Virginia Road project rejected by planning panel
A proposed 20 unit apartment at 4005 Virginia Road was rejected by the Planning Commission amid neighbors claiming it would spoil a premier residential avenue. The request sought variances on use area setbacks coverage yards and parking. Noted voices included Ruth Todd and Los Cerritos residents opposing the plan as detrimental to the R 1 neighborhood character.
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Virginia Road
Planning Commission
Ruth Todd
Carel Seaver
Thomas D. Bird
Statewide Developers, Inc
William €. Price
Hugh Gibbs
The
Los Cerrins Improvement Association
Gibbs
Broom
Washington
Locust Ave
Los Cerritos
William A. Lockett
Long Beach Leaders Highlight Harbor Growth And Queen Mary Plans
Leaders praise Long Beach harbor as a regional economic engine with low costs, strong power reliability, and a robust labor pool within a mile of the city. They discuss the Queen Mary project, the Mary’s Museum of the Sea, a new master lessee, and a downtown expansion plan totaling about 500 million for retail and office space, plus offshore oil island eco strides. Jean Michel Costeau of Living Sea Corp spoke as luncheon speaker.
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Tidelands
Long Beach
Queen Mary
Lion
Jean-Michael Costeau
Living Sea Corp
Lyncheon
R D Elliott Dies Ex Developer and Harbor Official at 84
Raymond D. Elliott known as Pat Elliott, a pioneer Orange County real estate developer and former Long Beach Harbor commissioner, died at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange at age 84. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Pacific View Memorial Park Corona del Mar. Survivors include his wife Mary Low, four daughters, five grandchildren, and a brother. He helped incorporate Garden Grove, built Garden Square in 1952, and served on the Long Beach Harbor Commission and Orange County Grand Jury. He moved to Garden Grove in 1950 and was active in the Chamber of Commerce and civic committees.
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Orange County
Long Beach Harbor
Raymond D
Pat” Elliott
St. Joseph Hospital
Orange
Garden Grove
City
Grand Jury
Pacific View Memorial Park
Corona del Mar
Mary Low
Kerry St
Frank T. Nicol
Sacramento
Lorin Biliott
Ghia
Long Beach Poly High School
William L
Butch” Farrow
Garden Square
Peru
Cau
Sornose
Quito
Menadar
Elsie Miller Dies Leader in Long Beach Sports Shop
Elsie A Miller 68 died after a family home service at 335 W San Antonio. A New Jersey native who moved to Long Beach as a teen she assisted husband C S Miller owner of athletic equipment company at 506 W First St and worked 45 years for Southern California Gas Co. Survived by husband and brother Arthur Attridge Rosary Sunday 7 pm at Dilday Chapel Requiem Mass Monday 9 am at St Barnabas Church.
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Elsie A. Miller
Long Beach
San Antonio Drive
New Jersey
C. $. Tex’? Miller
Athletic Equipment Company
W. First §T
Arthur Attridge
Dilday Family Chapel
St. Barnabas
Peace Corps Booth At Lakewood Shopping Center
Peace Corps recruiters set up at Lakewood Shopping Center in Long Beach Saturday to recruit skilled tradesmen and educators. Volunteers, including Gerry Sornosa, describe relief work in Peru and Ecuador, and a March 14 information conference at Long Beach City College 2 to 5 PM.
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Lakewood Shopping Center
Peace Corps Recruit Booth
Long Beach
Lakewood
Peace Corps
Bob Merrilees
Los Angeles
Ecuador
Sorraso
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Sorroso
Long Beach City College
Carson St
Highway Panel Takes Steps to Save Its Soil
Pasadena dispatch notes Orange County soil quality leads the state Highway Commission to act. In a Thursday meeting, officials approved funds for projects in Tustin Downey and Long Beach including 21000 for soil cover and 1200 for cave-type fencing to curb debris on the San Gabriel Freeway, plus 806000 to widen Firestone.
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Highway Panel
San Fabriel
Spring Street
Firestone
Beach Boulevard widening bids sought in Orange County
California Division of Highways called for construction bids Thursday to widen Beach Boulevard from four to six lanes over seven miles between Adams Avenue Huntington Beach and Garden Grove Boulevard Stanton. The project budget totals 1,590,800 dollars for Downey Woodruff Avenue to the San Gabriel Freeway. Firestone Boulevard will gain two lanes by narrowing the median. An additional 57,000 dollars was allocated to groove the surface of the San Diego Freeway from the Newport Avenue undercrossing to the Lincoln underpass in Tustin.
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California Division of Highways
Beach Boulevard
Orange County
Adams Avenue
Huntington Beach
Garden Grove Boulevard
Stanton
Downey
Woodruff Avenue
San Gabriel
Firestone
San Diego
Newport Avenue
Lincoln
Tustin
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WHC
Pfeiffer
Tilt
Thor
Chamber of Commerce
Roy J. Anderson
White Front
Robert L. Matheny
Long Beach Bank of America
Howard A. Goldfelder
May Co
Sia
California
Southern California Edison
Adm
Bird
Department of Defense
Williams
Ridder
Mary’s Museum of the Sea
Joseph Campanella
Worn
Chicago
Boston
Cal State
R. D. Elliott
Elliott
Ab Nel Roy, Ghia
Elsie Miller
Merrilees
Vale Unteer
Genara
Gerry” Sornosa
Callepes
Thne Inn
Sornosa
Los Angeles Water & Power Dept
AMS
Genaro sonNoso
Disneyland
Ory Poppins
Cetus
Long Beach Civia Light Opera Association
Meredith Wilson
Mage Amen
Beach Blvd
Jordan Auditorium
Atlantic
Mericord and Master Charge
Long Beach Drive
Wanda Hate
LY. Daily News
Melina Mercouri
Judith Crist
New York Magazine
Troan 2
Rhine
Ate
Melina Nero O Promise Ak Awn
Assaf Dayan Exeruetre
Pindweees
Fuaph
Eva Whitten, Prada Id Acid Eg Brie
Wortorag
Radian
Holt Maddamer
Hollywood
Catalina
Long Beach Fame
Dagerts Long Bachh
Long
Lee
Paramount
Compton Bly
Thera
Show Magat
Mel Brooks
Sani Peter
Pentor
Camenon Mitchell
Anne Helm
James Scott Crady
Berry Krceger
Victoria Cameoll
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