No Rock Left Unturned at Arena Dig in Torrance
The Long Head Arena and the Blue Law hosted a cross schedule of 1960s rock acts led by Buffalo Springfield and Canned Heat, drawing 5,000 youths who paid up to 6 dollars. Promoters Gene Harris and Larry Rosenthal moved crowds between venues while proceeds supported American Indian benefits.
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Long Head
Blue Law
Torrance
Buffalo Springfield
the Hook
Canned Heat
Smoke Stack
The
Fist
Dr. Richter
Caltech
Gene Harris
Larry Rosenthal
Bob Gibson
Concerts Inc
Gibson
Long Beach
Harold Stassen
Five Hundred Raised for Negro Youth Work in Long Beach
The Long Beach section of the National Council of Negro Women Inc raised an estimated 500 at a Sunday benefit festival in MacArthur Park. President Jaunita Simpson said funds will seed a scholarship fund and youth programs, with plans to make the event annual and expand music and drama groups to keep local youth off the streets this summer. The drive began with a feature in The Independent, Press-Telegram.
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MacArthur Park
Long Beach
National Council of Negro Women Inc
Jaunita Simpson
Independent, Press-Telegram
Compton Trustees Eye College President Pick
Compton College trustees met in a closed session to continue the search for a new president after Foster Davidoff resigned effective June 30. The meeting aimed to finalize candidates and outline the selection process for the next chief administrator.
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Compton College
Foster Davidoff
Goodwill Worker of Year Feted at Long Beach Dinner
S/Sgt. Jimmie Jones, a Creek Indian retired from the Air Force, named Goodwill's Worker of the Year for 1967, will be honored at the Long Beach Goodwill Industries annual award dinner Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. in the plant dining room 800 West Pacific Coast Highway. The event will also feature awards to eight individuals, organizations or businesses for service to Goodwill and the community. Open house will mark Goodwill Week following Goodwill Sunday observed in area churches.
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Jimmie Jones
Long Beach
Goodwill Industries
Pacific Coast Highway
Spt
Jones
Air Force
Sam Bernardino
Goodwill
Mrs Malcolm Sanders Services Tuesday in N J
Funeral services for Mrs Malcolm Sanders 50 sister of the co publishers of the Independent Press Telegram will be at St Luke s Church Montelno November at 2 p m Interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery Montclair She died in New York City Friday after a lung illness Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society
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Malcolm Sanders
Independent
Press-Telegram
St. Luke's
Montelno
Sanders
Mount Hebron
Montclair
New York City
Rosemary Ridder
Herman H. Ridder
Daniel H. Ridder
American Cancer Society
Fire guts strawberry warehouse near Torrance
Fire of undetermined origin gutted half of a strawberry warehouse at 23316 Margold Ave, damaging about 16000 dollars. Six county fire companies fought the blaze for 36 minutes, led by Battalion Chief Thomas Rehem, sparing 10 frame buildings where strawberry pickers worked for Akira Ishibashi of Torrance. Ishibashi reported the loss after turning in the alarm at 4 30 pm.
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Dominguez
Marigold Ave
Thomas Rehem
Akira Ishibashi
Torrance
Ishibashi
Long Beach Destroyer USS Picking Hits Viet Cong Positions
Five inch shells from the USS Picking ripped 25 Viet Cong fortifications five miles from Hue. Navy reports from Saigon say the destroyer also blasted three VC base camps and two assembly areas in offshore gunfire. Cmdr. B S Keough, 2733 Mariner Delve, San Pedro, is the skipper.
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Long Beach
Picking
Hue
Navy
Saigon
B.S. Keough
Mariner Delve
San Pedro
C J White Rites Tuesday in Long Beach
C J White former Mountain View Dairies sales manager died Saturday in Las Vegas at age 53. He lived at 1340 E 57th St and was a member of the Long Beach Mounted Police Long Beach Consistory Scottish Rite Belial Shrine Royal Order of Jesters and Lifelong Long Beach Optimist Club. Surviving are his wife Georgina M sons C James Ronald R brother Raymond R sister Louise Harrison and one grandchild. The family suggests Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospital gifts.
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Bilday Family Mortuary
C. J
Red) White
Mountain View Dairies
White
E. 57Th St
Las Vegas
Long Beach
Georgina M
C. James
Ronald R
Raymond R
Louise Harrison
Shrine Cripled Children’s Hospital
Denture Invention Promises Stable Comfortable Fit
Chemists unveil an artificial membrane called Pixodent that connects to mouth surfaces like living tissue, stabilizing dentures to reduce slipping. The elastic layer absorbs bite shock and protects gums, enabling clearer speech and easier eating. One application may last around the clock and even coffee remains usable. Get Bropexent at drug counters.
Fight on White Fear Urged at UC Extension Seminar
At a University of California Extension seminar on the President's Commission on Civil Disorders a panel discussed 20 recommendations to reduce white fear of ghettoes and to mobilize university faculty for full-time work in Black communities. Proposals include moving Extension classes off campus, building community-based university outreach, training teachers for ghetto youth, and forming cooperative urban teams with business and civil groups.
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University of California Extension
Commission On Civil Disorders
Edgewater Inn Marina Hotel
UC Department of Urban Affairs
Chester Wright
UCLA
Carl Pearlston
Aerospace Corp
Ed Easley
Easley
Henry Talbert
National Urban League
Talbert
Pearlston
University
Wright
Chambers of Commerce
Educators to Be Honored at TALB Awards Banquet
Newly elected officers of the Teachers Association of Long Beach will be introduced at the annual awards and recognition banquet at the Petroleum Club. Officers begin July 1 include Marc Ross president and other leaders from LBCC and local schools. Dr. John Rand will speak.
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Teachers Association of
Long Beach
Petroleum Club
Marc Ross
Long Beach City College
Rolland E. Hansen
Millikan High
Presi
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