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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1972
Page
11
City leaders urge the attorney to draft a strong resolution to demand the State Division of Highways remove debris along the Artesia Freeway in Long Beach.
Police reported seven people were injured in five traffic accidents in Long Beach on Wednesday. injuries occurred at several locations including Long Beach Boulevard and Spring Street, Anaheim Street and Obispo Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway and Termino Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway and Santiago Avenue, and Grange Avenue near 37th Street.
A 24-hour Long Beach emergency log lists multiple incidents including car fires on Lakerood Boulevard and Wardlow Road, apartment and garage fires on various streets, water shutoffs, a traffic collision, gas and trash fires, and several injury and box incidents marked by times and cross streets.
More than 400 California minority businessmen received guidance on selling products to McDonnell Douglas at a procurement fair held at Rochélles Convention Center. Representatives from Douglas Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics, and Aetegn Industries detailed product requirements to attendees, part of the companys 1972 affirmative action plan to boost minority business with government and commercial programs.
Long Beach Naval Shipyard reduces air pollution by testing two methods to clean hulls. A high pressure water jet at 70 000 pounds per square inch replaces sandblasting, cutting dust and ecologists protest. A jet blasting setup uses a water nozzle on the sandblast hose to remove heavy marine growth and loose coatings.
A Greater Lakewood Chamber of Commerce committee will study a future activity program and liaise with city officials. President Pat Milano said Mildred Hammond will chair the committee, created after the City Council requested a promotion plan and tied city funds to its acceptance. The chamber now receives 16 700 of its 44 000 annual budget from the city. Jaycees will design Lakewood’s display booth for the Los Angeles County Fair opening next month. A Long Beach man, Harry B Poist, 71, was killed and his wife Ivy, 63, was badly injured in a two car crash five miles south of Fortuna on Wednesday when the Poist station wagon with a camper trailer jackknifed on the Van Duzen bridge and struck a truck.
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