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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1968
Page
6
The Palos Verdes Neighborhood Church forms the Urban Crisis Committee to fight poverty in Harbor City. It opens St Clair's Fashions at 25221 Vermont Ave funded by church and donors, led by Robert Huskins, with plans for a barber shop to serve local residents.
Plans for a 599610 Compton Library have been submitted to Los Angeles County by Joncich Lushy & Associates of San Pedro. The one story 20000 square foot building includes a 44 car parking under the structure and a 39 car lot on site. It provides adult and children's reading, oak stacks, a 700 square foot meeting room, a workroom and staff areas.
Edward Haight 36 an electrician and Carl Waugh Jr 23 a laborer both of Paramount were arrested after Los Angeles police found burglars in a Reseda restaurant. They were captured at the White Horse Inn early morning after using an acetylene cutting torch to enter through a rear wall. A bag with about 100 dollars and a case of brandy was found behind the restaurant.
The Defense Department announced in Washington that Marine Lance Cpl. Rocky L. Blair, son of Mrs. Billye Gordon of 24544 Via Carmelo, Long Beach, was killed in action in Vietnam.
Bellflower Democratic Club members will gather at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Bellflower School District administrative building. President Larry Young urges all Democrats to attend and take an active part in local politics, secretary O B Williams notes.
A woman's watch with four diamonds valued at 150 dollars was stolen from the home of Florine O. Fleming at 1246 East Second Street.
Di Gel provides relief from excess acid and gas with a patented formulation including limethicone. It helps break up frothy gas bubbles to ease a tense stomach and is available in mint tablets or liquid from Plough Inc. distributors at drug counters.
Architect H Ripperdon outlines a future Palos Verdes County Park with a picnic area baseball field and recreation building as core facilities. The acre site near Los Verdes Golf Club is eyed for next summer with a projected cost of 265000 and a call for a late spring deadline to finalize the multi purpose baseball field. County Supervisor Burton W Chace backs the plan noting a shortage of baseball facilities on the peninsula.
North American Rockwell Corp president Leland Atwood said aerospace experts will study the paperwork overload at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc. Merrill Lynch handles about 45,000 over the counter transactions daily, each needing 60 handling steps, totaling 900,000 daily computations.
In a weekend Armed Services YMCA straw poll Nixon led with 40.8 percent, Wallace took second, Humphrey third, Peace and Freedom Party had no candidate on the ballot. A total of 258 servicemen voted nationwide.
Governor Reagan elevated Downey Municipal Court Judge Carroll M. Dunnum to the Los Angeles County Superior Court replacing John F. Riso who moves to the District Court of Appeals. The governor also named El Monte Municipal Court Judge Rafael H. Galceran to the Superior Court.
Bakersfield readers learn of Acryline a new material for false teeth that claims to seal plates with an airtight layer. It reportedly feels like natural teeth and lasts six months before replacement. Sold at drug stores.
Dr. Ed wards, Fulton County mental health director, describes crisis intervention with 24 hour telephone counseling and paid staff. He notes the program can dispatch a public health nurse if needed and that counselors are mainly trained theology graduates. Dr. George H. Kramer Sr cites a Corpus Christi center where workers are unpaid volunteers.
Officials of the Long Beach Head Start program said Monday that a check of their records shows a woman arrested in a bogus money order case was not scheduled to teach in the program. The arrest of 41 year old Vernice Fitzhugh and two others was reported Friday with police statements that she would have started Saturday, but Head Start officials denied the report.
Downey and Westminster are among six California municipalities honored in the 1987-88 California Cities Employer Safety Contest by the League of California Cities for excellence in on the job accident prevention. Other top awardees include Santa Paula Palo Alto San Jose and Sacramento.
Stanley Kauffharn film and drama critic will lecture at California State College in Long Beach Wednesday. He will discuss "Looking at Films" at noon in Lecture Hall 151 and "Our Writers and Our Lives" at 8 p.m. in the same hall. The talks cover standards and achievements of American culture and are sponsored by the Evenings on Campus committee.
Rear Adm Charles Tighe of the 2nd Coast Guard district urges mariners to stop requesting radio checks on the international emergency frequency 2182 KHz. He cites growing demand as a burden and recommends using shipboard meters, a portable RE meter, or a neon bulb on the antenna lead-in to test output. If unavailable, conduct checks with nearby vessels on a different frequency.
The article cites Dr. Brussel’s analysis of the Coppolino case and the Mad Bomber, Boston Strangler, and Kennedy assassination theories. He claims accurate deductions on Metesky, DeSayve, Robles, and other figures, while cautions limits of certainty and notes debate over Oswald’s target.
Carson City Council receives and files a request for approval of a new Torrance line, delaying action while Torrance and RID issues unfold. The council approves a six month parks budget of 105145 with 15 full and eight part time staff, and directs a study of annexation north of Del Amo Boulevard.
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