Drive nets $8 316 for paraplegic
A benefit for Mark Portner raised 8 316 601 to aid the paralyzed high school student. Funds will modify his home for outpatient life, while he recovers at Rancho Los Amigos. Portner, treated since July, has regained some use of his arms and can operate a wheelchair. He plans to enroll at UC Berkeley in spring with special dorms and amenities for quadriplegics.
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Mark Portner
Mark
Rancho Los Amigos
Downey
Lakewood senior aids elders to White House aging conference
Lakewood resident Larry Chrisco, 77, will represent California at the White House Conference on Aging in Washington DC from Nov 28 to Dec 2. He advocates local mini buses for elderly transport and home care aides to keep seniors in homes, not nursing facilities, while urging federal support for local programs.
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Lakewood
Devade
California
Washington, D.C
Larry Chrisco
Albury Ave
Chrisco
Watts
Eatt
Los Angeles
Senior Citizen Clubs of California, Inc
White House
White Houses
Congress
Symphony tunes up for concert at Cerritos College
Rehearsals underway for Cerritos College symphony orchestra in the Student Center. The reformed ensemble, backed by the Fine Arts Association, joins three college choirs for works by Mozart Vaughn Williams Dvorak and Smetana. Additional concerts set for March 2 and May 1 in Burnight Center.
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Cerritos College
College Symphony Orchestra
The
College Fine Arts Association
Mozart
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Dvorak
Smetana
Burnight Center
Man acquitted in Long Beach self defense shooting
An 87-year-old man, Joseph Duchine, was acquitted of manslaughter in Long Beach Superior Court after jurors or judge found he acted in self defense when he shot 72-year-old Leonie Sherry in her apartment on July 15. Duchine testified he feared for his life and had taken the revolver with him.
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Long Beach Superior Court
Joseph Duchine
Fourth St
Bosch Vasey
Leonie TM. Sherry
Magnolia Ave
Duchine
Long Beach Recommissions Mine Sweeper Conquest
The USS Conquest returned to active service after a major rehabilitation at Terminal Island. Capt. Charles Stastny placed the mine sweeper in commission at Naval Station Pier 3 with Lt. Dennis Tsukalas as captain. Seven new diesel engines and enhanced crew quarters were added by Harbor Boat Building Corp. The event highlighted Navy efforts to keep sea lanes open and foster goodwill globally through Long Beach ties.
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Long Beach
Conquest
Naval Station
Pier 3
Charles ©. Stastny
Naval Base
Clive Graham
Chamber of Commerce Armed Services Committee
Harbor Boat Building Corp
Terminal Island
Dennis N. Tsukalas
Gladys O'Donnell Named GOP Woman of the Year
Gladys O'Donnell a longtime Long Beach resident and two term president of the National Federation of Republican Women was named Republican Woman of the Year at the biennial Washington convention. The honor recognizes her four years as president and leadership in GOP politics since 1936.
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Gladys O’donnell
Long Beach
National Federation of Republican Women
Washington, D.C
O’donnell
O'Donnell
Guild elect Bailey to presidency in Local 69
Gilbert Bailey, Independent, Press-Telegram contributing editor, was elected president of the Los Angeles Newspaper Guild Local 69. Officers were chosen in a Wednesday election.
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Gilbert Bailey
Independent, Press-Telegram
Los Angeles Newspaper Guild
Bailey
Nick Abrams
Triangle Publications
Abrams
Triangle
Ken Finch
Darlene Lee
Los Angeles Press Club
Highey
California Tuberculosis Association
Gun death hearing set for Moreland in Long Beach
Robert Joseph Moreland a year old bartender charged with slaying a Wilmington woman with a shotgun Sunday is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in San Pedro Municipal Court Oct 25 at 9 30 am Division 60. Moreland of Alameda Street Dominguez was arrested in the Long Beach tavern parking lot and is held without bail at county jail. The report also notes local union elections and a tool theft at Baker and Jones Electric Co. nearby Pier 1.
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Robert Joseph Moreland
Wilmington
San Pedro Municipal Court
Moreland
Alameda St
Dominguez
Lind Street
Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach
Royal L Fulton Dies. Long Beach Employment Advocate
Royal L Fulton, 58, who spent 35 years with the State Department of Employment in Long Beach, died Tuesday from a heart attack. Services set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in Dispay Family Chapel. Survived by wife Marguerite, daughter Kathleen Terrell of Los Alamitos, a grandson, two sisters Hazel Newtson and Marilou Gertsch of Long Beach, plus other relatives.
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Dispay Family
Royal L. Fulton
Long Beach Area
State Department of Employment
Fasten
Beach
North Dakota
Marguerite
Kathleen Terrell
Los Alamitos
Zel Newtson
Marilou Gertsch
Long Beach
Pair Robbed in Long Beach Motel Heist
Two gunmen forced their way into a Long Beach motel suite occupied by Fresno businessman John H. Sioantan and salesman Lawrence C. Notestine, bound them, and fled with 596 dollars and items. The Edgewater Hyatt House on 6400 South Pacific Coast Highway was the scene at about 2 30 am. Police reported the two Caucasian men, around 21, one with a full mustache, searched the room and escaped with the money and valuables.
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Long Beach
Fresno
Hursday
John H. Sioantan
Lawrence C. Notestine
Fresuio
James D. Conklin
Kenneth L. Edwards
Edgewater Hyatt
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Inet
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Caiman
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Nowa
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Nilgata
Suleyman Sataisk
Au Hee Jars
Vauard
Valor Sonal
Lares
Eden
Graham
Navy
Gladys. O’donnell
GOP
J. Lloyd O'Donnell
Gladys O'Donnell
Guild
Looter
Pier 1
Panorama Drive
Baker and Jones Hleetrie Co
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