Two Escape as Yacht Rams Hull of Jinx Ship
Two Long Beach area men escaped injury Wednesday when their 42 foot cabin cruiser Allene rammed part of the sunken jinx ship Dominator and went aground off Rocky Point near Patos Verdes. Hedrick and Speed waded ashore after the mishap as Coast Guardsmen investigated the underwater obstruction believed to be part of the Dominator. A small galley fire aboard the Allene was extinguished. salvage plans were not announced. The Dominator has a history of failed salvages and divers deaths while remains attracted sightseers.
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Long Beach
Rocky Point
Patos Verdes
Jack Hedrick
Oakhorne Drive
Harbor City
Allene
Sonny Speed
Grammercy Ave
Torrance
Hedrick
Algiers
Coast Guard
King Harlor
Redondo Beach
Suit on Sullivan Jobs Held Moot
City Attorney Leonard Putnam told the state attorney general the proposed suit challenging Emmet M. Sullivan’s council seat is moot since he resigned to join the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission. Sullivan left his Long Beach post November 21 and the Sixth District seat vacancy was slated for a regulation.
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Leonard Putnam
State Attorney General
Emmet M. Sullivan
Sullivan
Long Beach
Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission
Putnam
Bill Would Permit Refund of Taxes in Signal Hill
Sacramento Assemblyman James A. Hayes introduces an emergency bill to allow Signal Hill to refund 250000 in taxes collected in error. The city joined the fire protection district in 1968 but failed to prevent county inclusion, causing double taxation for the 1969 70 fiscal year.
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Signal Hill
Sacramento
James A. Hayes
Long Beach
Consolidated Fire Protection District
Los Angeles County
Long Beach Captain Honored With Distinguished Service Medal
Captain Johnny L. Jensen of Long Beach received the Distinguished Service Medal from the Maritime Administration in San Pedro for his actions during a March 16 1987 attack on the US Conqueror as it navigated the Long Tan River near Saigon. Under fire the 52 year old master took command after the helmsman was struck, steered through a blazing bridge and radio shack, and evacuated injured crew as his ship came under heavy shell and machine gun fire. The award recognized his courage and devotion to duty aligning with U S Merchant Marine traditions.
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Long Beach
Maritime Administration
San Pedro
Johnny L. Jensen
Alamitos Avac
Jensen
Long Tan River
Saigon
Peter Muntz
Southern
California
The
Marine Administration
A.B. Gibson
United States Merchant Marine
U.S. Navy
U.S. Coast Guard
Harbor Police Accident Report 1958 Speeders Alcohol
Harbor area streets saw speeding and alcohol as top offenders in 1958. Sgt Kenneth Kin kade led traffic enforcement detailing patrols and enforcement actions to curb risky driving and intoxicated operation.
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Harbor Area
Kenneth Kinkade
Sgt. Kinkade
Sel. Kinkade
Students push for changes at California State College Long Beach
October 24 coalition members delivered a 21 page summary in Dr Leo Goodman Malamuth offices requesting housing improvements for minorities and the poor 5 percent student representation on all academic committees open admissions tuition limits and a new Department of Social Change.
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California State College At
Long Beach
Tom Blackburn
Rick Anthony
Students For A Democratic Society
Leo Goodman-Malamuth
Department of Social Change
Fair Housing Unit Names New Officers
Names of new officers of the Fair Housing Foundation of Long Beach announced Wednesday. Dr Fillmore Freeman, chemistry professor at California State College Long Beach, named chairman. Also elected were Dr Roscoe Buckland as vice chairman, Mrs Edward Borgers secretary, and Mrs Melvin Waeher treasurer.
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Fair Housing Foundation of
Long Beach
Fillmore Freeman
California State College At
Roscoe Buckland
Edward Borgers
Melvin Waeher
Grand Jury Named in Los Angeles County Panel
Mrs Violet Dovey of Long Beach joins the 1970 county grand jury alongside Downey residents Mrs Catherine Corbin and Mrs Patricia Krogstad. Sam Soghomonian of Altadena is foreman, Judge Joseph A Wapner presiding. The 23 member panel will probe public offices and criminal charges.
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L.A
Violet Dovey
Long Beach
Dovey
William H. Dovey
Downey
Catherine L. Corbin
Patricia P. Krogstad
UC Irvine Professor to Study Year in Australia
Samuel C. McCulloch, history professor and dean of humanities at UC Irvine, heads to Australia on a Fulbright sabbatical to research Victoria’s evolution from colony to state. His wife, an English teacher at Orange Coast College, joins Feb 1 after the semester ends. A portable TV valued at $200 was stolen on California Avenue on Wednesday.
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Samuel C. McCulloch
University of California Irvine
Australia
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa
McCulloch
Victoria
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
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UC Irvine
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