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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1972
Page
6
Long Beach Main Library resumes telephone reference service after a July fire halted major library services. Mass Library remains restricted, while Lincoln Park reopens with limited hours from 10 a.m. to 5:04 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Vice Admiral James I Calvert takes command of the 50 ship First Fleet with 20 000 sailors, succeeding Vice Admiral Wels C Johnson. Calvert, noted for surfacing at the North Pole in 1958 aboard the USS Skate, joins a fleet responsible for readiness and deployment to the Western Pacific amid Vietnam tensions.
Thomas Preston Jr., 40, owner of the Wise Old Owl wrecking yard in Wilmington, was ordered held without bail by Judge Walter S. Binns pending a preliminary hearing on three counts of murder. The charges allege Preston shot three men who were sleeping in a stolen vehicle on his property.
Lilie Mae Godfrey of Ba Wise Avenue was freed of a manslaughter charge in Long Beach Superior Court after claiming self defense in the May 1 killing of Leo Godfrey, 44, at the Wardlow Road and Delta Avenue bus stop. She testified her husband had beaten her and followed to force her into his car, where he allegedly carried a rifle.
The Long Beach police and fire departments issued an incident log for Monday detailing calls including a house fire at 719 Bridge Street and other emergency responses in the Batu area. The record notes two hours of response activity with brief identifiers.
Lakewood hosts a rabies vaccination clinic today from 7 to 8 30 p m at Lakewind Shopping Center Graywood Avenue north of Hardwick Street. Dogs may be inoculated for a $3 fee with a second clinic set for July 27 at the same site. The Counts Department of Animal Control will staff a dog licensing desk Saturdays in June from 8 a m to 4 30 p m at Lakewood City Hall licensing dogs for $3 after owners show vaccination certificates.
Motor cruisers headed for Catalina Island began service this week from the former Navy facility at Magnelia Avenue in downtown Long Beach. The 500 passenger Long Beach Prince and the 140 passenger Eagle, newly berthed at Pier 1 in the Port of Long Beach, will operate as the two crosss.
About 25 Chicano youths briefly picketed the dedication of the new Norwalk Sheriff’s station at 12375 Leffingwell Road as 500 residents and county officials attended. The $1.4 million facility offers 32,567 square feet, replaces the old station on Firestone Boulevard, and will be commanded by Capt. Fred Guati with 253 personnel serving Norwalk La Mirada Santa Fe Springs Pico Rivera and nearby areas.
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