Long Beach Buys Queen Mary for Maritime Museum Project
Long Beach aims to convert the Queen Mary into a floating maritime museum and hotel convention center. City officials say the $3.45 million purchase and $2.5 million in exhibits will spark tourism, with government support and private lease deals to fund tidelands redevelopment.
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Harry Fulton
John ‘Mansell
London
California Museum Foundation
Fulton
Lund
Filton
Long Beach
Great Britain
Mansél
State Lands Commission
Tidelands Oil Revenue
Tidelands Trust
Edwin Wade
Cunard
Mary
Wade
Disneyland
Marineland
Southern California
Justee
Postage Rates Approved by House Panel in Three-Stage Plan
A House committee okayed a phased postage increase across classes. First class letters move from 8 to 10 cents per ounce, postcards to 10 cents, second class rate floors rise, and third and fourth class rates adjust with staged steps and surcharges for red tag noncompliant mail and perishable items.
Firebombs in Watts Stir Alert
Gasoline bombs were hurled from a moving car in Watts Los Angeles a predominantly Negro area. Police reported several bombs failed to ignite with no injuries or fires. officers were briefly on tactical alert before the situation cooled. Scattered vandalism and rock throwing also occurred across Sacramento Negro areas with no serious violence reported.
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Watts
Los Angeles
Negra
Imperial Boulevard
Central Avenue
Housing Authority
Sacramento
Driver Chased by Thirty Police Cars Across Coastline
Bohall fled through multiple Long Beach districts after running a traffic light at Pacific Coast Highway and Eubank Avenue. Police pursued, with Bohall allegedly attempting to ram units, then was captured after a dramatic stop. He claimed to have driven since age 14 and taunted officers. He faces kidnapping and grand theft charges while Long Beach holds him for assault with a deadly weapon. The night also saw Oak Park unrest near Sacramento with fires at Grant Union and Del Paso High, plus a San Francisco Fillmore area firebombing at a supermarket injuring a 16 year old, under police watch but with no major looting.
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Hudson
Bohall
Pacific Coast Highway
Eubank Avenue
Wilmington
Long Beach
Seal Heath
Surfside
Sunset Beach
Bolsa Chica Beach
Reinhaltz
Pin ‘Stur Pia
Firestone
Oak Park
Sacramento
del Paso Heights
Grant Union High School
del Paso Junior
High End
San Francisco
Fillmore
Geary
Martin Lee
Negen
New Rocket Attacks North Vietnam Camp and Airfield
The report notes a guerrilla rocket attack using 122mm rockets and a 30 pound projectile striking a camp and airfield 35 miles north of Hanoi, causing light damage. U.S. casualties rose with 164 Americans killed and 1,442 wounded last week, totaling 12,316 killed and 73,925 wounded in the war.
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U.S
Sali
Nguyen Cao Ky
Johnson
North Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Curfew Lifts as Detroit Pauses Amid Widespread Unrest
Violent nights spread from New York's Spanish Harlem to Detroit as curfews lifted and looting, smashings, and arsons prompted National Guard deployment in several cities. Police reported 40 Detroit arrests, snipers fired, and damage nearing 500 million dollars with over 1,000 injuries across multiple states.
County Seeks Lower Bids On Crest Road Project
Los Angeles County supervisors called for a project resurvey after Crest Road improvement bids in Palos Verdes Peninsula came in at 713,419, about 300000 above the road department estimate. Supervisor Burton W. Chace noted the bid excessive and ordered review of the Crest section from Palos Verdes Drive East to Roll Hill boundary.
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Crest Road
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Los Angeles County Board ‘Cor Supervisors
Burton W. Chace
Lis
Chace
Palos Verdes Drive
Rollie Hills
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