Plans announced for 32-story rotating tower at Ports of Call
William A. Nott of Ports of Call Village revealed to the Los Angeles Harbor Commission a 328-foot steel rotating observation tower to rise on a 6,400 square foot lot at entry to the restaurant shopping complex. Sky-Trans Industries says a twolevel capsule will carry 60 passengers per ascent, with a five minute ride to the 231-foot level. Construction could start early next year after feasibility studies and financing are finalized. The £200,000 tower is part of a twin project with a second tower planned for Osaka and Sea World San Diego, to be shipped in sections after Japanese tests.
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Ports of Call Village
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Nott
Osaka
Japan
Sansei Co
Sea World
San Diego
Pair Face Bribery Charges as Harbor Board Trial Opens
Los Angeles Superior Court heard bribery charges against Karl Rundberg and Robert Starr as the harbor commission trial opened. Prosecutor Michael Montagna alleged the two accepted or sought payoffs from San Pedro developer Keith Smith and others for favorable treatment in leases and projects including Pacific Trade Center and Cabrillo Marina.
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Harbor Board
Karl L. Rundberg
Robert N
Nick) Starr
Harbor
Los Angeles Superior Court
Dep. Dist. Atty
Michael Montagna
Rundberg
Starr
William D. Keene
San Pedro
Keith Smith
Smith
Os Angeles
Harbor Commission
Montagna
Stare
Altamire Constriction
Channel Investment Corp
Cabrillo Marina
Commission
Channel Investment
Long Beach Man and Boy Die in Separate Crashes
A Long Beach man Robert Stanfel, 42, died in San Diego County after a June 3 Interstate 8 crash when his car veered off the road near Sorrento Valley Road. A 4-year-old boy, Cabral, died in Orange County when his mother's car overturned after hitting a divider on Santa Ana Canyon Road near Starlight Avenue.
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Long Beach
San Diego
Orange County
Robert Stanfel
Olive Ave
Interstate 8
San Diego County
Stanfel
Sorrento Valley Road
Little Briar
Cabral
Susan Jane Cabral
Redlands
Santa Ana Canyon Road
Starlight Avenue
Santa Ana Soldier Killed in Vietnam
A Santa Ana soldier Spec 4 George S Hadzega, whose wife Ellen J lives at 05 W Occidental Ave, was killed in action in Vietnam, Defense Department reported Wednesday.
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Santa Ana
George S. Hadzega
Ellen J
W. Occidental Ave
Vietnam
Defense Department
Nurse of the Year Dorothy Wessels Reflects on Care
Dorothy Wessels RN assistant head nurse in Long Beach Harbor General Hospital’s surgical wards was named Nurse of the Year by the 1967 68 graduating class. At 32 she lives with her mother on Carfax Avenue and says she keeps busy with swimming water skiing and tennis while finding daily work rewarding even when patients are bored.
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Long Beach
Harbor General Hospital
Dorothy Wessels
Elizabeth Gray
James Ryba
Wessels
Ohio
Margaret Cunningham
Carfax Ave
Valor and Service Honors For Long Beach Officers
At a Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Club meeting R Frank Tucker urged political action by business leaders in the 1968 election. He and club president John L Barrett presented plaques for Outstanding Valor and Dedicated Service to Wayne Clark and James Fontaine, who captured two bank robbers at Marina branch on Naples Plaza after a March 27 escape.
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Free Enterprise
R. Frank Tucker
Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
Tucker
Long Beach
Wayne Clark
James Fontaine
Marina
Security First National Bank
Naples Plaza
Clark
Fontaine
Mass Set For War Victim Steven Dolim Jr
Mass will be said at St. Cornelius Church at 10 am Saturday for Army Spec. 4 Steven Dolim Jr. 20, a ward observer with the 1st Air Cavalry Division, killed June 11 in Vietnam. He is survived by his parents, three sisters, and is to be laid out by Lakewood Mortuary.
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St. Cornelius
Army
Steven Dolim Jr
Vietnam
Dolim
1St Air Cavalry Division
Steven Dolim
Carfax Ave
Shelia Gaston
Viola
Valeria Dolim
Disday
Lakewood Mortuary
Cerritos City Council OKs 5.4 Million Civic Bond Plan
The Cerritos City Council unanimously approved a plan authorizing 5.4 million dollars in bonds for municipal capital improvements. The package includes land acquisition, park development, a library, and facilities for city operations, with a focus on eliminating the manure stockpile issue and creating 100 acres of recreation space.
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Cerritos
Richard Bigler
William J. Stark
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Ion
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