Pierpoint Operators Accept New Pierpoint Landing Site
Pierpoint Landing operators gave unqualified acceptance to a new four acre site on the Los Angeles River east of Queen's Way Bridge. The harbor board also heard two requests for adjacent berthing areas from Avalon Transportation Service and Pacific Sportfishing.
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Pierpoint Landing
Los Angeles River
Queen's Way Bridge
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Gene Gregson
Fisherman's Wharf of Long Beach, Inc
Jessees
Harbor Board
Catalina Island
Lester C. Bediens
Avalon Transportation Service
Pier A
Queen’s Way Bridge
Gerth
Pier J
Pacific Sportfishing, Inc
Pacific Sportfishing
Piar Jf
F. E. McEwan
Long Beach
Pacific
Harbor Department
Bail set in Torrance murder for hire plot case
Whittier man Chester L Ferguson was released on 75000 bail after arraignment in Torrance Municipal Court on alleged murder for hire plots. He faces charges for offering 5000 to an undercover narcotics agent to kill Dr Thomas Goodman Torrance Unified School District superintendent. Ferguson, 46, of Sunnybrook Lane, must appear Feb 23 for preliminary hearing. His attorney William Dougherty claims the case reflects corruption in Torrance civic life. Goodman returned to work and expressed shock at the allegations. Ferguson’s consulting firm previously advised the district on salary negotiations with teachers.
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Whittier Schools
Chester L. Ferguson
Torrance
Ferguson
Sunnybrook Lane
Whittier
William Dougherty
Tustin
Whitkier
Thomas Goodman
Torrance Unified
Goodman
California
City to Inspect Ice Cream Units In Long Beach
City health officials plan inspections of self serve ice cream machines in Long Beach. The state had previously handled the safety checks but discontinued the program, leaving local authorities to enforce standards on machines used for frozen milk products.
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Long Beach
Health de Lure
Dedicated police display trailer previewed in Long Beach
A new police display trailer funded by the Long Beach Medical Association at $2,000 was dedicated near the Public Safety Building. The lightweight fiber glass unit will travel to groups for educational programs, with officers Mooney, Rhoads, and Holland cited for involvement. Public viewings are scheduled at Bixby Knolls, Los Allex, and Belmont Shore locations Friday through Saturday.
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Long Beach Medical Association
Long Beach
William J. Mooney
W. L. Rhoads
T. R. Holland
Office of Community Relations
Bixby Knolls
Los Allex
Tine Avenue
Third
Fourth Streets
Second Street
Nielo Avenue
Belmont Shore
Deadlock in Murder Case Brings Mistrial
Long Beach Superior Court declares a mistrial after jurors deadlock 9 2 1 on punishment for Joh nny Clifford Jackson known as Big John following a nine day penalty phase. Jackson was found guilty of killing clerk Walter Mason during the Crest Liquors robbery on September 3, 1978. Co defendants Wendell Hill and Tommie Bangham await separate trials with the judge planning to transfer Hill and Bangham to Los Angeles for proceedings.
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Holdup
Johnny Clifford
Big Jofm" Jackson
Long Beach
Walter Mason
Crest Liquors
Santa Fe Ave
Hutton
Jackson
Wendell Irving Hill
Tommie Lee Bangham
Albert C
Ramsey
Hill
Everette E. Ricks Jr
Bangham
Los Angeles
Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Auto in South Gate
A 74-year-old man named Arthur Fraija was killed early today after being struck by a car in South Gate. He died after arrival at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood, according to police reports.
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South Gate
Arthur Fraija
St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
Services Set for Church Leader Georgina Beggs
Georgina Beggs elder of the Episcopal Church died at age ? She led the Comet of Church Women and the Temp Flee Girls Council. A parishioner at St Luke's since 1905 she served as vice president of the Episcopal Southland diocese and was charter member of the Alameda Bay Garden lab. Survived by daughter Mrs Athen Ramsey and Mrs Dulcie McCracken among four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Comet of Church Women
Temp Flee Girls Council
Hogais Wits
Athen
Ramsey
Thomas AL Ramsey
Dulcie
McCracken
Weaver Rites Thursday for Long Beach Market Executive
Cecil Lestoy Weaver 65 died Sunday. Services set for 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Mortell's Chapel. He opened and supervised the 13 market for the K. I. Smiths chain in Long Beach. Surviving are wife Mayhelie two daughters Luanne Granston and Sehery Axenrider a sister Laverda Bullough and two grandchildren.
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Mortell's Chapel
Cecil Lestoy Weaver
Long Beach
K. I. Smiths
Mayhelie
Luanne C. Granston
Sehery C. Axenrider
Laverda Bullough
Frishman Sees Student Pressure Toughening Hanoi on POWs
Lt. Robert Frishman, ex prisoner of war, told a Newport Beach luncheon that student awareness of POWs in Southeast Asia will change Hanoi's stance. He noted UC Irvine and Santa Monica College chapters, the Paris mail bag action, and that funds will cover a student to accompany mail bags to the North Vietnamese Embassy in Paris.
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U.S
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Newport Beach
Robert Frishman
Long Beach
Vietnam
Balboa Bay Club
University of California In
United Nations
Frishman
Stanley Clark
Orange County
Paris
Need Help to Get Head for the Right Job Done
Classified notice urges readers to check home machinery for sale in today’s Chagsi classified ads. Readership is invited to inspect dream machinery offerings in local listings and ads.
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Pierpoint
Wayne Sharp
Pierpoint Restaurant
Herhor Commission
Sharp
Commission
Ron Dearden
Pierpoint Landing Tenants Association
Kall
Melvin A. Casberg
William Mooney
Lnbhy
Hampton Hutton
Sedge Hutton
Chiel
Georg W. Trammell
Hill and Bangham
Georgina Beggs
St. Luke's
Georgine Giorgies Skinney Beas
Catlerschecher
Age of All
Buck Lanier
Long Beach Civic Light Opera Association
Meredith Willson
Muse Mar
Jordan Auditorium
Atlantic
America
Pat Collins
Pacific Coast Hwy
Westminster
Heatminster Memorial Park Mortuary Cemetery
Veterans Lawn
Beach Blvd
Geneva
Twinoaks
Jefferson
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