Grandma Werner sails to West Indies on Polaris from Wilmington
Kyra Werner, coffee shop keeper in Burbank, sails her 36 foot schooner Polaris from Colonial Yacht Anchorage with skipper Neil Tucker-Birkhead and chemist John Clawson aboard, bound for the West Indies and possibly Spain.
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Grandma Werner
Burbank
Rca-Victor
Disney Studios
Kyra Werner
Polaris
Anchorage
Wilmington
West Indies
Spain
Costa Mesa
Neil Tucker-Birkhead
MGM
John Frederick Clawson
Culver City
Ensenada
Catalina Squirrels Targeted for Population Control Program
Santa Catalina Island will receive 1100 to fund pest control specialists who will supervise grain baiting. County officials say supervision is needed due to poison risks to other life, with the Santa Catalina company coordinating this annual program since 1954. Work begins immediately and runs through the fiscal year end.
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Santa Catalina Island
Board of Supervisors
County Agricultural Commission
Santa Catalina Company
Burglars With Key Steal Tape Deck
Kenneth Mark of 212 Quincy Ave reported a thief used a key to enter his apartment and steal a tape deck and speakers valued at 600 dollars. Cary J. Roberts of 7881 Ring St told Long Beach police Thursday a burglar entered his home through a bedroom window and took items valued at 2500 dollars.
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Kenneth Mark
Quincy Ave
Cary J. Roberts
Ring St
Long Beach
Tax Subsidy Proposal Aims at Compton Ghetto Areas
Compton City Clerk Doris A. Davis proposed a state small business subsidy to relieve property taxes in minority areas, citing South Los Angeles value declines and a Compton shopping center facing high taxes. Danny Jones supported the plan, urging training programs and cooperative purchasing for minority entrepreneurs, as Davis planned to seek legislative action within weeks.
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Compton
Doris A. Davis
Los Angeles
Davis
Ambassador Hotel
Fntal
Beverly Hills
Jones
William Green
County approves 152000 grant for Wilmington Avenue widening
The 1A Bureau has approved 152000 toward widening 0.6 mile of Wilmington Avenue in Compton to a four lane highway with raised dividers from El Segundo Boulevard to 187th Street. The city will share part of the cost.
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Board of Supervisors
Wilmington Avenue
Compton
el Segundo Boulevard
187Th Street
Long Beach undercover arrest ends drug ring standoff
Police used a suspect gun Thursday night to arrest an alleged dope dealer David Schmidt 21 and three companions at 2800 E Second St. In the bungalow raid six handguns and drugs were seized. Windisch Brown and Wheeler faced multiple charges including sale of dangerous drugs and burglary amid a larger narcotics task force operation. A separate report notes stolen stereo tapes valued at 8041 from Michael Knapp's car in Santa Ana suburb.
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Long Beach
Soe
Junipern Ave
Schmidt
Second St
Michael Thomas Windisch
Richard Vern Brown
Sharon Wheeler
Brown
Larry Carter
Mike Morgan
Most Out of Your Dollar Cited by Long Beach Yard Group
Frank Fisher, in his fourth term as president, described the Long Beach Naval Shipyard Employes Association as the yard’s main civic arm. The group claims 50 percent of the nearly 8,000 workers as members and backs the fleet, country welfare, and employee welfare. Speaker Bude Lanier, military editor, discussed Vietnam tours and West Germany maneuvers.
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Long Beach Navy Yard
Your Dolla
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Fisher
Tve
Bude Lanier
1. PT
Lanier
West Germany
Early Coastal Indians’ Simple Life Outlined by Professor
Prof Willis Evans Jr, former curator, told the Pacific Coast Archaeological Society meeting in Santa Ana that early coastal Indians led simple lives with little pottery or toolmaking progress. He cited fragmentary finds at Rancho Los Certios and Sepulveda sites in Orange County and said reconstructions suggest basic vessel shapes and uses.
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Willis 5. Evans Jr
Rancho Los Certiios
Sepulveda
Orange County
Evans
Nola Ale
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Dick Emery
Hetru Tete
Catalina
Qui L.A. Bureu
Groes
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Oks
David Schmidt
Santa Ana
Vietnam
Defense Department
Army
Carl K. Radtke
Christina V. Radtke
Bristol Sty Apt
Schildt
Windisch
Michael Knapp
California Ave
Cpl
Jerry Taylor
Flatbush Ave
Norwalk
da Nang
Happer
Breakers
Ocean
Calit
Frank Tisher
Ssanta Monica City Colege
New Philco
Sollo State
Philco
Philom Ford
Bengal Discount Corp
N. Long Beach Blvd
TION
Sun
Cice
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