Carrier Princeton to be sold for scrap at Long Beach
The decommissioned helicopter carrier Prince ton moored at Long Beach Naval Station for a year will be sold for scrap. Four commercial tugs will move the link at 6 am June 3 to Vier 1 for pre-salvage work before towing to the San Francisco Bay Area. Zeidell Exploration Co. of Richmond is the purchaser and Navy rules ban preserving the hull intact.
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Princeton
Long Beach Naval Station
Vier 1
San Francisco Bay Area
Zeidell Exploration Co
Richmond
Navy
Signal Hill approves Shell oil facility changes to protect hillsides
Shell Oil Co and the Signal Hill City Council agreed on relocating the central processing unit of the companys secondary oil recovery facilities from the north site to the east hillside. The move preserves proposed hillside views at a cost of about 43000 and requires 3.5 acres for the unit. The council also demanded low profile pumping units and rejected the east site conditional use permit for now, paving the way for resubmission. The five year capital budget presented by Administrative Officer Ronald Prince seeks 4677780 in improvements with 2192905 next year and 275395 in city funds, the rest from external sources.
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Shell Oil Co
Signal Hill City
Signal Hill
North Island
East Island
Cherry Avenue
Panorama Drive
Planning Commission
Temple Avenue
Burnett Street
Shell
Ronald Prince
Journalism teacher feud at Long Beach state college
A part time journalism instructor, George Laine, challenged a dean's attempt to fire him for signing the state loyalty oath. The journalism department council voted to pursue a grievance against Dean C Thomas Dean for acting unethically and not informing Laine's superiors before pressing dismissal.
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Long Beach State College
George Laine
California State College
Long Beach
C. Thomas Dean
School of Applied Arts and Sciences
CSLB
Stephen Horn
Laine
Down
Leo Goodman- Malamuth
Journalism Department Council
Teen Oliver Auditions Set by Teen Age Musicals
Director James Brittain opens auditions for a summer presentation of Oliver! by Teen Age Musicals TAM sponsored by Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation. Performances chart at Cerritos College and Lakewood High School auditoriums in late July and early August with callbacks at Gahr High School.
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James Brittain
TAM
Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department
Cerritos College
Lakewood High School
Bellflower
Gahr High School
Mayfair High School
Market Bandit Flees After Clerk Firefight
At 11 15 p m Tuesday a bandit robbed the Tic foe Market at 9202 Stlower Street Bellflower taking 90 dollars. The clerk fired three shots at the attacker before he fled in a car driven by an accomplice. Manuel Valdez, 32, reported the incident to deputies.
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Stlower St
Bellflower
Manuel Valdez
Chiswell to retire after 30 years with Coast Guard
Capt. B. M. Chiswell chief of staff of the 11th Coast Guard District will retire after 30 years of service. A ceremony at Terminal Island Base is set for Friday at 3 p.m. He has commanded icebreaker Mackinaw and served on six cutters from Atlantic to Pacific, earning the Meritorious Service Medal and recognition from Cheboygan, Michigan.
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B. M
Ben’’ Chiswell
11Th Coast Guard District
Chiswell
Coast Guard
Terminal Island
U.S. Coast Guard
Long Beach
James W. Williams
Mackinaw
Cheboygan
Mich
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic
Antarctic
Staten Island
N.Y
Fifteen Licensed Vocational Nurses Graduate in Long Beach
Fifteen area residents completed an extensive course and were graduated as licensed vocational nurses at Los Altos Hospital in Long Beach.
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Los Altos Hospital
Long Beach
Hamilton Pupils Honored For Science Program Awards
Eight Hamilton Junior High School students receive top regional honors in the Tomorrow's Scientists and Engineers Program by the National Science Teachers Association. City officials praise the group, requesting Mayor Wade send letters of admiration to the named students.
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Hamilton Junior High School
Hospital president re elected at Kay Harbor Hospital
Warl Johansen of San Pedro was elected to a third term as president of the board of Kay Harbor Hospital in Harbor City. New director Gary F. Hathaway also becomes chief of staff, as work on a $2.4 million expansion nears completion including X ray, surgery and kitchen upgrades.
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Warl Johansen
San Pedro
Kay Harbor Hospital
Harbor City
Dr. Hathaway
Clyde J. Barnes
Frank Kredel
New defense lawyer joins Ward trial in long Beach case
Everett E. Ricks Jr. replaces Kenneth Aid Jr. as defense in Oscar Columbus Ward’s retrial for the Tony Frank Ungaro murder. Judge Roy J. Brown delays to July 20 to allow for investigation and to locate Elonya Christine Ledbetter who vanished before testifying. Ward, 564 W. 15th St., San Pedro, is charged with stabbing Ungaro Dec 16, 1970 at 1317 Park Western Drive.
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Long Beach
Oscar Columbus Ward
San Pedro
Antonio
Tony Frank" Ungaro
Superior Court
Roy J. Brown
Everett E. Ricks Jr
Kenneth Aid Jr
Ward 23
Ward
Elonya Christine Ledbetter
Ungaro
Park Western Drive
Burglars Steal TV Stereo Organ and Boy’s Bicycle
Burglars broke into a rear recreation room at 1420 Gundry Ave on Wednesday and stole a TV stereo combination valued at 500 dollars an organ worth 300 dollars and a 60 dollar bicycle police reported.
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Gundry Ave
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