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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1973
Page
17
Councilwoman Renee B. Simon stated no council member supports a freeway or pseudo freeway in the joint transportation corridor study with the State Division of Highways. Long Beach officials authorized a study to see if east west traffic problems exist and how to relieve them, with no freeway solution allowed by state law.
A grant of 51680 dollars was awarded to the Planning Council of United Way Region II to conduct a comprehensive aging study across 24 communities and surrounding areas including Artesia Bellflower Carson Cerritos Downey Gardena Harbor City Hawaiian Gardens La Mirada Lakewood Lomita Long Beach Signal Hill Montebello Norwalk Palos Verdes Paramount Pico Rivera Bellflower Hills Estates Santa.
Two bandits robbed Ralphs Liquor Store at 7301 Compton Blvd. Para mount at about 643 p.m. demanding money with a small caliber revolver. After taking $125 from clerk Dela Stark, they fled in a parked car to areas including Lakewood, San Pedro, Lomita, and Wilmington.
Trustees of Bellflower Unified School District authorized the administration to hire an architect and begin construction plans for a 7000 square foot nursery school center at Mayfair High School on Lakewood campus. The project replaces the Horace Mann Nursery School on Clark Avenue. Estimated cost about 150000 dollars, with plans to finish by April 30 and bid in May.
Long Beach City Council authorizes filing permit applications with the South Coast Regional Coastal Zone Conservation Commission for 17 city projects. Among them are Pacific Terrace Convention Center City Hall Library Shoreline Drive a 30 acre landfill near the Queen Mary trustees HQ on west beach and a hotel restaurant complex. Councilman Clark questions greens reconstruction at Recreation Park golf course and Mayor Wade cites Proposition 20 skepticism as City Manager Mansell is asked to file applications to prevent delays.
Dr Natalie S Felix appointed deputy district health officer to lead the new Paramount Health Center at 7913 Madison St announced by Dr Paul L Wermer Compton district health officer. Felix moves from Florence Firestone Health Center where she directed the Model Neighborhood Program and is an associate in preventive and social medicine at UCLA and a pediatric attending at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Police and firefighters logged calls across Long Beach as of 5 am with incidents including electrical fires first aid injuries and motor vehicle crashes. Notable entries include a building fire at 2300 block of Cedar Avenue a washdown gasoline incident on Temple Avenue and two traffic injuries at Daisy Avenue Esther Street and Redondo Avenue Third Street. A Lakewood resident reported a burglar alarm and tape recorder valued at 189 dollars.
Deputies Thomas E Breélstocd and Michael Crowley sought the burglar at Four Deuces liquor store on Lomita’s Pacific Coast Highway. A rain soaked man fled, dropping a case of wine, later found under a bed in a trailer park cottage with four cases. three more were found behind the store. Lonnie Tyde, 22, unemployed, was jailed on burglary suspicion at Lennox sheriff’s station.
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