Public Smut Debate and Beach Zoning Clash in Long Beach
Editorial notes county ordinance banning explicit pornography on unincorporated LA County news racks starting June 2 and urges a balance between free speech and public morality. It weighs impacts on parents, readers, and courts while considering a broader urban plan for Ocean Boulevard between Alamitos and Cherry, exploring high rise versus low density options and a possible special zoning to preserve open space. Two years ago a Western View Point poll showed 31.3 percent favoring smaller buildings and 52.7 percent preferring taller ones for multi story housing along the beach side.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office
Long Beach
Toam
Butt Park
Kennebec and
Redondo Avenues
First Street
Pete Walker
Sasaki
Walker Associates
Ocean
Alamitos and
Cherry Avenues
Planning Commission
City Council
Ocean Boulevard
Tees Prat Lee
le Oks
F . Ocean Boulevard
Bluff Park
Beach
Cherry
Long Beach State seeks 200000 for scholar athletes drive
A six week campaign seeks donations from individuals and firms to fund Long Beach State University scholar athletes in male and female sports. Don Muchmore notes the athletes are high achievers, many near A averages, with swimmers cited as examples of students who balance sports and work.
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Long Beach Tate University
Don Muchmore
Muchmore
LBSU
Long Beach
United States
City Hall lights spark letters on electricity waste
Kathleen Kope of Long Beach writes that City Hall lights have burned all night, across Ocean Boulevard from the building, while her breakfast is prepared with no lights. She questions conservation efforts, cites others seeing waste, and urges unity in solving utility problems.
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T. V. Garry
City Hall
Ocean Boulevard
America
Kathleen Kope
Long Beach
Thanking City Manager Dever for Senior Center Support
Harold Whissler, chairman of the Senior Citizens Recreation Advisory Council, thanks Long Beach City Manager John Dever for listening to seniors and aiding a planned multi purpose Senior Citizen Center after recent public meetings. The note credits his responsiveness to senior needs.
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John Dever
Long Beach
Harold Whissler
Senior Citizens Recreation Advisory Council
Why knock the CSO culture and sports clash debate
Gary Elis argues in the May 3 Independent Press Telegram that LBUSD athletic programs suffer from factors like enrollment and staffing while critics blame cultural funding. The piece clarifies LBUSD did not spend $3000 on CLO tickets. instead CLO offered June dress rehearsal free, and LBUSD faced cultural budget constraints. The broader issue: are tax dollars spent wisely on culture versus athletics in Long Beach?
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Press-Telegram
Gary Elis
Long Beach Unified School District
USD
Ellis
Long Beach Opera Association
CLO
Long Beach Civic Light Opera
Mr. Ellis
Ince
Paule
Gary Eulis
Hinze
Jacobs
Pric
Board of Education
Jorden High
Lexpayer
Theordan High
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Edirne and Publsher
Samuel C Cameron
Moses E. Sines
Don Ohl
David Leveson
Bert Resnik
Pine Ave
CSO
Mera Busd
CLO Clo
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
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