Collision with train kills sailor in Wilmington
Six people died in Sunday traffic crashes including Olaf Johansson a seaman aboard the S S Carmen who perished when his eastbound car hit a Santa Fe freight train near McFarland Avenue Wilmington. Others include a Seal Beach man in Long Beach two other Orange County and San Diego incidents with multiple fatalities.
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Wilmington
Seal Beach
Long Beach
Olaf Johansson
Richard Farland Noble
Harvard Lane
Darlene Ann Bune
San Diego
Marcus Wal
Los Angeles
Johansson
Anaheim Street
McFarland Avenue
Hahn urges four major cuts to trim county budget
Supervisor Kenneth Hahn called for $105.2 million in cuts to the proposed 1971-72 county budget and a near 60 percent tax-rate reduction. He outlined an $18.5 million capital-project cut and delaying $8.7 million in non-profit corporation projects for a year, while withholding $7 million from the retirement fund. The plan aims to avoid affecting hospital, sheriff, fire, and health services.
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Kenneth Hahn
Hubn
Hahn
Los Angeles
Planner denies permit for home auto repair business
Norman L. Seeley, an unemployed aerospace engineer, asked the Long Beach Planning Commission for a minor auto repair operation at 10 W Barclay St in an Ael residential zone. Commissioners sympathized but denied the special permit, noting C2 commercial sites exist nearby for such work. Seeley said the plan was for installing smog control devices on motor vehicles.
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Norman L. Seeley
Long Beach
Polio veteran and son win at VA hospital wheelchairs
At Long Beach VA Hospital post polio patients struggle with electric wheelchairs. Robert L. Schoettler 49 and his son Donald devise foot pedal controls to enable movement. The family demonstrates adaptive engineering that lets patients travel the world without assistance. The hospital honors the Schoetllers with director’s commendations for this breakthrough.
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Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
G-1
Ching
Robert L. Schoettler
Schoettler
Donald
Don
Dayroom
Ward G-1
Robert Schoettler
Donald Schoettler
Marian Schoettler
Westminster
Albert H.’Fechner
Pan
Fechner
Mrr. Schoettler
Willini
Gahr High teacher Mrs Bloom retires after 29 years
Mrs Gertrude Bloom longtime special education teacher at Rich ard Gahr High School in the ABC Unified School District retires this week after 29 years in education She began teaching in 1947 at Excelsior High School and helped establish the Gahr program when the school opened in 1985
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Gertrude Bloom
Richard Gahr
ABC
California
Excelsior High School
Stereo and rifles stolen in home burglary
A burglar pried open a front door to enter a residence on 3881 Orange Ave. in Long Beach and stole a stereo phonograph valued at 150 dollars and two rifles worth 515. The victim Pat H Orr reported the crime to police Sunday.
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Pat H. Orr
Orange Age
Long Beach
California Avenue
20Th Street
Walter Visher
239Th St
Torrance
Seaside U fades as University of the Sea loses crowd
Long Beach residents worry over the University by the Sea shrinking to about 18 attendees daily. A five member committee led by Selah Brickman runs daytime talks with 10 minute slots and a five minute warm up, permitting no swearing. Factors blamed include illness, nearby construction, crime fears, television, and shifting social views that pushed away older and younger crowds alike.
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Jack Dillon
Long Beach
Ditton
Brickman
Dillon
Joe Pyne
Bursitis: Causes and Home and Medical Remedies
Dr. Lowell Ward of Long Beach explains bursitis as inflammation of the joint capsule from irritation. Household chores or any physical activity can trigger it, with rest helping mild cases and continued pain signaling calcium deposits and the need for diagnosis and treatment.
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Lowell Tion
Lowell E. Ward
D.C
Long Beach
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