Council to Put 2 New Library Plans on Ballot
Long Beach voters will decide on two library projects and a maritime plan at the upcoming city election. The council approved placing a $4.3 million bond for a Civic Center library and a private nonprofit funded Wise Ridge conversion on the same ballot, with financing via bonds and city lease terms.
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Council
Long. Beach
Wise Ridge
Civic Center
Broadway and
Cedar Ave
Wise Ridg
Broadway
Pine Ave
Bean soup recipe links politics and census gossip
A column mixes a Wash DC bean soup recipe from Assemblyman Kennick via Sen. Symington with a leisure tone about a luncheon and a famous Senate restaurant dish. It also includes a census taker bulletin describing interviews, a robin’s demise at the Dunham home, golf pros moving to Aurora and Milwaukee, scarce California Bear Flag prints, and a humorous sign about a washing machine store.
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Province of
Millie Flanary
Wash
Joe Kennick
Stu Symington
Kennick
Symington
Senate
Mrs. K
Riftwood
L.B
Marv Baskin
Aurora Country Club
Chicago
John Lucas
Milwaukee
California
Fay Murray
Washington, D.C
Winder
Spring St
Council Orders New Effort to Keep Air Reserves
City Council, by a 27-2 vote, directs City Manager to pursue negotiations to retain Air Force reserve flying activities at Municipal Airport despite Secretary Sharp’s plan to move units to March Field. Nonflying operations will stay. tension centers on lease terms and efficiency aims.
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Council
Air Force
Dudley C. Sharp
March Field
Sara E. Vickers
Municipal Airport
Vickers
Sharp
Arraign 3 More in Car Club Death
Three more individuals faced arraignment in Municipal Court on conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon connected to the car club death of 16 year old Neil Raymond Mahan. The defendants include Eugene Lepire and two juveniles, Jack Sport and Cecil Hart, bringing the total charged to 22. A district attorney spokesman said the Monday arraignments stay under the original complaint and the preliminary hearing will outline the attack and death.
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Neil Raymond Mahan
Georgia St
Paramount
Mahan
Dutchmen Car Club
Moose Lodge
E. Artesia St
Keneth Sutherland
Eugene Lepire
Jackson St
Jack Sport
Cecil Hart
Long Beach teen relays urgent Cuban medical plea via ham radio
Walt Murray a 17 year old student at Jordan High School relayed a life saving Morse code message from a Cuban receiver requesting a uretero ventricular shunt valve for a girl in trouble. The device and transport route were details given to a Boston firm, and the broadcast spanned a vast network to reach aid in under 25 minutes.
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Cuba
Long Beach
Walt Murray
E. 65Th St
KGJSD
Jordan High School
Walt
Boston
Monterey
West Hartford
Conn
Associated Radio Amateurs of
South
Texas
Roberts Quits on Linkage
Sam M. Roberts, subsidence control and repressurization administrator for the Long Beach Harbor Department, resigns effective June 8 after plan to take a 26 day vacation leave. He would return to city government, where he was former director of finance, and notes unitization negotiations are completed with installations now in operation to reduce land sinkage. Continued on B-2, Col. 5.
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Sam M. Roberts
Long Beach Harbor
Roberts
Department
Ajand
Wilmington
Long Beach
Nicholson Loser Not Bank Lawyer in Trial
Former Bank of Belmont Shore president James G. Nicholson faced 27 counts of conspiracy embezzlement and misapplication as attorney Charles Carr argued the bank suffered no loss and Nicholson aimed to defraud. Carr said government evidence came from disgruntled witnesses. Ragan pleaded no contest to counts of misapplication and false entry.
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Don Maddock
Bank of Belmont Shore
James G.nicholson
Bank
Charles Carr
Nicholson
Carr
Oe Coast Guard
Long Beach
Alamitos Bay
Catalina Island
J. Andy Voline
Floyd Ragan
Cust
Ragan
Kelly
FBI
Hank
Kell
Eight Canadian warships to open for public inspection
Eight Canadian warships of Escort Squadron Four, Royal Canadian Navy, arrive Wednesday and will be open for public inspection at Pier 9, Naval Station. Ships include HMCS Cowichan Mirami Ste Therese and Stettler. Open houses run 2:10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Pier 9
Naval Station
Mirami
Ste. Therese
Stettler
Missing cruiser sailor sails toward Catalina Island
Coast Guard reports a man sailed alone in an 18 foot powered cruiser Friday morning heading for Catalina Island and planned to return the same day. He has not been heard since Friday morning and the craft has no radio. After checking ports along the coast, the search began Monday with planes to cover the channel and waters around Catalina and San Clemente islands.
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Catalina
Coast Guard
Voine
Ctalina
San Clemente Islands
L B Primary Filings Completed Amid City Council Race
Long Beach filings closed at 5 p.m. with 38 candidates seeking nine council seats and four for city attorney and prosecutor posts. Notable entrants include Mayor Raymond C. Kealer and city attorney Fred Jacobson while James T. Starr and John Mansell seek re-election in opposed races. Incumbent Charles M. Garrison heads district five as he retires, drawing strong interest in the field.
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Bob Houser
Long Beach
James T. Starr
Raymond C
John R. Mansell
Kealer
Michael Say
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Palo Verde Ave
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Mac
Cupid
Robin
Robert A. Dunham
Fritz
Dunham
Dunhams
Joanne Affronte
The
Air Force Assn
D. Pat Ahern
Sen
Clair Engle
Charles R. Davey
Charles M. Garrison
Calton
Texas Ham
Venezuela
Harry Fulton
Petro
L. B. Boater
L. B. Wed
L. B
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Peabody St
Garrison
Harry Jaffe
Chestnut Ave
Ahern
Otcs
Gee
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