Daredevils in Rickety Planes Recall Kennedy’s WWI Flight
An elderly veteran, Pvt. Robert E. Kennedy, recalls July 1917 when he sought a transfer to aviation. He later became the first to fall 2200 feet without a parachute in a 1919 Santa Monica incident, then flew for Bad Air Lines and Douglas Aircraft Co. He helped build the Long Beach plant and spent years in aviation before retiring to travel, now 70 and living in Anaheim.
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Robert E. Kennedy
Kennedy
Signal Corps Aviation Branch
Ken- IV
San Diego
Natonal Guard
Readia
Waa
Santa Monica
Bad Air Lines
Guatemala
Goose
Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
Douglas
Yucatan
South America
Firebug arsonist reward grows in Orange County
Reward funds for the Anaheim arsonist who has torched 90 units since April 20 rose to 6,000 as firms and individuals pledged more to help capture the firebug. The Grange County Apartment House Owners Association had already announced 1,000, with 1,000 contributed by M. Douglas of BDF Property Management Corp, C. R. Reynolds of Reynolds Insurance, Richard Heald of Anaheim, Eddy Meredith of Meredith Manor, and Lora Covington of Covington Bros. Builders.
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Orange
County
Individu
Anaheim
Garden Ave
Fullerton
Grange County
Douglas
BDF Property Management Corp
C. R. Reynolds
Reynolds Insurance Agency
Santa Ana
Richard Heald
Eddy
Meredith
Merdith Manor
Lora Covington
Covington Bros
Statewide Air Pollution Bill Advances Despite L A Protests
Los Angeles County officials condemn the Mulford measure as inadequate saying it fails to compel action. The Senate committee sent the Assembly passed bill to the Finance panel while Mulford calls it a first step toward a statewide pollution control program.
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L.A
Bacramento
UPI
Angeles
California
Senate Public “Health and Safety
Southland
Senate Finance Committee
Don Mulford
R.piedmont
Air Resources Board
Robert W. Barsky
Simog
Los Angeles County
Barsky
California bill would raise drivers license fee to four ten dollars
Sacramento UPI reports the Assembly moved to raise the driver's license fee from 3 to 4 dollars to cover DMV administrative expenses. Assemblyman Robert E. Badham of Newport Beach defended the measure, citing increased costs in the department.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Robert E. Badham
Newport
Beach
Department of Motor Vehicles
Long Beach Lawyer Pleads No Contest in Theft Case
Long Beach attorney John L Kaesman 36 pleaded nolo contendere to one count of grand theft of client funds 56000 from an auto accident settlement The case was referred to the Superior Court with a probation and sentencing hearing set for Sept 1 A second grand theft count of 400 was dismissed and Kaesman has practiced law here since 1960.
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Long Beach
John L. Kaesman
J. Merrill Lilley
Superior Court
Donald Dunbar
Kaesman
Union Calls Boycott on Vineyard
The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee has imposed economic sanctions against Giumarra Vineyards Corp to press for union recognition for its workers. Major national chains are asked to stop buying fresh Giumarra grapes. staff will be deployed to key cities to coordinate the boycott, with a strike delayed until harvest peaks. Cesar Chavez previously delivered an ultimatum demanding union representation elections at Kern and Tulare counties holdings.
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Delano
UPI
United Farm Workers, Organizing Committee
Monaday
Glumarra’ Vineyards Corp
Giurmarra Workers
UFWOC
Jim Drake
Giamarra
Drake
UFW OC
Cesar Chavez
Giumarra
Kern
Tulare
Briton Backs L. B. Queen in Bid to Move Liner
In London a Long Beach group including city and port officials offered to buy the 1,020-foot liner from Cunard to bring it to the harbor as a tourist attraction, convention center and maritime museum. An officer noted the ship would likely appeal more to Americans than Britons if kept in England.
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Ee Sonic
England
London
Long Beach City
Port
Cunard Steamship Company
Peterick
Malaya
Pakistan
Ceylon
Japan
Sarawak
Committee backs medi cal cost cuts in Medi Cal drugs
A California Senate committee endorsed a resolution by Sen. Nicholas Petris urging federal action to reduce Medi Cal drug costs. The measure, with a do pass recommendation, moves to the Senate floor. The text also reflects survey commentary on topics like the Common Market and socialism and a wish for longer lifespans.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Public Health and Safety Committees
Nicholas C. Petris
Oakland
Memorial HoseitM PTON and Local Names in Listings
A scanned historical page shows a dense listing of names, addresses, and relations. It includes individuals like Mrs. Oot, Mrs. OLther Feting Street, Horwate, J HENDERSON, Darnell Street Bellflower, and many others alongside scattered street addresses, baby announcements, marriages, and public notices. The fragmentary OCR renders numerous misreads and partial phrases, but the core content preserves names and places across communities, with several occurrences of dates like July and June and references to hospitals and streets.
