Holiday toll rises as Labor Day travels surge in Southland
The National Safety Council counts 131 deaths by 6 p.m. Saturday as the Labor Day weekend nears end. In Southern California traffic climbs toward a warned six- to seven-hundred fatal highway toll with a major Santa Ana Freeway accident. forest fire danger remains high and beaches see lighter crowds amid offshore swells and warm weather.
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Southern California Automobile Club
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Santa Ana Freeway
Los Angeles
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Santa Ana
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del Amo Boulevard
Atlantic Avenue
Richard Milton Pitts
N. Culver Ave
Memorial Hospital
H. W. Sullivan
State Division of Highways
Pacific Coast Highway
Imperial Highway
Alondra Boulevard
Firestone Boulevard
Woodruff Avenue
Downey
Whittier Boulevard
Vicki Drive
Norwalk Boulevard
Glendora
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National Forest
State Division of Forestry
Los Angeles County
Weather Bureau
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al LaRue
Beach Combing Malcolm Epley
The essay decries the clash between police and protestors seen in Chicago. It warns of a police state emerge and urges firm public condemnation of provocative anti law attitudes. It argues responsible enforcement protects freedom and urges united public opinion against violence.
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Chicago
Ral ly quirks and Muskie talk shade 1968 politics
The piece notes George Wallace’s bullet proof podium at a rally and a campus incident outside Long Beach Arena. It highlights Senator Muskie’s low profile after decades in the Senate and Hubert Humphrey’s choice of an unknown running mate, with sharp political jabs about the campaign style.
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Geo. Wallace
Long Beach Arena
Muskie
Maine
Senate
HHH
Hubert
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Model Hospital Shows New Memorial Children’s Facility
A life like model of the planned Earl and Loraine Miller Children's Hospital Medical Center occupies Memorial Hospital of Long Beach to preview the four story wing due for completion by early 1970. Groundbreaking will occur next month for a $4 million project funded by the Miller Foundation. The model room opens weekdays 11 to 4 and Saturdays noon to 2 for six months with hostesses guiding tours near the main entrance. Visitors will be invited to submit ideas to help shape the child friendly design.
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Long Beach
Earl and
Loraine Miller
Children’s Hospital
Children’s Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Memorial Hospital
Atlantic Ave
Earl Burns Miller
Loraine Huntington Miller
Los Angeles County
Orange County
Memorial
TRW Proposes Lunar Flyer For Moon Commutes
TRW Systems Group outlines a rocket powered Lunar Flyer for astronauts to explore the moon. Two units per mission are envisioned with one pilot outside the Lunar Module to gather data on the surface. The craft would be fueled on the moon and fly at 100 to 150 mph reaching several thousand feet and eight miles from the module.
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TRW
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
TRW Systems Group
Redondo Beach
William F. Rector III
Moon
Rector
Manned Space Systems
Lunar Flyer
Gerald Desmond Span Boosts Long Beach to Terminal Island Traffic
A traffic tally after the Gerald Desmond Bridge opening shows a 33.3 percent rise from the old pontoon bridge. From May 6 to 12 the pontoon bridge saw 139,274 two way trips while July 22 to 28 the Gerald Desmond counted 185,641 cars, about 46,367 more, signaling a strong shift in flows despite detours near Vincent Thomas Bridge and Sea side Boulevard construction.
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Long Beach
Terminal Island
Long Beach Harbor
Gerald Desmond
Vincent Thomas
Ter
Minal Island
San Pedro
R. L. Hathaway
Hathaway
Los Angeles
U.S. Naval Station
Oldest Navy oiler Cimarron to retire after 30 years
Long Beach based USS Cimarron the navy's oldest commissioned ship in continuous service will have its commissioning pennant lowered in the early fall marking retirement after a storied career. Commissioned March 20 1939 in Chester Pennsylvania the ship logged three Vietnam deployments and 262 transfers with the Pacific Service Force.
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Navy
Long Beach
Cimarron
Cim
Chester
Navy Museum
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