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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1971
Page
3
A new classified section titled New World Classifieds debuts today offering daily listings across housing jobs services and merchandise. The edition highlights introductory ads and user-friendly posting options for local readers seeking quick connections.
Four masked bandits, wearing ski masks and colored overalls, rooked the Royal Bank of Canada in Windsor in under 15 minutes. They carried away 1.129 million dollars in Canadian and U.S. currency from the Windsor Raceway receipts, leaving another 300,000 in a vault. Police called it highly professional and meticulously planned, with a green station wagon as the getaway.
A reader requests a copy of the November 1971 Woman's Day article What Every Wife Should Know after discarding the issue. The letter explains the writer is widowed and seeks emergency preparation tips and notes the request to mail six cents for cost and postage to Woman's Day Magazine in Los Angeles.
Long Beach readers report charity aid for a child seeking a complete baseball uniform. A local contact, Irvin Meairs of Long Beach Nite Hawks softball, located an extra uniform in the boy’s size. A separate letter warns of a camera purchase issue with Pro Camera and Richard's Portraiture, noting bankruptcy and a promised resolution from Richard Thompson in Minneapolis.
Santa's Village in Sky Forest, San Bernardino Mountains, is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the Christmas season and swimmer months, then on weekends and holidays from January 2 until the end of January. Admission is $1.50 for adults, 50 cents for children under 16, and free for children under 3.
In 1965 a Montreal bank heist saw money recovered from both Usose holds ups. The bank employee described the robbers as polite, noting they could have done harm but chose restraint. Two men and a woman were involved.
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