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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1972
Page
7
The old Red Car is coming back to the City of Sea Beach on a strip of Southern California Edison Co property between Pacific Coast Highway and Electric Avenue. It is scheduled to be.
Seal Beach will house a Red Car as a city museum. The vehicle was moved this week to a location on the Pacific Electric right of way near 15th Street. Joel Fellows of San Pedro initiated the project about two years ago with his collection of Red Cars.
Seven people were injured in six traffic accidents in Long Beach over Sunday and today, police reported. Victims include Maria Evans, 19, treated at Memorial Hospital after a collision on Lakewood Boulevard and Carson Street. Gregory Stempel, 20, and a motorcycle passenger, treated aboard the Navy ship Repose after a crash on Seaside Boulevard. Rosa Torrze, 12, treated at Woodruff Community Hospital after being struck on Bellflower Boulevard. Elaine Colin, 24, treated at Los Altos Community Hospital in a crash with Robert Maxwell, 23, on Stearns Street. Betty Williams, 41, treated at St. Mary’s Hospital after losing control on Broadway. and Willie Jankins, 75, treated at St. Mary’s after being struck on Orange Avenue.
Wilbrod Tee Blais 43 electrician killed Friday in an industrial accident at Terminal Island. He lived in Bellflower and worked for Crane Hoist Engineering Co of Long Beach. Survived by wife Audrey a son Marty two daughters Arleen Buckley and Terry Blais, mother Mrs Kiziie Blais, three brothers and seven sisters. Services set for Tuesday at Walters-McCormick Chapel Fullerton.
A jumble of times and locations details numerous incidents including injury traffic accidents on Carson Street and Lakewood Boulevard, fires on gas lines and trash, several first aid responses, car and building fires across Long Beach and Bellflower areas, and a home burglary reported by Louis Archuleta in Paramount.
The article notes that callers should involve police early to deescalate neighborhood feuds. If law is violated, cases go to the district attorney and may end in probation or jail. Full moon weekends reportedly swell court dockets. Local psychologists see limited prior engagement, while Long Beach State figures push proactive neighborhood counseling.
A Compton shooting victim Tyrone Bell, 14, recovers after a head wound while Harbor General doctors work to save his eye. Police describe gangs as loosely organized and racially divided, with Crips and other groups active across Los Angeles and neighboring areas.
The Seal Beach Historical Society plans to acquire and display a motorized Red Car. Funds from Rediscover America cover 750 dollars of costs including purchase, transport, and museum renovation. City fence costs and Redevelopment Agency approvals caused delays, but a tentative contract was approved pending bylaws review. The society will meet to finalize plans and move forward with fundraising.
Poor eyesight aside the text describes aches in shoulders and legs and seeks relief for joint pains and muscle spasms. It advertises a product or treatment promising to ease pain and quiet nerves, with a contact at 2501 E Brasil Avenue and a doctor named Duncan.
Grace Mollman of Allen reports skin relief after using Oxipor VUC concentrate for psoriasis. Doctors note 7 of 10 patients improve with Csiyor while others praise rapid reductions in scales crusts and redness, urging readers to try the modern treatment.
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