Newport couple kept aboard yacht by Red Guards in China
Newport Beach schoolteachers William Hawke and Carol Hawke with crewman Garry Sharp said Chinese Red Guards boarded their 36 foot sloop Adventure in international waters on March 18. They endured daily lectures on Mao and political theory during seven days of confinement before being allowed limited shore walk and eventual release. They plan to visit Formosa Japan Korea and Canada on way home to Newport Beach.
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Newport Beach
William Hawke
Harbor High School
Carol
Corona del Mar High School
Ping Hoi
Adventure
Mao Tse-tung
Cuba
India
Hawke
Mao
Hanke
Garry Sharp
Sydney
China
United States
Hong Kong
Har- Jem Bay
Hawkes
Sharp
Formosa
Japan
Korea
Canada
Brea Pageant Plans Anniversary Celebration at Stadium
A pageant with 500 cast members will be staged July 31 at Brea-Olinda High School stadium to mark Brea’s birthday. Frank Schweitzer Jr. chairs the Golden Jubilee Committee, noting fireworks will highlight the pageant with other events planned over four successive nights.
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Brea-Olinda High School
Brea
Orange County
Frank Schweitzer Jr
Rafferty to Talk to La Habra Unit
Max Rafferty state superintendent of public instruction will speak Thursday night to the Republican Woman of La Habra. Mrs Donald Bettencourt president of the La Habra club said a dinner at 8 p m Thursday in the Normandy Restaurant 2131 N Harbor Blvd Fullerton will precede Rafferty s talk. Classified Ads Dial HE 2 5950 on
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Max Rafferty
la Habra
Donald Bettencourt
Normandy
N. Harbor Blvd
Fullerton
Rafferty
Ice Plant Goetheth Police Station to Have New Lawn
San Pedro harbor police building gains a front lawn replacing barren ice plant. Recreation and Parks crews excavated, dug out pests, spread soil amendments, seeded lawn, and expect sprouts soon. By summertime motorists will see a green border with flowerbeds as guards hear only distant clanks.
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San Pedro
Wilmington-San Pedro Road
Recreation and Parks Department
Two Sailors Face Host of Charges
Two Long Beach sailors Richard Stolleis, 20, of the destroyer USS Rupertus, and James Roth, 21, assigned to Naval Station Long Beach, are in Kern County jail facing AWOL charges and suspicion of burglary and auto theft after an AWOL spree in Las Vegas and a pursuit ending in Bakersfield. They fled the base again and were captured following a car crash in Oildale. The stolen car was recovered in Bakersfield. neither man was injured.
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Long Beach
Bakersfield
Richard Stolleis
Rupertus
James Roth
Naval Station
Las Vegas
Navy
Kern County
Stollers
Roth
Oildale
Wisteria Blooms for Park Festival
Caretakers at Wilmingtons Banning Park report the wisteria vines are a mass of lavender blooms. The 17th annual Wisteria Festival will be held Sunday with a program of music and speeches starting at 2 pm.
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Wilmington
Banning Park
Navy foreman saves Navy funds with duct fabrication methods
Richard J. Allen of Huntington Beach, a Long Beach Naval Shipyard foreman, was cited by the Department of Defense for saving the Navy $125,000 in 1966. He helped devise new methods that improved fabrication of non watertight ventilation ducts for ships.
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Richard J. Allen
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Department of Defense
Navy
Allen
Huntington Beach
Lambert Drive
Pentagon cites shipyard aide saves Navy funds
A shipyard aide, Allen of 8231 Lambert Drive Hun, received recognition for fabricating non watertight ventilation ducts. The actions saved the Navy about 125,550 dollars in fiscal 1966.
Summer Uniform Change At Fort MacArthur
Fort MacArthur will begin summer dress on April 3 as winter uniforms are retired. Civilians await summer start at 5 23 p m on June 21.
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Fort MacArthur
Aid for Employers of Handicapped Grant Approved
Long Beach firm Phoenix Products Inc receives a $100,000 grant under Project Earning Power to expand a pilot program aiding handicapped workers. The company operates 12 workshops in Long Beach San Diego and San Francisco with projected $1 million in sales this year. Gift items exhibited at the White House total $220,000 and include candelabra bookends pen sets trivets tobacco canisters and glass sets. Merchandise was sold through Bullock's during Christmas and will be nationwide in the next phase.
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White House
Petrie
Bul-lock’s
Navy Marines Launch Largest Exercise in Two Years
Seven thousand Marines will storm Camp Pendleton White Beach on May 2 as part of a 19 ships and units from Long Beach and 31 from San Diego. The two year high level drill, codenamed Alligator Wide, will run April 24 through May 5 under Vice Admiral Francis Blouin. Navy command will be Rear Admiral Frank Vannie. a Marine brigade will be led by Brigadier General Regan Fuller.
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Camp Pendleton
White Beach
Long Beach
San Diego
Francis J. Blouin
Pacific Amphibious
Caliente
Talladega
Navarro
Belle Grove
Mathews
Nice Normal Boy Kills Nice Normal Boy in Southeast Asia Tale
A sensational narrative follows Wayne Lee Welch, an idealistic student and athlete, who inexplicably kills two men. The tale questions his motives and contemplates future violence while weaving in World War II era conspiracy themes and a bizarre “Alligator Hide” lease.
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Wayne Lee Welch
Albert Carus
For Thrift Convenience and Speed Dial HE 2-5959
A compact want ad notes that for thrift, convenience, and speed in selling and buying, the number to dial is HE 2-5959. The brief item emphasizes quick trades and easy transactions through a single contact point.
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