Vigil at harbor for quarantined camels in San Pedro
Eldon Blocker tends 41 camels in a waterfront San Pedro warehouse after an 80 day quarantine following their arrival from Australia. He notes the animals eat $15 worth of hay daily and plans to move two truckloads to Tehachapi ranch once tests confirm no illness.
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Eldon “Curly” Blocker
San Pedro
Blocker
Camel den
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Signal Street
Tehachapi
Goebel
College and business leaders trade views in Long Beach
California State College at Long Beach and Long Beach Chamber of Commerce members met for over three hours Monday night at the campus to discuss myths about each other. Panelists from both groups, including Hoy Anderson of McDonnell Douglas and professors Dr. Lipski and Dr. Dean, shared views on how the business and academic worlds interact and the realities of work life.
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California State College At
Long Beach
Alexander Lipski
Lipski
Jay Hunter
Tand
Llewellyn Bixby IV
The
Chamber
Thomas Dean
Irving Ahlquist
College
Ravi Shankar Cancels Los Angeles Concert
Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar canceled his Dorothy Chandler Pavilion show as illness forced the one night engagement. Promoters Hari Har of Tetra Corp. said a fever and doctors' advice led to the cancelation after Shankar arrived March 25 for a four day rest ahead of his Music Center appearance.
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Ravi Shankar
Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
Shankar
Los Angeles
London
Hari Har
Tetra Corp
Music Center
47 ATTB Patients Move From Valley to Long Beach VA
Forty seven active tuber culosis patients, moved from the San Fernando Veterans Administration Hospital after earthquake damage, were scheduled to transfer to the Long Beach VA Hospital. Dr A H Fechner announced the move as the four patients will travel by bus and ambulance. Dr David Salkin and Dr Leroy Hyde noted the transfer expands Long Beach’s pulmonary service to the nation’s largest.
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San Fernando Veterans Administration Hospital
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
A. H. Fechner
Long Beach Hospital
David Salkin
Sepulveda
Leroy Hyde
Long Beach
Di-Gel Antacid with Simethicone Information Card
An ad promotes Di-Gel as a unique anti-gas antacid from Plough Inc that relieves acid indigestion and gas. It claims Di-Gel dissolves gas bubbles, relieves painful pressure, and enhances relief by removing both acid and gas, available in tablet or liquid form.
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Plough, Inc
Blocker and the Giraffes at Tehachapi
Blocker paces the dusty floor while describing upcoming giraffes to a group of 41 camels. He notes four female and two male giraffes including a 16-ooter, and mentions a portable drinking fountain. He adds plans for a vacation with his wife Bonnie awaiting in Tehachapi.
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Blocker
Bonnie
Tehachapi
Hawaiian Islands
Torrance couple held in dope airlift
A Torrance couple Busgene and Patricia Barr both 37 and three others were arrested in Des Plaines Illinois and Los Angeles in a bid to smuggle 500 pounds of marijuana from Mexico by air. U S attorneys and narcotics agents announced the arrests and described the operation as an attempted airlift.
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Torrance
Chicago
Los Angeles
Fion
Mexico
U.S
Busgene
Patricia Barr
Des Plaines
Clifford W. Gutters
Counties seek state aid for big murder trials
County Counsel John Maharg urged supervisors to back seven reforms to curb costs for major murder trials such as Sirhan and Manson. Proposals include state reimbursement above $100,000, replacing court reporters with electronic recorders, raising Small Claims Court limits to $600, and funding for public defender costs and a three-lawyer hearing board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirhan
Mayson
County Counnsel
John Maharg
Manson
Maharg
Small Claims Court
Los Angeles
Small Claims Courts
Guitar and radio theft reported in Long Beach
Dward J. Holford of 440.1 Sorrento Drive told Long Beach police Monday a thief pried open the right wind wing on his car and took a guitar and case, a radio and a spare tire valued at 200 dollars.
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Dward J. Holford
Sorrento
Long Beach
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Hoy Anderson
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Asteners
General Motors
Sharon DeSpain
Norwalk
Cerritos College
LVN Convention
San Diego
ATTB
Valley VA
L.B
Hong Kong
Wented
Suitewarkship
Anand Wented
Sv Couhmara
Balora Ane
Ashions
P.O
Nwtade
Eldon
Curly” Blocker
Camels
Rod, Margaret Bengston
Anthony M
Sonny’ Carrion
L.A
Wells Fargo Bank
Wells Fargo
Third ST
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