7 100 to Stage 28th Western Band Festival
More than 7 100 teenagers invade Long Beach for the 28th All Western Band Review with 72 bands from San Diego to the Oregon border plus majorette and drum major acts. Host Long Beach Jordan High participates in parade but not in competition as Arcadia High's Apache Band sits out before returning in 1969.
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Long Beach
San Diego
Oregon Border
Long Beach Jordan High School
Arcadia High School
Apache Band
Long Beach Police Department
U.S. Marine Corps
Christmas Gift Search Opens Early in Yuletide Rush
Thanksgiving gives way to the holidays as shoppers hunt for gifts amid festive windows on Pine Avenue. A pictured man glares at a litter bin while planning the perfect gift idea, as Santa figures and charitable drives gear up to spread cheer.
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Pine Avenue
Santa Claus
Naples Bay Front Slips Spark Local Backlash
Naples bay front property owners turn private lots into commercial boat slips for non residents drawing heavy weekend traffic. City reports 559 boats moored in Alamitos Bay and Naples with only 39.7 percent owned by adjacent residents. Council warns permits may be revoked or city could take over slips if offense continues.
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Naples
Paul R. Deats
Deats
Upper Alamitos Bay
Second Street
Alamitos Bay
Long Beach Marina
Long Beach Moves to End Unreinforced Quake Hazard Structures
Long Beach has pursued removal or repair of pre 1933 unreinforced masonry buildings after the quake that struck the Southland on March 10 1933. Since 1967 condemnation notices rose to 37 owners. four buildings have been demolished and two repaired with others pending.
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Long Beach
Southland
Edward M. O'Connor
O'Connor
State Supreme Court
Building Department
Free Admission City Events In Long Beach
A schedule of no cost happenings around Long Beach includes a noon parade and All Western Band Review along Ocean Boulevard to Cedar Avenue, a 1 PM Long Beach Municipal Band concert at Lincoln Park, a 1 PM exhibition of Soichiro Tomioka paintings at the Long Beach Museum of Art, baton twirling championships at Long Beach Arena, another 1 PM Municipal Band concert at Bixby Park, a 3 PM Latin America study group at the Long Beach Unitarian Church, and a 7:30 PM Writers Workshop at the Douglass House Center through 10 PM.
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Ocean Boulevard
Falcon Avenue
Cedar Avenue
Ocean Blvd
Soichiro Tomioka
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach
Bixby Park
Latin America
Jerry Harris
Writers’ Workshop
Douglass House Center
Lime Ave
Jail Youth in Series of Holdups
A 19 year old suspect, Robert L. Coolbaugh of Norwalk, admitted eight other robberies in the Norwalk Lakewood area after a string of five service station holdups in one hour. He was booked on armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon after reportedly firing at a Cerritos station attendant. Deputies Bill Alexander and Tom Wiggins, who captured him in Hawaiian Gardens, found about $300 and a .38 revolver on him. The nearby shooting at 11004 South St left attendant George Galovich with the pistolfire and $60 stolen.
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Lakewood
Norwalk
Robert L. Coolbaugh
Allard St
Coolbaugh
Cerritos
Bill Alexander
Tom Wiggins
Harsh December Forecast for Long Beach Area
Weathermen predict a December of mixed moisture with flurries and possible rain at times in the Long Beach and Los Angeles region. Temperatures may average around 58 with highs near 67 and lows near 49, with four or more inches of precipitation likely. A White Christmas in Long Beach is possible but not guaranteed.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
California
Weather Bureau
Southland
Central
Sierra
Markets on Pages B-2 and B-3
The Independent Press Telegram lists market news and price movements for the week ending November 30, 1968. Readers can find commodity updates, stock reports, and financial headlines across Pages B-2 and B-3.
Fight to revive poverty operation in Long Beach
Long Beach antipoverty officials and two state legislators push to revive the city’s defunct State Service Center at 555 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. Carl Wallace leads the effort with Sen. Joseph M. Kenrick and Assemblyman Mike Cullen as they seek state funds to reestablish the facility within the State Service Center network.
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Long Beach
Carl Wallace
Joseph M. Kenrick
Mike Cullen
Economic Opportunities Commission
Pacific Coast Highway
Brown
Reagan
Wallace
State Service Center
Kenrick
Spencer Williams
State Department of Human Resources Development
Nine Chickens On Porch Challenge San Pedro Resident
San Pedro resident Nick Svicarovich awoke to nine hens on his front porch. Harbor police officer V T Smiddy removed the birds and took them to the Animal Shelter after the property room refused to house them. If unclaimed in eight days the birds face the kitchen.
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Nick Svicarovich
17Th St
San Pedro
Svicarovich
Harbor Division
V. T. Smiddy
Smiddy
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