Human Touch Fades on South Bay Police Radio
The South Bay police radio band linked Palos Verdes Estates and Hermosa Beach officers driverless by distance and duty. A married pair, Toni and Eugene Erickson, kept the graveyard shift secrets and shared private messages, but a request for a write up was refused. After long service since 1955 and 195? retirement for both, the radio’s human element faded as distance and policy narrowed what was shared.
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Palos Verdes Estates
Hermosa Beach
Torrance
Gardena
Redondo Beach
Manhattan Beach
el Segundo
Federal Communications Commission
Eugene Erickson
Toni Erickson
Palos Verdes Estates Department
All Western Band Review Draws 72 Groups to Long Beach
Seventy two California marching bands will participate in the 28th All Western Band Review next Saturday. More than 7 100 marchers will parade noon on Ocean Boulevard with judging by the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Adjudication Committee. Winners will be announced at the Long Beach Arena, with 500 seats sold at 1 each. Jordan High School Panther Band and local groups host the event.
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California
Ocean Boulevard
Falcon Avenue
Cedar Avenue
Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association
Long Beach
Jordan High School Panther Band
Edwin W. Wade
Karen MacQuarrie
Terminal Island Marine Barracks
Long Beach Shines With Yuletide Lights On Downtown Boulevard
Downtown Long Beach lights up Pine Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard with 11,825 bulbs across 139 palm trees. Bob Foster flips the switch as 139 palm trees are festooned and time clocks in traffic islands activated for the Christmas display spanning Ocean Boulevard to Eighth Street.
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Long Beach
Pine Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
Eighth Street
Bob Fos
Long Beach Boulevard
Queen Mary project shows $7.37 million first-year cost
City Auditor Murray Courson reported the Queen Mary first fiscal year total cost at 7,370,484 including a 3,450,000 purchase price. The Cunard final voyage yielded a net profit of 125,050 with 1,835,069 in revenues and 1,798,904 in expenses.
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Murray T. Courson
Courson
Cunard
Southampton
Long Beach
Queen Mary
Cunard Line
Fugazy Travel Bureau
Fugazy
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
TV Repairman Electrocuted While Removing Antenna
A 33 year old Torrance TV repairman Austin Gunn was killed when he cut a live wire on the roof Friday. Police said he died on arrival at Harbor General Hospital at 2 20 p m. Donald G Munn 33 of 20603 Raymond Sr suffered minor burns helping the victim.
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Torrance
Austin Gunn
Raymond Sr
Harbor General Hospital
Donald G. Munn
Sealab III Heads for Tests Near San Clemente Island
Sealab III, the Navy undersea habitat, was set to leave Long Beach for tests near San Clemente Island. A surface ship will support the vehicle as it dives to 600 feet, with aquanaut teams aiming to start experiments by month’s end. Cap t. Bond notes liquid breathing could enable depths to 6000 feet, using saline or fluorocarbon liquids.
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Sealab III
San Clemente Island
U.S. Navy
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Elk River
Navy
George F. Bond
Bond
Wilmington GI Dies in Viet Nam Nonhostile Causes
Private first class Mason O. Folmar 6 Mason Folmar 229 East I Street Wilmington died in Vietnam from nonhostile causes Defense Department announced Friday He was son of Mrs Merle Riddle
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Wilmington GI
Viet
Folmar
Merle Riddle
I” St
Wilmington
Vietnam
Defense Department
Residents pledge to fight jet flights at Long Beach
Nearly 100 homeowners from Bixby Knolls to Los Altos attended an anti aircraft meeting urging City Hall to oppose increased jet service at Long Beach Municipal Airport. The group collected 13 000 signatures and pressed the City Council to oppose PAC airline applications and expanded co terminal status.
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Long Beach Municipal
Bixby Knolls
Bixby Hill
Alfred’s
Joseph McLaughlin
State Public Utilities Commission
Long Beach
McLaughlin
Federal Civil Aeronautics Board
Hawaii
Los Angeles
Ontario International
H. John Eastman
Citizens For Jet Pollution Control
Eastman
Reg Dupuy
Los Altos
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Air California
Pacific Air Transport
PAC
PUC
Transcontinental Airlines
New Foundation Coordinates Hospital Funds in Long Beach
A joint Memorial and Children's Medical Center Foundation replaces the Memorial Hospital of Long Beach Foundation to coordinate fund development for Memorial and Earl and Lorain Miller Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Harold J. Lewis notes unified programs reduce administration costs and prevent duplication. Directors include James K. Wood Everett Harlan Miller John B. Wells Jr. and Larry A. Collins Sr.
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Earl and
Loraine Miller
Memorial and Children’s Medical Center Foundation
Memorial Hospital of Long Beach Foundation
New Foundation
Children’s Center
James K. Wood
Everett Harlan Miller
John B. Wells Jr
Larry A. Collins
Raymond Gillingham
Memorial Foundation
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Earl Burns Miller
Loraine Huntington Miller
Long Beach Children’s Clinic
Psychiatric Clinic For
Children’s Dental Health Center
Children’s Hospital
Free Admission Events in Long Beach This Weekend
Reminder of no admission fee activities in Long Beach area. At 1 pm exhibition of Soichiro Tomioka paintings and African collection at Long Beach Museum of Art on 2300 E Ocean Blvd through 5 pm. Also 1 pm public concert by Long Beach Municipal Band at Lincoln Park and 7:38 pm theater by Junior Theater Drama Workshop “Land of the Dragon” at Silverado Park and Bixby Park.
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Soichiro Tomioka
Long Beach Museum of Art
Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
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South Bay Area
South Bay
FCC
Hermosa Or
Palos Verdes
Bill Purcell
L.B
Don G. Gill
San Diego
San Joaquin Valley
Independent Press-Telegram
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Long Beach Associates
Fes
Kling
Santa
By Skip Shuman
State Lands Commission
Tideland Oil Revenue Fund
Tideland Operating Fund
Ringer
Capt. Bond
Army
Mason O
Walt Murray
Harold J. Lewis
Foundation
Lewis
Long Beach Area
Bixby Park
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