King of the Wharf Cats Departs Long Beach Dock
The Long Beach Harbor A-10 crew reports that Stinker the cat has left the wharves after a two month reign as king. Chief clerk Iram Short recalls Tom, the legendary 113% year dock ruler, as a feared yet beloved figure who kept order and once defended his title against a rival.
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Stinker
A-10
Long Beach Harbor
Iram Short
Tom
Old Tom
Short
Seattle
New York
Rigal
States Marine
Carson in revised district Auto Yard suit moved to L B
A complaint by 20 auto wrecking firms seeks to overturn Carson city ordinance on tenting off street parking and landscaping. The suit, filed in Torrance, was moved to Long Beach for incorrect venue after district boundary changes. Marcos supported transfer after map proof and city requested an early Long Beach trial date.
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Bob Andrew
Auto Dis. Manuars
Carson City
Superior Court
Torrance
Long Beach
David C. Marcos
Carson
Torrance Courts
Marcos
Atty
Thomas Winfield
Two New Community Task Forces Forming Soon
Two more task forces of the Mayor's Conference on Community Affairs will be formed, with government and youth units to begin once chairmen are named. The education task force met at Abraham Lincoln School with about 50 attendees, as part of ongoing district outreach and parent advisory discussions.
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Richard Harris
Abraham Lincoln School
11Th St
Harris
Education Task Force
Mart Yin Tincher
Cochairmen Harvey Williams
David Burcham
Urgelic
Long Beach Unified School District
Planning Commission OKs 218 dwelling units in Long Beach subdivision
The Long Beach Planning Commission approved a six lot apartment subdivision by Calprop Corp for the final two lots southeast of Cherry Avenue and Del Amo Boulevard. A special permit covers the 218 dwellings on the two parcels along with a recreation building and swimming pool for each of the ten lots. The area was annexed to Long Beach effective February 26.
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Calprop Corp
Cherry Avenue
del Amo Boulevard
Planning Commission
Long Beach
Los Altos Hospital elects Koenker chief of staff
Dr. Rolf A. Koenker elected chief of staff at Los Altos Hospital in Long Beach. New officers include Dr. Stanley Abramow as vice chief and Dr. John Silverthorne as secretary treasurer. Koenker brings decades in internal medicine with heart and vascular focus and serves as UCLA clinical professor.
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Rolf A. Koenker
Los Altos Hospital
Los Cayoles Diagonal
Long Beach
Stanley Abramow
John 2. Silverthorne
Koenker
American College of Physicians
Long Beach Society of Internal Medicine
Germany
England
Presbyterian Hospital
Newark
N.J
Maryland General Hospital
Baltimore
Core Rently
UCLA
Abramow
State University of New York
Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse
University
Day Named to Directors of Pacific Hospital
W H Day a long time figure in insurance and real estate was elected to the board of directors of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach at 2776 Pacific Ave Carl D Flinn board president announced Day has been active in United Way Red Cross March of Dimes American Cancer Society and Heart Fund He was appointed to the State Board of Education in 1967 and became its president in 1968 He is a former president of the Los Angeles County Board of Education and a member of Kiwanis Elks Masonic Anchor Lodge and the Compton Chamber of Commerce He also served as president of the Compton chamber.
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W. H. Day
Insurance
Cal Estate
Long Beach
Pacific Hospital of
Pacific Ave
Carl D. Flinn
Kiwanis, Elks
Masonic Anchor Lodge
Compton Chamber of Commerce
Compton Chamber
Planners veto sign permit at 2615 Grand Ave
Planning Director Ernet Mayer Jx rejected a 5 by 16 foot sign atop a 30 foot pole for a convalescent home on Grand Ave arguing freeway signage harms aesthetics. The Planning Commission denied the sign by a 3 to 1 vote citing the project’s plan to submit the sign for review per conditions. Robert Brown said he will appeal to the City Council.
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Planning Commission
Ernest Mayer Jx
Grand Ave
San Diego
Mayer
Robert Brown
Medevey
Planning Department
Robert Austin
Austin
Medeveo
Brown
Cox Neon Co
Montebello
Permit Granted for Private Preschool at University Baptist Church
The Planning Commission approved a special permit for Ruben Fabarez to operate a private preschool and kindergarten in the Sunday School building at University Baptist Church 8434 Chatwin Ave. The plan faced opposition from staff who warned of commercial intrusion into a semi public zone amid single family homes.
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University Baptist Church
Chatwin Ave
Planning Commission
Ruben Fabarez
Planning Department
Fabarez
Chatwin Avenue
Burcham
Two Buildings Merged Into One Hotel-Like House
Conversion of five buildings at 1930 Locust Ave into a single facility linked by a bathroom was approved by a planning board in a special permit. The owner, William L. Blake, says the operation remains a rooming house with seven guest rooms, not a new hotel, and no demolition or external expansion is allowed beyond the current structure.
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Locust Ave
Planning Commission
William L. Blake
Ernest Mayer Jr
Blake
Donald W. Phillips
Mayer
People's Credit Union Declares 1st Dividend
Central District's People's Credit Union announced a 1.5 percent dividend at a Thursday night meeting held with the Community Improvement League at 555 S. Pacific Coast Highway. Board chairman Charles Severson said assets tripled in a year, growing about $1,000 monthly, with current assets near $19,382.52 and four loan delinquencies in three years. An annual meeting is set for 8 p.m. next Friday at the California Recreation Center, 1560 California Ave.
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Central District’s People's Credit Union
Community Improvement League
S. Pacific Coast Highway
Credit Union Board
Long Beach
Charles Severson
Credit Union
Severson
California Recreation Center
California Ave
Robbery at Lakewood Service Station Reported
An armed robber restrained a worker at about 2 a.m. and stole around 27 dollars from the cash drawer at a service station located at 415 Handley then fled toward Woodruff Avenue in Lakewood.
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Handley
Woodruff Ave
Lakewood
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Afila
MIRON
Gall Theatres
Roxy Theatre
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Los Angeles
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Southern Caiforna Music Co
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