Kids Get Answers by Santa in Carson Letters
Carson City's Parks and Recreation collects hand addressed letters from children via junior and senior teams at Carson and Scott Parks. About 200 letters daily are opened and addressed by seven or eight girls per park, who stamp and insert standardized replies prepared by Santa and mailed through the Wilmington Post Office.
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Santa
Carson
Parks and Recreation Department
Carson and Scott Parks
North Pole
U.S. Postal Service
Carson City Hall
Wilmington
Howard Homan
Parks and Recreation
Cave- Jones
Emphysema Club Attracts 83 By Long Beach Group
A newly organized Emphysema Club has attracted 83 persons with the ailment, reports the Long Beach Tuberculosis and Health Association. Mrs. Sara Wenkle, association president, says any emphysema patient or a family member may join by contacting the association office at 1002 Pacific Ave. Emphysema is a lung condition marked by distention of air sacs and can become disabling.
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Long Beach Tuberculosis and Health Association
Sara Wenkle
Association
Pacific Ave
Kids Have Their Minds Made Up Trial Run as Santa
A Downtown Long Beach event uses a Santa stand-in at an Animal Fair as children express strong Christmas wishes. Kids name many gifts while some reveal skepticism about Santa. The scene captures festive nerves and parental encouragement amid eager anticipation.
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Santa
Long Beach
North Pole
Pine Ave
Churches Plan Yule Services for Christmas Pageants
Downey parish Good Shepherd Lutheran and Atlantic Methodist host Christmas services with a Sunday School pageant at St Mary on Clark Avenue. Grace Methodist on Third Street invites prayers for a swift end to the Vietnam War.
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Churches Plan
Yule Services
St. Mary
Good Shepherd Lutheran of
Downey
S. Clark Ave
Atlantic Methodist
Atlantic Ave
Grace Methodist
Our Saviour's Lutheran
Junipero Ave
Pn- Beality
Submary
First Methodist
Pillh Street
Pacific Avenue
Bethany Baptist
Clark Ave
Jemane Ladtheran
Carson St
Christ Lutheran
York
Une Vers! Lutheran
Clare
Mt. Oliver Lutheran
South St
Lakewood
Covenant Presbyterian
Third Street
Atlantic Avenue
Chalony
Los Altos
Three Injured on Coaster at Queen Park
Three youngsters injured Tuesday afternoon on Queen Park’s Mad Mouse roller coaster when a car slipped from its pull-chain and struck the car behind it. Richard Kerivan, 16, of Lakewood, treated for mild concussion and facial cuts. two girls, Laura Louer, 14, and Rhonda Camden, 12, admitted to hospital in good condition with concussion, bruises, and observation. An investigation was underway.
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Younggsters
Euteraoon
Queen’s Park
Richard Kerivan
Club House Drive
Lakewood
Memorial H Hospital
Laura Louer
W. 29Th St
Rhonda Camden
Dolores
Wilmington
Arrests Barred in Calcutta Satire Case
Federal court halts arrests tied to the Oh Calcutta satire after a restraining order issued by Judge William P. Gray following arguments from city and county officials. The ruling keeps arrests on hold pending constitutional review and signals further court action in the case. In other notes, Lutheran and Orthodox Christmas services are listed across local churches with traditional meals and sermons planned for December 25 1969 and into early 1970.
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Los Angeles
William P. Gray
Allarmneys
Walter P. Martin Named Chief of Medical Staff at St Marys Long Beach
Dr Walter P Martin a UCLA professor and longtime internal medicine leader was named chief of the medical staff at St Marys Long Beach Hospital directing about 61 physicians of the 841 bed facility He also serves as a consultant to the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital and has extensive research on hypertension and virology His wife Margaret Ann and eight children are noted in the report
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Walter PP. Martin
St. Mary's Long Beach Hospital
R. F. Gosin
Katherine White
Martin
UCLA
Figs
Harbor General Hospital
Ile
California Society of Internal Medicine
American College of Cardiology
Los Angeles Academy of Medicine
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Marlin
St. Louis University
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Rockefeller Foundation
Mayo Clinic
U.S. Army Medical Corps
Megaret
Ann
Judith
Timothy
Kathleen
James
Mary
Paul
Mark
Greg
TV Set Stolen From Home on Chestnut Ave
Police report a $150 portable television stolen from the home of Robert Hy Pennett at 2800 Chestnut Ave. The incident was recorded Tuesday as a burglary with the thief forcing entry.
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Robert Hy Pennett
Chestnut Ave
Boys Help Solve Camera Store Robbery Mystery
Four Marbor City youths aided police in solving a Tuesday armed robbery at a camera shop on 2agai S, Western Ava. Cameras were stolen. Suspects from San Pedro, including David Kunea and Gordon Aldridge, were arrested after officers tracked a plate and saw a car near North Chaffey Street.
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Marbor City
2Agai S
Ava
Gish
Lirbar
Chaffey Street
Mary Elevator Plan Approved for Queen Mary Berth
City Council approved plans to furnish and install elevators and moving stairways at the Queen Mary permanent berth on Pier 1. The city managers' office was authorized to seek bids, with an estimated cost of 394000 dollars, of which the Diners Queen Mary Corp will pay 80000 dollars.
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Queen Mary
Pier 1
Councilien
City Managers’ Office
Diners
Queen Mary Corp
City Asked to Define Stance on Vietnam Moratorium
City Council members were urged to clarify a resolution against antiwar protests, specifying that the Long Beach City College Vietnam Moratorium Committee was not the intended target. John Murrin of the Associated Student Body Cabinet defended campus demonstrations and opposed violence, while Mayor Wade and Councilman Deats argued the resolution’s wording was self explanatory. The LBCC resolution was received and filed.
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Long Beach City College
John Murrin
Associated
Murrin
City College
Paul OR. Deats
LBCC
Downey Councilman Warns of Norwalk Freeway Blight
Downey councilman Donald W. Winton warned the city faces serious blight if the Norwalk Freeway route is not altered. He cited Gruen Associates data predicting 60 acres would be rezoned from residential to commercial within five years and warned the blight could spread citywide. The council criticized the state highways plan as ignoring the city master plan, while the Downey Chamber urged reopening negotiations with the highways division.
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Downey
Winton
Gruen Associates
Downeys
Highways Division
Courtcil
Downey Chamber of
Commierce
Division of Highways
Norwalk
Woman loses purse with medicine and money in busy lot
Mrs. Marguerite Bullock of Los Angeles left her purse in Seah Beach Centers parking lot after a brief momentary lapse. She returned to find it missing and later learned a woman had brought it into Safeway but did not contact her. Police have been notified. Bullock remains anxious and plans to stay with a friend until Christmas.
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Marguerite Bullock
Los Angeles
Seah Beach Cenbes
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