Torrance School Board Eyes 1.5 Million Cuts
Torrance Unified School District faces a 2.1 million deficit for next year and orders administrators to cut 1.5 million. Board members discuss tax rate increases, state funds, and bond needs while noting salary raises will add costs. Adoption of the tentative budget is due by July 1 with final budget in early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Andrew
Torrance Unified School District Board
Polly Watts
Reagan
Assembly
Albert Rodda
Burt M. Lynn
Lynn
Watts
Work Training Plan Drafted for L B Teens
The Board of Education approved a summer plan to provide over 150 economically disadvantaged Long Beach youths with paid work experience. The program offers $1.40 per hour for 20 hours weekly starting July, with funding anticipated from the State Department of Education. A $4.6 million tentative 1969-70 budget was also accepted for study, while the district must decide $2.1 million in cuts and a 19 cent per $100 tax override.
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Long Beach
Board of Education
State Department of Education
Publicist named for Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
Mrs. Laura Vondreault was named public relations director for Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, announced by Dr. David H. Payne. She succeeds retiree Ruth Ware and previously served at St. Marys Long Beach Hospital, Memorial Hospital, and Fresno State College, with 20 years as a Long Beach resident active in community work.
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Laura Vondreault
Pacific Hospital of
Long Beach
David H. Payne
Ruth Ware
Tondreault
St. Mary's Long Beach Hospital
Memorial Hospital Af
Fresno State College
Fresno County Hospital School of Nursing
USC
UCLA
Mayor Picking Policy Adopted by Carson City Council
Carson City Council adopts a policy stating the mayor for the next year will be the candidate with the most votes in the 1970 election. City Attorney Glen M. Watson says the policy is legal but not binding on future councils selecting the mayor after elections.
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Carson City
Glen M. Watson
Honorary Admiral Award For Long Beach YMCA Leader
McLean George F Melecan former executive of the Long Beach Armed Services YMCA was named Honorary Admiral at the YMCA annual meeting. The award cites his work in promoting the new building at the foot of Magnolia Avenue by the Navy landing. Rear Adm Norman Gillette Jr spoke as principal guest and Ernest Mayer Jr presented.
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George F. Melecan
Long Beach Armed Services Ymca
Armed Services Ymca
Committee of Management
Mclean
Long Beach
Magnolia Avenue
Navy Landing
Norman Gillette Jr
Anti- Submarine Warfare Group 3
Ernest Mayer Jr
Pusher Gets Prison as Judge Reduces Assault Conviction
The major harbor area drug supplier, Jerry Zankich, 23, was sentenced on three narcotics counts to prison terms of 1 to 16 years, to run concurrently after a week in county jail for a gun charge. The assault verdict was reduced to a misdemeanor gun violation, with a recommended medical/psychiatric treatment plan not fully adopted.
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Harbor Area
Jerry Zankich
10Th St
San Pedro
Roy Brown
Robert Sills
Albert
Ramsey
Zankich
Department 95
Brown
Dence
Sheriff's Department
Shell Told to Remove Its Poles on Willow Street
Shell Oil Co was ordered to remove seven telemetering poles on the north side of Willow Street near the Los Angeles River or explain to the Bureau of Franchises by June 9. The poles were approved temporarily on Aug 12 to support telemetering lines until a microwave system was installed.
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Shell Oil Co
Willow Street
Los Angeles
Bureau of Franchises
Louis Possner
Bureau
Shell
Bellflower Parents Demand Ban On Topless Bars
A group of 25 Bellflower residents calling themselves concerned parents urged the city council to ban topless bars. Spokeswoman Irene Navalan cited visits to the venue as evidence of outrageous conduct, while City Attorney Alex Guogogian said state law preempts local action and nudity alone is not obscene.
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Bellflower
Bellflower City
Irene Navalan
Park St
Alex Guogogian
TWA Promises Million Dollar Bonus for Exceptional Service
The airline touts a summer vacation plan with a one million percent commitment to service and low Family Fares along with vacation packages nationwide. It emphasizes energetic staff backing the program and a broad range of travel options to outshine competitors.
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TWA
U.S.A
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Don McGregor
John Hutchinson
Margaret Moore
Torrance
Frank Maddox
Maddox
L.B
Ralph Hinman JR
Education Editor
Pacific Hospital
Mrs. Tondreault
The
Hospital Council of Southern California
YMCA
Possner
Iian
TWA Worldwide
New York
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