Private agencies squeezed as charity dollar shrinks
Long Beach psychiatr ic clinic director laments staff and money gaps while private voluntary groups face rising costs and growing demand. A two part series notes United Way funds cover only part of budgets, forcing programs to hold line and seek outside donations amid a national brain drain.
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Psychiatric
Hugh McIsaac
Family Service of
Long Beach
McIsaac
Salvation Army
United Way
Jack Johnston
United Way Area
Johnston
United Crusade
Arnold
Maurice Bugbee
Boys’ Club of
Richard Lagwin
Catholic Welfare
Dodger Stadium
DMV records reveal how moving violations affect licenses
The Los Angeles article notes the Department of Motor Vehicles in Sacramento records moving violations permanently after court verdicts. Four citations trigger a department notice and possible interview or extra driving test. Some offenses like manslaughter can prompt immediate license revocation.
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Log Beach
Department of Motor Vehicles
Sacramento
Link
Ofiers
Old Latin Saying Translation of Orbis Terrarum Phrase
A professor translates the Latin caption on a Christmas card map. The English rendering is that the entire world has been corrected in many places from the original.
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Song Beach
Marvin
University of Sothern California
Sidewalks Requested in Lakewood Village
A Long Beach reader condemns Lakewood Village for lacking sidewalks and forcing pedestrians into busy streets. The writer urges residents to install sidewalks to improve safety and privacy, noting a yard with only grass and no trees. The letter ends with a threat to continue walking through ivy to avoid traffic.
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Lakewood Village
M.E. S
Long Beach
Marine, Boy, 8, Die in Traffic Mishaps
A Camp Pendleton Marine and an eight year old Bellflower boy were killed in separate Saturday traffic accidents. Donald Botten, an 18 year old Marine, died on arrival at Dominguez Valley Hospital after riding as a passenger on a motorcycle driven by Larry Hopson, 19, of Houston Texas, who was seriously injured. Ruben Ramos, 8, of Bellflower, ran into Leland Avenue and was struck by a car driven by John Aretz, 40, of Whittier, and died at Norwalk Community Hospital about 90 minutes later. Aretz was not held.
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Camp Pendleton
Donald Albert Botten
Dominguez Valley Hospital
San Diego
Batten
Larry Hopson
Houst Tex
Ruben Joseph Ramos
Park St
Bellflower
Leland Avenue
Lakeland Blvd
Whittier
John F. Aretz
Norwalk Community Hospital
Aretz
Czech Pilot Flies Glider Route From Scotland to California
Miroslav Slovak, a Czech-born pilot, attempted a Scotland to California leg in a Volkswagen engine powered glider. He was stranded overnight after an emergency landing at Knob Lake near Schefferville while flying from Sept Isles to the west. The 38-year-old aviation veteran, now with U.S. carrier experience, reported the craft had been reliable.
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Miroslav Slovak
Scotland
Tolifornia
Sept Lles
U.S
Iger
Knob Lake
Schefferville
Jail Murph The Surf and Kuhn Arrested in Burglary Charge
Beverly Hills police arrested Allen Dale Kuhn along with two others in a suspected home burglary. Kuhn, 30, linked to the Star of India gem heist with Murph the Surf and Roger Clark in New York, has a long burglary record and was released from prison in 1967.
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Beverly Hills
UPI
Miami
Allen Dale Kuhn
Jack
Murph the Surf
Murphy
Sapphire
Kuhn
Clinton H. Anderson
Howard William Kessler
Anderson
Ron
Star of India
New York
van Nuys
Calif
Cannery Workers Union to Expand Beyond Fish Canning
Steve Edney, re elected president of the Cannery Workers Union of the Pacific, announced the 3,500 member group will change its name to United Cannery and Industrial Workers of the Pacific and broaden organizing to non canning fields while remaining allied with the Seafarers International Union. He cited declines in tuna canning on Terminal Island and reduced mackerel and sardine fishing, noting a shift of tuna canning from Terminal Island to Puerto Rico and Samoa over two decades. Election results showed Edney defeating Virgil Brown. other officers were Arnie Miranda Winnie Felando Delbert Zwolle Francisco Hermosillo and Ida Marie Arroyas.
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Cannery Workers Union of the Pacific
Steve Edney
United Cannery and Industrial Workers of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union of North America
Aflcio
Edney
Terminal Island
Tranquilizer Gun Halts Freed Puma at Zoo
A 100 pound puma escaped from a Highland Park Zoo cage in Pittsburgh and was captured shortly after a tranquilizer gun put her to sleep. Zoo director Howard Hayes said she slipped through bars while being moved between cages and did not threaten visitors. No injuries were reported.
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Pittsburgh
Highland Park Zoo
Zoo
Howard Hayes
Hayes
Marine pilot mistook gulf for sea lands in Mexico
A Marine Corps pilot mistook the Gulf of California for the Salton Sea and landed in Sonora Mexico after fuel ran out. Sergeant Robert Ruble, 35, reached Hermosillo by truck with sea turtles while Civil Air Patrol crews searched from San Diego area bases. His wife awaits his return as authorities charged him a small landing fee.
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Marine Corps
Gulf of California
Salton Sea
Mexico
Civil Air Patrol
Robert Ruble
Gillespie Field
el Cajon
Hermosillo
Ruble
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Brawley
Oceanside
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