Ralph B. Bradford dies inventor of police ID system
Ralph B. Bradford, who built Long Beach Police Department’s identification division into a widely emulated system and invented the Bradford Check Classification System, died at 66 after a long career in law enforcement. Services Friday at 2:30 pm in Long Beach. He trained officers nationwide, was president of fingerprint groups, and advised Clark County Nevada. Survived by wife Margaret, son Russell, daughter Shirley, and four grandchildren.
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Ralph B. Bradford
Dilpay Iramiy Chapel
Long Beach
Bradford
Santa Barbara
Record Department
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Army
Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers
Check Investigators Association
Long Beach Elks
Margaret
Russell R
Cerritos College students launch campus chapter for pollution fight
Two former servicemen at Cerritos College start Long Beach area’s first Brass-roots campaign chapter through People’s Lobby. Freshmen Jim Barrett and Ken Campbell mobilize 50 members, registration drives, weekly teach-ins, and an environmental initiative to curb pesticides, offshore drilling, leaded gas, smog, and nuclear power, hoping to energize campus dialogue and voter action.
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California
Cerritos College
Long Beach
Ed Koupal
People's Lobby
Barratt
Campbell
Los Angeles
Jeff Elliot
Buraight Center
Koupal
el- Tink
Los Aneles
Cerritos
Multiple Traffic Accidents Injure Three in Long Beach
Three noncritical injuries resulted from three traffic accidents in Long Beach on Wednesday. Hans H Shrinkel Jr., 27, of Huntington Beach, crashed his motorcycle at Pacific Avenue and Fourth Street at 3 10 p m and was treated at St Mary s Hospital. Shellia M Jacobson, 16, riding with Rickey L Jacobson, 22, on 10th Street near Orizaba Avenue at 6 45 p m, was treated at Community Hospital after a three car collision. another driver Harold L Marshall, 26, and Vie D Rosa, 42, were uninjured. Ralph Sobman, 23, of Delta Avenue, also lost control on his motorcycle at 28th Street and Adriatic Avenue at 9 50 p m and was treated at St Mary s.
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Long Beach
Hans H. Shrinkel Jr
Saybrook Lane
Huntington Beach
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pacific Avenue
Fourth Street
Shellia M. Jacobson
Argonne Ave
Community Hospital
Rickey L. Jacobson
10Th Street
Orizaba Ave
Harold L. Marshall
E. 10Th SE
Vie D. Rosa
Ninth St
Ralph Sobman
Delta Ave
28Th Street
Adriatic Avenue
Postal union sets pact merger talks in Long Beach
Southern California postal workers will meet in Long Beach on Saturday for contract and merger seminars led by Ted Valliere of the 325,000 member American Postal Workers Union. The conference at Fidelity Federal Plaza starts 9:30 a.m. to brief 200 delegates on a new semi corporate postal service and on wage freeze effects and a Supreme Court ruling limiting federal employee strikes.
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Southern California Postal Worker Union
Long Beach
Ted Valliere
American Postal Workers Union
Aficio
National Association of Sefer Carriers
Fidelity Federal Plaza
Ocean Blvd
Valliste
Washington, D.C
Nixon
U.S. Supreme Court
Emergency call log from Long Beach agencies records incidents
A 24 hour roll of Long Beach Police and Fire Department calls lists events from 74 Dawson Ave to 460 Norton St. Highlights include multiple non injury traffic accidents at Junipero and 9th, Seventh and Olive, Long Beach Blvd and Spring, Alamitos and 10th, and Pacific Coast Highway and Junipero. There are fires including electrical at Rhea and 10th, stove and car fires, several resuscitations, and a late day injury traffic crash at Adriatic and 28th.
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Long Beach
Dawson Ave
Junipero Avenue
Lth
Rhea
Seventh Street
Olive Avenue
Long Beach Boulevard
Spring Street
Alamitos Avenue
10Th Street
Alamitos Street
Ostrom Avenue
Pacific Avenue
Fourth Street
Coke Avenue
Harding Street
Cherry Avenue
Anaheim Street
Glendora Ave
Euclid Ave
Orange Avenue
21St Street
Pacific Coast Highway
Elm Avenue
Bist Street
Ocean Boulevard
Pine Avenue
Orizaba Ave
Stearns Street
McNab Ave
Santa Fe Ave
20Th Street
Ginger Drive
Adriatic Ave
28Th Street
Atlantic Ave
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Clark County
Nev
Las Vegas
Ralph
Molly Buirell
Barrett
Ralph Nader
Ken Campbell
Jim Barrett
Cerritos’ Peoples Lobby Files
Bob Shumway
L.B
Postal Union
Norton St
Dooley’s
Toute Asa Eae Gans
Moe 3S
Tagg
Dursley al Ae
Iabel
Dooley
Dooley’s Hardware Mart
North Long Beach
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