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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1969
Page
6
City Manager John R Mansell said demolition of 37 structures on 26 parcels acquired for Drake Park expansion will begin about October 1. The project grows park size from 1.9 to 6.2 acres with 12 parcels purchased for 278436 dollars and eight more under purchase agreements.
Seal Beach City Council voted 3 to 2 to reject a 2 cent tax cut for the coming year and approved emergency ordinances setting the 1969 70 tax rate at 1.35 per 100 assessed value. Furman and Mayor Hamilton supported a 1.33 rate. Guillmere and Anderson opposed. The budget was approved at 956 475 with assessed valuation at 370 850 000. The council will discuss renaming Los Alamitos Boulevard at the next meeting.
Paul Harenski presented a request to the Board of Education to reassign 34 Cherry Cove pupils from Bret Harte Lindbergh and Jordan to Madison Elementary Hoover Junior High and Lakewood High. He cited traffic hazards and long bus rides, noting 99 percent of residents favor the change. The Cherry Cove area adjoins the Del Ama.
Two masked gunmen entered One's Place at 2682 Long Beach Blvd and demanded cash from the register and office safe threatening to kill owner Charles Atwell. The incident occurred near Boulevard Cherry Avenue Intersection. a resident criticizes social conditions linked to class.
Huntington Beach City Council adopted a resolution declaring the Sunset Beach annexation proposal dead after majority protests. Virginia Strand led supporters, but residents favored staying separate. Council also kept the 81.45 tax rate in place.
Mrs. Smith describes a pilot plan for Long Beach teens facing marijuana suspensions. She notes current policy pushes students out, increasing risk of turning to harder drugs, and argues a school-based program could steer 1,200 youths toward safer paths.
Norwalk student representatives from three high schools will accompany Vice Mayor Bob White to the 24th Annual Conference on Citizenship in Washington DC from September 1817. Ronald Hall from Excelsior High Juan Sanchez from John Glenn High and Andy Halsey from Norwalk High are named. A staff member reports a record player valued at 137.55 was stolen from Silverado Park Clubhouse after a floor was forced open.
Ronald L Short of Long Beach was killed in action in Vietnam the Defense Department announced He was the husband of Linda M Short of 1834 Temple Ave Police reported thieves entered Dean Kerans garage on 67th Way and fled with a powered edger valued at 00
A chemist developed an acu cial membrane that binds to denture surfaces and gums almost like living tissue. It absorbs bite shock and protects gums, allowing eating, speaking, and laughing with less worry of denture movement. Fixopenz offers rapid, mess free dispensing and long wear for daily use.
The bodies of Earl Ray Keiser and Amanda Keiser were found in a rented cabin near Silver Lake in Mono County. Sheriff officials opened an investigation with no signs of violence and an autopsy pending to determine the cause of death.
Burial Thursday at Green Hills Mortuary, San Pedro, for James Charles Ashbourne 78, longtime Long Beach roofing contractor and advocate for youth. He started the state’s first roofing apprenticeship program and served on the East Long Beach Boys Club funding board and the statewide apprenticeship committee. Survived by wife Fern, sons Lyle and Charles, daughter Jewel Kaufer, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and two sisters.
Two Hollywood men Darryl Vincent and Jeremy Frasch face burglary and grand larceny charges in Superior Court on Sept. 23 for a $53,000 diamond theft from C. Co. Lewis Jewelry Store in Long Beach. They pleaded innocent as Judge Hampton Hutton denied a motion to dismiss. Police allege the pair are linked to a wider California and the Bahamas theft ring.
A garbled notice promises a free, small, wireless hearing aid sample to anyone who writes. The ad claims no cost or obligation and directs readers to send for the sample at Hearing Aids, 240 Clark Ave, Lakewood 90712, with a limited supply.
An 11 year old diver Harald Warner suffered air embolism while diving 200 feet off Hamilton Beach Catalina Island. He was rushed by helicopter to Samaritan Hospital Los Angeles in critical condition. Four divers searched for missing 41 year old Jesse Jones wife Connie 44 friend William King Huntington Beach near Whiffier. A day long air search continued for Jones body with helicopters and divers.
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