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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1974
Page
21
The Long Beach City Engineer's Office schedules a public hearing on the debt limit for Vehicle Parking District No. 3 in Belmont Shore. City Council will meet at 10 30 am on May 28 after approving the debt limit report and giving first reading to the ordinance of intention to form the district.
Yaile G Young, Buffums department store chair and longtime community leader, was named to head a Greater Long Beach YMGA fund drive and a parking district plan. The Build A Life drive targets 2 million dollars from prominent residents for a leadership center in North Long Beach and a new downtown branch.
A 24 hour log lists emergency responses including car fires, traffic incidents, oil spills, medical aid, and apartment fires. Notable locations include Pepperwood Ave, Coronna Ave, Long Beach Airport, Freeway near Carson Street, Bellflower Blvd, Sixth Street yard, and Gardenia Ave with times ranging from 2:02 to 7:58. The record shows multiple first aid and rescue calls, plus a trash fire and a few still unidentified incidents.
Five people were injured in four separate traffic accidents in Long Beach on Wednesday police said. Jean M Graham 19 of 768 Orizaba Ave was treated at Community Hospital after losing control of her bicycle and being thrown to the street at Anaheim Street and Arfonne Avenue at 3 20 p.m. Michele A Wells 18 and Suzanne Rivas 21 of 2611 E Broadway were treated at Community Hospital after the car they rode in driven by Karin A Close 19 of 280 Redondo Ave collided with an auto driven by Thomas E Covington 63 of 426 Olive Ave at First Street and Redondo Avenue at 4 35 p.m. Heather L Brown 7 of 2259 Pasadena Ave was treated at Memorial Hospital after her bicycle and a car driven by Linda C Blakely 24 of 4155 Dacino Way collided at Hill Street and Pasadena Avenue at 5 00 p.m. Anthony J Phillips 64 of Laguna Beach was treated by a private physician after his car Mary D Butler 66 of 2100 E Second St collided on Long Beach Boulevard north of Sixth Street at 6 01 p.m.
Lt jg Barbara Allen, a 1966 Lakewood High School graduate and Naval Academy alumna, helped dedicate a 35 foot flagpole in the Naval Junior ROTC Quad. The pole, donated by the Los Alamitos Defense Department, marks a two year goal for Lt Cmdr Roy Johnson. Equipment came from Lakewood and Lakewood Builder's Supply. Johnson noted yardarms will aid signal flag practice for students.
Standing committees may be outdated and a new committee on social programs could handle drug rehabilitation and juvenile issues. Councilman James Wilson urged the rules and procedures panel to consider forming the panel, while Councilman Don Phillips favored revisions without creating another full committee. A survey was planned at 2 p.m. to assess functions and criteria.
Long Beach State University Counseling Center names Wanda Doty as the first U S Indian counselor. She will assist all students and devote substantial time to the college's 20 Indian students. Doty, a Choctaw, holds a master's in student personnel from Wichita State University Kansas.
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