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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1969

Page

9

Teen-Agers Seek 500 for Hospital Fund Drive

The Long Beach Southern California Danny Thomas Teen-Agers plan a Memphis St Jude fundraiser with about 500 local marchers. From Nov 14 to 22 they will door knock and end with a celebration featuring Danny Thomas. Co-chairs Carla Goodfellow and Linda Anderson, juniors at Jordan High School, organize the drive.

Long Beach Southern California Danny Thomas St. Jude’s Research Hospital Memphis, Tenn Childrens’ Hospital Carla Goodfellow Linda Anderson Thomas Jordan High School

CSLB students rally to save two sociology professors

More than 100 students launched a drive Friday to save Dr. Don Robertson and Prof. Marion Steele, who face non retention and tenure denial by CSLB sociology committees. The professors vow appeals and students plan petitions and rallies over grading policy and academic freedom.

California State College At Long Beach Don Robertson Marion Steele Steele Robertson CSLB ATA & P America RTA & P Walt Hunt S. John Dacka Wich

Public Health Called Irrelevant at Southern California Meeting

At the 42nd annual Southern California Public Health Association gathering in Long Beach, doctors and health administrators criticized public health as bureaucratic and out of touch with needs. They urged a shift to accessible, centralized health centers and warned urban areas face crisis in preventing diseases and maternal mortality.

Southern California Public Health Association Long Beach Elks Club Rodney N. Powell Los Angeles South Central Hubert L. Hemsley Compton Watts Willowbrook Compton

Halloween Story Hour and Community Events Schedule

Sunday events include Halloween story hours at Los Altos and Mark Twain branches with pantomime and readings by Armed Forces YMCA. Free medical services and psychiatric counseling available at Long Beach Free Clinic. Children’s drama class led by Tom Moses at Actors' Workshop. Writers' Workshop with Bill Jackson runs 8 p.m. at Douglass House Center.

Los Altos Britton Drive Long Beach Free Clinic Atlantic Ave Tom Moses Actors’ Workshop California Recreation Center California Ave Writers’ Workshop Bill Jackson Long Beach Douglass House Center Lime Ave

Seven Navy Ships Open Hatches in Long Beach Weekend

Seven Navy vessels invite public tours this weekend ahead of Navy Day celebrations. USS England at Pier 15 and USS Tappahannock at Pier 9 run 1 to 4 p m today and Sunday. USS Denver at Pier E marks her first birthday with visits, while USS Norton Sound at Berth 55 and mine sweepers USS Persistent Endurance and Pluck at Berth 72 host tours noon to 4 p m today.

San Pedro Jill Moseley Los Angeles Harbor Jess Unruh San Pedro Channel Outer Harbor Long Beach England Naval Station USS Denver Rocket Laboratory Norton Sound Persistent Endurance Pluck

United Way Faces Volunteer Shortage in Long Beach Drive

The Long Beach United Way annual fund drive aims for 1.7 million dollars but is hampered by a volunteer shortage. chairman E. John Hanna and Long Beach director Jack Johnstone say 1,000 more volunteers are needed to reach the goal, with the drive now extended to December 10.

United Way Long Beach Hanna Navy Jack Johnstone Johnstone The Red Cross

Orange County Moves to Ban Nude Dancing

Orange County and several cities prepare model ordinances to ban topless and bottomless performances. The county will draft a countywide rule or adopt the city measures, following state grant of local nudity control. Earlier prosecutions of nude dancing set a precedent as Los Angeles and Sacramento counties act. Theaters and concert venues remain exempt.

Orange County Orange County League of Cities Los Angeles Sacramento

Turn Back Your Clocks This Weekend

Daylight saving ends at 2 a.m. Sunday. set clocks and watches back one hour before bed to switch to standard time and remain on standard time until spring. Remember to adjust alarm clocks, microwaves, and other timepieces.

10 Acres Old for Sewer Plan

The Los Angeles Harbor Department will reserve 10 acres for a 20 million expansion of the Terminal Island sewage plant. Donald C. Tillman, chief deputy city engineer, cites port growth and residential expansion as overloading the existing system. Capacity would rise from 14 to 30 million gallons per day with improved effluent quality. Completion targeted for 1973. a separate system for adjacent communities is planned. The State Water Resources Control Board asked LA to draft a plan by March 1970 for waste collection and treatment not into the inner harbor.

Los Angeles Terminal Island Donald C. Tillman Port of Tillman Wilmington San Pedro Harbor City State Water Resources Control Board Santa Barbara City of

Seer Jeane Dixon Predicts Year for Peace Vision

Jeane Dixon says peace will take a full year at minimum to become negotiable, noted in her fall forecasts in the Sunday Independent Press Telegram. Her Your Horoscope appears daily. The Sunday paper also previews a four part Warren interview by Anthony Lewis of the New York Times London bureau.

Jeane Dixon Press-Telegram Miss Dixon Earl Warren Anthony Lewis U.S. Supreme Court Lewis New York Times London

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