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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1968
Page
13
A shipyard rigger rescues a disabled woman from a burning home while a bystander reports a rape not calling police. Also notes a budget concoction labeled red death made from liquor, and local authors publishing works on probate, presidency, and hospital planning.
Darrell Keener of King's Pet Store in Long Beach expects a two week return from Peru with 10 rare freshwater pink porpoises for Navy sonar testing. He and partner Leo Baumer have mastered catching them in a lake fed by an Amazon tributary and transport them via mud ponds to Iquitos and Miami.
The USS Long Beach is stationed off Vietnam for a second time as the Navy assigns it PIRAZ duty in the Tonkin Gulf. It relieved USS Biddle and will monitor air traffic with 200 mile radars and integrated data systems as the New Jersey prepares for action this summer.
Burglars forced open the rear door at 6491 Johnson Street in Long Beach and ransacked several rooms, escaping with cash and jewelry valued at 3800 dollars, police reported Sunday.
Metropolitan Water District directors will hear a Tuesday report on higher cost estimates for the nuclear desalination plant off Bolsa Chica State Beach. They are not expected to vote then. a decision is expected June 11. Original estimates were 126 million for costs, now 217 million. total project costs rose from 444 million to 765 million. Participants include City of Los Angeles, San Diego Gas and Electric, and Southern California Edison, reappraising participation.
Sheriff's detectives hunt two men about 25 years old who abducted 21 year old Kathleen Freeman in Carson, sped off toward Artesia Boulevard, and forced her to jump from the car. Freeman was treated at Harbor General Hospital for multiple bruises. A passerby aided her as the suspects fled.
City Manager Mansell recommends a long range downtown renewal study including the proposed 105 million Shoreline Center redevelopment. The plan would assess impacts on the downtown balance and whether to hire Victor Gruen and Associates or an equal firm for a combined study of downtown Long Beach and the Shoreline Center area.
All day Police Week exhibit at Long Beach Public Safety Building lobby on Broadway at Chestnut Ave. At 7 30 p m a lecture titled Weight Control by Joe Hicks begins in the City College Fitness Center at 1305 E Pacific Coast Highway as part of the Physical Fitness for Busy People series.
Henry Clock, a burly 57 year old attorney at Clock Waestman and Clock, balances law, banking work, and civic duties with a passion for outdoors. He blends office life with hunting and fishing, keeping pheasant motifs and a boat photo in his workspace, and travels with work in hand to relax and think.
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