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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1968
Page
14
In Pecos Texas a park will be dedicated Sunday to honor Mrs Bessie Haynes a Black woman and friend of Mrs W W Dean of Pecos The park was donated by Mrs Dean in memory of Mrs Haynes mother with Charles Haynes son of the late Mrs Haynes participating in the ceremonies
A survey in Long Beach finds 86 percent distrust mass media among residents with 48 percent calling local coverage objective while 42 percent view it as biased. Criticism centers on sensationalism around the Lefebvre death and Poly High School incident, as the Kerner Commission urges better race relations reporting.
Msgr George M Scott observes twenty years at Mary Star of the Sea Church San Pedro as Los Angeles City Council honors his building the parish from a small church and condemned school into a million dollar church school complex The ceremony highlights his devotion to a diverse community and notes prior service in other California parishes
All Long Beach and Los Angeles County fire stations invite visitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Fire Service Day with equipment demonstrations and special events. New city stations at 1417 Peterson Ave and 757 E Wardlow Rd join open houses at Pier C Berth 22 1830 W Ocean Blvd and 225 Marina Dr plus airport station 4250 Donald Douglas Dr. Torrance and others plan May 11 events as part of Spring Clean-Up Week.
Spine rattling drama Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn features three crooks seeking hidden heroin in a blind woman apartment. Jeanne Moreau and Oskar Werner star in Jules and Jim a tale of love and betrayal. The Lady Vanishes shows Hitchcock on train melodrama. Citizen Kane in new print follows a publishing titan. Guns for San Sebastian depicts villagers and a deserter in 18th century Mexico.
William P. Neville of 926 East Broadway is named national aide de camp in the Veterans of Foreign Wars recruiting class, announced by Joseph A. Scerra of Gardner Massachusetts, the VFW commander in chief.
A crisis in education workshop brings parents and educators together at Compton Senior High School today. Local 1413 American Federation of Teachers sponsors sessions starting at 9 a.m. with morning small groups and afternoon meetings led by AFT officer Lydia K. Levy.
Twenty Long Beach agencies received allocations from the 1967 United Crusade campaign. The local office listed amounts for Armed Services YMCA 31440, Boy Scouts LB Area Council 94876, Boys Clubs of LB 77475, Camp Fire Girls LB Council 33807, CVO LB 12000, CVO Harbor 2317, Family Counseling Service 63279, Jewish Family Service 18671, LB Children's Clinic 29359, LB Day Nursery 77950, LB Jewish Community Center and others.
Budget committees allocated funds for the Long Beach area including LB Community Welfare Council Travelers Aid Society Visiting Nurse Service Volunteers of America YMCA YWCA Youth Foundation of Bellflower and others totaling several tens of thousands. Guy F Atkinson Co of Long Beach bids 10.9 million to extend the Golden State and Foothill freeways per the State Division of Highways.
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