Widow Appointed to Seal Beach City Council
The widow of Vice Mayor Leslie Dress, Veda Dreis, 36, was named to fill the unexpired term effective immediately. Council praised Dress’s service as colleagues remembered him with a moment of silence. The council also paid tribute to Harry Buffum and approved $700,000 in revenue bonds for water system improvements including a 3 million gallon reservoir.
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Seal Beach
Leslie Dreis
Veda Dreis
el Dorado SL
John Hamilton
Hamilton
Stanley Alderson
Dress
Cnly
Harry Buffum
Long Beach
Morrill
Lynch
Pierce
Fenner
Smith
Ashton Retires After 41 Years With Norwalk-La Mirada
Trustees regretfully approved the retirement of Robert D. Ashton administration assistant and educator in the Norwalk area after 41 years. His retirement becomes effective July 1. Ashton coached football and baseball at Excelsior High School beginning in 1927 and served on CIF Southern Section executive committee for eight years and CIF Council for three.
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Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School
Robert D. Ashton
Norwalk
Ashton
CIF
Excelsior High School
Norwalk-La Mirada
Five Year Old Strangled By Blanket in North Long Beach
Glenn A Balch elder, five, died after a blanket entangled around his neck while sleeping on a couch in his North Long Beach apartment. Stepfather Ernest A Nelson reported the boy’s brother woke him at 7 am and noted the blue lips. Memorial Hospital emergency crew could not revive him.
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North
Long Beach
Glenn A. Balchelder
Cherry Ave
Apl
Memorial Hospital
Ernest A. Nelson
Thomas Grassi
Glenn
Patrolmen Train With Batons In Riot Control Classes
In Long Beach subgroups from Ventura Los Angeles and Orange counties attend baton training behind the National Guard Armory. Sgt. Bruce Emery and Sgt. Eric Swede lead four hour sessions for about 40 officers per class with plans for over 1,200 participants. The program covers latest riot control techniques and safer baton use based on slick fighting methods.
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Hallowe
Highway Patrol
Ventura
Los Angeles
Orange Counties
National Guard Armory
Redondo Ave
Long Beach
Bruce Emery
Eric Swede
Emery
Century City
Alcide
Russian Research Ship Arrival in L B Delayed
A Soviet 209 foot whaling research ship Druzhnyy with a 31 crew was delayed until Thursday before fuel and provisions call at the Los Angeles Long Beach area. Officials noted confusion over docking location as Grace Line said no information while Washington sources cited Long Beach. Earlier Rep Craig Hosmer said the ship would call here on May 25.
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Long Beach
Washington
1Th Coast Guard District
Grace Line, Inc
Officers Avert Leap From Vincent Thomas Bridge
A distraught 32 year old man, Victor Pepin of Long Beach, climbed onto a railing 185 feet above the water on the Vincent Thomas Bridge and threatened to jump. Highway Patrol officers Dodson and McCune restrained him by grasping his legs and pulling him to safety after about 15 minutes. He was taken to the psychiatric ward for observation and protective custody.
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Noeth Long Beach
Vincent Thomas Bridge
Victor Herbert Pepin
Carmelitos
Los Angeles County
Usc Medical Center
Robert Dodson
James McCune
Gardena
Pepin
Terminal Island
San Pedro
Edward Springer
Set
Springer
Harbor Division
Toll Office
Dodson and
McCune
Nan
Second Panama Canal Proposal Backed by Long Beach Board
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners endorsed Assembly Joint Resolution 9, introduced March 13 by Rep. James A. Hayes, urging the President and Congress to secure the construction at the earliest possible time of a second canal. The aim is to supplement the existing Panama Canal to accommodate larger ships, ease growing traffic, and ensure security from potential shutdown impacts on shipping.
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Panama Canal
Long Beach
Poly High Be Named King Renaming Proposal to Martin Luther King High
A committee asks the Board of Education to rename Poly High School Martin Luther King High to honor an international figure. The letter notes Poly's history as Long Beach High and its role for minority students, with staff study delaying any decision.
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Poly High School
Martin Luther King, High
Board of Education
Spencer Crump
Marion Smith
Martin Luther King
Poly
Long Beach High School
Board Rejects Plea on School Boundary Shift
The Torrance Board of Education ruled Monday night that Levy Elementary students must attend Torrance High School when they graduate. About 150 parents had asked six weeks earlier for a boundary change so their children could attend South High School due to existing orientation there.
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R.D. Ashton
L.B. Boy
Europe
Mike Pearsall
Fanshaw Ave
Paramount
TWA
Donna Cope
Spain
Portugal
Parade Magazine
The
Press-Telegram
Thrifty
L.B
Thomas Bridge
Tenalia
Associated Hearing Aid Center
Pine Ave
Penney’s
Streat
Propose
Poly High
Dr. Campbell
Snot OT
Ken Merino Yenue Htaveer
RE Campbell
OOS
Pine Avenue
Fifth
Torrance
Sartori
el Prado
Santa Ana
North Main Street
Court of Honor
Westminster
Garden of Remembrance
Choice Central Selection
Cdr
Claude. O'Hara
USN
Cdr. O'Hara
Vietnam
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