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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1966
Page
5
A police barge towed four tons of seized weapons into the sea and dumped them offshore. The scene recalled memories of crime and family, as cameras captured the sinking trunks of rifles, pistols, and other dangerous items. The lieutenant watched, then smiled at the sunny day.
A wave of sea lion deaths along Orange County shores prompts Dr. Raymond Haight to note many pups die from a lung like illness and parasites in intestines. Oceanographers report autopsies show malnourishment and missing food, with an alarming number of young sea lions failing to thrive.
Harry Milton Suiter former circulation district manager for the Press Telegram died Thursday at 54. He began as a carrier in 1926, stayed with the paper until 1939 when he joined the California Employment Service. He worked in San Pedro Long Beach and Fullerton offices. Survived by daughter Sandre Kay son John L sisters Mrs Charles Sleeper and Mrs Dwight Bassett. Services Saturday at 10 a.m. First Baptist Church of Fullerton with interment Sunnyside Cemetery Long Beach. McAuley is Mortuary in charge.
Sacramento notes the State Department of Education proposes allocating half of a 46 million war on poverty fund to Los Angeles County schools. Urban poverty area classrooms and reduced pupil teacher ratios are targets. Districts like Long Beach Unified Compton Willowbrook and Los Angeles Unified stand to receive sizable sums with a final decision set after the State Board of Education meeting in San Francisco.
Election officials across four California counties report mostly minor issues with early use of vote counting devices in June. Los Angeles County supervisors heard a recommendation to delay full automation until problem areas are resolved, with a citizens committee to study systems for the November election.
California Aging Commission selects Long Beach for a southern California regional office. A tentative lease is set for Ocean Centers Building, 110 West Ocean Boulevard. The office will serve counties south of Bakersfield and Santa Barbara, with a three staff start in September, as a step toward a planned central state building in Long Beach.
Preliminary hearing for three men arrested in a Long Beach print shop on counterfeiting charges was postponed to July 15. Defendants include William J. Spinell president of Spinell Printing Inc, his father and King of Las Vegas. They were arrested after a San Pedro bar seizure of $25,000 in counterfeit bills during January probe.
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