergency Food Project
The Los Angeles City Council voted to add 10000 to aid Long Beach's Emergency Food Project, though members urge Los Angeles County to share costs. Project chair Cora Cox and Major Don Pact of the Salvation Army say current funds are exhausted. DPSS refers clients and provides no cost food stamps.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Cora Cox
Don Pact
Salvation Army
Major Pact
Department of Public Social Services
Orange County assessor won't suspend six aides amid Hinshaw case
Orange County Assessor Jack P. Vallerga refused to suspend six deputies indicted in the 1972 Hinshaw campaign. Grand Jury charges include conspiracy and grand theft. trial set for June 9 in Santa Ana.
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Orange County
U.S
Andrew J. Hinshaw
Board of Supervisors
Jack P. Vallerga
Hinshaw
R-Orange
George Upton
Vallerga
Upton
Santa Ana Superior Court
James N. Bertolino
Chris Boukidis
Reginald Dunlap
Fred Forbeck
John Montani
Orange County District Attorney’s
Alexandria
Radio Shack
House
Roderick Wilson
40Th
Wilson
Boy and grandmother save man from drowning
An eight year old Long Beach boy Larry Ross and his grandmother Brandy Lee saved James Buford after he fell into the water at Berth 79 dock in San Pedro. Buford was pulled ashore and released home after treatment.
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Long Beach
Berth 79
San Pedro
Larry Ross
Sandra Morgan
Loma Vista Drive
Ports O' Call
Larry
Edison School
Brandy Lee
10Th St
James Buford
Rum Runner
Buford
W. Sepulveda St
Fences and Neighborliness Across a California Block
A Hoosier columnist, living behind a concrete block wall in San Diego, recalls a 1958 fire incident and laments how shared barriers isolate neighbors. He contrasts Midwestern neighborliness with California caution, urging simple hellos to bridge walls.
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California
San Diego
Arnold Palmer
Indiana
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Raymond Franco
68Th Place
Curt Johnson
L.B
James Russom
First Church of the Brethren
Willow-Wrigley Heights
A.E. Cox
James S. Flora
Lakewood
Christ Presbyterian Church
George S. Norman
Donald R. O'Connor
H. Eugene Warren
John C. Bonner
Commission
W. Robert Pierce
L.A. Food Fund
O.C
Robert Plumlee
Kirk Armistead
Garland Redding
State Board of Equalization
Robert Frost
Woodruff Avenue
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