Long Beach votes to urge veto reconsideration on separate LBCC board
Long Beach Unified and Community College boards backed creating a separate governing board for City College. Gov Brown vetoed the bill. Assemblyman Chel plans reintroduction next January. Officials argue extra costs and referenda are issues, while teachers dispute bargaining access and timing.
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City College
Bill Barnes
Fred Chel
Long Beach
Munity
California
Free Vial of Life aids seniors and ill residents
A sheriff's department program in Michigan offers a free Vial of Life. The plastic tube holds a bilingual form with medical details and emergency contacts, placed in the refrigerator to guide paramedics, firemen, and law enforcement in emergencies. Vials are available at sheriff's stations.
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Sheriff's Department
Michigan
Jailed Long Beach man found dead in isolation cell
James B. Lucas, 1120 New York Ave., a 4 year old Long Beach resident, died in an isolation cell after arrest for disturbance in a police station lobby. Detectives say death appears due to natural causes. officers found him at 7:50 p.m. during routine checks.
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Logan Wren
Lucas
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Wren
Admiral Dedrick to be buried with honors at Arlington
Retired Rear Admiral Walter Nedrick a World War II veteran from Long Beach will be buried today at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors after dying Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital Los Angeles. He graduated from Wilson High School UC Berkeley US Naval Academy and served on multiple ships including William D Porter Cusk Carp Munney Halibut and commanded USS Thomas A Edison and Submarine Squadron 16. His decorations include three Legions of Merit Navy Commendation and American Defense campaigns plus Asiatic Pacific WWII Victory National Defense and Philippine Liberation. Surviving are wife Joan sons Daniel and Warren daughters Margie and Kathy and siblings Warren Dedrick Adena Reed.
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Boston
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Margie Starting
Kathy Dedrick
Virginia Beach
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Anaheim
Adena Reed
Antioch
Senior Citizens Harvest Fair opens at Bixby Park
The annual Senior Citizens Harvest Fair runs from six to four at Bixby Park Wednesday. Sponsored by Long Beach Recreation Department and Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation, it features entertainment dancing and senior citizen oriented exhibits. Sixty clubs and health agencies staff booths offering information, tests, crafts and food. Band concerts square dancing and social dancing highlight the free event open to all ages.
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Long Beach
Subscription Payment Due for Independent and Press Telegram
Monthly subscription payments for the Independent and Press-Telegram are due this week. A pre addressed envelope is included. readers should indicate amount and due date. Subscribers with questions may call Long Beach 436 3616, Torrance and Palos Verdes 325 223, Orange County 537 1611, or Downey 775 6211.
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Long Beach City College enrollments ease after drop
A slowdown in enrollment at Long Beach City College is reported as 91.54 students registered by Tuesday, down 2.5 percent from the previous fall. Dean Dick Dandy cites continued national trend toward smaller college enrollments and fewer high school graduates directing new students to LRCC.
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Dick Dandy
Dandy
LRCC
Long Beach Receives First RTS Buses From GM
Seven newly designed RTS buses arrive at Long Beach Public Transportation Co. terminal and will enter service mid October making Long Beach the first U.S. city to deploy GM built Rapid Transit Series buses. Buses feature kneeling entry, vandal resistant windows, fiberglass panels, and car like handling per driver James Day.
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Long Beach
General Motors
Transportation Company
James Day
RTS
Michigan
Navy land annex plan delayed near Palos Verdes
The Los Angeles County LAFCO agrees to reconsider its Aug 2% annexation recommendation of a 97.47 acre Navy land parcel on the east slope of Palos Verdes Peninsula. A new hearing is set for 3 am Nov 9 at the Mall of Administration in Los Angeles after San Pedro and Peninsula Homeowners Coalition urged another chance to oppose. The parcel lies east of San Pedro, west of Western Avenue, south of Avenida Aprenda, and north of Palos Verdi Drive North.
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Los Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission
Los Angeles
Navy Land
Palos Verde Peninsula
Mall of Administration
James Hayes
San Pedro and Peninsula
Hayes
San Pedro
Western Avenue
Avenida Aprenda
Palos Verde Drive
IPT Classified Ads Highlight Quick Cash From Diamonds
IPT Classified Ads prove a girl’s best friend can become fast cash as Myrtle Worley of Long Beach sold her diamond over a weekend. The ad space also advertises a wide range from diamonds to digging equipment and invites readers to call 432 5959 to place an ad.
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Independent Press- Telegram
Myrtle Worley
Long Beach
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