West Beach development okayed amid protests and shift to commercial focus
The City Council approved a 38 million West Beach project after intense hearings and a joint Redevelopment Agency vote. The plan, now largely commercial with a 200 room hotel and 500000 square feet of offices, faces a second reading and a Cascade deal expected to return over 2 million to the agency for bond retirement.
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West Beach
Ate
Boise Cascade Corp
Cas
Long Beach Asusemert Co
West Beach Ste
Building Owners and Managers Association of
Long Beach
George C. Cubbison
Ocean Center
W. Ocean Biv
Russell F. Priebe
Amusement Company
Instem
Popularly Elected Mayor Suggested By City Council
Robert F Craw urged fellow councilmen to review election procedures and consider mayoral elections by popular vote along with staggered terms for nine councilmen. The vice mayor pushed tighter residency rules and higher pay. They referred the recommendations to the Charter Amendment Committee.
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Robert F. Craw
Enly
Charter Amendment Committee
Beach combing and Hong Kong flu panic discussed
A writer questions the link between publicity and the Hong Kong flu epidemic. He notes psychosomatic illness can be real, cites health officer caution, and wonders if advance warnings spur absenteeism, while acknowledging medical basis for alerts.
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Hong Kong
Mr. Lit
Fluoridation delay sparks public anger in Texas
A Texas city postponed fluoridation after a bitter public dispute. Reports of stomach illnesses followed the planned day, prompting authorities to admit no fluorine was added. Angry residents voiced frustration as the incident highlighted speculation about health claims and public water safety.
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Texas
Adopted sons brighten L B homes with gifts
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ben Koenig granted final adoption decrees to John David Cordes 16 months and Robert Richard Cash Jr joining three other children, marking the 20,000th adoption by the County Department of Adoptions. Twenty six families adopted, including six second or later adoptions, sharing joy as Christmas approached.
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Los Angeles Superior Court
Tiny John David Cordes
Robert Richard Cash Jr
Long Beach
John
Robert
Ben Koenig
County Department of Adoptions
Santa Claus
David Cordes
Keith
Barbara
Coronado Ave
Darlene Cash
Robert Richard Jr
Koenig
Terrel Richmond
Tiffany
la Mirada
Cecil Dale Trumbo
Trumbos
Maria
Cecil
Joan Trumbo
Downey Athlete John Gay Jr. Funeral Planned
Warren High School athlete and honor student John B Gay Jr 17 of Downey to be buried in Lexington Kentucky after a fatal crash near Foster Road and Bellflower Boulevard. He delivered newspapers and was a star football player and chief justice of Warren High School's Supreme Court. Mrs Emily Hutchinson 46 of South Gate sustained internal injuries and a broken arm.
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Keith Cordes
Jordan High School
John
Gondar Ave
Barbara
Sandy Koufax
Rams
Merl Olson
Merlin Olson
Cordes
Jordan
Warren High School
John B. Gay Jr
Allenprave St
Downey
Presbyterian Church of
Lexington
Downey Mortuary
Chapel
Gay
Emily Marie Hutchinson
South Gate
Foster Road
Bellflower Boulevard
Warren
Supreme Court
Hutchinson
Hong Kong flu tightens grip as LB schools report absenteeism
Absentee rates in Long Beach schools edged down from Monday to Tuesday as the Hong Kong flu continued to sweep the city. About 9,500 public students were absent Tuesday versus over 13,000 Monday, with several parochial schools still hit hard. St. Joseph's Catholic School reopened Tuesday with 70 of 654 enrolled out absent. Holy Innocents, St. Lucy's and others reported double-digit absentee rates. Countywide, 108 schools exceeded 10 percent absences Tuesday, down from 160 on Monday. Health officials noted about half a million county residents afflicted and distributed 12,000 new Hong Kong flu vaccine doses to hospitals for high-risk patients.?>
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Harry Burgess
Harry
Mezzanine Way
St. Cornelius
Bellflower
Wardlow
Mere
Hong Kong
Long Beach
Selmons
City Health Department
St. Joseph's Catholic
St Joseph's
Holy Innocents
St. Lucy’s
Bethany Lutheran
St. Athimasius
St. Corne-lius
Los Angeles County Health Department
Gerald A. Heidbreder
Coun
Welcome for Cousteau vessel Calypso at Long Beach
Southland skippers join a fireboat welcome for the research vessel Calypso, flagship of Jacques Cousteau. The 400-ton WWII mine sweeper converted ship sails to Berth 33, Pier D, for a 980 am arrival with the municipal band and an official reception. The visit supports an Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau TV program and a Navy Sealab II segment planned for January off San Clemente Island.
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Southland
Calypso
Amed
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Queen's Gate
Long Beach
Pier D
Cousteau
Long Heat Municipal
Jacques Cousteau
Metromedia Producers Corp
Navy
Wake Plate
San Clemente Island
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Charles Sutton
Cade
Boise
Monty NO Warren
Vicw
Lewis Woltz
Bull
Malcolm Epley
Brighten L.B. Homes
Jordan High
Superior Court
John Fw
Hem Enereon
Santa’s
Serait
Soto
Flu
Ty Fire Department
Sheriff's Force
Los Angeles
Jom W. Whatley
Hana Farm
Te Lome Beach
Oer
David Seleer
Selcer
Jack
Baldwin Marine
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