County Cultural Spending Faces Pasadena Playhouse Request
County taxpayers already staring at a 22 cent tax hike may see more culture funding as supervisors consider buying the Pasadena Playhouse for 600000 with nominal rent, mirroring the downtown LA Music Center arrangement. The plan follows a land grant to the LA Academy of Performing Arts and prompts calls for public vote on the decision.
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Los Angeles
Pasadena Playhouse
Los Angeles Academy of Performing Arts
Pasadena
Roland Maxwell
Playhouse
Playhouse Association
Los Angeles Music Center
Burton W. Chace
Long Beach
San Gabriel Valley
Court May Change Ban on Checks
From Our L A Bureau The no checks ac cepted policy of Los An geles County Municipal courts soon may be dropped. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn proposed an amendment to the county administrative code to allow the courts to accept checks. You already can use your checkbook to pay fines and bail in Superior Court. Municipal courts won t accept checks for fear they would bounce. People are very reluctant to give bad checks to the courts, Municipal Judge Leon Emerson of Downey said.
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L.A
Los Angeles County
Kenneth Hahn
Superior Court
Leon Emerson
Downey
AIP Benson Backers Withdraw Bid to Block Griffin on Ballot
American Independent Party members backing Ezra Taft Benson for vice president withdrew a bid for a court order to stop printing ballots. California leader William K. Shearer said the move aimed to accommodate the election process as most ballots had been printed. He claimed Benson was elected party vice president at the Sacramento convention while alleging control of party machinery by Wallace allies.
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American Independent Party
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
California
William K. Shearer
Georgia
Marin Griffin
AIP
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Shearer
Wallace
Benson
Sacramento
Freeway Sign Contract Awarded for Long Beach Area
The state Department of Public Works awarded Modern Alloys Fabricators Inc. of Stanton a 36559 contract to install freeway signs on a six mile Long Beach Freeway stretch between Pacific Coast Highway and the city limits. Additional sign work is planned on 7.7 miles of the San Diego Freeway to the Orange County line and 12.7 miles from there to Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa.
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State Department of Public Works
Long Beach Area
Modern Alloys Fabricators Inc
Stanton
Long Beach
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Orange County
Orange County Line
Harbor Boulevard
Costa Mesa
L B Girl Held on Pot Charge In Smuggling Ring
An 18 year old North Long Beach girl and two Paramount youths were arraigned in San Diego on charges they smuggled 346 pounds of marijuana valued at 173000 dollars into the United States from Mexico. Arrested Saturday at the San Ysidro Border Inspection Station were Carol Jeann Mecom Alan Logston and Frank Morgan Dean. Agents said 20 kilo bricks were hidden in two tires of a station wagon driven by Dean. A second car driven by Logston with Mecom as passenger carried 137 kilo bricks in the trunk.
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North Long Beach
Paramount
U.S
San Diego
United States
Mexico
San Ysidro
Dean
Logston
Miss Mecom
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Ray E. Lee
Lee
George Wallace
Griffin
Secretary of State
Frank M. Jordan
State
ASP
Tokyo
International Children’s Choir
37Th Street
Atlantic Avenue
Kay Matsumoto
L.b.area
East Artesia
West
Lakewood Blvd
L.B
American Motors
Holiday Rambler
Long Beach Blvd
Baja Peninsula
Rancho Rambler
Long Beach, Cal
Don-A-Vee Rambler, Inc
Bellflower
Cal
Rambler, Inc
Garden Grove Blvd
Garden Grove, Cal
Motor City
E. Firestone Blvd
Downey, Cal
Rambler
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