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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1976
Page
9
Carson parks and Recreation Department announces a complete schedule of classes starting January 3 at the Carson ity Ball. Courses cover dance styles from ballet to belly dancing, crafts, sports, safety, and youth and senior programs, with some fees and many free options.
Pasadena officials issued guidelines for the Rose Parade with a focus on safety and order. Restrictions include no selling or renting parade route spaces, mandatory occupancy of chairs on public streets, and a strict curfew for under 16s. Juveniles face arrest for intoxication or disturbances, and parents bear liability for property damage. Floats will be on display at Victory Park after the parade, with police prepared for heavy traffic and large crowds.
The Journal of Commerce notes the ICC opens a port commercial zone affecting trucking firms with potential millions at stake. The change, under consideration over a year, spans 3% of the Federal Register and details the Los Angeles zone from Rosecrans Avenue toward Compton and the LA OC line to the ocean.
Weather officials discuss a unusual rain forecast for the Rose Bowl region. Vederman notes warmer drier air persists, suggesting dry conditions while Rockey cites forecasts with about 85 percent accuracy. Public updates available via pre-recorded messages at 824-7761.
Rio Hondo College Astronomy professor Aaron Martin explains 1976 requires an extra second to keep clocks in phase. Tidal forces from the moon slow the earth slightly, so a rare 11:60 appears before the new year.
Private services will be held for Ruth LaFrance a Long Beach pioneer who died at 93. widow of George E LaFrance she moved from Toledo Ohio to Long Beach in 1910 and celebrated 50th anniversary in 1959. Survivors include daughters Ruth Naomi Wirt Mary Ogden and Ned plus five grandchildren. Memorials to First Congregational Church or Long Beach Heart Association requested.
Carl Allen Hill, 40, was convicted in Santa Ana Superior Court of robbing and burgling an Irvine couple at their Wayne Street home on June 7. He forced entry, struck the husband with a handgun, and allegedly kept a diamond ring. Sentencing set for January 24.
County Clerk William St. John reports 15 157 marriages and 15 157 dissolutions and separations in 1976. Regular licenses 12 809. confidential marriages 2 348. Dissolutions 14 952, with 299 annulments and 276 legal separations. Confidential marriages rise to about 20 percent. 945 new citizens naturalized. 728 ceremonies in 1975. Stanton loses bid to halt Orange County park site. judge denies injunction, county may proceed with site elsewhere.
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