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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1968
Page
16
A 6 year old Indian rhinoceros named Melvin in Griffith Park will gain a mate from Hamburg called Nepali, 11, 4,000 pounds, costing $25,000. Special handlers will transport Nepali May 18 from Los Angeles Harbor, with hay and vegetables prepared to lure Melvin toward parenthood.
Long Beach has one of the nation’s best equipped crime labs adding an $11,500 spectrophotometer a $7,600 gas chromatograph and a $4,000 comparison microscope with camera. Criminalist Martin Klein says the apparatus enhance drug and substance identification analysis and provide court ready photographs.
Torrance Unified trustees informally back a proposed raise lifting top annual teacher pay from 12200 to 13000. A 7:30 p m board session will continue study of wage and fringe benefits with teacher groups seeking 6.5 to 8 percent increases. California State College at Long Beach credits criminology students for lab work with Klein and Perazella as three interns gain practical crime fighting experience.
Supervisor David L. Baker of Garden Grove becomes chairman of the Local Agency Formation Commission which meets monthly in Santa Ana to review annexations in Orange County. New members from the April 9 election include Frank P. Noe and James Workman with Stanely Northup as alternate. Charles A. Pearson is vice chairman. The Sierra Club Long Beach Group will hold a supervised beach hike Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. meeting at Junipero Ave beach parking lot.
The subject balances a busy probate and corporate law practice with hobbies and civic work. He hunts ducks quail and pheasant October to January and enjoys golf and fishing on weekends. A grandfather of three and a father to two sons both at Sevenstrand Tackle, he chairs and serves on multiple boards and supported Nixon.
Advertisement touts TRYCO OINTMENT for outer ear fungus with a money back guarantee. Apply every other night or more often if needed. claims fast relief and germ killing action. Sold at all drug counters.
Independent Press Telegram classified ads work for you even while you sleep. Janet Dayhoff reports a man woke her to buy her car, paid cash that afternoon, and she canceled the ad. Call numbers from Bellflower Lakewood Garden Grove area.
For the first time science offers a plastic cream that holds false teeth almost like Nature herself holds natural teeth. It forms an elastic membrane that holds uppers and lowers as never before. Daily home use, patented as Fixodent U S Pat 3 003 988.
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