Sharks damage boat in water ski race near Catalina
Lakewood skier Al Anderson and three companions were rescued after a shark collision during a Catalina water ski race, leaving a six inch hole in the bow. They spent about an hour in the water before Coast Guard help arrived. Butch Peterson of Los Angeles won the pace with a two-man record of 1 hour 13 minutes 40 seconds.
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Lakewood
Catalina
Coast Guard
Ron Eckhoff
Oliva Ave
Avalon Air Transport
Anderson
Art
Don Seales
Indiana SL
Paramount
Eckhoff
Butch Peterson
Los Angeles
Owl in the House and Holiday Gags Highlight a Coastal Notebook
Local notes report an owl roamed the Berbowers home at 5585 Lonna Linda after a vacation return, chasing the family and finally exiting through an open door. Philadelphia nurse Alice McConnell joins Memorial Hospital staff amid hot season humor. A Los Angeles directory from 1872 may be reprinted. a $500 reward seeks a complete copy. BB the dog vanishes after Gus Lay leaves him tied in a tavern, prompting community concern and reflections on human nature. An idea proposes filling large Weapons Depot beach balls with concrete to shore up Surfside and Seal Beach.
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Ray Berbowers
Lonna Linda
Berbowers
Pine Ave
Gus Lay
Sixth and Pine
Gus
Third
Magnolia
Lay
Treader
Bob Maynor
Seal Beach
Two Fullerton men die in separate Orange County crashes
Sunday crashes in Orange County claim two lives. Raymond Rhodes, 18, of Fullerton died after his car left the Riverside Freeway near Lemon Street in Anaheim, rolled down a embankment, and struck a fence. Jacob Ervin Price, 59, of Fullerton died when Mrs. Floye Wright 51 of Fullerton struck by another vehicle while turning at Santa Ana Canyon and Cerro Vista Roads near Olive.
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Fullerton
Orange County
California Highway Patrol
Raymond Rhodes
Diana Place
Jacob Ervin Price
Valencia Drive
Rhodes
Riverside Freeway
Lemon Street
Anaheim
Dennis Wayne Leitch
W. Maximm
St. Fullerton
Anaheim Memorial Hospital
Alan Dale Beougher
la Mesa Place
Lunhurt
Thomas Richard Collard
Barns Dr
E. Spring Street
Harold E. Duncan J
Mount
Salomar
Buena Park
Duncan
Panel Claims Los Alamitos Vote Assured
A Los Alamitos citizens committee claimed it gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on rezoning 26 acres near the Naval Air Station to allow a subdivision. Joe Hyde of the Homeowners Association said 360 signatures were collected, exceeding the 137 needed, and the petitions will seek a city-wide vote after a 3-2 council approval on Sept 10.
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Los Alamitos
Jit
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Joe Hyde
Naval Sie
Naval
Revival Hour Pianist in Concert Tonight
Rudy Abyood, longtime pianist for the Old Fashioned Revival Hour, presents a sacred concert tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Munic Hipal auditorium. The event, sponsored by The Voice of China and IAsia Missionary Rally, features a duet by Bob Hammond, a missionary radio evangelist with nineteen years of service.
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Rudy Abyood
Voice of China and
Iasia Missionary Rally
X!halk
Bob Hammond
MTA Rejects Monorail Proposals and Reaffirms Rail Plan
The Metropolitan Transit Authority ends monorail proposals and renews support for standard rail. Officials cite state funding issues and system reliability, with hearings noting overhead monorail concepts as unacceptable and favoring established rapid transit solutions.
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MTA
Standard Rail
Metropolitan Transitland Goodell
Nings Rapid
Rapid Transit Authority
Items, Inc
Monorail
Los Angeles
Alweg
Assembly
Board of Supervisors
Unearthly cult meets in desert amid space talks and Glenn support
In Giant Rock California at a 10th annual space convention 400 saucer enthusiasts heard talks on interplanetary travel and backed astronaut John Glenn for 1968 presidency if he seeks the nomination. They browsed space books and heard speakers including Rev Frank Stranges and Daniel Fry as transit rail plans and civic letters dominated later discussions.
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Giant Rock
Calif
John Glenn
Mojave Desert
Glenn
Frank E. Stranges
Hollywood Women's Club
George van Tassel
Negro and White Participants in Long Beach CORE March
About 11 people attended a Long Beach CORE march from City Hall to Lincoln Park on Sunday, including one Negro and ten Whites, with three children among them. A rival group named Christian Communists disrupted the rally, and CORE disbanded the demonstration. CORE officials claimed the turnout was not too disappointing and promised future protests, while noting the chapter is not yet officially accredited by the national organization and will undergo an internal review lasting months.
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Long Beach City Hall
Long Beach
CORE
Congress For Racial Equality
L P.m
City Hall
Lincoln Park
Ialize
Robert Wilson
Naional
Workers authorize strike against General Telephone Co
Members of the Communications Workers of America in Long Beach and Grange County vote to authorize a walkout affecting nearly 9,000 employees after months of negotiations since June on vacations pensions wages and a hospitalization plan.
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Communications Workers of America
General Telephone Co
Long Beach
Grange County
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County Museum
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Hyperion Ave
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