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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1973
Page
8
Tony Sallay, a painter for the Los Angeles City Bureau of Public Buildings, painted a 20 foot bright yellow stripe at the Harbor Division police station in San Pedro to replace an 11 year old worn line. The tally of drunk driving arrests since the building opened stands at 20,426, per the station’s statistic keeper, Joseph Lane.
Long Beach school officials note a decline or stability in writing graffiti burglaries vandalism and losses over the past two years. Latest damage estimates total $1.59 per pupil about $100000 for the year, well below the national average of $2.39.
A long list of 911 dispatches across Long Beach shows fires grass and kitchen, car and building crashes, first aid calls, box alarms, and electrical shorts. Notable locations include Atlantic Avenue Del Amo Ocean Boulevard Pine Avenue Orange Avenue and 7th Street with incidents on Pacific Coast Highway and Linden Avenue.
City Councilman James H. Wilson will address the Long Beach Clerical Association of about 200 members tonight at 7:30 in the Health Department Auditorium at 2655 Pine Ave. President Trudi Harmon said the group formed in 1969 to advocate for clerical personnel in Long Beach as local schools face insurance and vandalism issues that affect budgets and safety.
Long Beach area will host four Red Cross standard first aid courses beginning in August per Police Chief William Mooney who chairs the Red Cross First Aid Committee. Two Lakewood sessions open August 6 and 7 at 7 pm at Mayfair Park Activity Room. Additional classes start August 8 at 7 pm at the United Presbyterian Church of the Good Shepherd in Los Alamitos and August 9 at 6 pm at the Long Beach Red Cross Office on Broadway.
David Cardinali, a Long Beach contractor, claims he spent 160000 preparing plans and fees after the State Coastal Commission refused a permit for a nine story Ocean Boulevard condo. His amended plan was rejected. he may return to the regional commission or pursue court action, aided by a Prop 20 challenge.
The USS Passumpsic, a 34 000 ton 650 foot Navy oiler, was transferred from Long Beach Naval Station to the Military Sea Lift Command in a brief ceremony at Pier 5. Rear Admiral Lambert officiated for the Navy, while Captain Gerrard Berlin accepted the vessel for service as it sails to Oakland later this month. The transfer involved DoD liaison changes and the decommissioning or transfer of 60 other Long Beach based ships.
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