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Hoseitm Pton
Bat
Watitowr
Mr. de Mex
Crete
Behn Wreason
I. Ik
G. M
Vou Louie
Sipura Tig
Igbogs
Athrasadale Avenue
Suarwain
Maxson Reese Gi Monte
Irs
Ws Endez
Darnell Street
Bellflower
Dey
J Henderson
Olther
Horwate
I Vandenberg
JSP
Artesia
Bovievara
Cerri
Parr
Ad Pate
Silas
Balan
Cole Vidal
Ae Orr A
Erma
Lei Uibien
Xverier
Beitiawer Wire
Long Beach Students Outperform U S Norms In 1986 87
A Board of Education report shows Long Beach public school students exceeded national averages in reading language and arithmetic on 83 000 tests from 1986 87. In senior high schools more than half were one year or more ahead of norms.
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Board of Education
Anton Thompson
U.S
Crackdown on Bookies Approved by Assembly
Sacramento report notes Assembly approval of Los Angeles urged bill to disrupt bookmaking by prohibiting knowingly transmitting information on horseraces and contests for bookmaking. Violations carry a one year term, with news media reports exempted. Legislature debates revisions in committee and Senate.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Los Angeles
Motorcycle Safety Bill Killed in California Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee killed a bill requiring motorcycle riders to wear crash helmets and obtain special licenses. Assemblyman John F. Foran warned loss of up to 35 million dollars in federal highway funds if safety standards were not tightened. The measure faced Hell's Angels opposition but passed the Senate Transportation Committee earlier.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
John F. Foran
San Francisco
Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club
Senate Transportation
Hell's Angels
Finance Committee
Obituary notices from Long Beach area funeral pages
Multiple obituaries note services and survivors for July events in Long Beach and surrounding communities. Entrants include Ada Jane Apker, Arthur James Black, Cari Bolen, Annie Brennan, William Crabtree, Jessies Diver, Dak Douglas, Carl Hald, Agnes Hall, Rev W Fisher, Blanche Harris, Mary Harvey, Willie Hawkins, Mort Owen Haugen, Larry Kennedy, Muriel Eaft, Olive Marsh, John Ohman, and various relatives. Services span Mortell's and Dilday family chapels with Catholic, Methodist, and Baptist rites.
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Maurine Smith
Brennan Annie
Chatwin
Patrick J
William J
Kathleen Louk
Mary Marsh
Margaret Henry
Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church
Mottell’s Mortuary
Holton & Son
Crabtree
William
Sunningdale Rd
Seal Beach
Leisure World
Palos Verdes
F & AM
Long, Beach
Knights Templar
Long Beach
St. Croix
Red Cross of Constantine
Harris
Blanche M
Rex
Max
George Burd
Richard
Orval Harrison
Olive Albro
Ethel Nelson
Bernice
Budd
Della Harrison
Spongber
Harvey
Mary W
Disday
Hawkins
Willie
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Ah Taper
Oldster
Robert Kennedy
Gordon Treharne
Woody's World
Woody
L.B
Vineyard
L. B. Queen
Mary
France
de Gaulle
M. Peterick
Jeren W
Penderon Rd
Rossmoor
Girl
Mo. Demings
Larry
Crane
Finn
Larry Ray
Lawson
Blewbald
PaUnt
Lisay Firs
Gary la
Sandiewoed
Prerson
Jack Pershing
Bay
Ell Layne
Ebay
Siren
James Donald
Areby Card
Berea el
Roses Ave
Loant
Tarrir
Denne
Kenneth Carryle
Jaynes
Fuha
Gannet
Er-Lula Mee
Willis Ed
Kean Fron
Cael A
Esis Ammie Ree
Willed A Thompson
Sarbere Jem Front
Ney
Gadsots
Leon
Natethe
Robert W. Crown
D-Alameda
Newton R. Russell
Rtujunga
Agee — Jewell
Atlantic ‘Ave
Sue
F. Wiliam’ Tatley
Servite
Apker Ada Jane
Cota
Roy M
Holton’ & ‘Son
Fuesday
St Cyprian Catholic
Leslie M
Walnut Ave
Fay
Janice
Brian
Louis Coleman
Anton
Edith ‘Waldron
Erect
Fisher
Rev W
Welgut ‘St. Belitlower
Vesta M. Gepner
Leoborg
Marcus
Roy G
Forrest Fisher
Blanche Harp
White
For All
Cal Directors
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Uae
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