Long Beach Voters to decide on residency rule and revenue bonds
The Long Beach City Council voted to place two charter amendments on the November 5 ballot. One would delete the residency requirement for city employees, the other would authorize revenue bonds for the city. The revenue bond proposal passed unanimously. the residency change faced opposition from Councilman Emmet M. Sullivan.
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Long Beach
Emmet M. Sullivan
Sullivan
Paul R. Deats
Deats
Long Beach Discusses Revenue Bond Possibility and Limits
City attorneys argue only revenue producing projects could be funded by bonds and the city cannot issue revenue bonds under current authorization. Mansell notes tideland oil cash flow between 112 and 115 million through 1980 may cover some projects, but not all. Council approves charter amendment submission and hires O'Melveny & Myers for bond counsel. Vice Mayor Crow supports the plan.
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Mansell
California
Long Beach
Tideland
Deats
O'Melveny & Myers
Robert F. Crow
Crow
Signal Hill City Administrator Fred W Baxter resigns
Fred W Baxter announced his resignation Tuesday night after months of conflict with the Signal Hill City Council. He cited a halted city and named unnamed gambling interests seeking to see the city open. Baxter plans to leave on July 14 despite council pleas to reconsider.
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Signal Hill
Fred W. Baxter
Baxter
Poors in Long Beach spark debate at Kiwanis Club
Carl P. Wallace cites an estimate of about 21 000 poor in Long Beach, over a quarter of residents, drawing skepticism about the figure and its basis. He argues for practical steps to help the poor, while noting California's higher income thresholds. Further notes cover local mentions of civic events, veterans, and Harbor District updates.
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Log Beach
Kiwanis Club
Carl P. Wallace
Long Beach Commission On Economic Opportunities
Wallace
California
Teen Center Aide Firing Sparks Community Protest in North Long Beach
About 100 residents met Tuesday to demand reinstatement of Teens Center directors Jerry Grina and Bill Rozich after their firing by the Youth Development Project board. The meeting, aimed at uniting parents with center directors, drew only three of fourteen board members and remained inconclusive. Grina and Rozich had been dismissed during their probationary period following a personnel commission report.
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Beach
Immentum
Jerry Grina
Bill Rozich
Poverty Program
Grina
Rozich
Youth Project
Turn
Project Personnel Commission
Fice
Miriam Smith
Mansell Urges City Pay Raises for Long Beach Employees
City Manager John R. Mansell advised raises of 5.4 to 10.8 percent for most Long Beach city workers, with Harbor and Water Department staff to be decided separately. Total cost estimated at 2.25 million for 12 months, or 3.125 million including harbor and water. Adjustments include sanitation crews and gardeners rising to 600 per week, meter readers to 626, and patrolmen and firemen up 5.4 percent. Higher earners would see small 1 percent bumps for several department heads.
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Riftwood
Bobby Kennedy
Lincoln Park
John F. Carney
Gus Walker
Gets & Bow
Metropolitan Water Dist
Lotaf Water
Gus
Long Beach City
Harbor and Water Departments
John R. Mansell
Harbor
Mansell
Long Beach
Smith Nominated by Write-in Votes for 44th District
The 4,107 write-in votes gave Woodraw Smith the Republican nomination in the 44th Assembly District, though he was not on the ballot. He will face incumbent Assemblyman Mike Cullen of Long Beach in November. The same tabulation showed no Democratic candidate qualified for the 37th Senate District. Senator George Deukmejian received 1,596 Democratic write-ins, short of the 1,705 needed for nomination.
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Woodraw Smith
Smith
Lakewood
Mike Cullen
Dlong Beach
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Deukmejian
Danny Thomas Receives 1968 Delba Award At DLBA Banquet
Danny Thomas accepted the 1968 Delba Award at Downtown Long Beach Associates banquet at the Lafayette Hotel. He praised casting in TV comedies and cited his work on The Andy Griffith Show and other hits. Thomas touted Mod Squad as a forthcoming ABC series and noted the award honored him as citizen, comedian, gentleman and American.
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Funnyman
Lafayette Hotel
Long Beach
Thomas
Andy Griffith
Dick van Dyke
Joey Bishop
Bill Dann
Gomer Pyle
Abc-Tv
Delba
Fomas
DLBA
Congressional Record
Horatio Alger
Edwin W. Wade
Burton Chace
James A. Hayes
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Atsuka Osada
California State College At
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Teen-Agres
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Coronado Ave
Campton
Garden Grove
Vietnam
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Defense
Marine Pfc
James A. Phipps
Pauline V. Phipps
S. Harris Ave
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Atwood Ave
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Cerrotos Ave
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