Council Approves Queen Mary Paint Job and Contracts
The Long Beach City Council approved exterior paint work for the Queen Mary at an estimated 400000, authorized bidding, and awarded a 6.4 percent engineering contract for wharf plans with a 60000 to 80000 minimum. Four engineers received one year contracts at 800 to 900 monthly rates.
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Queen Mary
Ase
Long Beach
Moffatt & Nichol
Queen Mary's
Theodore K. Ratt
Edwards 3. Pawlowski
David ‘Tanis
Harold P. Mathews Sill
Buffums merger signals expansion while preserving name in Long Beach
Local business notes report Buffums will keep its name after merging with Gimble Bros as part of a broader growth trend in the area. Insiders say the merger marks a milestone for Buffums stockholders amid plans for further expansion, with other established firms like Walkers and Butler Bros. affiliates of City Products and Federated Dept. Stores units in nearby towns. The piece also covers Kiwanis Club speaker Don Much more, whose remarks about member introductions and a club trip lingered into the luncheon, and a brief scene from a recent barbecue hosted by the Bar Association at Virginia Country Club.
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Walkers
Butler Bros
Lakewood
City Praducts
Bullocks Lakewood
Federated Dept. Stores
Buffums
Mercantile Co
Don Muchmore
Kiwanis Club
Teed Tangles and Bits of Civic Lighter News
Eager diners faced a sprinkler flood at a Teed event after the timing device failed and staff could not switch it off. Barbecues paused as pots blocked sprinkler heads while relief emerged and a reset device was sought. A stray Michigan bank ad drifted by on Sorrento Ave as a name-change joke echoed in local lore. The writer thanks several contributors who filled space during vacation.
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Riftwood
Geo. Serviss
San Gabriel
Sorrento Ave
America
Michigan
California
Ben Zinser
Henry Madlay
James McKowen
Les Rodney
Ned Nimrod
Don Brackenbury
Buck Lanier
Hal Lowe
Dave Shaw
Don Kirkland
Jack Baldwin
Gents
Peer of Realm in LB A British Lord Visits the Queen
Lord Roger Keyes, son of a famed naval hero, visits Long Beach to promote British exhibits for the Queen Mary museum project. He urges British industry representation and notes strong affection for the ship among Americans, dating to World War I.
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Lord Roger Keyes
Great Britain
Kent Henderson
Long Beach
Roger Keyes
England
Lord Keyes
Les Cohen
Museum of the Sea
Cohen
London
Lord Mancroft
Cunard Steamship Co
House of Lords
Royal Navy
Royal Naval College
Dartmouth
Sir Roger Keyes
The
Commandos
Combined Operations
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Sir Roger
Analyts
Zeebrugge
Sir Bowers
Dover
Markets on Pages 8-6 and B.7
Market brief under Independent Wednesday October 9 1968 Section B page B-1 and related pages 8 6 and B7 highlights price moves, trading activity and notable shifts across stocks and commodities with concise quotes from exchanges and brokers.
Ground breaks for Cabrillo Beach fishing pier in Torrance
A crowd watches as 12 year old Clay McKinley and Gene Herrick unveil blueprints for a new million-dollar kids fishing pier at Cabrillo Beach San Pedro. Atkinson Co starts work at 7 30 am with grading and piling to place 25 foot octagonal concrete pilings under a 1200 foot pier funded by city state and federal sources. The project aims to provide space for about 1000 anglers and include floodlights beneath the pier to attract fish.
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Clay McKinley
Torrance
Gene Herrick
Guy F. Atkinson Co
Herrick
Adams School
Cabrillo Beach
San Pedro
Atkinson
Los Angeles City
Old Falls
Izaak Walton League
Atkinson Company
Adams
Panthers Rally Outside Court Over Satcher Bid to Free Leader
About 40 Black Panthers gathered at Long Beach Municipal Court vowing violence to free regional director La mar Earl Satcher, 26, jailed since Sept 15 on assault and gun charges. Satcher's Oct 22 Superior Court appearance was set after motions to dismiss and suppress evidence were denied. A Panther leader proclaimed the fight to free Huey Newton and others, signaling ongoing conflict with The Man.
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Black Panthers
Long Beach Municipal Court
Lamar Earl Satcher
Teceks
Satcher
Black Panther
Benjamin K. Agbeshie
Satchie
Cerritos Ave
Agbeshie
Huey
Newton
Earl
Little Red Bank
Huey Newton
Oakland
Long Beach
Robert Hill
Robert McDaniels
Li. Hill
Black Panther Party
Council to Decide Traffic at Airport Time
Long Beach City Manager Jon Mansell said airport passenger forecasts discussed at a State Public Utilities Commission hearing are speculative. He noted council will set policy after a city-ordered survey, due in 60 to 90 days, guiding airport development and future air transport changes.
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Long Beach
State
Public Utilities Commission
Jon R. Mansell
Mansell
Thomas J. Clark
PUC
Clark
PAC
Stote
Council Endorses Prop 5 for hospital financing plan
The City Council unanimously endorsed Proposition 5 on the November 4 ballot. The measure would authorize state backed mortgage insurance to help hospitals secure loans from private or public lenders, addressing a statewide and local bed shortage and potential loss of state or federal funds in future financing.
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City Managers Office
California
State Department of Public Health
Los Angeles
Orange
Long Beach
New Chief Named to Alamitos Police
Roy Kundiz, 43, an 18 year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, was named Los Alamitos police chief by the city council. He will take the post October 21, succeeding former deputy Donald French, and is the city’s first permanent chief since June of last year.
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Alamitos
Los Alamitos
Ole Roy Mkundiz
Los Angeles
Kuntz
Alladena
Lakeland
Temple City
Sheriff's Department
Donald French
William Austin
James Smith
French
Smith
Austin
Stoven
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Bac Association
Virginia Country Club
Jess Unruh
Jesse
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John Stink
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Rommel
Africa
Britain
Herward Baruch
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
United States
U.S
Leyte Gulf
Melias
San Francisco
West Coast
Dick Emery
Panthers
L.B. Court
John C. Spence Sr
Council
Ment
Roy Kundiz
Long Beach Area
Boyd High School
E. Eighth St
Bancroft Junior High School
Centralia St
Searles Lake Minerals
Long Beach Mineral and Gem Society
Wardlaw Park
Stanbridge Ave
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