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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1968
Page
12
A look at railroad workers talk and hand signals from the yards to the engine, showing terms like hoghead dinger stinger and wash-out. The piece notes lantern signals for backing or moving forward and the need to gather with fellow workers to share language strangers may not understand.
Civil Defense runs two 16 hour first aid courses at Long Beach headquarters starting Thursday. Sessions meet every Thursday for eight weeks, with 9:30 a.m. daytime and 7:30 p.m. evening classes. Training covers bleeding control, bandaging, fractures and shock, mouth to mouth resuscitation, and emergency childbirth. Marguerite O Rourke teaches day sessions. Lt Col Wallace Berg instructs night classes.
Rep Craig Hosmer announced the Coast Guard Academy will hold annual entrance exams starting December 7 with College Entrance Examination Board tests. Applications and test arrangements must be completed by November 2 and December 15 respectively. Eligible applicants must be single U.S. citizens 17 to 22, graduates or about to graduate high school, in good physical condition, and have three English and three math units including algebra and geometry.
The Legal Aid Society has moved its central Long Beach office from 2240 Atlantic Ave to 1006 E Pacific Coast Highway. It maintains another Long Beach office at 236 E Third St to provide assistance to indigents.
General Telephone Co announces 221000 new phone books will be distributed in the Downey South Bay area in a week long operation. Deliverymen will ring doorbells and hand deliver the directories with doorstep delivery if residents are away.
Electro-Nite Co of Philadelphia announced Monday the purchase of Marine Specialty Co Inc, a Long Beach carbon products maker. Mayor Edwin W Wade, president of Marine Specialty Co, joins Electro-Nite's board as the firm expands its seven U.S. sales offices and 17 foreign offices.
Billy Daniels and his orchestra headline a monthly Edgewater Inn show with Rip Taylor and Judy Branch. Louis Armstrong was slated to perform but canceled due to illness. Al Moeller says Lou Rawls is booked for October 22 at the Pacific Coast Highway venue.
The Bellflower Unified School District forms the Gold Card Club for residents 65 and older in Bellflower and Lakewood. Benefits include free admission to home games concerts and plays at Bellflower and Mayfair High Schools plus free adult school classes and event invitations. Charter members John R. Chaney and Stephen Mueller received cards from Supt. Wampler. Membership capped at 200 on a first come basis due to project demands.
Chief William J. Mooney announced six promotions in Long Beach Police. Captains Robert W. Hill and Forrest H. Smith rise from lieutenant and sergeants Richard R. Roberts James E. Miller Fred D. DeBlanc and George W. Holton become lieutenants. Promotions take effect Oct. 1.
The U S Coast Guard Auxiliary will run a free 17 lesson basic seamanship course starting at 7 tonight at 15301 S McNab Ave Bellflower. It covers rules of the road navigation piloting safety and equipment and is held on consecutive Tuesdays. Information available from the Director of Auxiliary 11th Coast Guard District Long Beach.
A 21 year old Garden Groveman was in custody of the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department after a shooting at a desert campsite near the Boron Radar Installation. Airman J C Harold Alvin Cosner Jr. 20, was shot with a high powered rifle and underwent surgery at Edwards Air Force Base hospital. he was reported in satisfactory condition. David Louis West was booked on assault with a deadly weapon charge.
Long Beach police seek a suspect in a store burglary at 1144 E San Antonio Drive. Detectives say 13 typewriters and 22 adding machines worth 9937 were stolen, leaving behind a wooden bookcase a green pillow a pink rug and a sleeping bag.
A feature in The Saturday Evening Post surveys how prominent Americans from Eric Sevareid to John Kenneth Galbraith view the car’s emotional and economic impact on the nation and how to make it fit American life. Patricia Neal discusses recovery from despair, and O J Simpson’s rising fame at USC is explored.
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