Employment Office Chief Toll Ends 30 Years of Service
George Toll, longtime manager of the State Department of Employment office at 1350 Locust Ave, retires after 30 years with the state. Raised on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota, he began in 1957, later guiding staff serving Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, and Wilmington. Toll helped place about 500,000 people and presided over the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security as president.
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George Toll
State Department of Employment
Locust Ave
State
Toll
Chayenne River
South Dakota
The
Employment Service
Long Beach
Lakewood
Signal Hill
Wilmington
International Association of Personnel In Employment Security
Canaan
AESO
Willard Wirtz
Phone Cable Sliced in Lakewood Causing Partial Outage
An unidentified vehicle or incident damaged trunk cables on Seventh Street near the city golf course, slicing a General Telephone trunk line and causing partial phone service loss in Lakewood and Los Alami tos. Repairs involved nearly a dozen units and restored service by dawn. dialing fees remained unaffected.
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General Telephone Cn
Seventh Street
Lakewood
Cus Atamilas
Calle Ta Poms
Los Alamitos
USC researchers study drunk driving to prevent first offenses
USC researchers propose a predictive model to identify potential drunk drivers before they offend. They note about 75 000 California drunk driving convictions in two years, with most being first offenses and suggest targeted prevention through license restrictions or counseling to curb future incidents.
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Bishop
California
USC
Luxurious Palos Verdes Peninsula Home Burns Night Fire
A tri level luxury home in Miralesle Palos Verdes Peninsula was gutted Thursday with about 540000 in damage. Firemen led by Battalion Chief Lee Hambleton fought flames engulfing the residence and garage at 2146 Toscannini Drive around 8 20 pm. The Lowi family Alvin Lowi Jr and spouse hosted a dinner party when the blaze started in the garage. The fire remains under investigation.
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Lee Hambleton
Toscannini Drive
Alvin Lowi Jr
Caust
Whittier Man Crushed Killed by Skiploader
Marold R. Schneider a 55 year old Whittier man died when a skip loader overturned at a Bloomfield and Florence Avenues construction site in Santa Fe Springs around 2 50 pm Norwalk sheriff's deputies said the worker was operating the machine during the fatal mishap Police reported a burglar stole two calculators valued at 581 from Adams Accounting Service 3355 Atlantic Avenue entries noted Thursday
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Santa Fe Springs
Norwalk
Marold R. Schneider
Whittier
Schneider
Bloomfield
Florence Avenues
Adams Accounting Service
Atlantic Avt
Sky Knight Copter Linked to Drop in Lakewood Crime
A county biennial report credits the Sky Knight helicopter patrol with an 8 percent drop in Lakewood robberies amid a broader rise in county crime. Lakewood burglaries fell from 674 to 633 while auto thefts decreased from 256 to 220. countywide burglaries rose and assaults climbed. The sheriff’s department noted the helicopter program as a key factor in Lakewood’s improved crime record during 1966-67, amid national crime-rate increases.
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Sky Knight
Lakewood
A. Shkeciil
Pater P. Pichess
United States
Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department
T Lakewood
Lakewend
Aom
Los Angeles
Girl Killed After Motorcycle Crash in Redondo Beach
Naomi Usher, 19, of San Pedro, died after being thrown from a motorcycle driven by William Dowell, 24, of Long Beach. Dowell survived with no injuries as the bike skidded on wet pavement near Calle Major and Via Mesa Grande, Tar ranve police said.
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San Pedro
Grub Bay District
Redondo Beach
Naomi Usher
Grenadier Dr
William Dowell
Carmelitos
Long Beach
Powell
Tarranve
Calle Major
Mesa Grande
McHenry Freed of Murder Charge in Louisiana Trial
McHenry was acquitted after testimony tied him to a gun seen at the scene. He described attempting to separate two men, a struggle, and a “shadowy figure” nearby. Mrs. Morgan testified about the events at Frutchey’s house including a gun on the floor and shots. A statement from Mrs. Morgan, taken Nov. 16, 1967, was admitted as evidence after dispute.
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McHenry
Frutchhey
Morgen
Mrlone
Burnett
McHenry Lesil- Fieé
Mrs. Morgan
Morgan
Ball
Virgil G. Crabtree
Crabtree
Aller Miller
Frutchey
A.m
Charleen
Trutchey
Tue House
State Reiil
Jim Frutchey
Thieves Take Fifty Frocks From Long Beach Store
Burglars broke into Contempra Fashions at 3520 Long Beach Blvd. through a rear window and stole about fifty dresses. Owner Tegia Clayton valued the loss at 5900 dollars as Long Beach police investigated on Thursday.
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Reatth
Tunahan AO
Long Beach
Tegia Clayton
Oxygen Saves Man Who Refused Blood
A medical team used a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to save Guerrero after severe blood loss, saturating his tissues with oxygen to compensate for reduced blood. The procedure cost an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 dollars, with doctors noting it may not be widely used and that blood transfusion would be cheaper. A burglary in the same report involved a stolen lawnmower and edger from Mrs. Virginia Brennan's unlocked garage.
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Thompson
Abraham T. Cockett
Harbor General Hospital
Guerrero
Brady
Cockett
de. Thompson
Naval Shipyard
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Wirz
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Cily
Bubbles
Marineland
Pollock
America
National Safety Council
Miralesle
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Hambleton
Lawn Bowlers
Geess Tilley
Bowls Magazine
Mull Mulholsen
Recreation Park Lawn Bowlers Club
Recreation Park
Tilley
W-C. Ferguson
AW Anderton
American Lawn Bowlers Association
Mulhollen
Gralt
Mport
Southland
Norwalk-La_Mirada-Pico- Rivera-Santa Fe Springs
Artesia
Avalon
Bellflower
Mawaiian Greens
Devlines
Lomita
Oxygen
Virginia Brennan
Pacific Ave
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Phough, Inc
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