State funds aid Cabrillo Marina plan in Los Angeles Harbor
The 1972 7A local assistance budget includes 200000 for Cabrillo Marina in the north basin of Los Angeles Harbor to prepare construction plans and begin harbor work. The plan excludes Avalon steamer pier funding while a 250000 Avalon line was rejected in 1971-72. Assemblyman Vincent Thomas seeks to borrow from the department revolving fund after vetoes last year. The budget shows 128700 for head erosion control in Grange County as part of an 810000 program for beaches Analiting to Newport. Federal 552000 plus local 83045 and county Parks money accompany the state share.
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Sacramento
Los Angeles Harbor
Avalon
Navigation and Ocean Development Department
Grange County
Analiting Bay
Newport Bay
Orange County
Parks and Recreation Department
Lakewood and Signal Hill seek incumbents in April election
In Lakewood three council incumbents Robert Baker William Burns and Woodrow Smith seek re election in the April 11 municipal vote. In Signal Hill councilwomen Gertrude Beebe and Sandra Miller near term ends with Miller likely seeking another term and Beebe not running. Nominations begin Thursday at the city clerk
with final papers due February 3 at noon.
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Lakewood City
Robert Baker
William Burns
Lakewood
Woodrow “Woody” Smith
George Nye
Neighboring
Signal
Oil spill traced in Cerritos Channel
A jet fuel spill in Cerritos Channel was being traced by multiple agencies including the Department of Fish and Game, the U S Coast Guard, the Long Beach Fire Department, and the Petroleum Industry Coastal Emergency Cooperative. The spill, first reported by operators at the Southern California Edison plant near Westminster Avenue, was described as extensive and prompted a cross agency response. In a separate report, Patrick Kilker said burglars stole 226 dollars from his home on Cerritos Avenue after forcing a den door.
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Ceritos Channel
Department of Fish and Game Wardens
U.S. Coast Guard
Long Beach Fire Department
Petroleum Industry Coastal Emergency Cooperative
Southern California Edison Steam Generating Plant
Westminster Avenue
Patrick Kilker
Cerritos Ave
Jong Beach
Epiphany Cross Recaptured By James Cule In Long Beach
For the second year running 15 year old James Cule retrieved the cross thrown into the waters near Long Beach Arena during traditional Greek Orthodox Epiphany rites. The blessing was led by Right Rev Bishop Meletios with Rev Philip J Pekras aiding after the ceremony.
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James Cule
Long Beach
Christ
John the Baptist
Meletios
Philip J. Pekras
Nixon plan praised by president but questioned by wage earners
The Robert family of Cerritos says no as they describe rising living costs since July despite Nixon administration price controls. Sandy, 24, and Bill, 29, report higher food and gas prices and a surge in property taxes, leaving them feeling the treadmill of prices remains in place.
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William Rober
Cerritos
California
Nixon
Robers
Sandy
Bill
Christine
Michael
Defense fund set up for officer in wife's death
A defense fund has been started for Manuel Pacheco a Los Angeles police officer charged with the shooting death of his estranged wife Anita Pacheco and wounding her male companion Alfred Thatcher. The fund, administered by three trustees, accepts contributions at P. O. Box 1231 Wilmington 90744. Pacheco faces trial this month for the Nov 2 incident at the couple’s Dominguez home. he has three years with LAPD and previously saved a man from jumping off Paint Fermin cliffs.
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Los Angeles
Dominguez
Manuel Pacheco
Harbor Division
Pacheco
Anita Pa
Checo
Alfred Thatcher
Hawthorne
Los Angeles County budget hits record 2.66 billion
Los Angeles County adopts a 1971-72 budget of 2.657 billion dollars, the largest in California and up about 30.04 percent from the prior year. The rise exceeds 600 million dollars, with property tax contribution falling to about 31.8 percent, per State Comptroller Houston Journey.
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Los Angeles County
California
Los Angeles
Houston Journey
Buugers
Woman to Run for Bond Post in Long Beach Race
Olivia A Nieto of 796 Redondo Avenue announces candidacy for Long Beach City Council 2nd District, currently held by Vice Mayor Bert Bond. East Long Beach resident since 1943, she is a DPSS social worker, former East Long Beach Neighborhood Center assistant director, and active in Latin American Club and bilingual worker groups.
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Olivia A. Nieto
Redondo Aye
Long Beach
Bert Bond
Nieto
East Long Beach
California State College
Lion Department Juvenile Hall
Department of Public Social Services
DPSS
Latin American Club
The
Association of Bilingual Workers-Dpss
Nilets
Long Beach Commission On Economic Opportunity
Women's Political Ecaucus of
Psychic Woodruff’s 1971 Forecasts Foiled by Loughran
Maurice Woodruff predicted 1971 events in the National Enquirer but Lewis Loughran of Long Beach checked them, refuting several entries. Forecasts cited include TV figure David Frost marrying and a world famous comedian dying, with Loughran’s notes challenging the claims.
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Maurice Woodruff
Lewis Loughran
Long Beach
Mr. Woodruff
Mr. Loughran
National Enquirer
David Frost
England
Cali
Foretold fortunes and parlor birds in a chaotic notes page
A jumble of forecasts and anecdotes turns to a family scene with sparrows at a window. Mentions of Princess Anne and Jackie Onassis mix with political guesses about King Constantine and King Hussein, then shift to a humorous home story about sparrows, a mustard seed stash, and a market for domestic oddities.
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Herb Shannon
Michael
Herb
Shannons
Petite Shannon
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Cabrillo Marina
Cerritos Channel
Judith Bland
Corona del Mar
San Clemente
Lob Gelvet
Tom Shaw
William Bober
Bob Shumway
Press-Telegram
L.A
Bond Post
MY Town
Sterling Bemis
Princess Anne
Jackie Onassis
Princess Anne of
J. Paul Gerry
John Lindsay
New York City
White House
Freddie
Constantine
Greece
Hussein
Jordan
Woodruff
Indira Gandhi
India
Tor
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