City Hall Library Plan Details Cost and Financing Options
City officials study a 175000 square foot City Hall and a 150000 square foot Main Library with shared utilities and underground parking. Cost estimates total about 27 million, including contingencies and fees, with financing options via general obligation bonds, joint powers authority, or lease back. Public input and alternative concepts discussed with council guidance to add proposals by May 28. Public supporters favor downtown site citing library usage and area upgrading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Mansell
Chestnut Avenue
Coee
Mansell
George Montforth
Blanche Collins
Desperate Need For New Long Beach Main Library
Long Beach voters have repeatedly supported a new Main Library bond yet failed to reach the two thirds requirement. At a City Council hearing, Renee B. Simon urged passage of the proposed 114 million dollar City Tall Library complex in the downtown Civic Center amid ongoing campaigns by Friends of the Long Beach Public Library.
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Collins
Long Beach
Renee B. Simon
Friends of the Long Beach Public Library
Civic Center
Bond votes fall short for library and City Hall projects
Voters approve two bond issues in principle but miss the required two thirds. Main Library bond 58.09 percent yes. City Hall 50.41 percent yes. Totals: Library yes 33 755 no 24 249 City Hall yes 28 923 no 28 462. Earlier 1964 Main Library bond passed 73 802 to 66 014. An initiative to move the Civic Center failed 52 321 to 48 620.
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City Hall
Civic Center
32Nd
87Th Streets
Long Beach Boulevard
Atlantic Avenue
Leroy Doty
First Church of the Brethren
Night Watch Through Streets by Long Beach Police
A two man Unit 12 squad car patrols central Long Beach in a 1968 model with an improved console. Patrolmen James Ryals and Neil Christensen respond to burglar alarm calls and monitor busy alleys and streets near Pacific Coast Highway learning the beat reduces crime despite a higher city-wide crime rate.
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Long Beach
James Ryan
Pacific Coast Highway
Neil B. Christensen
Ryals
Christensen
Central
Orange Avenue
Report Finds Artesia High Teachers Falling Short
A January formed ABC Unified Fact Finding Committee reported a lack of interest communication and organization among Artesia High School staff in addressing student problems. The release drew sharp confusion from the 500 plus member ABC Teachers Association which questions the committee’s qualifications and objects to evaluating personnel and discipline. The panel led by Fd Mixler met 13 times cutting references to individuals and urged fair treatment of students improved counselor organization and stronger home school communication with focus on minority and low income student involvement.
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Artesia High School
ABC Unified School District
Board of Education
ABC Teachers Association
Fd Mixler
ABC Teacher’s Association
Paul Warren
ABC Unified School
House Trailer Ad Deluged by Calls and Local Notices
A Paramount resident reports selling a 16-foot Fireball house trailer quickly after listing it with Independent Press Telegram Classified Ads. Multiple call numbers are listed for different areas. A campus reform and student club reorganization plan is proposed, including disbanding and renaming groups and limiting police duties. Nancy Gunes of Huntington Beach will serve as color girl for the Naval ROTC dress parade at USC Bovard Field presenting the flag to Midshipman Edwin S. Schicki II of Carlsbad.
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George Mayberry
Nancy Gunes
Huntington Beach
USC
Bovard Field
Edwin 8. Schick iI
Carlsbad
Negro Militant Joins State College Senate
A member of the Black Student Union, Mike Fisher, was appointed Wednesday to the Associated Student Senate of California State College at Long Beach, filling the vacancy created by Joseph Ayers resignation. The move followed a campus memo urging a Negro appointment to ensure Black student voices in campus affairs.
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Black Student Union
Associated Student Senate
California State College At
Long Beach
Senators
Mike Fisher
Joseph Ayers
Fisher
Ayers
Senate
Cane
George Demos
Downey Senior Earns Junior Achievement Treasurer Honor
Jeaniette Gutierrez 18 a senior at Plux X High Downey is named Southern California Junior Achievement Treasurer of the Year. She serves as SAVCO treasurer and works with Byron Jackson Pumps Inc. The 11th annual Future Unlimited Banquet at the Hollywood Palladium May 23 will honor her with a trophy and a trip to the National Junior Achievers Conference at Indiana University.
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Jeaniette Gutirrez
Plux X High School
Downey
California
Miss Gutierrez
Southland
SAVCO
Byron Jackson Pumps, Inc
Future Unlimited
Hollywood Palladium
Indiana University
News Prize Won by N Torrance
A traveling sweepstakes trophy, awarded annually to statewide journalism winners, returned to Los Angeles County after six years. North High School of Torrance won the 15th annual California Journalism Education competition, defeating 300 finalists. The winning team includes Rick Creighton, Richard Watkins, Mike Braham, and Julie Hopkins.
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Los Angeles County
Torrance
North High School
California Journalism Education Association
Fram
Rick Creighton
Richard Watkins
Mike Braham
Julie Hopkins
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Children’s Wing
Memorial
Pew Children's Hospital
Memorial Hospital of
Earl Miller
City Hall Library
L.B
Leon M. Artukovich
Paramount
del Amo Boulevard
San Antonio Drive
Don Tubbs
Stak Skole Ly
Tom Shaw
Murrell Miller
Charles Vernon
Richard Lucero
Edward Montoya
Organi
Cavaliers
Cavaletes
Mayo Club
Colonial” Cloth Covered Casket & Services
Casket & Services
Metal Sealer Casket & Services
State College Senate
Downey Girl
N. Torrance
Green Hills Memorial Park
S. Western Avenue
San Pedro, California
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