Readers’ letters vent and reflect on public issues
A long reader mailbag criticizes a term used in a paper. Letters discuss a Kennedy inaugural party, doctor shortages in small towns, past train journeys, bicycle safety at night, Pasadena Rose Parade floats, state funding for LA Unified schools, generosity in a quiz, and a burglary at 11 Bayshore Ave. The tone is opinional and local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie F. Vincent
Pasadena
A. Krause
Unified School
Sacramento
J. Louis Lambert
Senate
Carlos Luna
Ruth Rivers
HELP YOURSELF BY HELPING POLICE Crime Prevention Week Tips
Crime Prevention Week opened Sunday in Long Beach with Miss Crime Prevention for 1969 offering tips to residents. Suggestions include asking neighbors to pick up newspapers, reporting suspicious strangers, keeping emergency numbers, locking cars, listing property IDs, leaving lights on, and carrying purses securely. Shows equipment displays Friday 3 to 8 pm at Los Altos Shopping Center and Saturday at Pine Avenue downtown. Sponsored by the Long Beach Exchange Club with the police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Jeri Pierce
Supgests
Los
Pine Avenue
Third
Prospector Fred Wilson Found Dead in Long Beach Lot
The 72 year old Long Beach resident known for bicycle wandering was found dead Sunday afternoon by children at a vacant Linden Avenue and 31st Street lot. Police ruled natural causes. Born in Rochester 1896, Wilson worked as a machinist in Brooklyn during WWII and prospected to avoid becoming a number. He had a troubled past including a 1966 jaywalking arrest and Camarillo State Hospital commitment. He left few belongings and a minimal legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wilson
Long Beach
Linden Avenue
31St Street
Wilson
Camarillo State Hospital
Phil Poppler
Brooklyn
Beach
Rashkind Technique Brings Hope in Infant Heart Defects
Pediatric cardiologists report rapid advances in treating birth heart defects using the Rashkind procedure. Brian Cohen and Sean Cronkite received the treatment soon after birth, with Sean showing dramatic recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
X Kon
Rashkind
Apartment Blaze Hurts 5 in Downtown L A
Five people were injured and about 40 residents displaced when a fire swept the Patrician Palms on Ocean Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles. The blaze started on the first floor of a 50 year old wood building, causing near $100000 in damage. Firefighters and volunteers aided residents as sailors from USS Isbell and USS Em-battle helped evacuate. The two seriously hurt, Susan and William Longmire, fell from a makeshift lifeline and a third floor window during the escape. They were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Other injured included Gilbert Garcia, Vivian Jarvis, John Leppla, and additional sailors from the vessels. The cause was not immediately determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Boulevard
Susan Longmire
William Longmire
Rho
Vivian Jarvis
John Leppla
Garcia
Chicago
Isbell
Navy Hospital
Fee
Beaches Attract Heavy Patronage Across Southland Coast
Nearly 9000 persons flocked to Lang Beach area beaches Sunday as calm surf and mild temperatures drew crowds. Heaviest turnout was at Roundabout Bay beaches with about 40 000 enjoying clear skies. Lang Beach lifeguards counted about 1 000 visitors while few drownings were reported. from Redinde Beach in Lasunil, most stayed on sand though some braved 57 degree water. A surfing contest drew 2 000 at Bolsa Chica Sun Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang Beach
Southland
Oundouth Bay
Redinde
Lasunil
Long Beach Free Events Spotlight and Listings
A reminder of admission free events in Long Beach includes a community program with a talent show and dancing at the Exhibit Hall 270 Seaside Bird at 7 30 p m. The Poly Ethnic Folklore Club sponsored by Long Beach Polytechnic High School students with adviser Benjamin Levin meets at the Long Beach Douglass Mouse Center 1921 Lime Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaside Bird
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Benjamin Levin
Long Beach
Douglass Mouse Center
Lime Ave
James Craig Jr Second Generation Leader Profile
Long Beach community figure James G. Craig Jr., at 14 the president of the Lone Beach Award of Harbor Commissioners, is portrayed as a top fundraiser and mover in local civic life. The piece traces his family legacy from grandfather John F. Craig who brought Craig Shipbuilding Yards to Long Beach, noting his various leadership roles in Boy Scouts, Boys’ Clubs, United Neighbors, and the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Craig Jr
Country Club
Lang Beach
Lone Beach Award of
Harbor Commissioners
John F. Craig
Craig Shipbuilding Yards
Long Beach
Toledo
Ohio
Jim Craig Jr
Aim Craig JR
Jg.c. Jr
Craip
Beach Area
Council
Boy Scouts of America
Ue Council
James G. Craig, Jr
Boys’ Clubs of
United Neighbors Drive
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest
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Malcolm Epled
M. Els
Navy
M.E
C. Stevens
Sen
Edward Kennedy
L. Wilkey
Long
Beachers
Harvey
Beverly Almeraz
Schnectady
Santa Fe
N.Y. Central
N.yc
Los Angeles
Leonard Moreland
William J. Brodie
Bayshore Ave
Apt. C
Tom Shaw
Pam
The
Prospector Wilson
L.B. Lot
Rochester
Hope
Long Beach Heart Association
Brian J. Cohen
Sean Cronkite
Brian
Mitchell G. Cohen
Paramount Blvd
Sean
Michael
Cronkite
E. Farhan Si
Hie
Gregorio Kazenelaon
Bed
Col
Press-Telegram
Blaze Hurts
L.A
Leppla
Jarvis
Harbor General Hospital
Gracia
Dennis Thornton
Forth Wald
Texas
Jim Withroy
Jacksonville
Fla
Tom Carter
Waco
Oale Orzalli
Nevada City
Calif
John Arthur
Pittsburgh
Ray Shannon
Hayward Apartments
Long Beach Area
James Craig
Frank Anderson
Tahquitz
Barton “Flats
Redlands
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