Incentive lifeline rate aims to curb gas use in Long Beach
The Long Beach City Council and Gas Department will offer a lifeline rate for customers using less than 6,000 cubic feet of gas monthly, saving about 3 dollars per month for roughly 6,000 residential users. Senior citizens get an extra five percent deduction, making Long Beach unique in extending such savings to the elderly. Higher users will pay more to cover costs, but commercial and industrial sectors can offset this with conservation measures. The editorial urges other utilities to adopt similar incentives to promote prudent resource use.
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Long Beach
Gas Department
Robert O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Carter's $6000 tax gift seen as political gesture
The article argues President Carter, claiming no income tax owed for 1976, will donate $6000 to the government. It questions why he pays and whether the law should force taxes, suggesting the move is a PR gesture rather than a required payment.
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Carter
U.S
Under communism's veneer a wise generous people
A Cook County assessor and a delegation of American businessmen tour Havana to glimpse daily life under Castro. They meet a Cuban couple who praise religious freedom and warn of rationing and state controls, noting safety, limited meat, two chickens weekly, and a tense climate where personal privacy risks arise. The couple asks their names be hidden if notebooks are searched.
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Havana
Cuba
Castro
Thomas Tully
Cook County
Ill
Vedado
United States
Batista
Traffic monster letters warn of rising accidents in Long Beach
A reader revisits a 1977 curbside crisis arguing that dismantling the police motorcycle squad invites more injuries and fatalities. He cites March to June 1977 as showing rises in injury, pedestrian and bicycle crashes, warns of a safer city with firm council oversight, and critiques public ombudsman coverage while urging action to protect Long Beach’s Queen Mary tourist assets amid the Sohio tanker terminal plan.
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Lar Vickers
Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach
1, PT
F. €. Anderson
Sohio
Anderson
Pier 1
Queen Mary
British Petroleum
Sphio
Sohia Eir
Long Beach Harbor Plans Stir Debate Over Sohio Terminal
Residents and officials clash over financing for a Sohio refinery terminal in Long Beach. Critics warn of air pollution and job losses in tourism, urging district councilors to oppose harbor revenue bonds. The letter also recalls changes along the Coast Highway and appeals for lenient treatment of former planning director Ernest Mayer Jr.
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Ernest Mayer Jr
American Volleyball Move Toward Olympic Inclusion
The editor argues for importing top volleyball coaches to lift U S talent and urges industrial sponsors to fund jobs housing and training facilities. Proposes sending teams to Moscow in 1980 and calls for administrative changes to amateur sports philosophy to achieve Olympic participation.
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United States
Phillips 66 Oil Co
Moscow
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