Long Beach Council tables Cherry Manor environmental study
Long Beach City Council tabled a proposed environmental impact study for the Cherry Manor area amid a lawsuit by residents against a local industry. The move, led by Councilman Bert Bond, paused action until litigation concludes, with mixed votes and debate over costs and need for outside consultants.
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Cherry Manor
Long Beach
Berty Bond
Bond
Don Phillips
Eunice N. Sato
F. Critchley
Russ Rubley
Edwin W. Wade
Soniye
Renee 8
Simon
Thomas J. Park
Rubley
John R Mansell
Clark
Mansell
Smuggling Planes Move 160 Jets Daily Across U S Border
Miami AP report details 160 airplanes loaded with marijuana crossing U S borders daily with 49 crashes since January. DEA and EPIC describe causes including greed, inexperience, and overloaded cargo, noting long-range planes like Constellations and Lodestars used to evade interceptors.
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Miami
United States
Jacques Kiere
Federal
Drug Enforcement Intelligence Agency
Kiere
el Faso
Texas
No fault bill attacked by Levi
Attorney General Edward H. Levi called a Senate plan for nationwide no fault auto insurance standards almost certainly unconstitutional as drafted. He warned it would erode the federal system and force state employees to follow federal orders, challenging state sovereignty. Levi testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, questioning wisdom though not constitutional validity of imposing uniform standards now.
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Washington
Alty
Edward H. Levi
Senate
Levi
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Moss
Supreme Court
Sen
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Leyi
Oscar winner to face quiz by grand jury
Oscar winning cinematographer Haskel Wexler and other film figures were subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury probing the Weather Underground. Wexler, an Oscar winner for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, said time constraints prevent comment as the group discusses the case. A news conference is planned.
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Los Angeles
UPT
Haskel Wexler
Weather Underground
Wexler
New York
California
San Francisco
Emile de Antonia
Richard M. Nixon
Joseph McCarthy
D Day smoking ban urged in Selma anniversary protest
Selma Mayor Joe Smither asks residents to observe a Stop Smoking Day on June 6 marking the 31st anniversary of world war era D-Day. American Cancer Society officials say the mayor who smokes named the day to encourage quitting.
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Selma, Ala
UPI
Selma
Joe Smitherman
American Cancer Society
Hatch elected head of L B Red Cross
Ralph M. Hatch, division manager of General Telephone Co., was elected chairman of the Greater Long Beach Area Red Cross at the 58th annual meeting Wednesday night. Hatch has served on the chapter board, chaired the membership and funds committee, and was last year’s delegate to the national convention. Named to work with Hatch are Robert A. Fernald as vice chairman, Mrs. John Carroll as secretary, and Halcyon Ball as treasurer.
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Ralph M. Hatch
General Telephone Co
Greater
Long Beach Area
Red Cross
Hatch
Robert A. Fernald
John Carroll
Halcyon Ball
Two gunmen attempt Cerritos drug firm hold up
Two masked bandits entered the Darel Drug Distributors Co. in Cerritos Wednesday, threatening owners David Gillespie and Billma Gillespie. They fled when a car horn sounded, leaving unsure what was taken. Earlier, a Taco Bell clerk described a separate gunpoint robbery in Bellflower, with one suspect taking cash and another pocketing a wallet.
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Cerritos Drug Company
Lakewood
David Gillespie
Billma
Darel Drug Distributors Co
Parkside Ave
Gillespie
Trent
Gillespies
Les
Lakewood Sheriff's Station
Two men booked in Hope fire arson burglary
Two men were jailed for investigation of arson and burglary in a May 22 fire that damaged a warehouse at 2128 Atlantic Ave and was said to fund a sale for the City of Hope. Arrests followed a search warrant and recovered burglary loot and a sawed off shotgun.
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City of Hope
Atlantic Ave
Donald L. Hay
Deeson HB. Dunnigan
Lime Ave
Billy P. Hall
Peterson Ave
Dunnian
Hay
Dunnigan
Thugs Target Downtown Auto Boss and Local Mattress Firm
Cal Worthington, owner of Worthington Ford, reported a thief opened his locked office and stole an envelope holding $7,800 from a desk. In Carson, Dreamland Bedding Co. manager Dave Chester said a van, truck, and trailer were stolen from the shipping dock after thieves used a passkey to enter the office, totaling about $28,000 in losses.
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Cal Worthington
Worthington Ford, Inc
Bellflower Blvd
Long Beach
Dave Chester
Carson
Dreamland Bedding Co
Carson Sheriff's Deputies
Carson Shipping
E. Presidio
Chester
Voting rights bill faces Senate fight
The proposed extension would permanently ban literacy tests and broaden coverage to Latins Alaskan natives Indians and Asian Americans while offering bilingual election help for areas with over five percent language minority voters. A Long Beach woman died after being struck on Broadway by a car near Obispo Avenue. A ship’s engineer reported a burglary of his unlocked cabin aboard the Chapman Floating College in Wilmington with $2185 in gear stolen.
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House
Senate
New York
Arizona
California
Idaho
Wyoming
Kenneth A. Gustafson
Chapman Floating College
Harbor Division
Wilmington
Ecclesiastical Ruling on Woman Priest Controversy
Washington reports an ecclesiastical court found Rev. William A. Wendt guilty of disobeying his bishop by letting an irregularly or dained woman preside at communion. The five member panel split three to two and urged admonition and a ban on ordination-in-conflict persons ministering in his parish. Bishop Creighton said no comment until advisement and possible appeal, with sentence to be announced after a three day interval.
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Washington
UPC
Wiliam A. Wendt
Wendt
William Creighton
Philadelphia
Creighton
Weather highs and lows reach extremes across states
The National Weather Service logs show a 34 degree low at Alexandria Minnesota the lowest across the continuous 48 states and a 103 degree high at Carlsbad New Mexico marking a hot spell for Wednesday.
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New York
UPS
National Weather Service
Alaska
Hawaii
Alexandria
Minn
Carlsbad
N.M
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Rockwood
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Florida
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Olive
Border Patrol
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Coast Guard
Federal Aviation
Albuquerque
New Mexico
L.B. Red Cross
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Mia
Francis M. Lowry
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Bellflower
Bellflower Drive-In
Gary Ashman
Taco Bell
Alondra Blvd
Rocher
Hope
Spor
Community Hospital
Broadway
Beulah
Larkins
Second St
Frank L. Bressman
Chestnut Ave
Obispo Avenue
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Independent Press-Telegram
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