L A port board warned on water pollution
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners may face a cease and desist order for discharging cannery waste into port waters. The issue stems from four Terminal Island canneries producing millions of gallons daily. A Jan 2 meeting will consider action, with possible shutdown of pumps if required.
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Los Angeles
Terminal Island
Harbor Department
Thomas Crehan
The
Tuna Research Foundation
Hertel
Commission
Whiteneck
City offices to close Friday for New Year holiday
Long Beach city offices will be closed Friday for the New Year holiday with emergency services available. Trash pickup will follow the regular schedule but may occur earlier. residents should place containers out by 6 am. No street sweeping will occur, so cars may park on streets normally posted no parking for sweeping.
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Long Beach
Italians aboard Fairsea face mass walkout over pay
The $24 million Italian cruise ship Fairsea carrying 850 Mexico bound passengers was delayed two hours after 50 crewmen including waiters cooks and stewards walked off in a dispute over overtime pay. The men stayed at the Donn Hotel in Wilmington while authorities and the ship’s agents sought to resolve their status and return home.
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Donn
Wilmington
Department of Immigration
Roy Boehm
Los Angeles
Angel's Gate
Trans Marine Pacific
Long Beach man seeks 100000 for fall in sludge sump
A Long Beach man filed suit for 100000 in damages after he says he fell through a surface crust into a Standard Oil sludge sump near Pacific Coast Highway and Marine Stadium. The suit names Standard Oil and 26 Doe defendants over a 100 by 30 yard pit alleged to have been dug in a vacant area used for recreation.
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L.B. Man
Long Beach
Pacific Coast Highway
Marine Stadium
Charles H. Gonderman
Trimble Court
Doe
Vacati
E. Pavitic Coast Highway
Juan A. Rostagno
Polar Bear Queen Crowned At Cabrillo Beach Surfs Up
Mary Ranni a 39 year old San Pedro medical secretary was crowned Polar Bear Queen for next year at Cabrillo Beach as ex kings took to the sea in the ritual coronation. The 1972 monarch has swum at Cabrillo Beach for years and works in the U S Public Health Service. Ex kings Joe Anderson John Reitman Lee Carver and Gregory Jilgov attended. The group plans a New Year’s Day dip with 100 to 125 members expected.
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Mary Ranny
Lee Carver
John Reiman
Joe Anderson
Gregory
Dick Emery
Mary Ranni
San Pedro
Cabrillo Beach
Mary
U. S. Public Health Service
Fedéral
Beacon Street
John Reitman
Bears
Gregory Jilgov
Kehoodle
Polar Bears
SCAG Backing Supported by L A City and County Officials
Long Beach backs SCAG while Los Angeles leaders reaffirm support for the Southern California Association of Governments. The council approves Vermont Avenue widening bids at 165000 dollars with bid opening set for Jan 26 and expects completion days after contract award. Civil defense sirens will be tested Friday at 10 am.
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Long Beach
Southern California Association of Governments
Edwin W. Wade
Wate
L.A. Buyeany
Vermont Avenue
23Rd
Carson
Civil Defense
Peter J. Pitchess
Hawthorne Power Outage Blanks 1 Square Mile Area
A transformer blew at 12500 Cranbrook Ave causing a blackout covering about one square mile in Hawthorne. Police said the outage began around 8 4 and affected the area bounded by Yukon Avenue to the east Jefferson Avenue to the west Broadway to the north and Rosecrans to the south. Southern California Edison provides power to the city.
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Hawthorne
Cranbrook Ave
Yukon Avenue
Jefferson Avenue
Broadway
Rosecrans
Southern California Edison
Retiring Long Beach city engineer marks 47 years of service
Jess D. Gilkerson, who became city engineer in 1963, retires after 47 years with Long Beach. He oversaw major growth from 28 to 49 square miles, guiding projects from the Douglas aircraft plant runway extension to hospitals, parks, the Long Beach Freeway, and several landmark facilities. Gilkerson credited his staff and was honored with multiple civic awards during a career described as shaping the city’s postwar expansion.
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Don Brackenbury
Long Beach
Jess D. Gilkerson
Gilkerson
Chetopa
Kat
Ldcal
Fron Poly High
University of Arizona
Department of Engineering
Navy
Civil Engineering Corps
Laig Beach Airport
Douglas
Memorial Eospital
Pacific Hospitals
Samuel A. Greeley
American Public Works Association
Brennan Thomas
Water Department
Charles Vickers
Harbor Department
Union Pacific’s yearlong calendar shows trains scarce in landscapes
The piece notes Sterling Bem discovering a hung calendar published by Union Pacific Railroad. Each face features a color photo, but trains vanish after May. January highlights the San Juan Mountains near Ouray Colorado with a snowplowed highway, February shows Indian Beach at Benia State Park Oregon, and March features Sand Dunes National Monument Colorado with limited travel by boat or seagull nearby.
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Times
Union Pacific Railroad
San Juan Mountains
Ouray
Colorado
Benia State Park
Oregon
Sand Dunes National Monument
Railroading memories fade in a silent Pacific Union calendar
The piece laments how Union Pacific calendars now show almost no trains, recalling a time when landscapes were filled with locomotives like the Challenger and freight engines. The author remembers the old rail era, contrasts it with today, and reflects on a near-deserted station in East Los Angeles marked SLOSED.
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Perkins
Wyoming
Zion Canyon
Rockville
Utah
Bell Telephone
Union Pacific
City of
San Francisco
Feather River Canyon
Portland
Big Boy
Rawlins
Wyomin
Citzens
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Hamalin
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