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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1970
Page
22
The Angels defeated Milwaukee 3-1 as Wright earned his second straight complete game win. Phillips noted no dispute over a call, aiming to keep peace, while Wright expressed strong confidence after a winter in Puerto Rico.
About 1,501 Milwaukee Brewers fans gathered at dawn in County Stadium for a moonlit chant led by Barbara, a local witch, amid a lavender candle circle. The unlikely ceremony claimed the Brewers would win the pennant as chants invoked the god of Vemis and winds.
Readable fragments show specials at Mason’s and other vendors with prices and items. Parlay and dust maps feature in a Pine market roundup. The text mentions a 41.00 payment and a 28D date alongside race related notes and miscellaneous items.
A scattered death notices and births page lists multiple names across the Lakeowned region. Entries mention Mrs. Mel and Mrs. Steghi, plus individuals with surnames Baker, Girdler, WRICE, Schlossser, and others. Locations include 20407 Rum en and Oakey Avenue with dates around April and other unclear references.
A Sacramento special Assembly subcommittee informally agreed to recommend removing marijuana from the narcotic category by designating it a restricted dangerous drug. The panel did not finalize action and planned further study.
Ludwig Ernest Thorbes known as L Thurber, 72, of 258 Loma Ave., Brooklyn native and Long Beach resident for 49 years, died Monday. A Navy veteran of two world wars, he served 31 years aboard ships including USS Minnesota Mississippi Tennessee and Reinier, retiring as chief gunner. He later worked at the harbor as a wharfinger for 17 years and belonged to Fleet Reserve 43, Retired Officers Association, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and Tiks Ledge 908. He leaves two sons, a grandson and four great grandchildren.
Dr David Gay Love an optometrist with offices at 414 Pine Ave for 18 years died after a lengthy illness at 43. He lived at 4530 La Paseada, was from Everett Washington, member of Long Beach Yacht Club and Belmont Heights Methodist Church. Survived by wife Margit daughter Maria father Grover A Love and brothers Robert L Denver. Services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in Mottell's Mortuary.
Ventura. An 81-year-old great grandmother, Luja Pressley, pleaded innocent by insanity to a murder charge in the March 2 slaying of her 11-year-old daughter, Lilian Starr, at their home. She was allowed to remain free on a written promise to appear for further hearings as Deputy Dist. Atty. Paul Powers noted evidence justifies the murder charge and did not yet decide on death penalty action. Judge Hedwig Beach said she has care from five other daughters.
Three leaders of the Los Angeles Negro community urged expanding the county Board of Supervisors. They proposed adding two members to create a seven-member board, arguing current boundaries hinder fair decision making and oppose gerrymandering. The proposal came before the Economy and Efficiency Committee, a 31-person group considering county charter revisions.
Two 15 year old boys were held by the Juvenile Bureau after a bomb hoax at Boyd Con sinuation High School 235 E Eighth St. They taped four red emergency flares to mimic a bomb and left it in a paper bag on a shelf in the nurse's office. The device was confiscated by authorities and police pursued a caller who reported a bomb to the fire department.
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