Ed Wade Long Beach’s enduring civic builder and mayor
Long Beach figure Ed Wade rose from electrician to founder of Marine Specialty Co. He built a career around Navy contracts, won leadership roles in the Navy League and Independent Business Men's Association, and led the city as mayor while championing Heartwell Park. He earned a Navy Meritorious Public Service Citation in 1966 for harbor subsidence work and Navy Hospital support.
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San Diego
Harbor
National City
Hollywood
Ed Wade
San Diego Bay
San Francisco
Los Aneles
Thomas
Tom
Long Beach
Marine Specialty Co
U.S. Navy
General Electric
Westinghouse
Independent Business Men’s Association
Navy League
Armed Services Commission
Mary
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Landing
Armed Forces Ymca
Naval Hospital
Los Angeles
Queen Mary
Ocean Boulevard
West Terrace
Rodin
Wade
Motorcyclist Beheaded in Drag Race Tragedy
A sixty year old Santa Ana man racing at 420 miles per hour at a Wilmington drag strip Sunday was decapitated when he lost control and his head struck a guard rail. Witnesses including his wife watched from the grandstands at Lions Drag Strip in Los Angeles.
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Santa Ana
Wilmington
Ken Katalac
W. Camille Sr
Lions Drag
Los Angeles
Lakewood to get third fire station by 1970 plan
Lakewood's third fire station advances with plans approved by the Board of Supervisors. Station 122 will be a 4000 square foot one story facility at Greenmeadow Road, housing eight men per shift and two trucks. Bid opening is set for November 4, and the station will join the Consolidated Fire Protection District to extend service beyond Lakewood city lines.
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L.A
Lakewood
Board of Supervisors
County Fire Department
Cashion- Work Architects
Pormona
Consolidated Fire Protection District
Richard Houts
Frank Bonelli
King Park Work Plans Approved
City managers approved plans for the 166000 second phase upgrade of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Park. Bids will be invited and work will add open space with lawns and sprinklers east of Cerritos Avenue. West will host picnic areas and barbecue pits, while a lighted softball diamond and a cement game court are planned near the park core.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Cerritos Avenue
Oil Import Quotas to Be Lunch Topic
Harold McChire, president of the Independent Association of America, will discuss at a October 22 luncheon the impact of unlimited foreign oil imports on the domestic oil industry. The program, hosted by the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce petroleum committee, will be at the Pacific Coast Club. Bud Albright chairs the committee and invites oilmen and others to attend.
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Harold McChire
Independent Association of America
Petroleum Industry Committee
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Coast Club
Ocean Blvd
C. C
Bud Albright
Pain and circulatory issues noted at Long Beach clinic
Short, incomplete medical note describes poor circulation and limb pain with muscle spasms. Mentions body system alignment, nerve relief, and muscle relaxation as aims. References Dr. Duncan at 2501 Broadway Pax for treatment.
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Long Beach
Duncan
Broadway
Pax
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Edwin Wade
Bureau of Ships
Washington
Greenbrier Road
Mr. Wade
Carson Street
Heartwell Park
League of California Cities
National League of Cities
Mayor's Conference On Community Affairs
Mayor’s Youth Council
Masonic Lodge
Kandell
Scotchgard
Newcastle
Mayco Custom Fabrics
Lakewood Lakewood
Cissy King
Bobby Burgess
Lawrence Welk
Gloria Stille
Hullett St
Apt. 1
Greenmeadow Road
Loe
Alice Shopping Canter Nolfaewer Et Stoome
Eni
King Park
McClure
Seinest
Jack LaLanne
Cai
Crecfrean Health Spas
Ality Intearity Service
Theta
U.S.A
Coneda
Europe
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