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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1972
Page
8
City officials met Monday at Lakewood High School to review a progress report from a landscape architect. The study surveys Lakewood's needs for establishing a community parks system and plans for future development.
Girls day camp for rising sixth and seventh graders moves into the second half at Camp Woodland in Lakewood. Up to 50 girls attend sessions Mondays through Wednesdays with an annual Honor Camp overnight option. Program includes crafts, lake activities, and supervised meals with transportation by buses from local playgrounds.
A 16 year old Long Beach cyclist, David William Samuelson, son of Officer Robert I Samuelson, died instantly when his motorcycle collided with a Union Pacific train at a private road crossing in West Long Beach. The southbound motorcycle apparently struck the train’s left front as it crossed near Nel Amio Boulevard, and both rider and bike were dragged beneath the engine.
A 24 hour call log lists multiple incidents responded to by Long Beach fire departments including house fires at 6225 Mariquiti yard and 1509 Staaton Wace, apartment and garage fires, grass and oven fires, smoke and fuel spill reports, and injury traffic accidents.回应
Volunteers from Senior Opportunities and Services conduct a two month louse-to-house survey in Long Beach. Teams call Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 am to noon and 1 pm to 3 pm, within Wardlow Road to Bixby Road and Lime Avenue to Cherry Avenue. The effort seeks unmet needs in food, health, housing, income, transportation, job training, education, retirement, recreation, and rights.
Ten persons were injured in traffic accidents in Long Beach. Tim L. Bunck 6847 Obispo Ave treated at Bellflower Community Hospital after his bicycle collided with a parked car at Downey Avenue and Andy Slice. Taster P. Hert 626 W 2oth St treated at St Mary's Hospital after auto and car driven by Gary C. Webb collided at Wardlow Road and Magpolla Avenue. Glenn A. Daniel 407 S. Poppy St located at Dominguez Valley Hospital after a dump truck he drove collided with Eugene W. Ballard 400 E. Poppy St on Poppy Street east of Elm Avenue. Gary W. Legg y of JHC Ximena Ave and passenger Michael L. Hendrix 19 of 2165 Qexna Ave treated at Tang Beach Community Hospital after Legg lost control and struck a parked car on Bennett Avenue and Lighth Street. Jack L. Wingett 48 and three passengers Patricia A. Wingett 43 Gary Wingett 30 Gail Wingell 14 treated at St. Mary's Hospital after Wingell auto collided with another car driven by Charlyne BR. Pritehard 62 of 618 W 23rd St at Pacific Coast Highway and Cherry Avenue. Mrs Pritehart treated then booked for investigation of felony drunken driving.
The county will conduct the customary month end Civil Defense siren test Friday. A one minute wail will sound from the air ward across Long Beach and surrounding areas. In an actual attack, authorities would sound the sirens to indicate danger.
Garden Grove inaugurates a mini-bike park beside the freeway on Westminster Avenue near Atlantis Park and Olga Grange High School. Dwight Sehaeler and the project team say the facility will reopen Saturdays and Sundays 10 am to 6 pm during summer. Plans include a joint project with Garden Grove YMCA for a six session course on minibike maintenance safety handling and operation. The park offers free entry with no age limit and riders must use bikes over five horsepower.
The Southwest German Chamber Choir under Klaus Jarman will give a free concert Thursday at Barnight Center, Cerritos College in Norwalk. Mayor Valdez urged early arrival as seating is limited to under 400, with overflow expected. The two month goodwill US tour begins here with 25 singers performing madrigals and works in English German and Italian from the 16th to 18th centuries.
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